HB 2515 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, mandatory fees or surcharges disclosure.

Summary
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; mandatory fees or surcharges disclosure. Prohibits a supplier, in connection with a consumer transaction, from advertising or displaying a price for goods or services without clearly and conspicuously displaying the total price, which shall include all mandatory fees or surcharges, as defined in the bill. The bill specifies the requirements for compliance with its provisions for certain suppliers and excludes from its provisions (i) certain fees charged by motor vehicle dealers, as defined in relevant law; (ii) fees charged by electric utilities, natural gas utilities, and telecommunications service providers, as those terms are defined in relevant law; (iii) certain costs associated with real estate settlement services; and (iv) the provision of air transportation by air carriers. The bill requires a food delivery platform to (a) at the point when a consumer views and selects a vendor or items for purchase, include a clear and conspicuous disclosure of any additional fee or percentage charged, as defined in the bill, and (b) after a consumer selects items for purchase, but prior to checkout, display a subtotal page that itemizes the price of such selected items and any additional fee or percentage included in the total cost. This bill is identical to SB 1212.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Signed May 2, 2025
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What changed between versions

Governor Substitute Not Adopted Chaptered · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill changed from a Governor's substitute amendment to an enacted chapter, making the new mandatory fees disclosure requirements permanent and effective July 1, 2025. The core prohibited practices and new Chapter 58 on mandatory fees remain substantively the same, but the legislative status changed from proposed to law.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it still amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to prohibit certain fraudulent practices and requires suppliers to disclose mandatory fees or surcharges to consumers.
TIMELINE

The bill's status changed from a Governor's substitute (proposed) to an enacted chapter (Chapter 685), making the provisions permanent law effective July 1, 2025.

REQUIREMENT

New Chapter 58 (§§ 59.1-607 through 59.1-610) was added to require suppliers to clearly and conspicuously disclose all mandatory fees or surcharges in consumer transactions, with specific exemptions for utilities, motor vehicles, and certain other services.

DEFINITION

New definitions were added for 'mandatory fees or surcharges,' 'price-variable supplier,' 'food delivery platform,' and 'restaurant' to clarify which fees must be disclosed and which are exempt.

ENFORCEMENT

Violations of the new mandatory fees disclosure requirements are now explicitly classified as prohibited practices under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act, subject to the same enforcement mechanisms as other violations.

TECHNICAL

The text formatting changed from a legislative substitute document to the formal enacted chapter format, with added approval dates and chapter numbers.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

360
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Feb 14, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
15 Yea 4
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
36
Key actions
11
Committee
5
May 2, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 685 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Apr 2, 2025
Vetoed
House rejected Governor's recommendation (30-Y 65-N)
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by House
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2515ER)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #4
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 25 co-sponsors

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