Consumer Protection
Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 16; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 33; Title 45; Title 47; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to healthcare costs. [HB-1957]
As introduced, prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including on a consumer report a record of a medical debt judgment that is filed in this state; requires a healthcare provider or facility that accepts public funds as compensation for losses due to providing uncompensated care to ensure that an amount of outstanding patient debt equal to the amount of public funds accepted is designated as satisfied and that patient is notified of such satisfied debt; prohibits the healthcare provider or facility from seeking a judgment or taking other legal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Miller
Assigned To S/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee on 01/30/2024
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 16; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 45; Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to credit data. [SB-1833]
As introduced, prohibits healthcare providers from reporting a patient's medical debt to a consumer reporting agency; prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including on a consumer report a record of a medical debt. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 16; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 45; Title 47; Title 63 and Title 68.
Sponsored by: Rep. London Lamar
Failed In Senate Commerce And Labor Committee - No Second on 02/20/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 16; Title 18; Title 20; Title 21; Title 27; Title 28; Title 29; Title 33; Title 45; Title 47; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to healthcare costs. [SB-1831]
As introduced, prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including on a consumer report a record of a medical debt judgment that is filed in this state; requires a healthcare provider or facility that accepts public funds as compensation for losses due to providing uncompensated care to ensure that an amount of outstanding patient debt equal to the amount of public funds accepted is designated as satisfied and that patient is notified of such satisfied debt; prohibits the healthcare provider or facility from seeking a judgment or taking other legal
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Sponsored by: Rep. London Lamar
Failed In Senate Commerce And Labor Committee - No Second on 02/20/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Food Service Facilities and Tipped Workers - Service Fees and Tip Credits (One Fair Wage Act of 2024) [HB-467]
Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by restaurants; specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; and prohibiting employers of tipped employees, beginning January 1, 2027, from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Residential Owners in Common Ownership Communities - Bill of Rights [SB-447]
Establishing a bill of rights for unit owners of a condominium, members of a cooperative housing corporation, and lot owners of a homeowners association.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - 2-1-1 Maryland - Oversight [SB-445]
Defining the term "Health and Human Services Referral System" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the System to mean a certain coordinated system for health and human service resources that is accessible to State residents, rather than a certain telephone service; repealing the requirement that the Maryland Department of Health evaluate the performance of certain call centers and make certain recommendations regarding the quality of service provided by call centers and corrective action to be taken by a call center; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Residential Property Sales - Contract Disclosures - Superfund Sites [HB-486]
Requiring the seller of residential real property located within 1 mile of a National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund site to provide the buyer with an addendum to the contract for the sale of the property that contains the identification of the Superfund site, the definition of an NPL Superfund site, web addresses for certain websites, and a notice that the buyer may void the contract of sale within 5 days after signing and dating the contract of sale.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 351 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Synthetic Turf - Disclosure and Study [HB-457]
Requiring a producer or seller of synthetic turf to disclose to a customer typical maintenance practices and costs for removing, replacing, and disposing of synthetic turf; and requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with representatives of the industry, local environmental and community stakeholders, and synthetic turf producers, retailers, and users, to conduct a study on the synthetic turf industry in the State and report its findings to certain committees of the General Assembly by July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 567 on 05/09/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Consumer Protection. [HB-2298]
Beginning 7/1/2027, requires roasted coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages that contain Hawaii-grown and Hawaii-processed coffee blended with coffee of another regional origin to contain no less than fifty-one per cent coffee by weight from the Hawaii geographic origin. Exempts retailers that do not package roasted coffee, instant coffee, or ready-to-drink coffee beverages from liability for the sale of roasted coffee, instant coffee, or ready-to-drink coffee beverages that use a label or advertisement in violation of the coffee
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daynette Morikawa
Act 198, 07/03/2024 (gov. Msg. No. 1299). on 07/05/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Consumer Protection. [SB-2993]
Prohibits any operator, transient accommodations broker, or person from offering, listing, advertising, and displaying a rate that does not include all resort fees. Requires all operators, transient accommodations brokers, and persons to include all taxes and fees imposed by a government on a transient accommodation. Establish penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sharon Moriwaki
The Committee On Eet Deferred The Measure. on 02/14/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47, relative to the Protect Tennessee Minors Act. [SB-1792]
As enacted, enacts the "Protect Tennessee Minors Act"; requires an individual or commercial entity that publishes or distributes in this state a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors to perform reasonable age-verification methods to verify the age of individuals attempting to access the material; specifies that a violation of age-verification or data retention requirements is a Class C felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 47.
Sponsored by: Sen. Becky Massey
Effective Date(s) 01/01/2025 on 05/31/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 9; Title 45; Title 47 and Title 56, relative to consumer protection. [HB-1896]
As introduced, requires financial institutions and insurers to make determinations about the provision or denial of services based on an analysis of risk factors unique to each current or prospective customer; prohibits financial institutions and insurers from denying or canceling services to a person, or otherwise discriminating against a person, based upon the use of a social credit score or other factors. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 9; Title 45; Title 47 and Title 56.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Zachary
Assigned To S/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee on 01/30/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Modifying the method in which credit card providers issue cards to users before the expiration date [HB-5000]
The purpose of this bill is to restrict when credit card companies can send new cards and to stop credit card companies from invalidating unused cards.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geoff Foster
Filed For Introduction on 01/22/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Consumer Protection. [SB-2694]
Requires each food establishment to clearly and conspicuously display, in each advertisement and when a price is first shown to a customer, the total price of the food or beverage provided, including any mandatory fees a customer would incur during the transaction, which shall not change during the purchase process. Prohibits a food establishment from imposing on a customer or advertising any mandatory fees that are excessive or deceptive for any food or beverage offered by the food establishment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey
Referred To Cpn. on 01/24/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Consumer Protection. [SB-2481]
Establishes a timeline by which roasted coffee, instant coffee, and ready-to-drink coffee beverages that use a geographic origin in labeling or advertising are required to contain a certain per cent coffee by weight from that geographic origin.
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Aquino
Referred To Aen, Cpn. on 01/24/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; fees for electronic fund transfers, prohibited. [HB-1519]
Fees for electronic fund transfers; prohibited. Provides that charging any transaction or processing fee or similar surcharge for the purchase of a good or service through the use of an electronic fund transfer is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill also prohibits landlords subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from charging a transaction or processing fee for the payment of a security deposit, rent, or any other amounts payable. Fees for electronic fund transfers; prohibited. Provides
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Tran
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0838) on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Abortion or other reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes. [HB-1539]
Abortion or other reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes; prohibited practices under Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of the law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves the receipt of or assistance with reproductive health care services, defined in the bill, within the Commonwealth unless the alleged criminal violation would also constitute a criminal offense under the laws
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus Simon
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Utah 2024 General Session
Commercial Email Act [SB-123]
Commercial Email Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Brady Brammer
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Data Protection Act; enforcement by the Attorney General, civil penalty. [HB-1468]
Consumer Data Protection Act; enforcement by the Attorney General; civil penalty. Permits the Attorney General to prohibit TikTok from being available to known minors in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that a civil penalty of $7,500 may be assessed for violations by TikTok unless such website or application could not have reasonably known or have had reason to know of such operation in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/13/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Businesses in WV must accept cash [HB-4941]
The purpose of this bill is to require businesses in West Virginia to accept cash as a form of payment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Douglas Smith
By Substitute, Do Pass, But First To Judiciary on 01/26/2024