HB 1780 — An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for transparent payment fees.
Congress · introduced 2025-08-04
Latest action: — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES, Aug. 4, 2025
Sponsors
- Manuel Guzman (D, PA-127) — sponsor · 2025-08-04
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-08-04
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-08-04
- Joe Webster (D, PA-150) — cosponsor · 2025-08-04
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-08-04
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — cosponsor · 2025-08-04
- Ben Waxman (D, PA-182) — cosponsor · 2025-08-04
- Nikki Rivera (D, PA-96) — cosponsor · 2025-08-04
- Elizabeth Fiedler (D, PA-184) — cosponsor · 2025-08-04
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, PA-129) — cosponsor · 2025-08-04
- Joe Ciresi (D, PA-146) — cosponsor · 2025-08-04
- La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-08-04
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-08-04
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES, Aug. 4, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 2189 · 2,511 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 2189
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1780
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GUZMAN, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL, WEBSTER, SANCHEZ,
PIELLI, WAXMAN, RIVERA, FIEDLER AND CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
AUGUST 1, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
UTILITIES, AUGUST 4, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for transparent payment
3 fees.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 12 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
8 CHAPTER 58
9 TRANSPARENT PAYMENT FEES
10 Sec.
11 6401. Scope of chapter.
12 6402. Definitions.
13 6403. Surcharge disclosure.
14 6404. Enforcement.
15 § 6401. Scope of chapter.
16 This chapter relates to informing consumers of payment
17 surcharges related to the use of credit cards.
1 § 6402. Definitions.
2 The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
3 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
4 context clearly indicates otherwise:
5 "Credit card surcharge." A fee charged by a merchant to a
6 consumer exclusively for credit card payment.
7 § 6403. Surcharge disclosure.
8 (a) Disclosure required.--A merchant located in this
9 Commonwealth, or doing business with a consumer located in this
10 Commonwealth, shall disclose any credit card surcharge prior to
11 the completion of a transaction.
12 (b) Limit on surcharge.--The credit card surcharge may not
13 exceed the merchant's actual cost to process the credit card
14 payment.
15 § 6404. Enforcement.
16 (a) Penalties.--A violation under this chapter shall be
17 subject to penalties as determined by the Bureau of Consumer
18 Protection in the Office of Attorney General.
19 (b) Deposit of penalty fees.--Any penalty fees collected
20 under this section shall be deposited into the General Fund.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Consumer Protection, Technology And Utilities Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Guzman (D, state_lower PA-127) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Ben Waxman (D, state_lower PA-182) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Chris Pielli (D, state_lower PA-156) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Elizabeth Fiedler (D, state_lower PA-184) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Joe Webster (D, state_lower PA-150) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, state_lower PA-129) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, state_lower PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Nikki Rivera (D, state_lower PA-96) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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