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HB 518

Virginia House of Delegates bill in Session 2026.

Status: enrolled. Latest action: April 11, 2026.

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

Bill ID VA-2026-HB-518
Session 2026
Status enrolled
Committee General Laws; General Laws and Technology
House of Delegates enrolled 2026-04-11
Business / Commerce Insurance / Consumer Protection
Summary

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; streaming advertisement volume control. Prohibits a video streaming service, defined in the bill, that serves consumers residing in the Commonwealth from transmitting the audio of a commercial advertisement at a louder volume than the video content the advertisement 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.

Sponsor
Martinez
Official Source Back to Bills
Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2026-01-13 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-04-11 Status enrolled
2026-04-11 Latest Action Governor's Recommendation
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