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AZ SB1367

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/6/2019

Primary Sponsor

Javan Mesnard

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature - First Regular Session (2019)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona consumer protection law to define "class action," "class members," and "proposed consumer class action settlement" in the Arizona Revised Statutes.

  • Authorizes the Arizona Attorney General to intervene in consumer class action proceedings to challenge proposed settlements that fail to provide fair, reasonable, and adequate relief to class members or that unlawfully favor class counsel or named class members over unnamed class members.

  • Permits the Attorney General to file a motion to intervene without requiring a class member in Arizona to first object to the settlement.

  • Clarifies that the Attorney General's inaction on any particular settlement does not limit the state's rights or the Attorney General's ability to pursue other actions under consumer protection law.

  • Establishes legislative intent that Arizona has an interest in protecting its residents from consumer class action settlement abuse.

Legislative Description

Class action settlements; attorney general

Exemption

Last Action

Senate final reading FAILED, voting: (13-15-2-0)

5/27/2019

Full Bill Text

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