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