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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1212: Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, mandatory fees or surcharges disclosure.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1212 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, mandatory fees or surcharges disclosure. Primary sponsor: Stella Pekarsky (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 2, 2025): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0686).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Stella PekarskyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Dave MarsdenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate35

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0686)
  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 686 (Effective 07/01/25)
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
  4. Communicated to Governor
  5. Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (17-Y 23-N)
  6. Governor's substitute printed (SB1212S2)
  7. Governor's substitute printed (SB1212S2)
  8. Governor's recommendation received by Senate
  9. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1212)
  10. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  11. Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
  12. Signed by President

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source