The Florida Senate

HB 7233: Consumer Debt Collection

GENERAL BILL by General Government Policy Council ; Patterson ; Grady

Consumer Debt Collection; Requires consumer debt collection agency to maintain certain records; increases administrative fine imposed against out-of-state consumer debt collector that fails to register as required; revises provisions relating to authorized activities of Attorney General; revises requirements for providing written notice of assignment of debt, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  4/16/2010	House	• Filed; Introduced -HJ 00725
  4/18/2010	House	• Referred to Full Appropriations Council on Education & Economic Development -HJ 00760; On Council agenda-- Full Appropriations Council on Education & Economic Development, 04/19/10, 10:15 am, Webster Hall
  4/19/2010	House	• Favorable by- Full Appropriations Council on Education & Economic Development; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 00763; Placed on Calendar -HJ 00763
  4/23/2010	House	• Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -HJ 00952
  4/26/2010	House	• Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading -HJ 01067
  4/27/2010	House	• Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading -HJ 01121
  4/28/2010	House	• Substituted CS/CS/CS/SB 2086; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 2086 (Ch. 2010-127) -HJ 01185

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• HB 7233, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/16/2010 at 11:27 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Full Appropriations Council on Education and Economic Development (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Full Appropriations Council on Education and Economic Development (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 2086 (c3)		Richter	Similar	Last Action: 5/27/2010 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2010-127 Location:
  H 1219	Department of Financial Services	Long	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/2010 H Died in Committee on Insurance, Business, & Financial Affairs Policy (GGPC), companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 2086 (Ch. 2010-127) Location:
  S 2724	Financial Services [CPSC]	Aronberg	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/2010 S Died in Committee on Banking and Insurance, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 2086 (Ch. 2010-127) Location:

  Floor Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
  649329 - Amendment	Hudson	4/27/2010 12:50 PM		PDF

  Citations - Statutes (9)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  559.5556
  559.565	Enforcement action against out-of-state consumer debt collector.
  559.715	Assignment of consumer debts.
  559.72	Prohibited practices generally.
  559.725	Consumer complaints; administrative duties.
  559.726
  559.727
  559.730	Administrative remedies.
  559.77	Civil remedies.

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