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2016 Regular Session

House Bill 5571

AN ACT CONCERNING BANKING AND CONSUMER PROTECTIONS.

Became law as Public Act 16-65, signed May 26, 2016, 84 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) require licensing for companies engaged in the collection of federal income tax debt and to prohibit consumer collection agencies from collecting interest, fees, charges or expenses on debts absent an explicit agreement signed by a consumer debtor to the contrary; (2) protect individuals from causes of action for liability on debt brought by creditors or consumer collection agencies with insufficient evidence of ownership of the debt or association of such debt with the individual.

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

6 co-sponsors

Charlie L. Stallworth, Robyn A. Porter, Matthew L. Lesser, Eric C. Berthel, Bruce V. Morris, Patricia Billie Miller

In the Senate

    3 co-sponsors

    Joseph J. Crisco Jr., Gary A. Winfield, Steve Cassano

    Its course

    March 3 to May 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 action28 actions on 15 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMar 3 to Apr 2856 days

    Banking CommitteeMar 3 to Mar 1512 days

    Judiciary CommitteeApr 12 to Apr 153 days

    In the SenateApr 28 to May 35 days

    Waiting to be sentMay 3 to May 1613 days

    With the GovernorMay 16 to May 2610 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Apr 28 · Adopted May 3

    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 28

    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 Judiciary Committee
    5. Apr 15Judiciary Committee recommended it
    6. Apr 28The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    7. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A

    In the Senate Apr 28 – May 3

    1. Apr 28Sent to the Senate
    2. May 3The Senate adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    3. Passed the Senate with House of Representatives Amendment A

    To the Governor May 11 – May 26

    1. May 11Numbered Public Act 16-65
    2. May 16Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. Sent to the Governor
    4. May 26Signed by the Governor
    All 28 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 15Joint FavorableBoth houses
    12. Apr 18FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    13. Apr 18RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    14. Apr 18NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    15. Apr 18TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    16. Apr 28HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    17. Apr 28HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    18. Apr 28IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATEHouse of Representatives
    19. Apr 29FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    20. Apr 29SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    21. Apr 29FILE NO.Both houses
    22. May 3SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    23. May 3SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    24. May 3ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCESenate
    25. May 11PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
    26. May 16TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
    27. May 16TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNORGovernor
    28. May 26SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor