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§ 59.1-600 Discrimination prohibited

No person or public entity shall discriminate against a consumer on the grounds that the consumer has exercised any of the rights granted by this chapter with regard to:

1. Providing or denying any good, service, or benefit to the consumer;

2. Charging any different price or rate for any good or service provided to the consumer, including through the use of discounts or other incentives or imposition of penalties;

3. Providing a different level or quality of goods, services, or benefits to the consumer;

4. Suggesting that the consumer will receive a different price or rate for goods, services, or benefits or a different level or quality of goods, services, or benefits; or

5. Considering the consumer’s exercise of rights pursuant to this chapter as a basis or suspicion of criminal wrongdoing or unlawful conduct.

History

This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 526 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

2023, c. 526.

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