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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 HB 2515."
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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: "SB 1212"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1212 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stella G. Pekarsky"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 43
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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/54092b6c-8bab-4ae0-85aa-8541ef22cd06"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1212"
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source_hash: "b503be0866e4a2684690c47b86a4e2c2f88acc5d33fb7aa06a3a99d4b6f789ad"
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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 SB 1212 (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 HB 2515.
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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/1018263.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079827.PDF)
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3. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1026377.PDF)
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4. **Governor Substitute Not Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074756.PDF)
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5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074156.HTML)
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6. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1043409.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054136.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House with substitute (50-Y 47-N) — **50–47** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (17-Y 23-N) — **17–23** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — **12–9** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)
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- David W. Marsden — 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 25101034D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1212)
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- **2025-01-22** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-22** Committee substitute printed 25105788D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-22** Substitute bill reprinted 25105788D
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- **2025-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1212)
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- **2025-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-24** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-24** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-27** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-01-27** General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-06** Committee substitute printed 25106447D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1212)
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- **2025-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12** Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed House with substitute (50-Y 47-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-14** House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1212ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1212)
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (SB1212S2)
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- **2025-03-25** Governor's substitute printed (SB1212S2)
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- **2025-04-02** Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (17-Y 23-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 686 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0686)
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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/54092b6c-8bab-4ae0-85aa-8541ef22cd06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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