Online Marketplace Consumer Protection Act; high-volume third-party sellers in online marketplace.
Summary
Online Marketplace Consumer Protection Act; high-volume third-party sellers in an online marketplace; civil penalty. Establishes requirements for high-volume third-party sellers, defined in the bill as participants in an online marketplace that have entered into at least 200 discrete sales or transactions for 12 continuous months during the past 24 months resulting in accumulation of an aggregate total of $5,000 or more in gross revenues. The bill requires high-volume third-party sellers to provide identifying information and contact information to the online marketplace and requires the online marketplace to verify the information upon receipt. The bill requires that high-volume third-party sellers make certain conspicuous disclosures to consumers on their product listing pages, with certain limited exceptions. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to initiate an action in the name of the Commonwealth against an online marketplace or high-volume third-party seller that has violated the provisions of the bill and either failed to cure the violation within a 30-day cure period or failed to comply with an express written statement to the Attorney General that the alleged violations have been cured and no further violations will occur. The Attorney General may seek an injunction to restrain any such violations and civil penalties of up to $7,500 for each such violation.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Last action Feb 8, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 8, 2022
How they voted
21–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 22
Feb 8, 2022
D
Democratic10
90% Yea
R
Republican12
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Feb 8, 2022
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0-1)
house of delegates
Jan 25, 2022
Committee
Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100682D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Terry Kilgore
RRepublican
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