SB 459 Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Liquefied petroleum gas fitters; service disconnection requirements, civil penalties.

Summary

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; liquefied petroleum gas fitters; service disconnection requirements; civil penalties. Requires a liquefied petroleum gas fitter, within 14 days after receiving a customer's request to discontinue liquefied petroleum gas delivery service, to offer in writing to remove any remaining liquefied petroleum gas from such customer's storage tank and reimburse the customer for the cost of the removed liquefied petroleum gas at the prevailing rate, as defined in the bill. Under the bill, if a customer accepts such offer, the liquefied petroleum gas fitter shall carry out such removal and reimbursement within 30 days after such acceptance. A violation of the bill's provisions constitutes a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Apr 2026

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Signed Apr 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 1 edit · Mar 31, 2026

MINOR

The bill text remained substantively identical from introduction to enrollment, with no changes to the prohibited practices, definitions, or enforcement mechanisms. The only differences are formatting and structural elements, such as the addition of official approval stamps, page headers, and the removal of committee referral notes, indicating the bill was passed without amendment.

TECHNICAL

Removed introductory metadata such as the committee referral note and prefiling dates, and added official enrollment headers and page numbering.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 9, 2026

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 39

Jan 23, 2026

D Democratic20

20 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

18 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 13, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 947 (effective 7/1/2026)

executive

Mar 31, 2026

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB459ER)

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

upper

Mar 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed House with amendment (96-Y 0-N 0-A)

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Introduced

Engrossed by House as amended

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

committee amendment agreed to

lower

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Committee

Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

upper

Jan 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Jan 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

upper

Jan 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N 1-A)

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors