CS/CS/HB 1247: Construction Bonds
GENERAL BILL by Civil Justice Subcommittee ; Business and Professions Subcommittee ; Perez
Construction Bonds; Requires notice of nonpayment to be under oath; specifies that claimant or lienor who serves fraudulent notice of nonpayment forfeits his or her rights under bond; provides that service of fraudulent notice of nonpayment is complete defense to claimant's or lienor's claim against bond; provides that provision relating to attorney fees applies to certain suits brought by contractors.
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action | 
|---|---|---|
| 3/3/2019 | House | 
                                    • Filed | 
                        
| 3/5/2019 | House | 
                                    • Introduced -HJ 126  | 
                        
| 3/8/2019 | House | 
                                    • Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Commerce Committee -HJ 377  | 
                        
| 3/15/2019 | House | 
                                    • On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 11:30 am, Webster Hall  | 
                        
| 3/19/2019 | House | 
                                    • CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 461  | 
                        
| 3/20/2019 | House | 
                                    • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) • CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 459  | 
                        
| 3/21/2019 | House | 
                                    • Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee -HJ 478  • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/25/19, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall  | 
                        
| 3/25/2019 | House | 
                                    • CS/CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 521  | 
                        
| 3/26/2019 | House | 
                                    • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) | 
                        
| 3/27/2019 | House | 
                                    • CS/CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 517  • Now in Commerce Committee -HJ 536  | 
                        
| 4/2/2019 | House | 
                                    • On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Webster Hall  | 
                        
| 4/4/2019 | House | 
                                    • Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 -HJ 592  • Placed on Calendar -HJ 592  | 
                        
| 4/11/2019 | House | 
                                    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19 | 
                        
| 4/17/2019 | House | 
                                    • Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading -HJ 711  | 
                        
| 4/18/2019 | House | 
                                    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19 | 
                        
| 4/24/2019 | House | 
                                    • Read 2nd time -HJ 817  • Amendment(s) adopted (212029, 640257) -HJ 817,818 • Placed on 3rd reading  | 
                        
| 4/25/2019 | House | 
                                    • Read 3rd time -HJ 866  • CS passed as amended; YEAS 110 NAYS 1 -HJ 866  | 
                        
| 4/25/2019 | Senate | 
                                    • In Messages • Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 511 • Received -SJ 511  | 
                        
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | 
                                    • Withdrawn from Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 673  • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1200 -SJ 673 • Read 2nd time -SJ 673 • Placed on 3rd reading  | 
                        
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | 
                                    • Read 3rd time -SJ 852  • CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 853  | 
                        
| 5/2/2019 | House | 
                                    • Ordered enrolled -HJ 1157  | 
                        
| 6/5/2019 | 
                                    • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor | 
                        |
| 6/7/2019 | 
                                    • Approved by Governor | 
                        |
| 6/10/2019 | 
                                    • Chapter No. 2019-94 |