5a13be122b
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
120 lines
7.2 KiB
Markdown
120 lines
7.2 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "Virginia Consumer Protection Act; fees for electronic fund transfers, prohibited."
|
||
description: "Fees for electronic fund transfers; prohibited. Provides that charging any transaction or processing fee or similar surcharge for the purchase of a good or service through the use of an electronic fund transfer is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill also prohibits landlords subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from charging a transaction or processing fee for the payment of a security deposit, rent, or any other amounts payable."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
|
||
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2024"
|
||
identifier: "HB 1519"
|
||
citation: "Virginia HB 1519 (2024)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: []
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Kannan Srinivasan"]
|
||
version_count: 6
|
||
action_count: 49
|
||
vote_count: 9
|
||
first_action: "2024-01-19"
|
||
last_action: "2024-04-17"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5d170f0-1da8-48d4-85b1-2e6cd9d5ff95"
|
||
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1519"
|
||
source_hash: "7e67b9f515bac66f71d1304f44667e81cb8e844b71cfab6d2f70f916e1d2899a"
|
||
vintage: "2026-07-01"
|
||
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
|
||
confidence: "reported"
|
||
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
# Virginia HB 1519 (2024) — Virginia Consumer Protection Act; fees for electronic fund transfers, prohibited.
|
||
|
||
Fees for electronic fund transfers; prohibited. Provides that charging any transaction or processing fee or similar surcharge for the purchase of a good or service through the use of an electronic fund transfer is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill also prohibits landlords subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from charging a transaction or processing fee for the payment of a security deposit, rent, or any other amounts payable.
|
||
|
||
## Version chain
|
||
|
||
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
|
||
|
||
1. **CHAP0838** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0838)
|
||
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107555D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1519H1)
|
||
3. **Committee substitute printed 24108450D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1519S1)
|
||
4. **HB1519ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1519ER)
|
||
5. **HB1519ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1519ER2)
|
||
6. **Presented and ordered printed 24105338D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1519)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (11-Y 4-N) — **11–4** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N) — **51–47** (pass) · lower
|
||
- VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 49-N) — **50–49** (pass) · lower
|
||
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) — **51–47** (pass) · lower
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Kannan Srinivasan — primary (person)
|
||
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2024-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 24105338D `introduction`
|
||
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2024-01-23** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2024-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1519)
|
||
- **2024-02-08** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
|
||
- **2024-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) `substitution`
|
||
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute printed 24107555D-H1 `substitution`
|
||
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
|
||
- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB1519H1)
|
||
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
|
||
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107555D-H1 `substitution`
|
||
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1519H1 `substitution`
|
||
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N) `passage, reading-3`
|
||
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) `passage`
|
||
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
|
||
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2024-02-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
|
||
- **2024-02-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2024-02-28** Committee substitute printed 24108450D-S1 `substitution`
|
||
- **2024-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1519S1)
|
||
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
|
||
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
|
||
- **2024-03-04** Passed by for the day
|
||
- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
|
||
- **2024-03-05** Reading of substitute waived
|
||
- **2024-03-05** Committee substitute agreed to 24108450D-S1 `substitution`
|
||
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1519S1 `substitution`
|
||
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
|
||
- **2024-03-06** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108450D-S1 (52-Y 47-N) `substitution`
|
||
- **2024-03-06** VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N)
|
||
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
|
||
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1519ER) `passage`
|
||
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
|
||
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
|
||
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
|
||
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
|
||
- **2024-03-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1519ER)
|
||
- **2024-04-08** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
|
||
- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (51-Y 49-N)
|
||
- **2024-04-17** VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 49-N)
|
||
- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
|
||
- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
|
||
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
|
||
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (HB1519ER2) `enrolled`
|
||
- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
|
||
- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
|
||
- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 838 (effective - see bill) `became-law`
|
||
- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0838)
|
||
|
||
## Source
|
||
|
||
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5d170f0-1da8-48d4-85b1-2e6cd9d5ff95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
|
||
|