Virginia House Bill 951 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Product safety; flame retardants; regulations; fund; civil penalty. Prohibits the manufacture or sale in the Commonwealth, beginning July 1, 2019, of upholstered furniture intended for residential use or any product that is intended to come into close contact with a person younger than 12 years of age if such upholstered furniture or product contains any flame-retardant chemical listed in the bill. The bill requires the manufacturer of any prohibited product to notify sellers of the prohibition by March 31, 2019, and requires a manufacturer to recall by that date any products that it has sold in violation of the prohibition. Casual or isolated sales of previously owned products containing the listed chemicals are exempted from the prohibition. The bill subjects any manufacturer in the Commonwealth that manufactures a product in violation of the provisions of the bill to a civil penalty of $5,000 for a first offense or $10,000 for a second or subsequent offense, and it directs the funds collected to the Virginia Product Safety Fund, created by the bill. Finally, the bill directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of the bill and to impose the chemical prohibition on certain other consumer products.

Product safety; flame retardants, penalty.

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

2018-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 3-N) (Y: 4 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2018-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 3-N) (Y: 4 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2018-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 3-N)
2018-01-25	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1
2018-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2018-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101607D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	6600	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	6601	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	6602	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB951
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB951+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0101V0018+HB0951
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0101V0026+HB0951