Virginia Senate Bill 341 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-08 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Consumer protection; online marketplace; high-volume third-party sellers. Establishes requirements for high-volume third-party sellers, defined in the bill as participants in an online marketplace that have entered into at least 200 discrete sales or transactions for 12 continuous months during the past 24 months resulting in accumulation of an aggregate total of $5,000 or more in gross revenues. The bill requires an online marketplace to (i) require high-volume third-party sellers to provide identifying and contact information to the online marketplace; (ii) verify the information provided by a high-volume third-party seller within 10 days of receipt; and (iii) require that high-volume third-party sellers make certain conspicuous disclosures to consumers on their product listing pages, with certain limited exceptions. The bill provides that the Attorney General has the exclusive authority to enforce its provisions and that any violation of its provisions is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Consumer protection; online marketplace; high-volume third-party sellers. Establishes requirements for high-volume third-party sellers, defined in the bill as participants in an online marketplace that have entered into at least 200 discrete sales or transactions for 12 continuous months during the past 24 months resulting in accumulation of an aggregate total of $5,000 or more in gross revenues. The bill requires an online marketplace to (i) require high-volume third-party sellers to provide identifying and contact information to the online marketplace; (ii) verify the information provided by a high-volume third-party seller within 10 days of receipt; and (iii) require that high-volume third-party sellers make certain conspicuous disclosures to consumers on their product listing pages, with certain limited exceptions. The bill provides that the Attorney General has the exclusive authority to enforce its provisions and that any violation of its provisions is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

Consumer protection; online marketplace, high-volume third-party sellers.

Sen. George Barker [D]

Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

2022-03-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N 1-A) (Y: 27 N: 12 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) (Y: 35 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (7-Y 3-N 5-A) (Y: 7 N: 3 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-08	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2022-03-01	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N)
2022-02-28	House	Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4
2022-02-22	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2022-02-22	House	Read first time
2022-02-22	House	Placed on Calendar
2022-02-08	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N 1-A)
2022-02-07	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB341S1
2022-02-07	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 22104776D-S1
2022-02-07	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2022-02-07	Senate	Read second time
2022-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
2022-02-02	Senate	Committee substitute printed 22104776D-S1
2022-02-02	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (7-Y 3-N 5-A)
2022-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2022-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101756D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	589	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	592	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB341
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB341+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB341S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22104776D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB341F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB341FS1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S12V0078+SB0341
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0229SB0341+SB0341
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0268SB0341+SB0341
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H2304V0012+SB0341