Consumer Protection
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to data disposal protection [HB-4546]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the destruction of customer's records that contain personal information no longer needed by the business.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kayla Young
Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2024
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Allowing a home improvement transaction to be performed under an oral contract [HB-4286]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Construction ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow an oral contract to be used to perform any home improvement transaction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geoff Foster
Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to consumer protection of new manufactured home warranties [HB-4529]
[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Pushkin
Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2024
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Consumer Privacy Act of 2024 [HB-4381]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
The purpose of this bill is to enact the West Virginia Consumer Privacy Act of 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Hite
To Judiciary on 02/19/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms, addictive feed. [SB-359]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms; addictive feed. 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 using an addictive feed, defined in the bill, unless such social media platform obtains verifiable parental consent. Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms; addictive feed. 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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Committee Amendments on 02/19/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Towing violations; enforcement. [HB-959]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Towing violations; enforcement; fuel surcharge fee. Authorizes localities in Planning Districts 8 and 16 to require written authorization of the owner of the property from which the vehicle is towed at the time the vehicle is being towed and regulate the monitoring practices that may be used by towing and recovery operators. Current law authorizes localities other than those in Planning Districts 8 and 16 to require written authorization of the owner of the property from which the vehicle is towed at the time the vehicle is being towed. The bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0537) on 04/05/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offers. [HB-744]
[Consumer Protection ]
Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offers. Requires a supplier making automatic renewal or continuous service offers that automatically renew after more than 30 days and extend the automatic renewal or continuous service offer for a period of more than 12 months to notify the consumer, as defined in the bill, of the option to cancel no less than 30 days and no more than 60 days before the cancellation deadline or the end of the current contract term. Consumer protection; automatic renewal or continuous service offers.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle Lopes-Maldonado
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0452) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children. [HB-821]
[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: Rep. Mike Cherry
Left In Labor And Commerce on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children. [HB-707]
[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: Rep. Richard Sullivan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0840) on 05/17/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67, relative to parking. [HB-1731]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
As enacted, enacts the "Modernization of Towing, Immobilization, and Oversight Normalization (MOTION) Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Gant
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 1017 on 05/31/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Data Protection Act; controller privacy notice, consumer consent. [SB-252]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Consumer Data Protection Act; controller privacy notice; cookies; consumer consent. Requires the privacy notice that a controller must provide to consumers to include a method by which a consumer may opt out of the automatic placement of a data file, commonly referred to as a "cookie," on the consumer's computer or web browser and a disclosure of the purposes for which the data files are used. The bill prohibits controllers from using cookies, except those that are strictly necessary, without the prior express consent of the consumer and prohibits
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Continued To 2025 In General Laws And Technology (15-y 0-n) on 01/31/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67, relative to parking. [SB-1692]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
As enacted, enacts the "Modernization of Towing, Immobilization, and Oversight Normalization (MOTION) Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 39; Title 47; Title 48; Title 55; Title 56; Title 62; Title 66 and Title 67.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Johnson
Effective Date(s) 05/28/2024, 07/01/2024 on 05/31/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, artificial intelligence disclosure. [SB-164]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; artificial intelligence disclosure. Prohibits the dissemination or sale of an item created with artificial intelligence technology that contains a videographic or still image intending to depict an actual person or an audio or audio-visual recording intending to depict the voice of an actual person where the creator has not disclosed the use of artificial intelligence technology.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Continued To 2025 In General Laws And Technology (15-y 0-n) on 02/07/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18, relative to consumer data. [SB-1658]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
As introduced, requires certain data controllers to register with the consumer protection division of the office of the attorney general and reporter; requires the division to create and maintain a website and accessible deletion mechanism that a consumer can use to make a single deletion request that is binding on all controllers registered with the division; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18.
Sponsored by: Sen. Heidi Campbell
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Commerce And Labor Committee on 01/10/2024
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 68, relative to age verification for certain material. [SB-1643]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
As introduced, requires commercial entities that publish or distribute material on an internet website, more than one-third of which is sexual material harmful to minors, to verify that an individual attempting to access the material is 18 years of age or older; prohibits a commercial entity or a third party that performs the age verification from retaining any identifying information of the individual. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 68.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pody
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Commerce And Labor Committee on 01/10/2024
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Utah 2024 General Session
Automatic Renewal Contract Requirements [HB-174]
[Consumer Protection ]
Automatic Renewal Contract Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Weiler
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Consumer protection; transparency in ticket fees, civil penalties. [HB-277]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Consumer protection; transparency in ticket fees; civil penalties. Requires any person selling or reselling a ticket to an event to clearly and conspicuously display the total cost of the ticket from the first time a price is displayed and any time thereafter. The bill allows for a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000 for each violation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Failed To Pass In Senate on 03/09/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; recycling information on products. [HB-228]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; recycling information on products. Prohibits the sale or offering for sale of any product that indicates on the product's container or packaging that such container or packaging is recyclable unless such container or packaging is made out of a material that is recyclable under a majority of regional and local waste management plans. The bill requires the Virginia Waste Management Board to maintain a list of all materials that are recyclable under a majority of regional and local waste management plans adopted in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Continued To 2025 In Labor And Commerce By Voice Vote on 01/30/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Residential Property Sales - Contract Disclosures - Superfund Sites [SB-125]
[Environmental ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the seller of residential real property located within 1 mile of a National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund site to include a certain addendum, written in conspicuous type, to the contract for the sale of the property; requiring the addendum to provide notice that within 5 days after signing and dating the contract of sale and on written notice to the seller, the buyer may void the contract and is eligible to receive a full refund of any money paid to the seller; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 352 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas - Retail Supply - Regulation and Consumer Protection [SB-1]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a certain charge that may be assessed to a public service company; providing for the recovery of certain costs through rates; establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity supply agreements or gas supply agreements to customers in the State; establishing an energy vendor license for certain persons that provide energy sales services in the State; prohibiting a certain electricity supplier from marketing electricity as green power unless certain conditions are met; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 537 on 05/09/2024