--- type: "Bill" title: "Gift certificates; prohibits imposition of a dormancy fee, etc." description: "Gift certificates; fees. Prohibits the imposition of a dormancy fee, an inactivity charge or fee, or a service fee with respect to a gift certificate, unless certain requirements of the bill are met." jurisdiction: "us/states/va" legislature: "Virginia General Assembly" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 1371" citation: "Virginia SB 1371 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Kannan Srinivasan"] version_count: 6 action_count: 45 vote_count: 9 first_action: "2025-01-13" last_action: "2025-04-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dd50ecb-ea0f-443a-b217-d587690433c4" source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1371" source_hash: "ab637a7090464498be1865424853dca94ec61d215a43aec449294551eb407f5e" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"] --- # Virginia SB 1371 (2025) — Gift certificates; prohibits imposition of a dormancy fee, etc. Gift certificates; fees. Prohibits the imposition of a dormancy fee, an inactivity charge or fee, or a service fee with respect to a gift certificate, unless certain requirements of the bill are met. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019570.PDF) 2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079043.PDF) 3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024272.PDF) 4. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073931.HTML) 5. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075470.PDF) 6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062307.PDF) ## Votes - Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower - House concurred in Governor's recommendation (76-Y 20-N) — **76–20** (pass) · lower - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper - Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower - Passed House (63-Y 33-N) — **63–33** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Kannan Srinivasan — primary (person) - Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person) - David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person) - Luther Cifers, III — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103377D `filing, introduction` - **2025-01-13** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-01-27** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage` - **2025-01-27** Committee substitute printed 25105305D-S1 `substitution` - **2025-01-29** Rules suspended - **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N) - **2025-01-29** Passed by for the day - **2025-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1371) - **2025-01-30** Read second time `reading-2` - **2025-01-30** Reading of substitute waived - **2025-01-30** Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to - **2025-01-30** Rules suspended - **2025-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution` - **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) - **2025-01-30** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage` - **2025-02-03** Placed on Calendar - **2025-02-03** Read first time `reading-1` - **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee` - **2025-02-04** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee` - **2025-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) - **2025-02-13** Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage` - **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2` - **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3` - **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day - **2025-02-19** Passed by temporarily - **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3` - **2025-02-19** Passed House (63-Y 33-N) `passage` - **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1371ER) `passage` - **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage` - **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled` - **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2024 `executive-receipt` - **2025-03-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1371) - **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item` - **2025-03-24** Governor's Recommendation - **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) - **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (76-Y 20-N) - **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature` - **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled` - **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (SB1371ER2) `enrolled` - **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage` - **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage` - **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 629 (Effective 07/01/2025) `became-law` - **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dd50ecb-ea0f-443a-b217-d587690433c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).