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House adopts HB186 to clarify consumer-protection rules for health spas, telemarketing and warranties
Summary
The House approved House Bill 186 with an amendment clarifying the Division of Consumer Protection’s authorities on health-spa membership portability, penalty language, telemarketing compliance with federal rules, and warranties; the measure passed on the floor and will be referred to the Senate.
House Bill 186, a package of clarifications for the Division of Consumer Protection, was amended and passed by the Utah House on Jan. 24.
Representative Cheryl Allen, sponsor of the bill, explained Amendment No. 3 (dated Jan. 24) and walked members through five primary changes: clarifying health-spa membership provisions (members may cancel if a spa relocates more than five miles), bringing penalty language in line with other Division powers (including language up to $10,000 for series of violations), aligning telemarketing liability with federal compliance, clarifying charitable-solicitation definitions, and updating bonding requirements for health spas. Allen described the changes as clarifying rather than substantive.
The assembly adopted the amendment after a brief period for questions and the bill passed on the floor; the reading clerk recorded 68 yes votes and 0 no votes on the passage reported in the transcript excerpt.
Representative Allen said the changes primarily clarify definitions and enforcement processes for the Division of Consumer Protection and noted the bill also raises the ceiling on the consumer-protection education fund from $75,000 to $100,000 and allows interest on that fund to accrue.
