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PA HB1996
Bill
Status
10/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jeanne McNeill
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AI Summary
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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
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Renumbers the existing catch-all provision for "fraudulent or deceptive conduct" from subsection (xxi) to (xxii) to accommodate the new invoice-related prohibition
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Applies only to solicitations occurring on or after the effective date, providing prospective enforcement rather than retroactive application
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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