republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2038.md

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Bill	Extended service contract providers; 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	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2038	Virginia HB 2038 (2019)	bill	Trade and Commerce	enacted	Margaret B. Ransone	5	17	5	2019-01-07	2019-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/e2eb26a7-2557-496e-b206-a053859ddd8a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2038	75d7dc84de19d5dd32e722ea67965e0946d3acff0815c824c0bc46e487dea259	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2038 (2019) — Extended service contract providers; 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

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2038ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104036D (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Printed as engrossed 19104036D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Margaret B. Ransone — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104036D introduction
• 2019-01-07 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2019-01-17 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-18 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-01-18 Engrossed by House as amended HB2038E
• 2019-01-18 Printed as engrossed 19104036D-E
• 2019-01-21 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-22 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2019-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-19 Enrolled
• 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
• 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-14 Approved by Governor-Chapter 396 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2eb26a7-2557-496e-b206-a053859ddd8a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).