Consumer Affairs
New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Restricts gifts to certified homemaker-home health aides from patients. [AB-961]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Ethics ]
[Public Health ]
Restricts gifts to certified homemaker-home health aides from patients.
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Prohibits the sale of certain children's products containing lead, mercury, or cadmium. [AB-731]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibits the sale of certain children's products containing lead, mercury, or cadmium.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires consumer reporting agencies to place security freeze on consumer reports of protected consumers under certain circumstances. [AB-504]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requires consumer reporting agencies to place security freeze on consumer reports of protected consumers under certain circumstances.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires appointments for safety-related recalls on vehicles to be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. [AB-174]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires appointments for safety-related recalls on vehicles to be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Limits late fees assessed by issuer of credit cards. [AB-634]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Limits late fees assessed by issuer of credit cards.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires certain energy drinks to be labeled with warning for young consumers. [AB-285]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Food ]
Requires certain energy drinks to be labeled with warning for young consumers.
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Energy Star Program Integrity Act [HB-1682]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Energy Star Program Integrity Act This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to revise the Energy Star program. Specifically, the bill prohibits breach of warranty claims or private claims or rights of action against manufacturers of products that are disqualified from the program if: (1) the product has been certified by a certification body recognized by the program, (2) the Environmental Protection Agency has approved corrective measures, and (3) the responsible party has fully complied with all such measures.
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Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 [HB-1652]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to categorize certain hearing aids as over-the-counter hearing aids and issue regulations regarding those hearing aids. The regulations for over-the-counter hearing aids must: (1) provide reasonable assurances of safety and efficacy; (2) establish output limits and labeling requirements; and (3) describe requirements for the sale of hearing aids in-person, by mail, or online, without a prescription.
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Water Infrastructure Trust Fund Act of 2017 [HB-1647]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
Water Infrastructure Trust Fund Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury a Water Infrastructure Trust Fund and appropriates to it amounts equivalent to the fees received in the Treasury before January 1, 2023, under this bill. The bill requires 50% of amounts in the fund to be available to the Environmental Protection Agency for capitalization grants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act or CWA) and 50% to be available for capitalization grants under the Safe
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Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 [S.670]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to categorize certain hearing aids as over-the-counter hearing aids and issue regulations regarding those hearing aids. The regulations for over-the-counter hearing aids must: (1) provide reasonable assurances of safety and efficacy; (2) establish output limits and labeling requirements; and (3) describe requirements for the sale of hearing aids in-person, by mail, or online, without a prescription.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Eliminates awarding of attorneys' fees, filing fees, and costs of suit for certain technical violations of consumer fraud act. [AB-2044]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Eliminates awarding of attorneys' fees, filing fees, and costs of suit for certain technical violations of consumer fraud act.
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Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act [HB-1635]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify loan counseling requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs. Currently, an IHE must provide entrance counseling to a student who is a first-time federal student loan borrower. This bill replaces required entrance counseling with required annual counseling. Also, it expands the required recipients of such annual counseling to include,
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking [HB-1625]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Crime ]
TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world. (Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any legislation to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should include a replacement for such Act that includes certain health care consumer protections. [HR-212]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any legislation to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should include a replacement for such Act that includes certain health care consumer protections. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that legislation to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or substantial portions of the Act, should include certain provisions, including provisions that: provide for health insurance coverage for at least the same number of people, provide for affordable
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Prohibits soliciting or phishing for personal identifying information. [AB-1066]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibits soliciting or phishing for personal identifying information.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires waiver of dealer obligation regarding necessary repairs impacting vehicle inspection to include description of known defects.* [AB-838]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requires waiver of dealer obligation regarding necessary repairs impacting vehicle inspection to include description of known defects.*
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Mandatory Arbitration Transparency Act of 2017 [S.647]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
[Ethics ]
[Trade ]
Mandatory Arbitration Transparency Act of 2017 This bill prohibits predispute arbitration agreements from containing a confidentiality clause regarding an employment, consumer, or civil rights dispute that could be interpreted to prohibit a party from: (1) making a communication in a manner such that the prohibition would violate a whistle-blower statute; or (2) reporting or making a communication about tortious conduct, unlawful conduct, or issues of public policy or public concern. But the prohibition shall not apply if a party can demonstrate
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires DOH to establish uniform standards for retail food establishment health and sanitary evaluation placards. [AB-739]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requires DOH to establish uniform standards for retail food establishment health and sanitary evaluation placards.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires entertainment facilities to provide calorie information for food and beverage items offered for sale. [AB-556]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
Requires entertainment facilities to provide calorie information for food and beverage items offered for sale.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Prohibits sale of prepaid and wireless telephone service and equipment unless certain buyer information is recorded. [AB-1258]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibits sale of prepaid and wireless telephone service and equipment unless certain buyer information is recorded.