HB 2642 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Statewide Fire Prevention Code Act; counterfeit and unsafe lighters prohibited.

Summary

Statewide Fire Prevention Code Act; counterfeit and unsafe lighters prohibited. Prohibits the offering or sale to the public of unsafe lighters or counterfeit lighters, defined in the bill, regardless of whether such offering or sale is conducted on a retail basis or wholesale basis.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Signed Mar 19, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 1 edit

MINOR

This bill converts HB 2642 from an enrolled legislative draft to a chaptered law, making it officially part of Virginia's statutes. The substantive content of the fire prevention code amendments regarding counterfeit and unsafe lighters remains unchanged from the enrolled version, with only formatting and layout adjustments applied for the final published version.

TECHNICAL

Formatting and layout changes were applied to convert the bill from an enrolled draft format to the official chaptered law format, including adding chapter number, approval date, and adjusting line breaks and spacing for publication.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 40

Feb 14, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

15 Yea 4

78% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 19, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 97 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Feb 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2642ER)

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Presented and ordered printed 25104792D

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors