HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 4

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 154

AMEND House Bill No. 154 on line 21 by striking “ can be ” as it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “ are ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 154 on line 107 by striking “ or transfer ” as it appears therein.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 154 on line 330 by adding after “consumer” and before “to” the following: “ or the consumer’s authorized agent ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 154 by striking lines 528 through 533 and inserting in lieu thereof the following and redesignating accordingly:

“ (b) During the period beginning on [the effective date of this act], and ending on December 31, 2025, the Department of Justice shall, prior to initiating any action for a violation of any provision of this chapter, issue a notice of violation to the controller if the Department of Justice determines that a cure is possible. If the controller fails to cure such violation within 60 days of receipt of the notice of violation, the Department of Justice may bring an enforcement proceeding pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Beginning on January 1, 2026, the Department of Justice may, in determining whether to grant a controller or processor the opportunity to cure an alleged violation of any provision of this chapter, the Department of Justice may consider all of the following: ”

SYNOPSIS

This amendment makes changes to certain definition and makes changes to the enforcement provisions.