Delaware House Bill 321 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-01 - Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House
Pending: House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act requires that consumer contracts which contain automatic renewal provisions, also known as evergreen clauses, must clearly and conspicuously disclose the terms of the automatic renewal and procedures for cancelling the renewal. In contracts that renew after 12 months or more, the provider of goods or services must provide an additional written notice to the consumer no less than 60 and no more than 30 days before the time for cancellation expires, along with information on how to cancel. This provision allows businesses to continue the practice of using automatic renewals, while seeking to ensure consumers are fully aware of the terms of the contract and are not caught off guard by a renewal buried somewhere in the fine print.

An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Consumer Contracts.

Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-01		Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26314
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26314&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB321