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AR SB441
Bill
Status
Failed
5/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Bart Hester
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AI Summary
- Amends Arkansas Code § 4-106-202 to require consumers to provide businesses 30 days' written notice before filing individual or class-action lawsuits for violations of healthcare discount card regulations
- Allows businesses to avoid damages lawsuits if they cure the noticed violation within 30 days and provide written confirmation that violations have been cured
- Removes statutory damages of $100 per card or $10,000 minimum, as well as reasonable attorney's fees and costs, leaving only treble actual damages as a remedy for private plaintiffs
- Preserves the Attorney General's separate authority to maintain enforcement actions for injunctive relief and damages
- Applies retroactively to alleged violations that occurred before the act's effective date
Legislative Description
To Create The Junk Lawsuit Prevention Act Of 2025.
Last Action
Died on House Calendar at Sine Die adjournment.
5/5/2025
Committee Referrals
Judiciary4/10/2025
Judiciary3/12/2025
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