AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Amends the Deceptive Trade Practices Act to clarify the law's exemptions, enable individuals subject to unfair or deceptive acts/practices to recover increased damages/permit the attorney general to seek civil penalties for initial violations of the law.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2019
Last action Jun 12, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 11, 2019
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 35
Jun 11, 2019
D
Democratic30
90% Yea
R
Republican5
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Jun 12, 2019
Committee
06/12/2019 Referred to House Corporations
lower
Jun 11, 2019
Legislature · Passed
06/11/2019 Senate passed Sub A
legislature
Jun 4, 2019
Legislature · Passed
06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
May 9, 2019
Legislature · Passed
05/09/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 27, 2019
Introduced
02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
legislature
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Frank Ciccone
DDemocratic
P
Frank Lombardo
DDemocratic
P
Michael J. McCaffrey
DDemocratic
P
Stephen R. Archambault
DDemocratic
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