SB408
Solicitation of contributions; enforcement, creates private right of action.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 16, 2026
Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
Chief Patron:
Richard Stuart (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Solicitation of contributions; enforcement; private right of action.
Creates a private right of action for contributing individuals who were aggrieved by the actions of any charitable or civic organization, commercial co-venturer, professional fund-raising counsel, or professional solicitor that violated any provision of law relating to the solicitation of contributions. The bill provides that such individuals may initiate an ... (More) action to recover (i) actual damages or $500, whichever is greater; (ii) reasonable costs; and (iii) attorney fees. The bill also allows the trier of fact to increase damages to an amount not to exceed three times the actual damages sustained or $1,000, whichever is greater, if it finds that the violation was willful. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100090D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/21/2026 - Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
