l9n/ Connecticut

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 5130

AN ACT LIMITING USE OF CHECKS TO CREATE BINDING AGREEMENTS ON CONSUMERS AND CONCERNING THE FILING OF A BANKRUPTCY PETITION BY RETAIL BUYERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on April 28, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To prohibit use of checks to form a binding agreement on consumers in the absence of a valid written agreement meeting the requirements of this act.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

13 co-sponsors

Deborah W. Heinrich, Patricia M. Widlitz, Arthur J. O'Neill, Bruce Zalaski, Russell A. Morin, Kathleen M. Tallarita, Elizabeth A. Boukus, Elissa T. Wright, Tom F. Christiano, Robert T. Keeley Jr., Louis P. Esposito Jr., Vincent J. Candelora, Ron Burns

Its course

February 14 to April 28, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action21 actions on 11 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 14 to Apr 2470 days

Banking CommitteeFeb 14 to Mar 419 days

Judiciary CommitteeMar 26 to Mar 315 days

In the SenateApr 24 to Apr 28 · stopped4 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 24

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 24

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 14 – Apr 24

  1. Feb 14Introduced and sent to Banking Committee
  2. Feb 15Heard in Banking Committee
  3. Mar 4Banking Committee recommended it
  4. Mar 26Sent to Judiciary Committee
  5. Mar 31Judiciary Committee recommended it
  6. Apr 24The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
  7. The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment B
  8. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendments A and B

In the Senate Apr 28

  1. Apr 28Arrived in the Senate
All 21 actions, as published
  1. Feb 14REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 15PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 4Joint FavorableBoth houses
  4. Mar 5FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 12REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Mar 18RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Mar 18FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 18HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 18FILE NO.Both houses
  10. Mar 26REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 31Joint FavorableBoth houses
  12. Apr 1FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  13. Apr 1RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  14. Apr 1NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
  15. Apr 1TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  16. Apr 24HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
  17. Apr 24HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
  18. Apr 24HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
  19. Apr 28FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  20. Apr 28SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  21. Apr 28FILE NO.Both houses