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To the Governor: Alabama Passes Bill to Prohibit Credit Card Codes to Track Firearms Purchases

Titled the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, the legislation would “prohibit a financial institution from requiring merchants to use a merchant category code (MCC) to distinguish a firearms retailer from a general merchandise retailer or a sporting goods retailer during a firearms transaction amounting to financial surveillance and from disclosing financial information regarding the transaction.” ....

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Tennessee Governor Signs Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act Into Law

It prohibits any financial institution operation in the state from requiring or permitting “the assignment of a firearms code in a way that distinguishes a firearms retailer from other retailers.” “Firearms code” is defined in the bill as “a merchant category code approved by the International Organization for Standardization or an equivalent successor organization that is specifically assigned to a firearms retailer.” ....

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New Hampshire Committee Advances Bill to Prohibit Credit Card Codes to Track Firearms Purchases

Titled the Firearm Purchaser’s Privacy Act, the proposed law would prohibit a payment card network from requiring a New Hampshire merchant to use a “firearms code” defined as “merchant category code 5723, approved in September 2022 by the International Organization for Standardization, for firearms retailers.” ....

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Iowa Governor Signs Bill That Prohibits Credit Card Codes to Track Firearms Purchases

The new law prohibits a financial institution operating in Iowa from requiring or assigning a firearms code that distinguishes a firearms dealer from any other retailer. “Firearms code” is defined as “a merchant category code approved by the international organization for standardization specifically for firearm dealers.” It is now also illegal to deny a transaction based solely on the acquirer’s assignment of a firearms code to the firearms retailer. ....

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Louisiana Senate Passes Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act

Titled the “Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act,” the bill would prohibit any financial institution operation in the state from requiring or permitting “the assignment of a firearms code in a way that distinguishes a firearms retailer from other retailers.” ....

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