CS/SB 1608 (2021) -  Protecting Consumers Against Pandemic-related Fraud

General Bill by Criminal Justice and Bean
Protecting Consumers Against Pandemic-related Fraud: Defining the term “personal protective equipment”; prohibiting dissemination of false or misleading information relating to personal protective equipment under certain circumstances with specified intent; providing criminal penalties; prohibiting dissemination of false or misleading vaccine information under certain circumstances with specified intent, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Event: 04/30/21 S Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 9 (Ch. 2021-34) on Friday, April 30, 2021 2:40 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Criminal Justice
    • On agenda for: 03/16/21 12:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 9 Subject: Protecting Consumers Against Pandemic-related Fraud Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 3/16/2021 5:39:03 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 3/15/2021 12:15:10 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 9 (Ch. 2021-34) Time: 04/30/2021 - 2:40 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 278 Time: 03/18/2021 - 8:19 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: c1
Event: S Now in Rules Time: 03/17/2021 - 2:25 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Remaining references corrected to Rules -SJ 280 Time: 03/17/2021 - 2:25 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary Time: 03/17/2021 - 2:25 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/17/2021 - 11:43 AM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 272 Time: 03/16/2021 - 1:56 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/16/21, 12:30 pm, 110 Senate Building Time: 03/11/2021 - 2:33 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 153 Time: 03/02/2021 - 7:13 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 153 Time: 03/02/2021 - 3:44 PM Member: Committee: Criminal Justice Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/24/2021 - 11:17 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
817.418 CS/HB 9
817.504 CS/HB 9
921.0022 CS/HB 1, CS/HB 9, CS/CS/SB 96*, HB 123, HB 167, HB 291, CS/HB 325*, CS/HB 371, SB 428, SB 478, SB 484, SB 604, CS/HB 777, CS/HB 921, HB 961, CS/SB 1234*, SB 1260, CS/SB 1378, CS/HB 1397*, HB 1465, SB 1498, HB 1523, CS/SB 1566, HB 1597, SB 1618, SB 1784, SB 1850, SB 1916, HB 6029

(*) Not the latest version