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2016 Regular Session

House Bill 5561

AN ACT CONCERNING FAIRNESS IN CONSUMER CONTRACTS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 26, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) set standards for secured and unsecured lending, (2) clarify what constitutes substantively unconscionable terms in a consumer contract written by a party other than the consumer, and (3) make the inclusion of such terms in a consumer contract an unfair and deceptive trade practice under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices 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

Its course

March 3 to April 26, 2016, 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 action17 actions on 10 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 3 to Apr 26 · stopped54 days

Banking CommitteeMar 3 to Mar 1512 days

Appropriations CommitteeApr 12 to Apr 186 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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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 Mar 3 – Apr 18

  1. Mar 3Introduced and sent to Banking Committee
  2. Mar 4Heard in Banking Committee
  3. Mar 15Banking Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. Apr 12Sent to Appropriations Committee
  5. Apr 18Appropriations Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 17 actions, as published
  1. Mar 3REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 4PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 15Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Mar 16FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 28REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 4RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 4FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Apr 4HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Apr 4FILE NO.Both houses
  10. Apr 12REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
  11. Apr 18Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  12. Apr 19FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  13. Apr 19REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  14. Apr 26RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  15. Apr 26NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
  16. Apr 26TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  17. Apr 26FILE NO.Both houses