Lobbies curb passage of Kansas Consumer Protection Act
Business and banking lobbies blocked action on SB587 in the 1972 Kansas session. The bill would have barred the holder-in-due-course doctrine for consumers and required stronger protections, but was held for study by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Kansas
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Judiciary Committee
Robert Bennett
Prairie Village
Jerry Harper
Wichita
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Kansas Association of Commerce and Industry
State Chamber of Commerce
Retail Council and Loan Companies
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Harper
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Harold Stones
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Lance Burr
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Noble Drake
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House
Senate Commercial and Financial Institutions Committee
Kansans Eye Consumer Protection Act Debates in Legislature
Kansas lawmakers clash with bankers and business groups over a proposed consumer protection act. Stakeholders urge fuller study and broader legislative makeup, arguing current committees favor financial interests while supporters push for timely action and stronger safeguards against fraud and deception.
New Hyde Park to Get $10 Million Children’s Hospital
A 10 million dollar project will create a 100 bed Children’s Medical Center of New York in New Hyde Park Nassau County. Construction is slated to finish in 1975.
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Children’s Medical Center of
New York
New Hyde Park
Nassau County
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