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2005 SESSION

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SB 1241 Gift certificates; minimum term and disclosures.

Introduced by: Jeannemarie D. Davis | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Gift certificates; disclosures; penalty. Requires a gift certificate issued by a merchant in Virginia to have permanently affixed to it either an expiration date for the certificate or electronic card or a telephone number or Internet address at which information about the certificate's expiration and any diminution in value over time may be obtained. A violation of the disclosure requirement is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. This bill is identical to HB 2218.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/05  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 059217726  pdf
• 01/20/05  Senate: Committee substitute printed 054193726-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/18/05  House: Committee substitute printed 054226726-H1  pdf
• 03/07/05  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1241ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/05  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0269)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/05  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 059217726
• 01/14/05  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/19/05  Senate: Reported from General Laws with sub (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/20/05  Senate: Committee substitute printed 054193726-S1
• 01/21/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/05  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/05  Senate: Read second time
• 01/24/05  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 01/24/05  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 054193726-S1
• 01/24/05  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1241S1
• 01/25/05  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/05  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/05  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/08/05  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/08/05  House: Read first time
• 02/08/05  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/17/05  House: Reported from C. & L. with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/05  House: Committee substitute printed 054226726-H1
• 02/21/05  House: Read second time
• 02/22/05  House: Read third time
• 02/22/05  House: Committee substitute agreed to 054226726-H1
• 02/22/05  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1241H1
• 02/22/05  House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/05  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/05  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/05  Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (38-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/05  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1241ER)
• 03/09/05  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/09/05  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/11/05  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/20/05  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 269 (effective 7/1/05)
• 03/25/05  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0269)