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Committee advances several consumer-protection bills; votes at a glance
Summary
The Consumer Protection & Business Committee on Feb. 14 reported multiple bills out of committee with due-pass recommendations, including measures on insurance, earned wage access, merchant transaction fees for certain businesses and lodging fee disclosures. The committee adopted amendments on several measures.
The Consumer Protection & Business Committee reported multiple bills out of committee on Feb. 14, moving a package of consumer-protection and business-related measures to the next legislative step.
The most significant actions included reporting substitute House Bill 1505 (insurance code revisions), substitute House Bill 1530 (merchant transaction fees limited to certain operators after amendment), substitute House Bill 1063 (regulated licensing for earned wage access providers), and substitute House Bill 1080 (lodging fee transparency). The committee adopted and incorporated several amendments before voting to report the bills with a due-pass recommendation.
Why it matters: These votes change the statutes governing how consumers interact with insurance, short-term wage-access products, merchants that pass along card fees, and how lodging providers disclose fees. Several votes also adopted targeted amendments restoring or clarifying consumer protections or narrowing application to particular businesses.
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