HB518
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, streaming advertisement volume control.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 14, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Marty Martinez (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) 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 and provides for a 45-day cure period. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101108D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/19/2026 - House: Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/20/2026 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 02/03/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB518)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 02/05/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/05/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2026 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 02/10/2026 - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26105873D-H1
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/13/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/13/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/16/2026 - House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/16/2026 - House: Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26108571D-S1
- 02/26/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB518)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (85-Y 11-N 0-A)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/11/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB518ER)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB518)
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/14/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
- 03/14/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
