PRINTER'S NO. 108
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 127
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, JAMES, M. MACKENZIE, KAUFFMAN AND
LEADBETER, JANUARY 16, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JANUARY 16, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387),
2 entitled "An act prohibiting unfair methods of competition
3 and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of
4 any trade or commerce, giving the Attorney General and
5 District Attorneys certain powers and duties and providing
6 penalties," further providing for definitions.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 2(4) of the act of December 17, 1968
10 (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair Trade Practices and
11 Consumer Protection Law, is amended by adding a subclause to
12 read:
13 Section 2. Definitions.--As used in this act.
14 * * *
15 (4) "Unfair methods of competition" and "unfair or deceptive
16 acts or practices" mean any one or more of the following:
17 * * *
18 (xx.1) Refusing to accept cash payment for the retail sale
19 of goods or services having a sale price of less than five
20 hundred dollars ($500) when the purchaser is physically present
1 at the point of sale. This subclause does not apply to the
2 retail sale of goods or services where the seller has a written
3 policy that currency in excess of a certain denomination will
4 not be accepted as payment and has posted the policy
5 conspicuously for purchasers to view prior to the point of sale
6 and the purchaser tenders cash payment in a denomination that
7 exceeds the amount specified in the policy.
8 * * *
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 0108: P.L.1224, No.387