Virginia House Bill 591 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-12 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Unsolicited demands for payment. Prohibits solicitations through the use of a document that reasonably could be considered a bill, invoice, or statement of account due, if the document (i) is in fact an offer to sell goods or services to a consumer that were not requested by the consumer and (ii) fails to prominently disclaim that the document is not a bill but is a solicitation. A violation is made a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The Act currently prohibits misrepresentations by the use of any written or documentary material that appears to be an invoice or bill for merchandise or services previously ordered.

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; unsolicited demands for payment, prohibited practices.

Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-12	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2014-01-13	House	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1
2014-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2014-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100275D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	200.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB591
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB591+hil