Apr 19, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, 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...
Mar 29, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, 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...
Mar 29, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, 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)...
Feb 23, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – February 23, 2024: Last month, the Nebraska legislature introduced Legislative Bill 955 (“LB 955”) that would require signage at points-of-sale warning of potential scams involving gift cards. It further provides for a civil penalty for violations of...
Feb 9, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – February 9, 2024: Last month, the Nebraska Legislature introduced Legislative Bill 1332 (“LB 1332”) with its intent to be adopted and cited as the Prepaid Card Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”). This week the Banking, Commerce and Insurance...
Feb 9, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – February 9, 2024: Last month, the West Virginia House and the Senate introduced similar legislation, House Bill 5250 (“HB 5250”) and Senate Bill 403 (“SB 403”) that would add a new article to West Virginia’s Consumer Credit and Protection Act requiring...
Jan 12, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – January 12, 2024: Last week, two separate bills were prefiled with both the Senate and the House prefiled two separate bills concerning the regulation of gift cards relating to (1) consumer protection (HB 2094 and SB 5987, the “Consumer Protection...
Dec 15, 2023 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – December 15, 2023: Starting January 1, 2024, sellers or distributors of plastics identified as “compostable” or “biodegradable” will be subject to labeling requirements set forth in Washington’s 2022 Plastic Product Degradability Law. RCWA 70A.455, et...
Dec 8, 2023 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – December 8, 2023: On December 4, 2023, representatives of the Washington Consumer Protection Coalition, Sen. Yasmin Trudeau, D-Tacoma, and state Rep. Emily Alvarado, D-Seattle, hosted a press conference. These individuals argued that greater consumer...
Oct 13, 2023 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – October 13, 2023: On October 8, 2023, California’s Governor declined to sign Senate Bill 728 and all related amendments (“SB 728”). The California legislative session has ended; therefore, the legislature has no opportunity to override the Governor’s...
