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Senate passes contact-lens consumer protection bill after lengthy debate and amendment
Summary
The Utah Senate passed first substitute SB 176, the Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act, after extended floor debate about registration requirements, the attorney general's role, and an initial distribution error that required reconsideration and re-adoption of a two-page amendment. The bill passed 21–7–1 and goes to the House.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 20 passed first substitute Senate Bill 176, the Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act, aiming to curb alleged collusion that limited consumers’ purchase options for mass‑produced contact lenses. Sponsor Senator Kurt Bramble cast the measure as a fix to a market loophole revealed during prior litigation and consent decrees.
"This bill gives teeth to the state to pursue broker dealers when they're trading in stock that they don't actually have," Bramble said while describing analogous market problems and the legislative intent to protect Utah manufacturers and consumers. He referenced a Federal Trade Commission study and earlier consent-decree litigation involving manufacturers and the American Optometric Association.
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