Virginia Senate Bill 1294 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 25 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0615)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; defective drywall; penalties. Makes it a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to sell, offer for sale, or use in the construction, remodeling, or repair of any residential dwelling in Virginia, any drywall that he knows or has reason to know is drywall that, as a result of containing the same or greater levels of strontium sulfide that has been found in drywall manufactured in China and imported between 2004 and 2007, is capable of releasing sulfur compounds into the air. Such a sale, offering or use of drywall that has been designated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission as posing a substantial product hazard is also made a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The prohibition does not apply to the sale or offering for sale of any building or structure in which such drywall has been permanently installed or affixed. The measure applies to transactions occurring on or after the effective date of the measure, which will become effective upon enactment pursuant to an emergency clause.

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practice for supplier to sell defective drywall.

Sen. John Miller [D]

2011-02-23 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-22 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-15 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N) (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-25		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0615)
2011-03-25		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 615 (effective 3/25/11)
2011-03-06		Senate: Signed by President
2011-03-03		House: Signed by Speaker
2011-03-03		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1294ER)
2011-03-03		Senate: Enrolled
2011-02-23		Senate: Emergency clause added
2011-02-23		Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2011-02-22		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2011-02-22		House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2011-02-22		House: Engrossed by House as amended
2011-02-22		House: Committee amendments agreed to
2011-02-22		House: Read third time
2011-02-21		House: Read second time
2011-02-17		House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
2011-02-15		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)
2011-02-10		House: Assigned C & L sub: #1
2011-02-08		House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2011-02-08		House: Read first time
2011-02-08		House: Placed on Calendar
2011-02-04		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2011-02-03		Senate: Read second time and engrossed
2011-02-02		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2011-01-31		Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
2011-01-12		Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2011-01-12		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11102416D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	198	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1294
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+SB1294+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+SB1294ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0615+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+S02V0054+SB1294
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+SV0194SB1294+SB1294
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+SV0223SB1294+SB1294
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+H1401V0016+SB1294
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+H14V0135+SB1294
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+HV1200+SB1294
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+SV0654SB1294+SB1294