BILL · 2001–02 SESSION
SB 6413: Credit cards/late payment
Limiting late payment charges.
Summary
- No late fees may be assessed against a new account's initial invoice until the account is 45 days overdue. When assessing late fees, credit card and retail credit issuers must make reasonable allowances for disruption to the mail service, and must immediately remove disputed late fees from the account until the dispute is resolved.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6413), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
- IntroducedJan 16, 2002
- Out of committeeFeb 4, 2002
- Passed Senatestopped here
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Georgia Gardner (D-42)
- Introduced
- January 16, 2002 in the Senate
- Last action
- February 28, 2002
AN ACT Relating to late payment charges;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Georgia Gardner (D-42)
6 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 1 Republican)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
- Senate Rules "X" file.
- LCF - Majority; do pass.
- Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions.
SB 6413 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 6413 (2019–20) Primary care collaborative
- SB 6413 (2017–18) Firefighting/toxic chemicals
- SB 6413 (2015–16) Landlord-tenant provisions
- SB 6413 (2013–14) Prior offenses for DUI
- SB 6413 (2011–12) Property assessment system
- SB 6413 (2009–10) Higher education purchasing
- SB 6413 (2007–08) Gender-based terms
- SB 6413 (2005–06) Used law enforcement vehicle