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Utah House passes bill clarifying anti‑pyramid‑scheme law, encourages industry buyback standard
Summary
The Utah House passed House Bill 269, 66–3, to better distinguish illegal pyramid schemes from lawful multi‑level marketing and to encourage a 90% one‑year buyback policy to curb inventory loading. Sponsors said the change strengthens consumer protection while preserving legitimate direct selling.
Representative Mike Noel, sponsor of House Bill 269, urged colleagues to support legislation that “clearly distinguishes between the practice of illegally receiving compensation for the mere act of recruiting and legally receiving compensation from the sale and consumption of goods.” The House passed the bill as amended, 66 yes to 3 no.
Noel framed the bill as a consumer‑protection clarification built on model statutes from Idaho and South Dakota and supported by industry and Utah’s attorney general. He described local…
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