Consumer Protection
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Public utilities; municipal utilities, disconnection of service, consumer protections. [SB-480]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Water ]
Public utilities; municipal utilities; disconnection of service; limitations; report; consumer protections. Suspends electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities subject to the regulation of the State Corporation Commission from disconnecting service to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees during a state of emergency declared by the Governor and provides that such suspension lasts for 30 days after such declaration of the state of emergency. The bill suspends such electric and gas utilities from disconnecting service to a residential
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0790) on 04/17/2024
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Gettr Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children. [SB-432]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children. Requires a controller or processor to obtain verifiable parental consent, defined in the bill, prior to registering any child with the operator's product or service or before collecting, using, or disclosing such child's personal data and prohibits a controller from knowingly processing the personal data of a child for purposes of (i) targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of such personal data, or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Suetterlein
Continued To 2025 In General Laws And Technology (8-y 7-n) on 01/31/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18, relative to automatic renewal of subscription services. [HB-1832]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
As enacted, makes changes to the law relative to obtaining affirmative consent from a consumer when processing automatic renewal agreements. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Clemmons
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 835 on 05/09/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 6; Title 45; Title 47; Title 56 and Title 62, relative to consumer reporting agencies. [HB-1838]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
As introduced, prohibits a consumer reporting agency from creating or furnishing a consumer report that contains certain information if the information antedates the report by more than seven years, unless certain exceptions apply. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 6; Title 45; Title 47; Title 56 and Title 62.
Sponsored by: Rep. Antonio Parkinson
Withdrawn. on 01/31/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Make the Consumer Advocate division separate and independent from the PSC [HB-4618]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish the consumer advocate division as a separate, independent agency. The bill provides for legislative findings, provides the purpose of the consumer advocate division, and distinguishes the consumer advocate division as an independent agency that is separate from the Public Service Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn Fluharty
Filed For Introduction on 01/11/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Creating a State Central Legal Advertising Website [HB-4615]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to require the State Auditor to establish and maintain a State Central Legal Advertising Website to facilitate required legal advertising.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geoff Foster
Filed For Introduction on 01/11/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, mandatory fees disclosure. [HB-1320]
[Consumer Protection ]
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; mandatory fees disclosure. Prohibits a supplier in connection with a consumer transaction from advertising, displaying, or offering any pricing information for goods or services without prominently displaying the total price, which shall include all mandatory fees or charges other than taxes imposed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Subcommittee Recommends Continuing To 2025 With Substitute By Voice Vote on 02/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Unfair Real Estate Service Agreement Act; created, consumer protections. [HB-1243]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Consumer protection; creation of Unfair Real Estate Service Agreement Act. Creates the Unfair Real Estate Service Agreement Act and adds any violations of the Act to the list of prohibited violations of relevant consumer protection laws in the Commonwealth. The bill prohibits any real estate service agreement, defined in the bill, that is effective and binding for more than one year from its effective date from (i) purporting to run with the land or bind future owners of interests in the residential real property identified in the service agreement;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle Lopes-Maldonado
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0328) on 04/02/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation, prohibited acts. [HB-1270]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation. Makes it a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to sell or offer for sale services as a professional mold remediator to be performed upon any residential dwelling without holding a mold remediation certification from the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC). Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation. Makes it a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to sell or offer for sale services as a professional mold remediator to be performed
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Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0476) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Consumer protection; failure to honor service warranty. [HB-1280]
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Consumer protection; failure to honor service warranty. Prohibits a supplier in connection with a consumer transaction from failing to honor a service warranty of another supplier after acquiring the business of such other supplier. A violation of the provisions of the bill constitutes a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Helmer
Subcommittee Recommends Continuing To 2025 By Voice Vote on 02/08/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Protecting consumers against automatic renewals without consent [SB-177]
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Protecting consumers against automatic renewals without consent
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Plymale
To Judiciary on 01/15/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children. [SB-361]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children. Prohibits, subject to a parental consent requirement, a data controller from processing personal data of a known child (i) for the purposes of targeted advertising, the sale of such personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer; (ii) unless such processing is reasonably necessary to provide the online service, product, or feature; (iii) for any processing purpose other than the processing purpose that the controller
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Suetterlein
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0844) on 05/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, mandatory fees disclosure. [SB-388]
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Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; mandatory fees disclosure. Prohibits a supplier in connection with a consumer transaction from advertising, displaying, or offering any pricing information for goods or services without prominently displaying the total price, which shall include all mandatory fees or charges other than taxes imposed. The bill defines "mandatory fees or charges" as any fee or surcharge that must be paid in order to purchase the advertised good or service, that is not reasonably avoidable, and that a reasonable
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Failed To Pass In House on 03/09/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Establishing certain tenant protections and landlord notice requirements at rental properties [HB-4347]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish certain tenant protections and landlord notice requirements at rental properties for house trailers, mobile homes, manufactured homes, and modular homes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary Gearheart
Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to law enforcement warrant for third party information [HB-4541]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to require a warrant for the disclosure of certain third-party information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kayla Young
Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Public utilities; municipal utilities, disconnection of service, consumer protections. [HB-906]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Public utilities; municipal utilities; disconnection of service; limitations; consumer protections. Suspends electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities subject to the regulation of the State Corporation Commission from disconnecting service to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees during a state of emergency declared by the Governor and provides that such suspension lasts for 30 days after such declaration of the state of emergency. The bill suspends such electric and gas utilities from disconnecting service to a residential
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0824) on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms. [HB-1115]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms. Prohibits a person that operates a social media platform that has knowledge that a user of the social media platform is a child under the age of 18 from implementing certain practices, designs, and features of the social media platform for any interaction with such child that includes infinite scroll, auto-playing videos, push notifications, gamification, and virtual gifts.
Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Left In Communications, Technology And Innovation on 02/13/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Provide for disclosure of potentially harmful ingredients in menstrual products [HB-4544]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to require packaging of menstrual products sold in this state to contain a plain and conspicuous printed list of all ingredients listed in order of predominance. The bill also imposes a civil penalty for violations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kayla Young
Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Provide certain classes of property protections from creditor collections [HB-4441]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Title Protection Act. The bill provides for legislative findings. The bill ensures that rightful property owners retain any and all titles to their property in the event that fraudulent or wrongful claims are listed against their property. The bill provides a mechanism for county clerks to provide notice to rightful landowners when property is transferred, or when titles are filed or modified against their property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gary Howell
Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Data Protection Act; social media, parental consent. [HB-1161]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Consumer Data Protection Act; social media; parental consent. Requires social media platforms, defined in the bill, that are subject to the provisions of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act to obtain verifiable parental consent prior to permitting any minor to create an account with such social media platform and, with such account, use the social media platform. The bill requires such social media platforms to give the parent or guardian the option to consent to the collection and use of the minor's personal data without consenting to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Left In Communications, Technology And Innovation on 02/13/2024