Consumer Protection
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Gaming - Sports Wagering - Implementation [HB-225]
Authorizing certain license holders to accept wagers on certain sporting events from certain individuals and by certain methods; requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to regulate sports wagering and the conduct of sports wagering; authorizing certain sports wagering licensees to enter into certain agreements for the operation of online sports wagering; providing the term of a sports wagering license is 15 years, subject to an annual fee of $250,000, payable to the Commission at a certain time; etc.
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Gettr Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers - Advertisements [HB-212]
Providing that a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch may not take adverse action against a dealer for advertising a vehicle for sale or lease at the purchase price or coerce or require a dealer to change the medium for advertisement of the purchase price; defining "purchase price" as the full delivered price of a vehicle, excluding taxes, title fees, and any freight or certain other dealer processing charges; and requiring a contract for the sale of a vehicle by a dealer to contain a certain statement.
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Tennessee 111th General Assembly
As enacted, redefines "travel promoter" and "travel services" for the purposes of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62. [HB-1685]
As enacted, redefines "travel promoter" and "travel services" for the purposes of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act - Revisions [HB-141]
Revising the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act; altering the persons to whom and circumstances under which the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation is required to provide certain coverage; providing that the Act does not provide coverage to persons who acquire the right to receive certain payments; altering the policies and contracts issued by member insurers that may not be provided coverage under the Act; providing that certain provisions of State insurance law apply to health maintenance organizations; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Electronic Transactions - Sale and Lease of Vehicles [HB-139]
Providing that only a dealer may contract for the sale and delivery of a vehicle by electronic means except under certain circumstances; providing that a consumer shall be deemed not to have agreed to enter into a transaction for the sale or lease of a vehicle with a dealer by electronic means unless the dealer provides the consumer with certain documents and a reasonable opportunity to review the documents before providing an electronic signature; requiring that a vehicle be delivered at a certain location and within a certain time period; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Real Property – Required Notices for Contracts of Sale – Zones of Dewatering Influence [HB-178]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop and publish on its website a searchable map of zones of dewatering influence; requiring a contract for the sale of real property located in Baltimore County, Carroll County, Frederick County or Washington County to include a certain notice about property located in a zone of dewatering influence; establishing that a purchaser of real property that does not receive the required notice has a right to rescind a contract and is entitled to the return of any deposits; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act - Revisions [SB-186]
Revising the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act; altering the persons to whom and circumstances under which the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation is required to provide certain coverage; providing that the Act does not provide coverage to persons who acquire the right to receive certain payments; altering the policies and contracts issued by member insurers that may not be provided coverage under the Act; etc.
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Tennessee 111th General Assembly
As introduced, creates a reward for information leading to the recovery of a civil penalty against a person who knowingly causes any caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to a subscriber with the intent to defraud or cause harm to another person or to wrongfully obtain anything of value. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 47, Chapter 18. [HB-1628]
As introduced, creates a reward for information leading to the recovery of a civil penalty against a person who knowingly causes any caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to a subscriber with the intent to defraud or cause harm to another person or to wrongfully obtain anything of value. - Amends TCA Title 40 and Title 47, Chapter 18.
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Utah 2020 General Session
Joint Resolution Calling for an Application Ratings Board for Internet Ready Devices [HJR-9]
Joint Resolution Calling for an Application Ratings Board for Internet Ready Devices
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Tennessee 111th General Assembly
As enacted, redefines "travel promoter" and "travel services" for the purposes of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62. [SB-1594]
As enacted, redefines "travel promoter" and "travel services" for the purposes of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 62.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Manufacturers and Dealers – Prices Listed on Dealer Websites [SB-178]
Providing that a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch may not prohibit a dealer from listing on the dealer's website a vehicle for sale or lease at the purchase price or coerce or require a dealer to list a price different from the purchase price on the dealer's website or take an adverse action against a dealer for listing a vehicle at a particular price on the dealer's website; and defining "purchase price" as the full delivered price of a vehicle, excluding taxes, title fees, and certain other dealer charges.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Violations of the Maryland Dentistry Act - Penalties and Cease and Desist Orders [SB-169]
Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to issue a cease and desist order for certain violations; increasing certain penalties for certain acts related to the unauthorized practice of dentistry or dental hygiene; altering from a misdemeanor to a felony penalties for violating certain provisions of law related to dental laboratory work or advertising a dental appliance by increasing the fine to up to $2,000 per day, instead of a one-time fine, or imprisonment of up to 2 years, rather than 6 months; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Home Builder Guaranty Fund - Award Limitations - Revisions [HB-116]
Increasing the total amount of awards, from $300,000 to $500,000, the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General is authorized to pay to all claimants for acts or omissions of one registered home builder from the Home Builder Guaranty Fund.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Home Builder Guaranty Fund - Award Limitations - Revisions [HB-116]
Increasing the total amount of awards, from $300,000 to $500,000, the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General is authorized to pay to all claimants for acts or omissions of one registered home builder from the Home Builder Guaranty Fund.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Home Builder Guaranty Fund - Award Limitations - Revisions [SB-164]
Increasing the total amount of awards, from $300,000 to $500,000, the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General is authorized to pay to all claimants for acts or omissions of one registered home builder from the Home Builder Guaranty Fund.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Financial Institutions - Security Questions and Measures [SB-160]
Requiring a financial institution that requires a customer to provide an answer to a security question for a certain purpose to allow a customer to choose from at least two options for each required security question; and prohibiting a financial institution from using a customer's mother's maiden name as a means of safeguarding access to the customer's account.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Mobile Home Purchasers [HB-93]
Requiring, except under certain circumstances, certain lenders to serve on the borrower at least 30 days before a lender repossesses mobile home a written notice of the lender's intention to repossess a certain mobile home; providing that a mobile home retailer has a duty of good faith and fair dealing in providing financial information to a prospective consumer borrower; prohibiting a mobile home retailer from steering a prospective consumer borrower to certain financing products; etc.
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Requiring settlement moneys and recovered funds be deposited in general revenue [SB-294]
Requiring settlement moneys and recovered funds be deposited in general revenue
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Mobile Home Purchasers [SB-155]
Requiring, except under certain circumstances, certain lenders to serve on the borrower at least 30 day before a lender repossesses a mobile home a written notice of the lender's intention to repossess a certain mobile home; providing that a mobile home retailer has a duty of good faith and fair dealing in providing financial information to a prospective consumer borrower; prohibiting a mobile home retailer from steering a prospective consumer borrower to certain financing products; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Consumer Protection – Electronic Transactions – Sale and Lease of Vehicles [SB-134]
Providing that only a dealer may contract for the sale and delivery of a vehicle by electronic means under certain circumstances; providing that a consumer shall be deemed not to have agreed to enter into a transaction for the sale or lease of a vehicle with a dealer by electronic means unless the dealer provides the consumer with certain documents and a reasonable opportunity to review the documents before providing an electronic signature; requiring that a vehicle be delivered at a certain location and within a certain time period; etc.