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Senate committee advances bill to require easy online cancellation for automatically renewing subscriptions
Summary
The Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee voted 6-1 to send SB 145, a bill that closes a gap in Colorado’s 2021 auto-renewal law to require easy online cancellation options for contracts started electronically, to the Committee of the Whole after adopting an amendment giving the attorney general rulemaking authority.
At a meeting of the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee, senators voted 6 to 1 to advance Senate Bill 145 as amended to the Committee of the Whole. The bill aims to close a loophole in Colorado’s 2021 automatic-renewal law by requiring that contracts agreed to electronically provide an easy—sometimes one-step—online method for cancellation.
Senator Kipp, sponsor of SB 145, told the committee the bill “repeals and reenacts 1 small section of the auto renewal law from 2021 to make it clear that if you sign up somebody through an electronic contract, electronic means, you've got to provide easy and in some instances 1 step mechanisms for canceling it.” She said the change was intended to prevent businesses from routing consumers to in-person or burdensome…
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