BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 1441: Automatic renewal/contracts

Concerning the use of automatic renewal provisions in business equipment and business services contracts.

Summary

Requires disclosures for contracts entered into after May 1, 2024, that contain automatic extension or renewal provisions for terms greater than one month.
Makes unenforceable an automatic renewal or extension provision for a term greater than one year and with a deadline to decline exceeding 60 days after May 1, 2024, unless a seller provides a customer with timely written notice about the renewal or extension.
Prohibits a requirement in a contract that a seller be permitted to match another's offer for business contracts.
Allows a customer of a business contract to bring an action for damages, and awards a prevailing customer damages, costs, and attorney's fees.

From the House Bill Analysis 2023 (HB 1441), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the use of automatic renewal provisions in business equipment and business services contracts;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 1441 (2025–26) Broadband/repair and replace · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1441 (2021–22) Prospective tenants/COVID-19 · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1441 (2019–20) Local infrastruct. financing · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1441 (2017–18) State agency land purchases · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1441 (2015–16) Dental services for tribes · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1441 (2013–14) Long-term care insurance · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1441 (2011–12) Surplus trans. property · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1441 (2009–10) Malt beverage distr & prod · Enacted · Chapter 155, Laws of 2009