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Committee backs franchisee-protection measure after owners say buy-in promised Sunday closures were reversed
Summary
The committee passed and recommended HB 441 after franchise owners described being sold a business model that allowed them a day of worship off but later faced contract or operations-manual changes requiring Sunday openings; the panel adopted a first substitute and later recommended the bill with an 8-3 committee vote on final passage.
The House Business, Labor and Commerce Standing Committee adopted and later recommended favorably HB 441, the Franchisee Protection Act, after franchise owners testified they were sold opportunities that they said guaranteed a day off for worship or family and later faced corporate changes that required Sunday operations.
Representative Mike Ivory, sponsor of HB 441, said the bill is intended to ensure transparency for prospective franchisees. "It just simply says that if someone is going to invest their life savings or leave a corporate job for a franchise business opportunity, it needs…
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