BILL · 2013–14 SESSION
HB 1069: Fair debt buyers practices
Concerning the fair debt buyers practices act.
Summary
- Makes changes and additions to the Collection Agency Act (CAA), including: 1. defining “debt buyers” and requiring them to be licensed as collection agencies; 2. prohibiting debt buyers from collecting time-barred debt; 3. requiring debt buyers to provide specific documentation to the debtor and court that indicates that they are entitled to collect the debt; and 4. imposing penalties on debt buyers who violate the CAA.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 14, 2013
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Derek Stanford (D-1)
- Introduced
- January 14, 2013 in the House
- Last action
- January 13, 2014
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to the fair debt buyers practices act;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Derek Stanford (D-1)
3 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Judiciary.
- Prefiled for introduction.
HB 1069 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1069 (2025–26) Supp. retirement bargaining
- HB 1069 (2023–24) Mental health counselor comp
- HB 1069 (2021–22) Local gov fiscal flexibility
- HB 1069 (2019–20) Insurance fraud surcharge
- HB 1069 (2017–18) Outpatient civil commitment
- HB 1069 (2015–16) DNA work product, preserving
- HB 1069 (2011–12) Unclaimed remains
- HB 1069 (2009–10) Reducing light pollution