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PA HB1996

Bill

Status

Introduced

10/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jeanne McNeill

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Pennsylvania's Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law to add a new prohibited practice: using documents that appear to be invoices to solicit sales of goods or services without conspicuously stating the document is not a request for payment

  • Renumbers the existing catch-all provision for "fraudulent or deceptive conduct" from subsection (xxi) to (xxii) to accommodate the new invoice-related prohibition

  • Applies only to solicitations occurring on or after the effective date, providing prospective enforcement rather than retroactive application

  • Takes effect 60 days after enactment

Legislative Description

Further providing for definitions and for unlawful acts or practices and exclusions.

Last Action

Referred to Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities

10/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities10/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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