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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)