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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 518: Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, streaming advertisement volume control.

Passed both chambers Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 518 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, streaming advertisement volume control. Primary sponsor: Marty Martinez (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 11, 2026): Governor's recommendation received by House.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Marty MartinezPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Adele McClureCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor's recommendation received by House
  2. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
  3. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
  4. Signed by Speaker
  5. Signed by President
  6. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB518)
  7. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB518ER)
  8. Enrolled
  9. Senate substitute agreed to by House (85-Y 11-N 0-A)
  10. Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  11. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
  12. Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)

Showing 12 most recent of 37 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source