Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to gift card fraud notice
Sponsored by the Senate Judiciary (companion To Hf 2251 By Young) Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 31, 2024
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 14, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Businesses that sell gift cards to other companies must show a notice about gift card fraud. This notice needs to explain what fraud is and tell people what to do if they think they have been cheated. The information must be posted near the gift cards, at the checkout counter, or on the payment screen.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to gift card fraud notice. The bill requires any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, store, or mercantile establishment that sells gift cards to other businesses to display a notice of gift card fraud. The bill requires that a notice shall provide information on what gift card fraud is and what a person can do if the person believes he or she may be the victim of gift card fraud. The bill also provides that the notice must be displayed on all displays that gift cards are located, at all physical points of sale, or on the electronic payment system screen prior to completion of the sale. The bill provides that a business that violates the bill shall receive a citation from the consumer protection division of the office of the attorney general and that three or more citations shall result in a civil penalty of no more than $250.