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2025 Regular Session

House Bill 875

Electronic automatic renewals and continuous service offers; require businesses to provide online link and other methods to cancel.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 13, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE BUSINESSES THAT MAKE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OFFERS OR CONTINUOUS SERVICE OFFERS TO CONSUMERS TO PRESENT THE TERMS OF SUCH AUTOMATIC RENEWALS OR CONTINUOUS SERVICE OFFERS IN A CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS MANNER BEFORE THE SUBSCRIPTION OR PURCHASING AGREEMENT IS FULFILLED; TO PROHIBIT THE CHARGING OF A CONSUMER'S CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD, OR ACCOUNT WITH A THIRD PARTY, FOR AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OR CONTINUOUS SERVICE WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING THE CONSUMER'S AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT TO THE AGREEMENT; TO PRESCRIBE THE METHODS BY WHICH A BUSINESS SHALL PROVIDE CONSUMERS WITH THE ABILITY TO CANCEL ANY AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OR CONTINUOUS SERVICE OFFER; TO REQUIRE BUSINESS TO NOTIFY CONSUMERS OF A MATERIAL CHANGE IN THE TERMS OF THE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OR CONTINUOUS SERVICE; TO REQUIRE THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ALLOW CONSUMERS TO ACCEPT AN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OR CONTINUOUS SERVICE OFFER ONLINE TO ALSO ALLOW THE CONSUMERS TO TERMINATE THE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OR CONTINUOUS SERVICE EXCLUSIVELY ONLINE, AT WILL, AND WITHOUT ENGAGING ANY FURTHER STEPS THAT OBSTRUCT OR DELAY THE CONSUMER'S ABILITY TO TERMINATE THE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OR CONTINUOUS SERVICE IMMEDIATELY; TO REQUIRE THOSE BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE A METHOD OF TERMINATION THAT IS EITHER ONLINE IN THE FORM OF A PROMINENTLY LOCATED DIRECT LINK OR BUTTON TO CANCEL OR BY A TERMINATION EMAIL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

Its course

January 17 to February 13, 2025, 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 action4 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 13 · stopped27 days

Business and CommerceJan 17 to Jan 3013 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

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

In the House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 13

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Business and Commerce
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 12Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 13Died on the calendar in the House
All 4 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Business and CommerceHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 12Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 13Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives