CONSUMER RIGHT TO RETURN
Summary
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for a retail establishment to not accept the return of a product by a consumer or only offer store credit to the consumer in exchange for the return of a product if the consumer purchased the product at that retail establishment and the product is unopened and unused.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jul 2026
Introduced Apr 21, 2026
Signed Jul 24, 2026
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Engrossed
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Enrolled
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Jul 24, 2026
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The bill was finalized for signature with minor formatting adjustments to the text and page headers. No substantive policy changes, new definitions, funding amounts, or enforcement rules were added or removed during this final step.
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Updated the document title from 'Engrossed' to 'Enrolled' and adjusted line spacing and indentation in several sections to match the final enrolled format.
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2026 · House Apr 17, 2026
How they voted
55–2
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 58
May 20, 2026
D
Democratic39
97% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Amendments
2
Jul 24, 2026
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 056-002-000
upper
May 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000
upper
May 8, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
upper
Apr 28, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Apr 22, 2026
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 21, 2026
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-000-000
lower
Apr 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
lower
Apr 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Consumer Protection Committee; 009-000-000
lower
Apr 8, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Consumer Protection Committee
lower
Apr 7, 2026
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 7, 2026
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 005-002-000
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
2 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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