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SB 839 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc.

Introduced by: Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; storm-related repairs. Provides that it is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to engage in fraudulent or improper or dishonest conduct while engaged in a transaction that was initiated (i) during a declared state of emergency or (ii) to repair damage resulting from the event that prompted the declaration of a state of emergency, regardless of whether the supplier is a licensed contractor. This bill is identical to HB 1422.

FULL TEXT

• 11/16/16  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101037D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/30/17  Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104526D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/13/17  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB839ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 02/17/17  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016)  pdf

HISTORY

• 11/16/16  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101037D
• 11/16/16  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 01/23/17  Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/17  Senate: Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
• 01/30/17  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/17  Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104526D-S1
• 02/01/17  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/17  Senate: Read second time
• 02/02/17  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/02/17  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104526D-S1
• 02/02/17  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB839S1
• 02/02/17  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/17  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/17  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/06/17  House: Read first time
• 02/06/17  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/07/17  House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/17  House: Read second time
• 02/10/17  House: Read third time
• 02/10/17  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/17  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/17  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/13/17  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB839ER)
• 02/13/17  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/13/17  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/14/17  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
• 02/14/17  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
• 02/17/17  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 16 (effective 7/1/17)
• 02/17/17  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0016)