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2023 SESSION
HB 1517 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; automatic renewal or continuous service offers.
Introduced by: Dawn M. Adams | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; automatic renewal or continuous service offers; cancellation reminders; prohibited practices. Requires suppliers of automatic renewals or continuous service offers that include a free trial that lasts more than 30 days to, within 30 days of the end of any such free trial, notify the consumer of his option to cancel the free trial before the end of the trial period to avoid an obligation to pay for the goods or services. The bill provides that failure to notify a consumer of such option is a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill also makes it a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to fail to disclose the total cost of a good or continuous service to a consumer, including any mandatory fees or charges, prior to entering into an agreement for the sale of any such good or provision of any such service.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101938D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23106505D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1517ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0688) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/04/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101938D
- 01/04/23 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 01/16/23 House: Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/17/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/23 House: Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/23 House: Read first time
- 01/24/23 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/25/23 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/26/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/08/23 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23106505D-S1
- 02/10/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/13/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/13/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to
- 02/13/23 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/13/23 Senate: Amendments by Senator Surovell agreed to
- 02/13/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB1517S1
- 02/13/23 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/23 House: Senate substitute with amendments agreed to by House 23106519D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/23 House: VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 House: Enrolled
- 02/20/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1517ER)
- 02/20/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/23 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/27/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 688 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/27/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0688)