BILL · 2021–22 SESSION

HB 1447: Garnishment

Concerning the garnishment of a debtor's wages, funds, or other property.

Summary

Establishes automatic protection from attachment, execution, and garnishment for certain funds held by financial institutions.
Requires writs of garnishment to include instructions to financial institutions directing such institutions to comply with the automatic protections.

From the House Bill Analysis 2021 (HB 1447), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to garnishment of a debtor's wages, funds, or other property;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 1447 (2025–26) Financial aid award amounts · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1447 (2023–24) Assistance programs · Enacted · Chapter 418, Laws of 2023
HB 1447 (2019–20) Mental health parity · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1447 (2017–18) Equal pay · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1447 (2015–16) Contractor fining by DES · Enacted · Chapter 44, Laws of 2015
HB 1447 (2013–14) Heavy haul corridors · Enacted · Chapter 115, Laws of 2013
HB 1447 (2011–12) Innovation in public schools · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1447 (2009–10) State ferries & tribal govts · Did not pass · died in committee