AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- SENIOR SAVINGS PROTECTION ACT
Summary
Requires anyone engaged in the sale of goods or services, and who offers a discount to its customers’ for utilizing automatic payment systems, via ACH or EFT or similar payment systems, provide the same discount to any person who is sixty-five (65
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2025
Last action Jun 20, 2025
Floor votes · House Jun 18, 2025
How they voted
72–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 75
Jun 18, 2025
D
Democratic64
95% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jun 20, 2025
Committee
06/20/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce
upper
Jun 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
06/18/2025 House read and passed
lower
Jun 16, 2025
Legislature · Passed
06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 13, 2025
Committee
03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 28, 2025
Introduced
02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations
lower
7 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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