l9n/ Oregon

2013 Regular Session

House Bill 2379

Prohibits person that issues credit card or debit card or that provides service as payment card network from restricting or prohibiting merchant from disclosing amount of interchange transaction fee or network fee that merchant pays to person, specifying minimum dollar amount for which merchant will accept credit card or debit card as payment in retail transaction or offering other person discount for using payment method other than credit card or debit card in retail transaction.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Business and Labor Committee on July 8, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Prohibits person that issues credit card or debit card or that provides service as payment card network from restricting or prohibiting merchant from disclosing amount of interchange transaction fee or network fee that merchant pays to person, specifying minimum dollar amount for which merchant will accept credit card or debit card as payment in retail transaction or offering other person discount for using payment method other than credit card or debit card in retail transaction. Provides that violation is unlawful practice. Becomes operative 91 days after effective date of Act. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

5 co-sponsors

Sara Gelser Blouin, David Gomberg, Mitch Greenlick, Paul Holvey, Greg Matthews

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Jackie Dingfelder

    Its course

    January 14 to July 8, 2013, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action4 actions on 4 days

    In the House of RepresentativesJan 14 to Jul 8 · stopped175 days

    Waiting for a committeeJan 14 to Jan 228 days

    Business and LaborJan 22 to Jul 8 · stopped167 days

    Text

    Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Jan 14 – Jul 8

    1. Jan 14Introduced
    2. Jan 22Sent to Business and Labor
    3. Mar 1Heard in Business and Labor
    4. Jul 8Died when the session ended
    All 4 actions, as published
    1. Jan 14First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
    2. Jan 22Referred to Business and Labor.House of Representatives
    3. Mar 1Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
    4. Jul 8In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives