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2023 Regular Session

House Bill 5314

AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER AGREEMENTS, CONSUMER BILLS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TICKETING.

Became law as Public Act 23-191, signed June 28, 2023, 166 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To: (1) Require any business that enters into a consumer agreement that contains an automatic renewal or continuous services provision to provide various consumer notices, and enable any consumer who enters into such an agreement online to terminate such agreement online; (2) require certain persons doing business in this state to provide bills to certain consumers in paper form; and (3) provide that certain persons doing business in this state shall not impose any charge or fee for providing bills to consumers in paper form.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

24 co-sponsors

Devin R. Carney, Craig C. Fishbein, Gary A. Turco Jr., William Pizzuto, Nicole Klarides-Ditria, Francis Cooley, Jaime S. Foster, Mitch Bolinsky, Joseph H. Zullo, Kurt Vail, Tom Delnicki, Chris Aniskovich, Christopher Poulos, Holly H. Cheeseman, Kevin Ryan, Tami Zawistowski, Bob Godfrey, Kate Farrar, Henry J. Genga, Hector Arzeno, Christine Conley, Christie M. Carpino, Aundre Bumgardner, Kathy Kennedy

In the Senate

    3 co-sponsors

    Derek Slap, Bob Duff, Patricia Billie Miller

    Its course

    January 13 to June 28, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action27 actions on 17 days

    In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to May 17124 days

    General Law CommitteeJan 13 to Mar 753 days

    In the SenateMay 17 to Jun 620 days

    Back in the House of RepresentativesJun 6 to Jun 2115 days

    Waiting to be sentJun 21 to Jun 221 day

    With the GovernorJun 22 to Jun 286 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Jun 6 · House of Representatives agreed Jun 7

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Jan 13 – May 17

    1. Jan 13Introduced and sent to General Law Committee
    2. Feb 3Heard in General Law Committee
    3. Mar 3Drafted as a bill by General Law Committee
    4. Mar 6Sent to General Law Committee
    5. Mar 7General Law Committee recommended it
    6. May 17Passed the House of Representatives

    In the Senate May 19 – Jun 6

    1. May 19Arrived in the Senate
    2. Jun 6The Senate adopted Senate Amendment A
    3. Passed the Senate with Senate Amendment A

    Back in the House of Representatives Jun 6 – Jun 21

    1. Jun 6Sent to the House of Representatives
    2. Jun 7The House of Representatives agreed to Senate Amendment A
    3. Passed the House of Representatives with Senate Amendment A
    4. Jun 21Numbered Public Act 23-191

    To the Governor Jun 22 – Jun 28

    1. Jun 22Sent to the Secretary of the State
    2. Sent to the Governor
    3. Jun 28Signed by the Governor
    All 27 actions, as published
    1. Jan 13REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Jan 19Reserved for Subject Matter Public HearingBoth houses
    3. Feb 3PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    4. Feb 16Vote to DraftBoth houses
    5. Mar 3DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    6. Mar 6REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    7. Mar 7Joint FavorableBoth houses
    8. Mar 8FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    9. Mar 16REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    10. Mar 22RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    11. Mar 22FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    12. Mar 22HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    13. Mar 22FILE NO.Both houses
    14. May 17HOUSE PASSEDHouse of Representatives
    15. May 19FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    16. May 19SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    17. Jun 6SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    18. Jun 6SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    19. Jun 6TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17Both houses
    20. Jun 6POTENTIAL DISAGREEING ACTION, TABLED CAL. HO.House of Representatives
    21. Jun 7HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    22. Jun 7HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    23. Jun 7IN CONCURRENCEHouse of Representatives
    24. Jun 21PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
    25. Jun 22TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
    26. Jun 22TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNORGovernor
    27. Jun 28SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor