2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2727: Gift certificates; amends definition, international transactions, fraud reports.

Legislative Summary

Gift certificates; international transactions; fraud reports. Amends the definition of "gift certificate" and prohibits merchants from selling a gift certificate as part of an international transaction without first implementing a 24-hour hold on the activation of such gift certificate. The bill also requires local law enforcement to communicate reports of gift certificate fraud to the Internet Crime Complaint Center of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Bill History

1/17/2025
Presented and ordered printed 25104269D
House of Delegates
1/17/2025
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
House of Delegates
1/23/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2727)
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Left in Courts of Justice
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/17/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Courts of Justice(House of Delegates)

Sponsors

Republican: 1
Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

Eric Zehr
Eric Zehr
Republican

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/17/20257.7 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/23/2025100.7 KB