Bill > SB0038

This bill amends various consumer protection laws in Utah, primarily by reorganizing and updating sections related to the Division of Consumer Protection (DCP). Key changes include renumbering existing sections within Title 13, Chapter 2 to create a more logical structure for the DCP's powers and responsibilities, and clarifying definitions for terms like "Director" and "Division." The bill also updates several consumer protection acts, such as those concerning charitable solicitations, fitness centers, credit services organizations, telephone solicitations, prize notices, pawnshops, and immigration consultants, by incorporating new provisions, clarifying existing ones, and aligning them with the reorganized DCP structure. Additionally, it introduces new regulations for generative artificial intelligence consumer disclosures and updates provisions related to social credit scores, online dating safety, and automatic renewal contracts. The bill also makes amendments to laws governing business opportunity disclosures, telemarketing, prize notices, pawnshops, postsecondary schools, residential solar energy systems, vocational and life skills programs, maintenance funding, credit services organizations, immigration consultants, lawyer referral consultants, transportation network companies, earned wage access services, and consumer privacy. It also includes provisions for the DCP to establish public lists of violators and outlines penalties for non-compliance, including administrative fines and civil penalties, with collected funds generally deposited into the Consumer Protection Education and Training Fund. The bill also makes conforming changes to various other statutes to reflect these updates and renumberings.

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