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Committee amends solicitation ban for disaster victims, gives localities flexibility
Summary
House Bill 1348 was amended in committee to remove a 48-hour blanket bar on solicitation of disaster victims, redefine "disaster" to require emergency-response involvement, classify certain mitigation services as home improvements, and give local jurisdictions authority over in-person solicitation limits and a five-day rescission for homeowners.
The Economic Matters Committee amended and advanced House Bill 1348 on Tuesday, altering an original draft that would have broadly prohibited contractors from soliciting disaster victims. Sponsors said they removed a strict 48-hour ban and narrowed the bill's scope to events that require emergency-response services, and they granted local governments authority to set in-person solicitation limits.
Under the amendments explained during committee, the bill's definition of "disaster" was revised to require a serious event that causes harm to a home,…
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