SB 30 Kentucky Senate · 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the termination of automatic renewal offers and continuous service offers.

Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 365 to define "automatic renewal," "automatic renewal offer terms," "clear and conspicuous," "consumer," and "continuous service,"; require businesses to present automatic renewal or continuous service offer terms clearly and conspicuously to consumers before purchase; require businesses to obtain the consumer's consent before charging the consumer; require businesses to provide an acknowledgment that includes the terms, the cancellation policy, and information regarding how to cancel in a manner that can be retained by the consumer; require businesses to provide consumers with an easy-to-use mechanism for cancellation; require businesses to provide users who purchase in one medium the opportunity to terminate in the same medium, including online termination; require businesses to provide a notice regarding material term changes prior to implementation; exempt certain businesses and services; allow the Attorney General to bring an action for injunctive and monetary relief; and exempt contracts entered into prior to the effective date; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2024.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Jan 3, 2023 Signed Mar 23, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 15, 2023

How they voted

260
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 28
Mar 15, 2023
D Democratic4
4 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican24
22 Yea 2
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
12
Committee
9
Amendments
2
Mar 23, 2023
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 81)
upper
Mar 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
passed 35 -0
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Committee
to Rules (S)
upper
Mar 13, 2023
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Mar 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Committee
to Banking & Insurance (H)
lower
Mar 2, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 35 -0 with Floor Amendment (3)
upper
Feb 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
upper
Feb 28, 2023
Introduced
floor amendment (3) filed
upper
Feb 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
upper
Feb 21, 2023
Introduced
floor amendments (1) and (2) filed
upper
Feb 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Jan 5, 2023
Committee
to Banking & Insurance (S)
upper
Jan 3, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 3, 2023
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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