Coalition For Common Sense

PLEASE SUPPORT SB 43 BY SEN. PEACOCK

SB 43 by Sen. Peacock protects consumers by limiting misleading advertising practices and prohibiting unfair and deceptive advertisements and solicitations for legal services. It will be heard on the Senate floor DATE.

PLEASE CONTACT SENATE MEMBERS AND URGE THEM TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT CONSUMER PROTECTION LEGISLATION! 

Click here for a list of members and contact information (click the mail icon under the senator’s name) and see below for more information on the bill:

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SB 43 by Sen. Barrow Peacock, R-Bossier City prohibits unfair and deceptive advertisements and solicitation for legal services. It provides for requirements and disclosures in advertisements related to medical alerts for the purpose of soliciting legal services. 

The legislation requires an advertisement soliciting clients to allege an injury from a prescription drug or medical device approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to include a verbal and printed statement: "Do not stop taking a prescribed medication without first consulting a physician.”