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1995 SESSION
SB 751 Consumer Protection Act; civil penalties.
Introduced by: Robert L. Calhoun | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Virginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA); public investigation and enforcement; private actions. Expands the public investigation and enforcement authority of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorneys, and county, city, and town attorneys. The bill also (i) increases the maximum civil penalty for engaging in a prohibited practice under the Act from $1,000 to $2,500 per violation and increases from $200 to $1,000 the maximum recovery for expenses incurred by the state or local agency investigating such violation; (ii) increases the minimum damage award in successful individual actions from $100 to $500; and, for finding willful violations, authorizes an award of three times the actual damages or $1,000, whichever is greater, and requires an award of attorney's fees and court costs; and (iii) establishes a two-year statute of limitations for individual actions. The bill also contains technical amendments.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/95 Senate: Presented & ordered printed LD3618480 pdf
- 02/02/95 Senate: Committee substitute printed LD3681701-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 01/13/95 Senate: Presented & ordered printed LD3618480
- 01/13/95 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/01/95 Senate: Reported from General Laws with sub. (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/95 Senate: Committee substitute printed LD3681701-S1
- 02/02/95 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/95 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/95 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/95 Senate: Reconsideration of passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/95 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/95 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/03/95 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/95 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/95 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to LD3681701-S1
- 02/03/95 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. LD3681701-S1
- 02/03/95 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/95 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/95 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/95 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/95 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/06/95 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/95 House: Read first time
- 02/07/95 House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
- 02/21/95 House: No action taken by Corporations, Insurance and Banking by voice vote