HB 518 VA

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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.

• Marty Martinez Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101108D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
3. Jan 19, 2026 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection · lower
4. Feb 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB518) · lower
5. Feb 5, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Feb 5, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) · lower
8. Feb 10, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26105873D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 12, 2026 Read first time · lower
10. Feb 13, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Feb 13, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
12. Feb 13, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
13. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
14. Feb 16, 2026 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House · lower
15. Feb 16, 2026 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
16. Feb 17, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
17. Feb 17, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
18. Feb 25, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
19. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
20. Feb 26, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108571D-S1 · upper
21. Feb 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB518) · lower
22. Feb 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
23. Feb 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
24. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
25. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · upper
26. Mar 2, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
27. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
28. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
29. Mar 4, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (85-Y 11-N 0-A) · lower
30. Mar 11, 2026 Enrolled · lower
31. Mar 11, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB518ER) · lower
32. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB518) · lower
33. Mar 11, 2026 Signed by President · upper
34. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
35. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
36. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
37. Apr 11, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · PDF
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · PDF
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · HTML
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML