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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.

Effective Date: 10/1/2019
Last Action: 6/10/2019 - Chapter No. 2019-94
Bill Text: PDF



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5/1/2019 Senate • Withdrawn from Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 673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