Government Relations

NPA is the national voice, on both the national and grass roots levels, for legislative issues affecting the pawn industry. NPA is proactive and dedicated to addressing these issues. We are committed to educating the media and the US Congress in Washington, DC on the positive aspects our industry has to offer the general public.

NPA keeps our members abreast of successes and challenges facing the pawn industry and informs them of Washington’s legislative and regulatory activities through our legislative e-mail updates.

Legislative Conference

Once a year in the spring, NPA holds an annual Legislative Conference in Washington, DC. The Legislative Conference is designed to allow pawnbrokers from across the nation to educate members of Congress about the pawnbroker industry and to help build relationships with those legislators for the future. Every member of the association is invited to attend this most important effort to strengthen our legislative program. For more information, please contact Dana Meinecke.

Members can download the registration form by clicking here.

Call to Action

NPA urges our members to help shape the outcome of pending legislation by sending feedback directly to federal and/or state legislative and regulatory agencies.

The NPA’s public policy program was created by and is monitored by the Board of Directors and the Government Relations Committee. In addition, the NPA employs a full-time Washington, D.C. lobbyist who heads up a network of practitioners and legal scholars from across the country.

NPA also subscribes to a legislative service that monitors legislation and regulation development in all 50 states and in Washington, D.C. When items of concern at the state level arise, NPA notifies the state, and pawnbrokers in that state, and provides the necessary information to them.