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HB 231 Consumer Protecton Act; admissibility of cure offers.
Introduced by: Clifford L. Athey, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; admissibility of cure offers. Permits a supplier to introduce a cure offer into evidence in a proceeding for damages under the Consumer Protection Act if the cure offer is delivered prior to the filing of the supplier's initial responsive pleading. If the damages awarded in the proceeding do not exceed the value of the cure offer, the supplier will not be liable for the person's attorneys' fees and court costs. A cure offer is an offer to remedy a loss claimed to be suffered as a result of a consumer transaction, which includes an additional amount of at least 10 percent or $500, whichever is greater; however, the minimum additional amount need not exceed $4,000. This measure is identical to SB 324.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/04 046624220 pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/04 House: Committee substitute printed 040555220-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB231ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/04 046624220
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/30/04 House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/04 House: Committee substitute printed 040555220-H1
- 02/03/04 House: Read first time
- 02/04/04 House: Read second time
- 02/04/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 040555220-H1
- 02/04/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB231H1
- 02/05/04 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/06/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/16/04 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/04 Senate: Read second time
- 02/18/04 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/04 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/04 Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/04 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB231ER)
- 02/26/04 House: Enrolled
- 02/27/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/29/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 41 (effective 7/1/04)
- 03/11/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041)