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  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "version": "2026-10-24.1",
  "title": "Price transparency and mandatory fee reference",
  "scope": "The FTC rule and the expressly listed California, Minnesota, and Colorado provisions. This is a bounded reference, not a complete national junk-fee law survey.",
  "exclusions": [
    "Unlisted states, local ordinances, sector-specific price rules, tax advice, and a determination that an individual fee is lawful."
  ],
  "verifiedOn": "2026-10-24",
  "nextVerificationOn": "2027-01-24",
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    {
      "id": "US-FEES",
      "jurisdiction": "United States",
      "code": "US",
      "citation": "16 CFR Part 464",
      "fields": {
        "coverage": "Live-event ticketing and short-term lodging.",
        "requirement": "Display the total price with mandatory charges upfront. The rule governs disclosure and misrepresentation, rather than banning any particular type or amount of fee.",
        "effective": "2025-05-12",
        "exceptions": "Government charges, shipping, and optional ancillary charges have specific disclosure treatment. Read the full rule and FAQs."
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/05/ftc-rule-unfair-or-deceptive-fees-take-effect-may-12-2025",
          "title": "16 CFR Part 464",
          "retrievedOn": "2026-10-24"
        }
      ],
      "status": "Verified",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "nextVerificationOn": "2027-01-24"
    },
    {
      "id": "CA-FEES",
      "jurisdiction": "California",
      "code": "CA",
      "citation": "Cal. Civil Code 1770(a)(29); SB 478 and SB 1524",
      "fields": {
        "coverage": "Most consumer goods and services. Commercial-use transactions and specified industries have exclusions.",
        "requirement": "Advertised or listed prices include mandatory fees and charges.",
        "effective": "2024-07-01",
        "exceptions": "Specified government charges and reasonable shipping costs. Restaurants and listed food vendors have a separate conspicuous-disclosure exception."
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.oag.ca.gov/hiddenfees",
          "title": "Cal. Civil Code 1770(a)(29); SB 478 and SB 1524",
          "retrievedOn": "2026-10-24"
        }
      ],
      "status": "Verified",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "nextVerificationOn": "2027-01-24"
    },
    {
      "id": "MN-FEES",
      "jurisdiction": "Minnesota",
      "code": "MN",
      "citation": "Minn. Stat. 325D.44, subd. 1a",
      "fields": {
        "coverage": "Persons advertising, displaying, or offering prices for goods or services in Minnesota, subject to statutory exceptions.",
        "requirement": "Include mandatory fees and surcharges in the advertised total price. Indeterminate prices and certain industries have specific disclosure alternatives.",
        "effective": "2025-01-01 generally; Metropolitan Airports Commission-regulated prices 2025-06-01.",
        "exceptions": "Government taxes, reasonable shipping, avoidable charges, and specified regulated sectors. Existing contracts have separate temporal limits."
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Price-Transparency/PriceTransparencyLaw_FAQ.pdf",
          "title": "Minn. Stat. 325D.44, subd. 1a",
          "retrievedOn": "2026-10-24"
        }
      ],
      "status": "Verified",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "nextVerificationOn": "2027-01-24"
    },
    {
      "id": "CO-FEES",
      "jurisdiction": "Colorado",
      "code": "CO",
      "citation": "Colorado HB 25-1090",
      "fields": {
        "coverage": "Goods, services, and property, with industry-specific alternatives.",
        "requirement": "Clearly and conspicuously disclose the maximum total price, with the statutory treatment of government and shipping charges.",
        "effective": "2026-01-01. Applies to conduct on or after the applicable effective date, under section 5.",
        "exceptions": "The enacted summary lists food-service, indeterminate-price, and regulated-industry alternatives. Check the signed act and later amendments."
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1090",
          "title": "Colorado HB 25-1090",
          "retrievedOn": "2026-10-24"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40562/download",
          "title": "Colorado HB 25-1090",
          "retrievedOn": "2026-10-24"
        }
      ],
      "status": "Verified",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-10-24",
      "nextVerificationOn": "2027-01-24"
    }
  ],
  "unverifiedRowsExcluded": [],
  "notes": [
    "The FTC rule applies to live-event tickets and short-term lodging. It is not an all-industry federal total-price mandate.",
    "An exception from one instrument does not establish an exception from other consumer protection laws."
  ],
  "additionalSources": [],
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-24",
      "change": "Initial source-backed snapshot. Unverified rows are visibly marked and excluded from downloads. No nationwide completeness claim is made."
    }
  ]
}