Consumer Protection
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Agricultural Equipment Warranties [SB-990]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring, to make a claim under a warranty for certain agricultural equipment, a consumer to provide written notice to a certain parties to report a nonconformity, defect, or condition occurring in certain agricultural equipment; requiring certain parties to correct the nonconformity, defect, or condition in a certain manner; requiring certain parties to provide a consumer with the opportunity to replace agricultural equipment or receive a refund under certain circumstances; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Gallion
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the disclosure by a pharmacy to a patient of certain price information for a drug or biological product. [SB-1098]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Relating to the disclosure by a pharmacy to a patient of certain price information for a drug or biological product.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cesar Blanco
Placed On General State Calendar on 05/26/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, relative to consumer protection. [HB-911]
[Consumer Protection ]
As enacted, revises one of the definitions of a "nonprofit organization" for purposes of the Tennessee Information Protection Act to mean a public utility organized or regulated, instead of only organized, under the laws of this state. - Amends TCA Title 47.
Sponsored by: Rep. Johnny Garrett
Effective Date(s) 07/01/2025 on 04/28/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 25, Part 11, relative to personal rights. [HB-905]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
As introduced, changes the definition of "definable group" for purposes of the Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act of 2024 to include a choral group rather than a glee club. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 25, Part 11.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Vaughan
Action Def. In Commerce Committee To Second Calendar Of 2026 on 04/02/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 39; Title 47 and Title 65, relative to consumer protection. [HB-922]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
As enacted, adds as unlawful under the Consumer Protection Act of 1977 the making of false statements or misrepresentations of fact to a consumer to indicate or imply that the consumer is a party to a civil lawsuit or a defendant in a criminal prosecution in order to induce the consumer to pay for services related to the purported lawsuit or prosecution or to pay costs, fines, penalties, or other assessments related to the purported lawsuit or prosecution. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 47 and Title 65.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Lynn
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 177 on 04/30/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 68, Chapter 201, relative to weather modification. [HB-899]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
As introduced, makes it a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 for a weather-related company to conduct certain weather modification activities. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 68, Chapter 201.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Zachary
Sponsor(s) Added. on 02/14/2025
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Idaho 2025 Regular Session
Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding disclosure of artificial intelligence communications. [HB-127]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
CONSUMER PROTECTION -- Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding disclosure of artificial intelligence communications.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Reported Printed And Referred To Business on 02/05/2025
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Utah 2025 General Session
Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection Amendments [SB-226]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection Amendments
Sponsored by: Rep. Jefferson Moss
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/27/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 39; Title 47 and Title 65, relative to consumer protection. [SB-816]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
As enacted, adds as unlawful under the Consumer Protection Act of 1977 the making of false statements or misrepresentations of fact to a consumer to indicate or imply that the consumer is a party to a civil lawsuit or a defendant in a criminal prosecution in order to induce the consumer to pay for services related to the purported lawsuit or prosecution or to pay costs, fines, penalties, or other assessments related to the purported lawsuit or prosecution. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 39; Title 47 and Title 65.
Sponsored by: Sen. J. Adam Lowe
Effective Date(s) 04/11/2025 on 04/30/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 68, Chapter 201, relative to weather modification. [SB-723]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
As introduced, makes it a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 for a weather-related company to conduct certain weather modification activities. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 68, Chapter 201.
Sponsored by: Sen. J. Adam Lowe
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee on 03/07/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9 and Title 47, relative to consumer protection. [SB-739]
[Consumer Protection ]
As introduced, increases, from 30 to 45 days, the amount of time a person who purchases, subscribes to, or receives products, services, or membership in an organization by negotiating an unsolicited negotiable instrument has from the date of the first statement or bill for the purchase, subscription, service, product, or membership to cancel the services, subscription, or membership, or return the product. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 47.
Sponsored by: Sen. Janince Bowling
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Commerce And Labor Committee on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
No Tax on Tips Act [SB-823]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by food service facilities; specifying the State minimum wage rate; prohibiting, beginning July 1, 2028, employers of tipped employees from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages; allowing a subtraction under the State income tax for certain qualified tips received by certain individuals; and allowing a person a credit against the State income tax for certain amounts paid to an employee based on the payment of certain wages and tips.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Dorchester County - Well and On-Site Sewage Disposal Activities - Privatization Program [SB-964]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment, at the request of the Dorchester County government and the local health department or county agency in Dorchester County that has received a well or on-site sewage disposal system delegation of authority by the Department, to establish a privatization program for the performance of activities associated with the well or on-site sewage disposal system delegation of authority in Dorchester County.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 424 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Agriculture - Public Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment - Registration, Regulation, and Oversight [SB-913]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the owner of public electric vehicle supply equipment to register with the Secretary of Agriculture on or before certain dates; applying certain provisions of law regarding weights and measures to public electric vehicle supply equipment; requiring the Secretary to establish a program to test the weight and measure of public electric vehicle supply equipment and ensure the equipment conforms to certain standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Post-Towing Procedure Workgroup - Establishment [SB-883]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Post-Towing Procedure Workgroup to identify and examine issues relating to the establishment of statutory liens on motor vehicles that are towed or removed from privately owned parking lots under certain circumstances; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary James
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electronic Payment Transactions - Interchange Fees - Calculation and Use of Data [SB-917]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
Requiring certain entities that process electronic payment transactions to exclude, under certain circumstances, the amount of tax and gratuity included in the electronic payment transaction from the amount on which an interchange fee is charged; requiring certain credit and debit card issuers to credit a merchant who provides certain documentation with the amount of the interchange fee charged on the amount of tax and gratuity included in an electronic payment transaction; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Travel Services - Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act) [SB-922]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Tourism ]
Requiring certain providers of travel services to file with the Department of Labor evidence of financial security; requiring the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's Office and the Department to provide reasonable notice of the requirements of the Act to consumers and sellers of travel; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health – Medetomidine and Xylazine Consumer Protection Act [SB-875]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a medetomidine product or a xylazine product unless the purchaser provides to the retailer certain proof; prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a medetomidine product or a xylazine product to an individual under the age of 21 years; requiring a retailer that prepares, distributes, sells, or exposes for sale a medetomidine product or a xylazine product to maintain certain records; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Data Brokers - Registry and Gross Income Tax (Building Information Guardrails Data Act of 2025) [SB-904]
[Data Privacy ]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Establishing the Privacy Protection and Enforcement Unit within the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General; establishing a data broker registry; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Comptroller; and imposing a tax on the gross income of certain data brokers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Third-Party Litigation Financing [SB-985]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Prohibiting certain litigation financiers from engaging in certain conduct with respect to litigation financing transactions and certain litigation financing contracts; requiring that the litigation financing contracts contain certain disclosures and be executed in a certain manner; requiring a certain disclosure of a litigation financing contract in certain civil actions; and imposing a fiduciary duty on litigation financiers in certain class actions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025