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Committee advances substitute on subscription renewals; members amend effective date and debate affirmative consent for price increases
Summary
The committee advanced a substitute (LC550558S) to require clearer consumer choices for automatic-renew contracts, to require affirmative consent for multi‑year renewals and possibly for price increases; members amended the bill to move the effective date to Dec. 30, 2025, and agreed to refine language in a future meeting.
A substitute consumer-protection bill aimed at automatic-renewing contracts advanced from the House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee after members approved a time-of-effect amendment and discussed whether companies should obtain affirmative consent for price increases.
Representative Barrett, sponsor of the substitute (LC550558S), said the bill would give consumers an option at the time of sale to have a renewable contract terminate at the end of its initial term rather than automatically renew.…
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