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Bill would bar financial institutions from tracking firearm merchant codes; sponsor cites privacy concerns
Summary
Representative Ted Hill introduced RS 32273 to expand prior second-amendment protections by prohibiting financial institutions from tracking merchant category codes tied to firearm retailers; the draft imposes a $10,000 injunction per violation and prompted committee questions about card types covered.
Representative Ted Hill, R-District 14 (Eagle and Emmett), told the House State Affairs Committee that RS 32273 would prohibit financial institutions from using merchant or transaction codes to identify purchases at firearm and ammunition retailers.
Hill framed the measure as an extension of previous legislation that targeted credit card companies’ tracking of merchant codes. “The intent of tracking these codes was…
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