Consumer Affairs
New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Directs BPU to require certain energy businesses to maintain recordings of telemarketing sales calls for three years. [AB-220]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Directs BPU to require certain energy businesses to maintain recordings of telemarketing sales calls for three years.
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Prohibits sale of certain mobile telecommunications devices unless device includes technology to remotely render device inoperable. [AB-1843]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibits sale of certain mobile telecommunications devices unless device includes technology to remotely render device inoperable.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Prohibits delivery of more than one magazine issue before billing information is obtained. [AB-170]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Media and Advertising ]
Prohibits delivery of more than one magazine issue before billing information is obtained.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Repeals restriction on weights and measures officers' and employees' duties. [AB-735]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repeals restriction on weights and measures officers' and employees' duties.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Authorizes county and municipal consumer affairs directors to conduct administrative hearings, assess civil and other penalties, and issue cease and desist orders. [AB-738]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizes county and municipal consumer affairs directors to conduct administrative hearings, assess civil and other penalties, and issue cease and desist orders.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
"New Jersey Fair Debt Collection Practices Act." [AB-1763]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
"New Jersey Fair Debt Collection Practices Act."
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Prohibits sale of certain products using advertisements alluding to controlled dangerous substances or analogs. [AB-164]
[Cannabis ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibits sale of certain products using advertisements alluding to controlled dangerous substances or analogs.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Concerns credit card interchange fees and consumer protection. [AB-752]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Concerns credit card interchange fees and consumer protection.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Prohibits assessment of overlimit fee assessed by issuer of credit or debit cards in certain instances. [AB-632]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Prohibits assessment of overlimit fee assessed by issuer of credit or debit cards in certain instances.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Includes payday lending as a violation of the consumer fraud act. [AB-673]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Includes payday lending as a violation of the consumer fraud act.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires printers to display average cost per 1,000 printed pages and ink cartridges to display yield. [AB-733]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requires printers to display average cost per 1,000 printed pages and ink cartridges to display yield.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Establishes Rail Passenger Bill of Rights and authorizes Division of Consumer Affairs to enforce provisions. [AB-2078]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishes Rail Passenger Bill of Rights and authorizes Division of Consumer Affairs to enforce provisions.
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US Congress 115th Congress
United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 [S.515]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[National Security ]
United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 This bill requires a business that employs 50 or more call center employees, excluding part-time employees, or 50 or more call center employees who in the aggregate work at least 1,500 hours per week, exclusive of overtime, to notify the Department of Labor at least 120 days before relocating such center outside of the United States. Violators are subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per day. Labor must make publicly available a list of all such employers that relocate a
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Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act [HB-1316]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act This bill adds certain transparency requirements for pharmacy benefits managers under Medicare, Medicare Advantage, TRICARE, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Prohibits fees for certain bill payments. [AB-635]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibits fees for certain bill payments.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Declares March 17 through March 23, 2013 as "Poison Prevention Awareness Week." [AR-14]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Declares March 17 through March 23, 2013 as "Poison Prevention Awareness Week."
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires labeling of ingredients and restricts phosphorus in household cleansing products. [AB-951]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Requires labeling of ingredients and restricts phosphorus in household cleansing products.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Prohibits sale, distribution, and use of urea as an ice melt. [AB-950]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibits sale, distribution, and use of urea as an ice melt.
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US Congress 115th Congress
United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 [HB-1300]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[National Security ]
United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 This bill requires a business that employs 50 or more call center employees, excluding part-time employees, or 50 or more call center employees who in the aggregate work at least 1,500 hours per week, exclusive of overtime, to notify the Department of Labor at least 120 days before relocating such center outside of the United States. Violators are subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per day. Labor must make publicly available a list of all such employers that relocate a
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Prohibits snowplow or de-icing service contract from indemnifying promisee against liability for loss or damage in certain instances. [SB-181]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibits snowplow or de-icing service contract from indemnifying promisee against liability for loss or damage in certain instances.