Arizona HB 2951: automatic subscription renewals; contracts; requirements

Bill Text

HB2951 - 572R - H Ver 

 House Engrossed

 automatic 
 subscription renewals; contracts; requirements

 (now: contracts; 
 automatic subscription renewals; requirements)

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HOUSE BILL 2951

AN 
ACT

amending title 44, chapter 9, arizona 
revised statutes, by adding article 27; relating to trade practices. 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: 

Section 1. Title 44, chapter 9, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended by adding article 27, to read:

ARTICLE 
27. SUBSCRIPTION REGULATIONS

START_STATUTE44-1383. Automatic renewal contracts; requirements; definition

A. A person that offers to a consumer 
in this state an automatic renewal contract:

1. Shall allow the consumer to cancel 
the consumer's subscription by using the same method the consumer used to 
enroll in the subscription and may not add extra requirements or steps to the 
cancellation process.

2. Shall provide clear, conspicuous 
disclosure of a subscription's terms, including renewal policies and 
cancellation instructions, at the time the consumer enrolls in a subscription. 

3. May make a retention offer or 
incentive to a consumer only after the consumer indicates an intent to cancel 
the consumer's subscription.� The retention offer or incentive may not impede 
or complicate the cancellation process.

B. A person that offers to a consumer 
in this state an automatic renewal contract, Thirty-one days before an 
annual automatic renewal, shall send to each consumer who has an automatic 
renewal contract a reminder of the automatic renewal for the subscription by 
using the same method the consumer used to enroll in the subscription in order 
to provide the consumer an opportunity to opt out of the automatic renewal 
contract. 

c. For the purposes of this section, 
"automatic renewal contract" means a plan or arrangement in which a 
paid subscription or purchasing agreement for goods or services is 
automatically renewed at the end of a definite term for a subsequent term or on 
a continuous or recurring basis.END_STATUTE