CHAPTER NUMBER: 570
File Code: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Dumais, Barkley, Bobo, Cryor, Feldman, Goldwater,
Gutierrez, Haddaway, Hixson, Jameson, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Krebs, Lee,
Love, Moe, Montgomery, Murray, Ramirez, Simmons, Taylor, F. Turner,
Vaughn, Burns, Conroy, Doory,
Harrison, Kirk, Krysiak, McHale, and Parrott
- Entitled:
-
Consumer Protection - Immigration Consulting Services
Prohibiting specified persons from providing specified types of
services to noncitizens and persons seeking to sponsor a noncitizen;
providing specified exceptions; prohibiting immigration consultants
from taking specified actions; requiring a specified contract to be
executed; requiring specified notices to be posted at an immigration
consultant's place of business; providing that an immigration
consultant that violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor; etc.
House Action
- 2/7
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/16
- Hearing 3/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/29
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/30
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Moe) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (134-0)
- 4/9
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (121-5)
- Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
- 4/1
- First Reading Senate Rules
- 4/7
- Re-referred Finance
- 4/11
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 4/9
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Motion two readings same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Middleton) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (41-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/26
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 570
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
- Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
- Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23A
- Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
- Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
- Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
- Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
- Delegate Sally Jameson, District 28
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
- Delegate Darryl A. Kelley, District 26
- Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
- Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
- Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
- Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
- Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46
- Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Gareth E. Murray, District 20
- Delegate Joanne S. Parrott, District 35A
- Delegate Victor R. Ramirez, District 47
- Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
- Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
- Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ALIENS
- ATTORNEYS
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
- CONTRACTS -see also- LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS; PROCUREMENT
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
- DAMAGES
- DISCLOSURE
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- FRAUD -see also- FORGERY
- NOTICES
- PENALTIES
- SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Commercial Law
- (
14-3301 ,
14-3302 ,
14-3303 ,
14-3304 ,
14-3305 ,
14-3306
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
House
- Number: 203196/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 31, 2005 at:
10:22 a.m. Status: Adopted
Senate
- Number: 497078/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 2005 at:
10:16 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 30, 2005: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
- April 9, 2005: Third Reading Passed (121-5)
Senate
- April 9, 2005: Third Reading Passed (41-0)
