Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offers.
Summary
Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offers. Requires a supplier making automatic renewal or continuous service offers that automatically renew after more than 30 days and extend the automatic renewal or continuous service offer for more than a period of 12 months to notify the consumer, as defined in the bill, of the option to cancel no less than 30 days and no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline or the end of the current contract term.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Apr 4, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 6, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 28, 2024
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
13
Committee
7
Apr 4, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 452 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB744ER)
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-0-1)
senate
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (89-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (89-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 16, 2024
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Michelle Maldonado
DDemocratic
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