HB 5222

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As enrolled: - Extends the licensing period for professional engineers and land surveyors from one to two years, doubles the current annual fees. (Sec. 2) - Requires applicants for a real estate broker or salesperson license to successfully complete the required final exam for the license within two years of applying for the license, unless the Real Estate Commission grants a hardship extension on the applicant’s written request. (Sec. 5) - Expands the definition of plumbing and piping work to include work related to alternative fuels and petroleum-based products. (Sec. 6) - Requires a business that provides certain trade services to designate someone to serve as its contractor of record, including licensed electricians; plumbers; solar, heating, piping, and cooling contractors and journeymen; and elevator and fire protection sprinkler craftsmen. (Sec. 7) - Authorizes the Commissioner to impound any food or beverage that is adulterated or misbranded during food inspections and prohibit the violating establishment from selling or offering for sale any adulterated or misbranded foods or beverages until the conditions have been remedied. (Sec. 10). - Defines “retailer” for the purposes of certain out-of-state alcohol shippers’ permits. (Sec. 22) - Limits the requirement that certain alcoholic liquor permit applications describe the live entertainment provided to those allowing on-premises consumption. (Sec. 23) - Requires alcoholic liquor permittees or backers who get an age statement form from a customer whose age is in question to have acted reasonably in serving or providing alcohol to them in order to not be liable for serving a minor. (Sec. 24) - Extends the statutory used vehicle warranty requirements to all vehicles that are less than 10 years old, regardless of price, rather than those that cost $3,000 or more and are less than seven years old and requires these vehicles to have the required express warranty for at least 60 days or 3,000 miles, whichever ends first. (Sec. 27 & 28) - Establishes a task force to study the sale in the state of dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building and over-the-counter diet pills. (Sec. 29) - Requires the task force to report on whether the sale of dietary supplements to minors should be restricted and other best practices for state regulation. (Sec. 29) - Requires all advertisements for entertainment event tickets to conspicuously disclose the total price, including which portion of each ticket price, state in dollar amounts, represents a service charge. (Sec. 32) - Allows the use of a dynamic pricing model to sell a ticket if the price does not increase during the transaction period from initial offering to the completion or time out of the transaction. (Sec. 32) - Revises laws governing dealer registrations for electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products. It updates definitions, tightens registration requirements, expands enforcement authority, and imposes new limits on retailer density. (Sec. 33) - Amends data broker registration and deletion mechanism provisions. (Sec. 39) - Allows a data controller using facial recognition technology for security, fraud prevention, loss prevention, or similar purposes to match images only against its own internal database. Requires clear signage at entrances notifying consumers that facial recognition. (Sec. 45) - Amends AI subscription disclosure requirements to apply to generative AI systems. (Sec. 46) - Amends a pilot program for independent verification organizations for artificial intelligence models to sunset in 2031. (Sec. 47) - Requires cannabis testing facilities to perform real-time uploads to the prescription drug monitoring program. (Sec. 53) - Requires cannabis plant material that contains a total THC percentage greater than 30% to contain a warning that such plant material is a high-potency product and may increase the risk of psychosis. (Sec. 54) - Modifies the “streaming video services” definition to apply it to a person who provides programming or content, rather than a service. (Sec. 58) - Prohibits cannabis establishments from borrowing money or receiving credit, directly or indirectly, in any form for a period in excess of thirty days from any cannabis testing laboratory. (Sec. 59) - NOTE: 3/26 substitute removes accounting language.

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