Virginia House Bill 2038 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 14 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Extended service contracts; bonding requirement; remedies; civil penalty. Eliminates the requirement that extended service contract providers file and maintain a bond or letter of credit with the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS). The bill also (i) requires service contracts to include a disclosure advising a purchaser that he may file a complaint with VDACS if an obligor denies or does not honor a promise made in a contract within 60 days after a request; (ii) authorizes the Commissioner of VDACS, upon receiving a complaint regarding such a request, to investigate whether there has been an improper denial or failure of a purchaser's request and require the obligor to rectify or justify any improper denial or failure; and (iii) authorizes the Commissioner to (a) issue a cease and desist order; (b) deny, suspend, or revoke the obligor's registration; or (c) assess a civil penalty if the denial or failure is not rectified or sufficiently justified. The bill includes procedural provisions concerning the Commissioner's powers to deny, suspend, or revoke an obligor's registration. This bill is identical to SB 1188.

Extended service contract providers; bonding requirement, remedies, civil penalty.

Del. Margaret Ransone [R]

2019-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-21 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-15 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-14		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396)
2019-03-14		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 396 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-21		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-21	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
2019-02-20	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-19	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2038ER)
2019-02-19	House	Enrolled
2019-02-14	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-14	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-13	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
2019-01-22	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-22	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-01-21	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2019-01-21	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2019-01-18	House	Printed as engrossed 19104036D-E
2019-01-18	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB2038E
2019-01-18	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2019-01-18	House	Read second time
2019-01-17	House	Read first time
2019-01-15	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
2019-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104036D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	437	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	437.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2038
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2038+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2038E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2038ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0396+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H14V0007+HB2038
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV1757+HB2038
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02V0127+HB2038
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0547HB2038+HB2038
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0633HB2038+HB2038