Consumer Protection
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain occupations and activities. [SB-2065]
Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain occupations and activities.
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Relating to prohibited reporting of information regarding debt incurred for nonemergency medical care. [HB-4011]
Relating to prohibited reporting of information regarding debt incurred for nonemergency medical care.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the rights of health care consumers. [HB-4008]
Relating to the rights of health care consumers.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to unconscionable prices charged by certain health care facilities for medical care. [HB-3867]
Relating to unconscionable prices charged by certain health care facilities for medical care.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to commencement and prosecution of certain actions by and to investigations conducted by district and county attorneys under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act. [HB-3902]
Relating to commencement and prosecution of certain actions by and to investigations conducted by district and county attorneys under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the removal of certain persons from the employee misconduct registry. [HB-3873]
Relating to the removal of certain persons from the employee misconduct registry.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the protection of motorists, passengers, and pedestrians. [HB-3623]
Relating to the protection of motorists, passengers, and pedestrians.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the regulation of motor fuel quality and motor fuel metering devices. [SB-1744]
Relating to the regulation of motor fuel quality and motor fuel metering devices.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Homeowners Associations. [HB-1308]
Requires the Auditor to conduct a study, including a cost analysis, on the necessity and feasibility of establishing an agency within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate homeowners associations, and to submit a report of its progress to the Legislature prior to the 2018 Regular Session. Appropriates funds. (HB1308 HD3)
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Consumer Protection. [HB-898]
Short form bill relating to consumer protection.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Student Privacy. [SB-770]
Creates civil penalties for operators of web sites, online services, online applications, or mobile applications used for K-12 school purposes who misuse a student's protected online personal information. Allows the AG or the executive director of the Office of Consumer Protection to bring an action against an operator.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Student Privacy. [HB-30]
Creates civil penalties for operators of web sites, online services, online applications, or mobile applications used for K-12 school purposes who misuse a student's protected online personal information. Allows the AG or the executive director of the Office of Consumer Protection to bring an action against an operator.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Board of Education - Financial Literacy Curriculum - Graduation Requirement [HB-1532]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content for a semester-long course in financial literacy; requiring each county board of education to implement the financial literacy curriculum content developed by the State Board in every high school in the county; and requiring students to complete a course in financial literacy in order to graduate from high school.
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Consumer Protection. [SB-36]
Relating To Consumer Protection. Short form bill.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Termination of Electric or Gas Service - Prohibition [HB-1533]
Prohibiting a public service company from terminating, under specified circumstances, electric or gas service to a residential customer during a severe weather period for a severe weather event and on specified days; prohibiting a public service company, on receipt of a specified request or subsequent request, from terminating, under specified circumstances, electric or gas service to a residential customer for 30 days beyond a scheduled termination of service date under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Bank Overdraft Plans - Requirements [HB-1499]
Requiring that an overdraft protection plan of a banking institution be made available to customers only on an optional basis; requiring the plan to disclose, in a specified manner, specified fees and penalties and the method of applying debits and credits to a customer's account; requiring the plan to allow a customer to address an overdraft on a specified day and in a specified manner; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Gas and Electricity - Smart Meters - Customer Rights and Required Reports [HB-1406]
Requiring a utility company to give specified written notice to specified customers prior to deploying smart meters throughout all or a portion of the utility company's service territory; prohibiting a utility company from imposing any additional fee or charge on a specified customer who refuses installation of a smart meter or requests removal of a smart meter; requiring the Public Service Commission and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to make specified reports regarding smart meters; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Southern Maryland Code Counties - Towing Companies - Authority to Regulate [HB-1320]
Authorizing the county commissioners of a code county in the Southern Maryland class to adopt rules and regulations for the licensing, maintenance, and operation of towing companies in the county for specified purposes; authorizing the rules and regulations adopted by the county commissioners to require a person who operates a towing company in the county to obtain a license and pay a specified fee; requiring the county commissioners, before adopting regulations, to hold a public hearing that is advertised in advance; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Pharmacists - Substitution and Dispensing of Biological Products [HB-1273]
Authorizing a pharmacist to substitute an interchangeable biological product for a prescribed product under specified circumstances; requiring a pharmacist or the pharmacist's designee, except under specified circumstances, to inform specified consumers of the availability of an interchangeable biological product and the approximate cost difference as compared to a specified drug; requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to maintain on its Web site a link to specified lists of biological products; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Assertions Made in Bad Faith - Prohibition [HB-1493]
Prohibiting a person from making in bad faith a specified assertion regarding a Web site or other electronic communication failing to comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act; authorizing a court to consider specified factors as evidence of whether a person has made a specified assertion in bad faith or in good faith; altering the authority of the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General to take specified actions; etc.