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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) — **114** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) — **2317** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **53** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **1210** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N) — **5147** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 49-N) — **5049** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) — **5147** (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).