Virginia House Bill 20 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 22 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Fair Repair Act. Requires the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of digital electronic equipment to make available to independent repair providers or owners of equipment manufactured by the OEM the same diagnostic and repair information timely and for no charge, or for the same charge and in the same format the OEM makes available to its authorized repair providers. OEMs are also required to make available for purchase by the owner or an independent repair provider any diagnostic and repair equipment or service parts and tools on fair and reasonable terms. The measure does not apply to motor vehicles. A violation is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (§59.1-196 et seq.). The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019.

Fair Repair Act; access to diagnostics, tools, services documentation, and firmware, penalties.

Del. Mark Cole [R]	Del. Steven Landes [R]	Del. Lee Carter [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]
Del. Gordon Helsel [R]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Robert Thomas [R]
Del. Michael Webert [R]

2018-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 1-N) (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2018-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 1-N)
2018-01-23	House	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1
2017-11-22	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2017-11-22	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101107D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	571	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	575	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB20
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB20+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1401V0018+HB0020