Establishes the Consumer Finance Awareness Initiative, a two-year statewide initiative by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to educate the public about various financial fraud risks including phishing, identity theft, and money transfer fraud and others. Requires the DOJ to establish a website, a toolkit, and conduct outreach to the public as outlined in the act.

Requires the DOJ website to outline the financial risks, provide links to resources on consumer finance and fraudulent activities, and allow access to a toolkit for local communities to launch consumer finance awareness initiatives at the local level. Requires the website and toolkit to be developed by July 1, 2025.

Specifies that after development of the website and toolkit, DOJ must implement an outreach program for disseminating the information and a toolkit to the public and local communities, and provide technical assistance to local communities to assist in using the toolkit. Allows DOJ to contract with a third party to launch the outreach program.  

Prohibits the use of the outreach program or any state funds for advocacy, promotion, or lobbying for the creation of new or the revision of existing laws regulating consumer finance.

Expresses the General Assembly’s intent to appropriate funds to cover the expenses of the initiative in the 2025-26 fiscal year. Requires DOJ to provide a progress report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety by September 1, 2026.

Establishes the Health and Civil Rights Awareness Initiative, a statewide initiative by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to educate the public about the risks to public health and civil rights issues including reproductive, LGBTQIA+, gender, and racial health issues. Requires the DHHS to establish a website and toolkit and conduct outreach to the public as outlined in the act.

Requires the DHHS website to outline the public health information, provide links to resources, and allow access to a toolkit for local communities to launch public health and civil rights initiatives at the local level. Requires the website and toolkit to be developed by July 1, 2025.

Specifies that after development of the website and toolkit, DHHS must implement an outreach program for disseminating the information and toolkit to the public and local communities and provide technical assistance to local communities to assist in using the toolkit. Allows DHHS to contract with a third party to launch the outreach program.  

Prohibits the use of the outreach program or any state funds for advocacy, promotion, or lobbying for the creation of new or the revision of existing laws regulating public health or civil rights.

Expresses the General Assembly’s intent to appropriate funds to cover the expenses of the initiative in the 2025-26 fiscal year. Requires the DHHS to provide a progress report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services by September 1, 2026.

Effective July 1, 2025.