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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, mandatory fees or surcharges disclosure."
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description: "Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; mandatory fees or surcharges disclosure. Prohibits a supplier, in connection with a consumer transaction, from advertising or displaying a price for goods or services without clearly and conspicuously displaying the total price, which shall include all mandatory fees or surcharges, as defined in the bill. The bill specifies the requirements for compliance with its provisions for certain suppliers and excludes from its provisions (i) certain fees charged by motor vehicle dealers, as defined in relevant law; (ii) fees charged by electric utilities, natural gas utilities, and telecommunications service providers, as those terms are defined in relevant law; (iii) certain costs associated with real estate settlement services; and (iv) the provision of air transportation by air carriers. The bill requires a food delivery platform to (a) at the point when a consumer views and selects a vendor or items for purchase, include a clear and conspicuous disclosure of any additional fee or percentage charged, as defined in the bill, and (b) after a consumer selects items for purchase, but prior to checkout, display a subtotal page that itemizes the price of such selected items and any additional fee or percentage included in the total cost. This bill is identical to SB 1212."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2515"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2515 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Adele Y. McClure"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cb8f042-0ff9-4dd7-8a50-2b2ba1230cce"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2515"
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source_hash: "32fcfe285dd781e6e3224e0ccc30e154556819a44db2d674eb63ce92301f3e01"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2515 (2025) — Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, mandatory fees or surcharges disclosure.
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Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; mandatory fees or surcharges disclosure. Prohibits a supplier, in connection with a consumer transaction, from advertising or displaying a price for goods or services without clearly and conspicuously displaying the total price, which shall include all mandatory fees or surcharges, as defined in the bill. The bill specifies the requirements for compliance with its provisions for certain suppliers and excludes from its provisions (i) certain fees charged by motor vehicle dealers, as defined in relevant law; (ii) fees charged by electric utilities, natural gas utilities, and telecommunications service providers, as those terms are defined in relevant law; (iii) certain costs associated with real estate settlement services; and (iv) the provision of air transportation by air carriers. The bill requires a food delivery platform to (a) at the point when a consumer views and selects a vendor or items for purchase, include a clear and conspicuous disclosure of any additional fee or percentage charged, as defined in the bill, and (b) after a consumer selects items for purchase, but prior to checkout, display a subtotal page that itemizes the price of such selected items and any additional fee or percentage included in the total cost. This bill is identical to SB 1212.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016675.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079823.PDF)
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3. **Governor Substitute Not Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074469.PDF)
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4. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073706.HTML)
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5. **Labor and Commerce Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035784.PDF)
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6. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036786.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061411.PDF)
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## Votes
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- House rejected Governor's recommendation (30-Y 65-N) — **30–65** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) — **25–15** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (3-Y 2-N) — **3–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — **12–9** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N) — **51–47** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
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- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101360D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2515)
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- **2025-01-29** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (3-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-30** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25106363D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2515)
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2515ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2515)
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (HB2515H2)
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- **2025-04-02** House rejected Governor's recommendation (30-Y 65-N) `veto-override-passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 685 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0685)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cb8f042-0ff9-4dd7-8a50-2b2ba1230cce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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