CHAPTER NUMBER: 59
File Code: Commercial Law - Generally
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 251
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Bromwell
- Entitled:
-
Consumer Protection - Contracts - Late Fees
Clarifying the circumstances under which parties to a contract may
agree to the payment of late fees; authorizing the parties to a
contract to agree to require that late fees be paid when a party fails
to make a payment when due; requiring full disclosure of any late
fees; requiring that specified late fees be disclosed in a specified
manner; establishing specified limitations on the amount and duration
of late fees included in specified consumer contracts; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/19
- First Reading Finance
- Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- 1/20
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 2/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- 1/24
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 2/1 at 1:30 p.m.
- 2/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 2/25
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Bromwell) Adopted
- 2/28
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order 3/1 (Senator Madden) Adopted
- 3/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Madden) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Frosh) Rejected (17-30)
- Floor Amendment (Senator Green) Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Frosh) Rejected
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/3
- Third Reading Passed (33-14)
- 4/3
- Senate Concur - House Amendments (43-2)
- Third Reading Passed (36-10)
- Passed Enrolled
- 4/25
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 59
House Action
- 3/6
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 3/22
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/30
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/28
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Committee Amendment Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/29
- Special Order 4/4 (Delegate Gordon) Adopted
- 3/31
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Gladden) Rejected (38-82)
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Bartlett) Rejected
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Cole) Rejected (38-85)
- Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (108-27)
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMMERCE AND BUSINESS -see also- DEALERS; TRADERS; etc
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
- CONTRACTS -see also- LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS; PROCUREMENT
- DISCLOSURE
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Commercial Law
- (
14-1315 ,
14-1315 ,
14-1315 ,
14-1315
)
- Real Property
- (
11B-112.1
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 397871/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 1, 2000 at:
10:52 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 443429/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 1, 2000 at:
10:58 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 733628/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 1, 2000 at:
12:14 p.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 953420/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 1, 2000 at:
12:12 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 983729/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 1, 2000 at:
10:58 a.m. Status: Rejected
- House
- Number: 053426/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 4, 2000 at:
11:49 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 323394/2 (PDF) Offered on: March 30, 2000 at:
10:51 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 443522/2 (PDF) Offered on: April 4, 2000 at:
11:04 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Number: 553392/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 30, 2000 at:
10:49 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 663929/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 4, 2000 at:
11:33 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 1, 2000: Floor Amendment (Frosh) {983729/1 Rejected (17-30)
- March 3, 2000: Third Reading Passed (33-14)
- April 3, 2000: Senate Concur - House Amendments (43-2)
- April 3, 2000: Third Reading Passed (36-10)
- House
- March 31, 2000: Floor Amendment (Gladden) {443522/2 Rejected (38-82)
- March 31, 2000: Floor Amendment (Cole) {053426/1 Rejected (38-85)
- March 31, 2000: Third Reading Passed (108-27)
