Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, mandatory fees disclosure.
Summary
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; mandatory fees disclosure. Prohibits a supplier in connection with a consumer transaction from advertising, displaying, or offering any pricing information for goods or services without prominently displaying the total price, which shall include all mandatory fees or charges other than taxes imposed. The bill defines "mandatory fees or charges" as any fee or surcharge that must be paid in order to purchase the advertised good or service, that is not reasonably avoidable, and that a reasonable consumer would expect to be included. The bill clarifies that such term does not include shipping fees or taxes or fees imposed by a government or government-approved entity.
Bill status
failed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Mar 9, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 6, 2024 · House of Delegates Mar 1, 2024
How they voted
28–11
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 6, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
57% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
56
Key actions
12
Committee
13
Mar 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by House
lower
Mar 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Mar 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 9, 2024
Committee
House requested second conference committee (51-Y 47-N)
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 6, 2024
Committee
House requested conference committee
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (66-Y 30-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (66-Y 30-N)
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 11-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Stella Pekarsky
DDemocratic
Co
Jeremy McPike
DDemocratic
Co
Suhas Subramanyam
DDemocratic
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