Consumer Protection
West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Protecting consumers from unfair pricing practices during state of emergency [SB-208]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Inflation ]
[Economic Development ]
Protecting consumers from unfair pricing practices during state of emergency
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Relating generally to pyramid promotional schemes [SB-123]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating generally to pyramid promotional schemes
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Prohibiting certain misleading pharmaceutical advertising practices [SB-21]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting certain misleading pharmaceutical advertising practices
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Relating to the Consumer Credit and Protection Act [HB-2180]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
The purpose of this bill is to declare that the provisions of the Consumer Credit and Protection Act apply to general leases, landlords, tenants and residential rental fees a landlord may charge a general lease of residential real property. The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals held to the contrary in the case of Morrisey v Copper Beech Townhouses, 806 S.E. 2d 172 (W.Va. Oct. 12, 2017), citing, basically, the absence of specific legislative intent that this Act apply to general leases of residential real property.
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Relating to consumer protection of new manufactured home warranties [HB-2163]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
The purpose of this bill is to place upon the manufacturers of manufactured homes the duty to meet their obligations and responsibilities under the terms of the express warranties extended to the consumers in this state. The bill provides consumers additional remedies to enforce the warranties.
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
West Virginia Residential Furniture and Children's Products Flame Retardants Act [HB-2341]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Residential Furniture and Children's Products Flame Retardants Act administered and enforced under the authority of the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health. The bill prohibits the use of certain flame-retardant chemicals in certain products, including those designed for use by children. The bill states when replacement chemicals may be used in these products and provides exemptions to requirements. The bill requires a report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance by the
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Conforming state Consumer Credit and Protection Act to federal Fair Debt Collection and Practices Act [SB-17]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Conforming state Consumer Credit and Protection Act to federal Fair Debt Collection and Practices Act
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Relating to pyramid promotional schemes [HB-2198]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
The purpose of this bill is to rewrite sections of the pyramid promotional schemes article. The bill provides new definitions and more specifically describes what does and does not constitute an unlawful act under article 15.
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Prohibiting the use of a credit score in casualty insurance rate filings [HB-2129]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of a credit score in casualty insurance rate filings.
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Protecting consumers from surprise bills by health care providers [HB-2380]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to define surprise bills, to protect consumers from surprise bills in certain circumstances, to require additional disclosures by health care providers, hospitals and insurers and to require insurers to develop an access plan with certain components for consumers, and establishing how surprise bills are to be handled in certain circumstances.
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Allowing a home improvement transaction to be performed under an oral contract [HB-2024]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Construction ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow an oral contract to be used to perform any home improvement transaction.
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Conforming the state Consumer Credit and Protection Act to the federal Fair Debt Collection and Practices Act [HB-2997]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
The purpose of this bill is to clarify inadvertent omissions from recent changes to the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act that will bring the Act into conformity with the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Creating a State Central Legal Advertising Website [HB-4025]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Creating a State Central Legal Advertising Website
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Modifying the Fair Trade Practices Act [HB-2478]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Trade ]
The purpose of this bill is to modify the Fair Trade Practices Act with regard to costs and damages.
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Repealing the article on unfair trade practices [HB-2996]
[Trade ]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to repeal the article that forces price-fixing and increases cost to the consumer, §47-11A-1 et seq. of this code.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Expansion of Commercial Gaming - Sports and Event Wagering Referendum and Minority Business Enterprise Disparity Study [SB-4]
[Gaming ]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Small Business ]
[Sports ]
[Elections ]
Providing that the General Assembly may authorize, by law, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain sports and event wagering licenses; requiring certain implementing legislation to include certain criteria; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that certain revenues be used to fund public education; requiring certain State entities to contract with an appropriate expert to review a certain disparity study for certain purposes; submitting the Act to a referendum of the qualified voters of the State; etc.
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Utah 2020 General Session
Consumer Sales Practices Amendments [HB-113]
[Consumer Protection ]
Consumer Sales Practices Amendments
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Business Regulation – Tobacco Products – Electronic Smoking Devices, Prohibition on Flavoring, and Sales to Military Members [HB-3]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
Providing that licenses to manufacture, sell, buy, and store cigarettes do not authorize the licensee to manufacture, ship, import, or sell into or within the State a cigarette that has a characterizing flavor; providing that a public statement that cigarettes or other tobacco products have or produce a certain smell or taste is presumptive evidence that they have a characterizing flavor if the statement is made by certain persons: prohibiting the sale of electronic smoking devices by mail or certain other networks; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Insurance - Universal and Variable Life Insurance - Notice [SB-111]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring certain insurers to send a written notice to policyholders of universal or variable life insurance if the policy contains a provision that allows the policyholder to reduce the face amount of the policy; requiring that the notice state that the policy allows for a reduction of the face amount as an option to retain coverage and a certain amount to be paid; and requiring that the notice be sent to the policyholder's last known address at the beginning of a certain grace period and at least 30 days before the termination of coverage.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Insurance - Universal and Variable Life Insurance - Notice [SB-111]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring certain insurers to send a written notice to policyholders of universal or variable life insurance if the policy contains a provision that allows the policyholder to reduce the face amount of the policy; requiring that the notice state that the policy allows for a reduction of the face amount as an option to retain coverage and a certain amount to be paid; and requiring that the notice be sent to the policyholder's last known address at the beginning of a certain grace period and at least 30 days before the termination of coverage.