Consumer protection; online marketplace, high-volume third-party sellers. (SB341)
Introduced By
Sen. George Barker (D-Alexandria) with support from co-patron Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Clarksville)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Consumer protection; online marketplace; high-volume third-party sellers. Establishes requirements for high-volume third-party sellers, defined in the bill as participants in an online marketplace that have entered into at least 200 discrete sales or transactions for 12 continuous months during the past 24 months resulting in accumulation of an aggregate total of $5,000 or more in gross revenues. The bill requires an online marketplace to (i) require high-volume third-party sellers to provide identifying and contact information to the online marketplace; (ii) verify the information provided by a high-volume third-party seller within 10 days of receipt; and (iii) require that high-volume third-party sellers make certain conspicuous disclosures to consumers on their product listing pages, with certain limited exceptions. The bill provides that the Attorney General has the exclusive authority to enforce its provisions and that any violation of its provisions is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/11/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101756D |
01/11/2022 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
02/02/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB341) |
02/02/2022 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
02/02/2022 | Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (7-Y 3-N 5-A) (see vote tally) |
02/02/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22104776D-S1 |
02/04/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB341S1) |
02/07/2022 | Read second time |
02/07/2022 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/07/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22104776D-S1 |
02/07/2022 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB341S1 |
02/08/2022 | Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/22/2022 | Placed on Calendar |
02/22/2022 | Read first time |
02/22/2022 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy |
02/28/2022 | Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4 |
03/01/2022 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N) |
03/08/2022 | Left in Commerce and Energy |