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| Bill | Virginia Consumer Protection Act; shipping goods without certain information. | Virginia Consumer Protection Act; shipping goods without certain information. Provides that it is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to ship goods to a consumer in the Commonwealth in accordance with an automatic renewal or continuous service offer without including a shipping invoice stating (i) the amount the consumer was charged for shipping, if any; (ii) information on how to return the goods, if returns are accepted by the supplier; and (iii) information on how to cancel the automatic renewal or continuous service offer. The bill exempts any supplier that provides such information to a consumer by a timely electronic confirmation of purchase or by otherwise making such information readily available. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 184 | Virginia SB 184 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 184 (2026) — Virginia Consumer Protection Act; shipping goods without certain information.
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; shipping goods without certain information. Provides that it is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for a supplier to ship goods to a consumer in the Commonwealth in accordance with an automatic renewal or continuous service offer without including a shipping invoice stating (i) the amount the consumer was charged for shipping, if any; (ii) information on how to return the goods, if returns are accepted by the supplier; and (iii) information on how to cancel the automatic renewal or continuous service offer. The bill exempts any supplier that provides such information to a consumer by a timely electronic confirmation of purchase or by otherwise making such information readily available.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws and Technology Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100938D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Senate committee offered
- 2026-01-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-29 Committee substitute printed 26106157D-S1
substitution - 2026-01-30 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-30 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB184)
- 2026-02-06 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-02-16 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-24 Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-26 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB184ER)
passage - 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB184)
- 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 488 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0488)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dcaef196-c36d-4afe-9200-15c6526e46ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).