Sep 2024Leawood, Kan. – September 6, 2024: In a surprising and last minute turn of events, the California House completely struck the entirety of Senate Bill 1272 (“SB 1272”) and replaced it with a bill concerning renewable energy projects under the California Environmental...
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Aug 2024Leawood, Kan. – August 9, 2024: As you may recall, New Jersey amended N.J.S.A. 56:8-110.1 to require retail merchants to train its employees on how to identify and respond to gift card fraud. See, 02.17.2022 Card Alert. In June, the New Jersey Assembly proposed...
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Aug 2024Leawood, Kan. – August 2, 2024: The Governor signed into law House Bill 471 (“HB 471”), which enacts Idaho’s version of the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. The new law became effective on July 1, 2024 and will impact unclaimed property filings that are due on...
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Jul 2024Leawood, Kan. – July 26, 2024: On June 24, 2024, the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee of the California House amended Senate Bill 1272 (“SB 1272”) to make a technical correction to the statute. Specifically, the bill was amended to explicitly add “electronic...
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Jun 2024Leawood, Kan. – June 7, 2024: Two weeks ago, the California Senate passed Senate Bill 1272 (“SB 1272”). The bill, if enacted in its current form, would significantly increase mandatory cash redemption amount for certain types of gift certificates and gift cards from...
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May 2024Leawood, Kan. – May 10, 2024: The Delaware legislature is currently considering House Bill 317 (“HB 317”) to amend its Prohibited Trade Practices Law to require all sellers of third-party gift cards to display a notice of potential scams involving gift cards. 2024 DE...
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May 2024Leawood, Kan. – May 10, 2024: As of January 1, 2024, The Corporate Transparency Act may require many companies doing business in the United States to report beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement...
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Apr 2024Leawood, Kan. – April 19, 2024: The Pennsylvania legislature is currently considering House Bill 2186 (“HB 2186”) to amend its Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law to require signage at points-of-sale warning of potential scams involving gift cards and...
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Mar 2024Leawood, Kan. – March 29, 2024: Earlier this month, Oregon issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding unclaimed property holder compliance. Anyone wishing to make a comment to the Proposed Regulations must submit those by April 24, 2024, at 5:00 pm Pacific...
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Mar 2024Leawood, Kan. – March 29, 2024: Earlier this month the legislative session ended for the state of Washington, thus preventing any further action regarding two separate bills that were filed with both the Senate and the House concerning gift cards relating to (1)...
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