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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act; clarifies definition of consumer transaction, etc."
description: "Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act;definitions. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act, \"consumer transaction\" includes transactions involving the advertisement, sale, lease, license, or offering for sale, lease, or license of goods or services to be used for business purposes and the advertisement, sale, lease, license, or contract of employment services to be provided or procured for business purposes. The bill also amends the definition of \"time of disaster\" to mean the longer of (i) the period of time when a state of emergency declared by the Governor or the President of the United States as the result of a disaster, emergency, or major disaster is in effect or (ii) 30 days after the occurrence of the disaster, emergency, or major disaster that resulted in the declaration of the state of emergency. Under current law, the definition of \"time of disaster\" means the shorter of the time periods specified in clauses (i) and (ii)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1301"
citation: "Virginia HB 1301 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14473e10-6451-413a-b3af-b910935e2ede"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1301"
source_hash: "8b51003313a3a63f34095505d8ebc9a54581b1c05bb5cb5e0b0575bcf3669843"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1301 (2024) — Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act; clarifies definition of consumer transaction, etc.
Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act;definitions. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act, "consumer transaction" includes transactions involving the advertisement, sale, lease, license, or offering for sale, lease, or license of goods or services to be used for business purposes and the advertisement, sale, lease, license, or contract of employment services to be provided or procured for business purposes. The bill also amends the definition of "time of disaster" to mean the longer of (i) the period of time when a state of emergency declared by the Governor or the President of the United States as the result of a disaster, emergency, or major disaster is in effect or (ii) 30 days after the occurrence of the disaster, emergency, or major disaster that resulted in the declaration of the state of emergency. Under current law, the definition of "time of disaster" means the shorter of the time periods specified in clauses (i) and (ii).
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0549** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0549)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24108287D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1301S1)
3. **HB1301ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1301ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103697D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1301)
5. **Printed as engrossed 24103697D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1301E)
## Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 8-N) — **878** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N) — **889** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103697D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1301)
- **2024-02-08** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB1301E
- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24103697D-E
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 9-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1301E)
- **2024-02-26** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-26** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Committee substitute printed 24108287D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-29** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-29** Committee substitute agreed to 24108287D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-29** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1301S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-29** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1301S1)
- **2024-03-04** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108287D-S1 (88-Y 8-N) `substitution`
- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 8-N)
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1301ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1301ER)
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 549 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0549)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14473e10-6451-413a-b3af-b910935e2ede`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).