Virginia 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 2173 — Bedding and upholstered furniture; exemption from regulation.

Last action — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374)

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Glenn Youngkin (Republican) on March 23, 2023.

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  • 1 sponsor

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

26 added · 26 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to HB 2173 updated the exemptions for regulations on bedding and upholstered furniture. Notably, the revised bill clarifies that items over 75 years old are exempt, while removing a previous exemption related to interstate public carriers. This change matters because it simplifies the regulation process, ensuring that antique bedding and furniture is not subject to unnecessary oversight, which could benefit retailers and individual sellers focusing on historical items.

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SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY –– CHAPTER E An Act to amend and reenact § 32.1-225 of the Code of Virginia, relating to bedding and upholstered furniture;
VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- 2023 SESSION CHAPTER 374 An Act to amend and reenact § 32.1-225 of the Code of Virginia, relating to bedding and upholstered furniture;
R O [H 2173] Approved L L 1.
[H 2173] Approved March 23, 2023 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
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E § 32.1-225.
§ 32.1-225.
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Any items of bedding or upholstered furniture that are 75 years old or older.
Any interstate public carrier.tered furniture that are 75 years old or older.
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H by the retailer as new furniture and has been used in the course of business when such used furnituresed has been (i) conspicuously identified as used furniture and (ii) reduced in price, sold at auct3on, donated to charity, or made available for a rental fee, and so tagged.
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Any person who sells at retail, exclusively on a consignment basis, articles of bedding that are handmade by individuals and whose gross annual receipts from the sale of such articles are not in obtain a license to make such articles.
Any retailer who sells, gives away, or rents used upholstered furniture that has been purchased by the retailer as new furniture and has been used in the course of business when such used furniture has been (i) conspicuously identified as used furniture and (ii) reduced in price, sold at auction, donated to charity, or made available for a rental fee, and so tagged.
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Any person who sells at retail, exclusively on a consignment basis, articles of bedding that are handmade by individuals and whose gross annual receipts from the sale of such articles are not in excess of $2,000 shall be deemed to be the manufacturer of such articles and shall not be required to obtain a license to make such articles.
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Action History

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374)

  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 374 (effective 7/1/23)

  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023

  4. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023

  5. Signed by President

  6. Signed by Speaker

  7. Impact statement from DPB (HB2173ER)

  8. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2173ER)

  9. Enrolled

  10. Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

  11. Read third time

  12. Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)

  13. Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

  14. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  15. Constitutional reading dispensed

  16. VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)

  17. Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

  18. Read second time and engrossed

  19. Read first time

  20. Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)

  21. Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)

  22. Impact statement from DPB (HB2173)

  23. Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1

  24. Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

  25. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100988D

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 2173?
HB 2173 is sponsored by Mark D. Sickles.
What is the current status of HB 2173?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2023. Enacted.
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