AN ACT relating to the termination of automatic renewal offers and continuous service offers.
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 365 to define "affirmative consent," "automatic renewal," "automatic renewal offer terms," "clear and conspicuous," "continuous service," "continuous service offer terms," "gift membership," "gift subscription," "material change," "membership," "purchasing agreement," and "subscription"; 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 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 term changes prior to implementation; require businesses to abide by requirements before completion of the order, except that the acknowledment may be fulfilled after order completion and notice of change must be fulfilled prior to implementation; require businesses to provide notification of the expiration of a subscription; prohibit businesses from continuing to charge consumers after the completion of singular orders, orders for a definite period of time, or the expiration of subscriptions or memberships without creating an automatic renewal or continuous service; provide that goods, wares, merchandise, or products sent to the consumer shall be considered an unconditional gift if consent is not obtained by the business; amend KRS 365.990 to create penalty.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 6, 2021
Last action Mar 30, 2022
Floor votes · House Mar 18, 2022
How they voted
69–11
Passed · 13 other
Total votes 93
Mar 18, 2022
D
Democratic25
80% Yea
R
Republican68
72% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Mar 29, 2022
Introduced
floor amendments (1) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) filed
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 22, 2022
Committee
to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
upper
Mar 21, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 18, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 75-12 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
lower
Mar 16, 2022
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 11, 2022
Committee
to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
Dec 6, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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