CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5278
Chapter 186, Laws of 2019
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
STOLEN PAYMENT CARDS--REPORTING
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 2019
Passed by the Senate March 5, 2019 Yeas 47 Nays 0 KAREN KEISER
President of the Senate Passed by the House April 16, 2019 Yeas 96 Nays 0 FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the House of Representatives | CERTIFICATE I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5278 as passed by Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. BRAD HENDRICKSON
Secretary Secretary |
Approved April 29, 2019 3:05 PM | FILED April 30, 2019 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5278
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington | 66th Legislature | 2019 Regular Session |
BySenate Financial Institutions, Economic Development & Trade (originally sponsored by Senators Mullet and Wilson, L.)
READ FIRST TIME 01/25/19.
AN ACT Relating to reporting suspected fraud and theft of payment cards; and adding a new chapter to Title
19 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) Any financial institution which issues payment cards shall list a phone number on its web site for cardholders and merchants to report suspected incidents in which payment cards are used for fraud or payment cards have been stolen.
(2) Any financial institution which issues payment cards shall have employees or contractors available during business hours to receive phone calls for the purpose of providing assistance to cardholders or merchants regarding suspected incidents in which payment cards are used for fraud or payment cards have been stolen. The use of an automated electronic or interactive voice response system may not substitute for the assistance of a live person for these types of suspected incidents.
(3) As used in this section, "payment cards" has the meaning defined in RCW
9A.56.280.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. Section 1 of this act constitutes a new chapter in Title 19 RCW. Passed by the Senate March 5, 2019.
Passed by the House April 16, 2019.
Approved by the Governor April 29, 2019.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 30, 2019.
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