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Committee holds hearing on HB529 to curb surprise subscription renewals
Summary
At a hearing for HB529, Representative Barrett proposed allowing consumer contracts to terminate at the end of an initial term unless the consumer opts into automatic renewal; members raised questions about enforcement and protections for seniors.
The House Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee held a hearing on HB529, a consumer-protection bill that would give consumers the option for a contract to terminate at the end of the initial term rather than automatically renew — unless the consumer affirmatively opts into auto-renewal.
Representative Barrett, sponsor of HB529, described everyday examples in which subscriptions renew at dramatically higher prices without clear, easy ways to cancel. He cited a personal example in which a newspaper subscription renewed from $52 to $250 and would automatically renew again at $467.88. "This…
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