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2015 Regular Session

House Bill 6734

AN ACT CONCERNING SURETY BAIL BOND AGENTS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 5, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) increase the minimum down payment required from a principal or indemnitor for a bail bond premium financing agreement with a surety bail bond agent, (2) make permissive the filing of a civil action for appropriate relief and permit a surety bail bond agent to apply to the Superior Court to be released from a bond when the balance of the promissory note has not been paid in full by the due date or a payment due is more than sixty days in arrears, (3) permit a judge to whom such application has been made to release the surety bail bond agent from such bond upon demonstration of diligent effort by such agent to collect such balance or payment due or for good cause shown, (4) impose an automatic cancellation of a surety bail bond agent's license if such agent has not paid the annual examination fee by January thirty-first, and (5) require the Insurance Commissioner to adopt regulations to establish continuing education requirements for surety bail bond agents.

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

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Kevin D. Witkos

    Its course

    February 5 to May 5, 2015, 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 action15 actions on 7 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to May 5 · stopped89 days

    Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeFeb 5 to Mar 528 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMay 1 to May 54 days

    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 5 – May 5

    1. Feb 5Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    2. Feb 11Heard in Insurance and Real Estate Committee
    3. Mar 5Insurance and Real Estate Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. May 1Sent to Judiciary Committee
    5. May 5Judiciary Committee recommended it
    All 15 actions, as published
    1. Feb 5REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 11PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 5Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 5FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 16REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Mar 23RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Mar 23FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Mar 23HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Mar 23FILE NO.Both houses
    10. May 1REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
    11. May 5Joint FavorableBoth houses
    12. May 5FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    13. May 5RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    14. May 5NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    15. May 5TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives