CONSUMER PROTECTION

Missouri House of Representatives
Bills Indexed by Subject
CONSUMER PROTECTION
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: Regulates and licenses tanning bed operators.

: Regulates small business franchises.

: Creates the Unfair Home Improvement Loans Act and revises bonding requirements for mortgage brokers.

: Makes technical intersectional reference corrections to certain regulation of mattresses provisions.

: Requires landlords of manufactured or mobile home land lease communities to provide 180 days notice to vacate prior to selling such property.

: Regulates high-cost home loans and establishes lender reporting requirements.

: Requires disclosure by landlords and sellers of real property of any prior methamphetamine activities on the property.

: Adds a new provision relating to commissions for real estate brokers.

: Enacts consumer protections for long distance services.

: Regulates the sale of certain funeral merchandise.

: Prohibits consumer reporting agencies from imposing charges for certain consumer credit disclosures.

: Regulates check-cashing businesses.

: Prohibits utilities from charging consumers for underbilling mistakes made by the utility if a correction is not made within ninety days.

: Restricts fees allowed to be charged for check-cashing services and prohibits charging an interest rate in excess of thirty percent annual percentage rate on a small loan.

: Allows entities to disseminate the telemarketing no-call database to their employees or contractors.

: Changes telemarketing definitions to further protect consumers.

: Requires the Department of Health to develop recommendations on methods of reducing medication errors.

: Regulates the sales of life settlements.

: Regulates deferred presentment services.

: Enacts minimum state compliance with the Federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999.

: Changes the law governing financial institutions.

: Requires electrical and gas providers to increase use of renewable energy resources.

: Requires manufacturers, packers, distributors, or sellers of drugs or devices to comply with the current federal labeling requirements in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

: Revises the motor vehicle "Lemon Law."

: Prohibits release of nonpublic information by financial institutions.

: Establishes retail electric customer choice.

: Prohibits the sale of the name and credit card numbers of consumers without their consent.

: Prohibits the disclosure of health information without the consent of the person to whom such information pertains.

: Enacts the Missouri Retail Customer and Worker Protection Act.

: Expands the motor vehicle "Lemon Law".

: Interest shall be calculated by actuarial method on prepayment of loans.

: Creates statutory warranties for homeowners and prevents home solicitors from engaging in certain practices.

: Revises the Family Care Safety Registry.

: Prohibits insurance companies from using a person's credit history when issuing or renewing auto insurance policies.

: Prohibits use of internet web site to cause a user to unwittingly incur long-distance telephone charges.

: Corrects intersectional references in law regulating the manufacture, renovation, and sale of mattresses.

: Provides additional protection for health care consumers.

: Lowers the mazimum penalties consumers must pay for late payments on certain credit transactions.

: Modifies the licensure requirements of persons dealing with lead-bearing substances.

: Amends banking and lending laws.

: Requires telecommunications companies to have signed documentation before charging consumers for internet services.

: Creates a home builders licensure board to license and regulate residential home builders.

: Requires insurers to provide notice to consumers regarding confidentiality of financial and health information.

: Prohibits release of financial information by financial institutions.

: Regulates individuals who provide amusement hay rides.

: Prohibits release of nonpublic information by financial institutions.

: Modifies provisions regarding reimbursements between health care professionals and health carriers.

: Enacts Missouri Retail Customer and Worker Protection Act.

: Allows transfer of electric generating plant to wholesale affiliate and limited retail electronic choice.

: Establishes retail electric customer choice.

: Allows transfer of electric generating plant to wholesale affiliate and limited retail electric choice.

: Requires compliance with federal law in drug labeling.

: Revises the regulation of unsolicited telephone sales calls.

: Establishes Joint Legislative Interim Committee on Wireless Telecommunication's Coverage.

: Establishes Joint Interim Committee on Energy Resources.

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