| RI | S0229 | Intro 25% | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LICENSED ACTIVITIES -- LENDERS AND LOAN BROKERS -- CHECK CASHING - Repeals the provisions of the general laws allowing deferred deposit providers, also known as "payday lenders." [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-13 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0175 | Intro 25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Prohibits disclosure terms "down payment", "money down", or any similar language to describe lump sum payments in order to reduce monthly lease payments. Provides that lum... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0169 | Intro 25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Prohibits credit reporting, executions, attachments against a principal residence for judgments based on medical debt. Defines medical debt as an amount for the receipt of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0172 | Intro 25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- INTEREST AND USURY - Provides an interest rate cap on medical debt. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0086 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- TERMINATION OF SERVICE TO PERSONS WHO ARE DISABLED, SERIOUSLY ILL, OR IN ARREARS OF PAYMENT - Extends the forbearance of utility terminations for customers with serious illness certifications and would amend various p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0083 | Intro 25% | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- LENDERS AND LOAN BROKERS - Removes the licensing exemption for a lender that originates less than six (6) loans in twelve (12) consecutive months. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0084 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE -- CASUALTY INSURANCE RATING - Prohibits an insurance carrier from assessing a premium surcharge against an insured for making an inquiry regarding the terms of their policy. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0085 | Intro 25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- GROCERY STORES - Requires grocery stores to specifically limit the number of self-service checkout units to six (6) units per location. The consumer protection unit of the department of attorney gene... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0014 | Intro 25% | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- VEHICLE BARRIERS -- THE CHARLOTTE A. VACCA ACT - Requires commercial property owners to install vehicle barriers at their retail establishment locations when new construction are being done and permits insurers to consider the in... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0017 | Intro 25% | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Provide that advertising goods that don't include a price referencing all mandatory fees and charges shall be a deceptive trade practice. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0016 | Intro 25% | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- CURRENCY TRANSMISSIONS - Establishes regulation by DBR over the practices and procedures of virtual currency kiosk operators to prevent fraud related to the use of virtual currency kiosks, by establishing daily transaction l... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0015 | Intro 25% | INSURANCE-CASUALTY INSURANCE GENERALLY-LIMITATIONS ON POLICY CANCELLATIONS AND RENEWALS - Requires homeowner’s insurance providers to provide two months’ notice before increasing any policy more that 20%. Also caps rate increases for policy holde... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23 To Senate Commerce Committee |
| RI | S0018 | Intro 25% | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Effective July 1, 2025, provides that, the profit margin of any electric distribution company or gas distribution company, would not exceed 4%, in any calendar year and defines a "profit ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23 To Senate Commerce Committee |