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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 HB 1022. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 493 | Virginia SB 493 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 493 (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 HB 1022.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws and Technology Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Senator Pekarsky Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Senator Pekarsky Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Accede Conference Committee R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — 9–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 95–0 (pass) · lower
- Concur House Substitute R — 0–40 (fail) · upper
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104951D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 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 amendments (9-Y 0-N 6-A)
committee-passage - 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 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-03 General Laws and Technology Amendment rejected
amendment-failure - 2026-02-03 Floor offered Senator Pekarsky Amendments
- 2026-02-03 Senator Pekarsky Amendments #1-3 withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal - 2026-02-03 Floor offered Senator Pekarsky Amendments
- 2026-02-03 Reading of amendments waived (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-03 Senator Pekarsky Amendments #4-7 agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-09 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-19 Committee substitute printed 26108170D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-19 Substitute bill reprinted 26108170D
- 2026-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-24 Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-27 House insisted on substitute
substitution - 2026-02-27 House requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-03 Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-03 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-03 Senate Conferees: Pekarsky, Williams Graves, Jordan
- 2026-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-03-05 House Conferees: Reaser, Feggans, McLaughlin
- 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-13 Substitute bill reprinted 26109455D
- 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB493ER)
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 (SB493)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 932 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bacf5123-d5b1-416e-aaca-fe3698053184. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).