Introduced
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To establish regulations on sweepstakes contests and giveaways. The bill would ban promotions that tell a person he or she is a sweepstakes winner unless the person really is the winner or has actually won a prize. It would require sweepstakes solicitors to disclose the official rules of the contest in any mailings, including the odds of winning; prohibit requiring a person to make a payment to obtain or be eligible for a prize; and more.
Referred to the Committee on Economic Development, Small Business, and Regulatory Reform
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
To require that sweepstakes communications must provide a method by which reipients may remove their name from future solicitations, and require that random drawing prize winners be notified withing 60 days. Also, to establish that prosecution under the law proposed by this bill would not preclude action under the state consumer protection act.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To clarify that certain fines authorized by the bill are for a "state civil infraction," which has the effect of distributing any revenue from the fines according to an existing statutory formula.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Commerce
