Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia HB 518
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, streaming advertisement volume control.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Marty Martinez (Democratic)
Cosponsors (1)
- Adele Y. McClure (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED
Streaming advertisement volume control; civil penalty. Requires a video streaming service, social media video service, or third-party advertising manager, as defined in the bill, that serves consumers residing in the Commonwealth to exercise reasonable care to normalize the audio of short-form content, as defined in the bill, so that such audio is not transmitted at a louder volume than the long-form content, also defined in the bill, it accompanies, consistent with the regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to the federal Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act for television broadcast stations, cable operators, and other multichannel video programming distributors. The bill provides that the Office of the Attorney General shall enforce the provisions of the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
Text versions
- Introduced
- Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute
- General Laws Substitute
- General Laws and Technology Substitute
- Enrolled
- Governor's Recommendation
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:08 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2026 House | H VOTE: | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 2, 2026 Senate | Passage R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 27, 2026 Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 25, 2026 Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 16, 2026 House | H VOTE: | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 16, 2026 House | H VOTE: | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 10, 2026 House | Reported from General Laws with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 5, 2026 House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
Actions
- Apr 11, 2026
Governor's recommendation received by House - Mar 14, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 - Mar 14, 2026 · House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 - Mar 12, 2026 · House
Signed by Speaker - Mar 11, 2026 · Senate
Signed by President - Mar 11, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB518) - Mar 11, 2026 · House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB518ER) - Mar 11, 2026 · House
Enrolled - Mar 4, 2026 · House
Senate substitute agreed to by House (85-Y 11-N 0-A) - Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) - Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute - Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) - Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Read third time - Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) - Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) - Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
Rules suspended - Feb 26, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB518) - Feb 26, 2026 · Senate
Committee substitute printed 26108571D-S1 - Feb 25, 2026 · Senate
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) - Feb 25, 2026 · Senate
Senate committee offered - Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology - Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) - Feb 16, 2026 · House
Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) - Feb 16, 2026 · House
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House - Feb 16, 2026 · House
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) - Feb 13, 2026 · House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute - Feb 13, 2026 · House
committee substitute agreed to - Feb 13, 2026 · House
Read second time - Feb 12, 2026 · House
Read first time - Feb 10, 2026 · House
Committee substitute printed 26105873D-H1 - Feb 10, 2026 · House
Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) - Feb 5, 2026 · House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) - Feb 5, 2026 · House
House subcommittee offered - Feb 3, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB518) - Jan 19, 2026 · House
Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection - Jan 13, 2026 · House
Referred to Committee on General Laws - Jan 13, 2026 · House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101108D