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Committee advances bill increasing penalties and merchant security requirements for payment-card skimming devices
Summary
The Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee voted to release Assembly Bill 12-11 as amended to increase criminal penalties for payment-card skimming devices and to require merchants to take reasonable security steps; business groups urged clarifying amendments to avoid disproportionate burdens on small merchants.
Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee Chairman Samson on March moved Assembly Bill 12-11 forward after testimony from business groups and amendments to the bill were adopted.
The bill increases criminal penalties for use or possession of payment-card scanning devices and requires merchants to take “reasonable safety measures” to prevent card skimming, with the committee amending the effective date to one year after enactment rather than six months.
Supporters said stronger penalties are needed to deter a growing problem in which criminals install skimming devices on point-of-sale terminals.…
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