File Code: Financial Institutions
- Sponsored By:
-
Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor,
Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled:
-
Commercial Law - Consumer Debt Collection
Altering the definition of "collector" to exclude a property manager
from provisions of law relating to debt collection; prohibiting
specified actions by debt collectors collecting or attempting to
collect an alleged debt arising out of a consumer transaction;
authorizing a debt collector to make a specified assumption; requiring
debt collectors to apply payments to the debt indicated by the debtor,
under specified circumstances; and defining "property manager".
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/4
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/6
- Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/27
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/28
- Third Reading Passed (136-5)
Senate Action
- 3/31
- First Reading Senate Rules
- 4/5
- Re-referred Finance
- Hearing 4/5 at 11:00 a.m.
- 4/7
- Unfavorable Report by Finance
Sponsored by:
- Economic Matters Committee, Chair
- Departmental
- Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Department of
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Banks and Trust Companies
- Checks
- Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
- Debt Collection -see also- Attachments and Garnishments
- Disclosure
- Harassment
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Commercial Law
- (
14-201 ,
14-202 ,
14-203
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
- Number: 793495/01 Offered on: April 2, 2008 at:
10:26 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
House
- March 28, 2008: Third Reading Passed (136-5)
