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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 986 By: Thompson
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to consumer protection; defining
66	66	terms; prohibiting use of hidden fees and charges by
67	67	businesses; requiring fees and ch arges to be
68	68	displayed clearly and conspicuously by businesses;
69	69	making unlawful use of fees and charges a violation
70	70	of the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act; providing
71	71	for codification; and providing an effective date .
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPL E OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new s ection of law to be codified
79	79	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 773 of Title 15, unless there is
80	80	created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
81	81	As used in this act:
82	82	1. “Ancillary good or service ” means any additional good or
83	83	goods or additional service or services offered to a consumer as
84	84	part of a transaction;
85	85	2. “Business” means an individual, corporation, partnership,
86	86	association, or any other entity that offers goods or services
87	87	including, but not limited to, online, in mobile applications, an d
88	88	in physical locations;
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140	140	3. “Clear and conspicuous ” or “clearly and conspicuously ” means
141	141	a required disclosure is easily noticeable and easily understandable
142	142	by consumers, as follows:
143	143	a. in any communication that is solely visual or solely
144	144	audible, the disclosure shall be made through the same
145	145	means by which the communication is presented. In any
146	146	communication made through both visual and audible
147	147	means, the disclosure shall be p resented
148	148	simultaneously in both the visual and audible portions
149	149	of the communication even if the presentation
150	150	requiring the disclosure is made in only one means,
151	151	b. a visual disclosure, by size, contrast, location, the
152	152	length of time viewable, and other ch aracteristics,
153	153	shall stand out from any accompanying text or visual
154	154	elements so that it is easily noticed, read, and
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156	156	c. an audible disclosure, including by telephone or
157	157	streaming video, shall be delivered in a volume,
158	158	speed, and cadence suffici ent for ease of
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160	160	d. in any communication using an interactive el ectronic
161	161	medium, such as on the Internet, mobile application,
162	162	or software, the disclosure shall be unavoidable,
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214	214	e. the disclosure shall use diction and syntax
215	215	understandable to consumers and shall appear in each
216	216	language in which the representation that requires the
217	217	disclosure appears,
218	218	f. the disclosure shall comply with these requirements in
219	219	each medium through which it is received, including
220	220	all electronic devices and face -to-face communication,
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222	222	g. the disclosure shall not be contradicted or mitigated
223	223	by, or inconsistent with, anything else in the
224	224	communication;
225	225	4. “Covered good or service ” means:
226	226	a. live-event tickets, and
227	227	b. short-term lodging including, but not limited to ,
228	228	temporary sleeping accommodations at a hotel, motel,
229	229	inn, short-term rental, vacation rental, or other
230	230	place of lodging;
231	231	5. “Government charges” means the fees or charges imposed on
232	232	the transaction by a federal, state, trial, or local government
233	233	agency, unit, or department;
234	234	6. “Pricing information” means any information relating to an
235	235	amount a consumer may pay;
236	236	7. “Shipping charges” means the fees or charges that reasonably
237	237	reflect the amount a business incurs to send physical goods to a
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289	289	consumer including, but not limited to, through the mail, private
290	290	mail and shipping services, or by freight; and
291	291	8. “Total price” means the maximum total of all fees or charges
292	292	a consumer shall pay for any good or goods or service or services
293	293	along with any mandatory a ncillary good or service. Government
294	294	charges, shipping charges, and fees or c harges for any option al
295	295	ancillary good or service may be excluded from the provisions of
296	296	this act.
297	297	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
298	298	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 773.1 of Title 15, unless there
299	299	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
300	300	A. It shall be unlawful for any business to offer, display, or
301	301	advertise any price of a covered good or service without clearly an d
302	302	conspicuously disclosing the total price.
303	303	B. In any offer, display, or adve rtisement that represents any
304	304	price of a covered good or service, a business shall disclose the
305	305	total price more prominently than any other pricing information.
306	306	Where the final amount of payment for the transaction is displayed,
307	307	the final amount of payment shall be disclosed more prominently
308	308	than, or as prominently as, the total price.
309	309	C. A business shall disclose clearly and conspicuously, before
310	310	the consumer consents to pay fo r any covered good or service:
311	311	1. The nature, purpose, and amount of any fee or charge imposed
312	312	on the transaction that has been excluded from the total price and
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364	364	the identity of the good or service for which the fee or charge is
365	365	imposed; and
366	366	2. The final amount of payment for the transaction.
367	367	D. It shall be considered an unfair and deceptive practice
368	368	under the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act for any business in any
369	369	offer, display, or advertisement for a covered good or service to
370	370	misrepresent any fee or charge including, but not limited to, the
371	371	nature, purpose, amount, or refunda bility of any fee or charge, and
372	372	the identity of the good or service for which the fee or charge is
373	373	imposed.
374	374	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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