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Bill Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offers, disclosure and cancellation. Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offers; disclosure and cancellation. Amends certain definitions related to automatic renewal or continuous service offers, including the definition of "clear and conspicuous" as it relates to seller disclosures and requirements to provide a simple cancellation mechanism. The bill replaces the term "supplier" in current provisions with "seller" and provides a definition for such term. The bill requires sellers to provide a cancellation mechanism that is at least as easy to use as the mechanism used to initiate the automatic renewal or continuous service offer, and includes additional requirements for providing such cancellation mechanism. Under the bill, certain businesses are no longer exempt from disclosure and cancellation requirements for automatic renewal or continuous service offers, and a violation of the provision constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. This bill is identical to SB 493. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 1022 Virginia HB 1022 (2026)
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Virginia HB 1022 (2026) — Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offers, disclosure and cancellation.

Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offers; disclosure and cancellation. Amends certain definitions related to automatic renewal or continuous service offers, including the definition of "clear and conspicuous" as it relates to seller disclosures and requirements to provide a simple cancellation mechanism. The bill replaces the term "supplier" in current provisions with "seller" and provides a definition for such term. The bill requires sellers to provide a cancellation mechanism that is at least as easy to use as the mechanism used to initiate the automatic renewal or continuous service offer, and includes additional requirements for providing such cancellation mechanism. Under the bill, certain businesses are no longer exempt from disclosure and cancellation requirements for automatic renewal or continuous service offers, and a violation of the provision constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. This bill is identical to SB 493.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  6. Labor and Commerce Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  7. Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 6–1 (pass) · lower
  • Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — 17–3 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 90–4 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 1–96 (fail) · lower
  • Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)
  • Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105164D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
  • 2026-01-22 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2026-02-12 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N)
  • 2026-02-12 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (17-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 4-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2026-03-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-03 Committee substitute printed 26108991D-S1 substitution
  • 2026-03-04 Rules suspended
  • 2026-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-04 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-05 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-05 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
  • 2026-03-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-03-05 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-09 Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 96-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-10 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
  • 2026-03-10 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2026-03-11 House acceded to request
  • 2026-03-11 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2026-03-11 House Conferees: Reaser, Feggans, McLaughlin
  • 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2026-03-12 Senate Conferees: Pekarsky, Williams Graves, Jordan
  • 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
  • 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-13 Substitute bill reprinted 26109696D
  • 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1022ER) passage
  • 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1022)
  • 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 931 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2345029-538e-4acd-8aef-1118b85e7ba2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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