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type: "Bill"
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title: "Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offers."
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description: "Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offers. Requires a supplier making automatic renewal or continuous service offers that automatically renew after more than 30 days and extend the automatic renewal or continuous service offer for a period of more than 12 months to notify the consumer, as defined in the bill, of the option to cancel no less than 30 days and no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline or the end of the current contract term."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 744"
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citation: "Virginia HB 744 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Lopes Maldonado"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/accfaa0e-1809-4623-906c-a3bd2ef8edc2"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB744"
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source_hash: "f3cd1403ab813f27101f303f8f351abcd9ef15af4a4893fe66fd40abb9a3e45c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 744 (2024) — Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offers.
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Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offers. Requires a supplier making automatic renewal or continuous service offers that automatically renew after more than 30 days and extend the automatic renewal or continuous service offer for a period of more than 12 months to notify the consumer, as defined in the bill, of the option to cancel no less than 30 days and no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline or the end of the current contract term.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0452** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0452)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106198D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB744H1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 24108290D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB744S1)
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4. **HB744ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB744ER)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102502D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB744)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 10-N) — **88–10** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 7-N) — **89–7** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102502D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-16** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB744)
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- **2024-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-01-30** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-30** Committee substitute printed 24106198D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 24106198D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB744H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB744H1)
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- **2024-02-05** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 10-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-06** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 10-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-26** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Committee substitute printed 24108290D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-29** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-29** Committee substitute agreed to 24108290D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-29** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB744S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-29** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB744S1)
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- **2024-03-04** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108290D-S1 (90-Y 7-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 7-N)
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- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB744ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB744ER)
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 452 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/accfaa0e-1809-4623-906c-a3bd2ef8edc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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