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2004 SESSION

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SB 324 Motor vehicle purchases; cure offers for consumer disputes.

Introduced by: Kenneth W. Stolle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

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 bill is identical to HB 231.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 040452820  pdf | impact statement
• 02/03/04  Senate: Committee substitute printed 049557820-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/04/04  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB324ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/12/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)  pdf
• 03/17/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0090)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/04  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 040452820
• 01/14/04  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/02/04  Senate: Reported from C. & L. with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/04  Senate: Committee substitute printed 049557820-S1
• 02/04/04  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/04  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/04  Senate: Read second time
• 02/05/04  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/05/04  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 049557820-S1
• 02/05/04  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB324S1
• 02/06/04  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/04  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/04  Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/04  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/04  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/04  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/04  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/10/04  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/10/04  House: Read first time
• 02/10/04  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/18/04  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/04  House: Read second time
• 02/23/04  House: Read third time
• 02/23/04  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/04  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/04  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB324ER)
• 03/04/04  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/04/04  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/05/04  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/12/04  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 90 (effective 7/1/04)
• 03/12/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)
• 03/17/04  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0090)