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CS/SB 128: Contacting Consumer Debtors

GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance ; Rodriguez

Contacting Consumer Debtors; Prohibiting creditors from contacting debtors regarding specified types of debt under certain circumstances, to conform to federal regulations; requiring the Office of Financial Regulation of the Financial Services Commission to inform and furnish relevant information to the appropriate regulatory body of the state, the Federal Government, or The Florida Bar if a person has been named in a certain consumer complaint alleging specified violations of law, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
 Last Action: 5/5/2023 Senate - Died in Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/4/2023 Senate • Filed
    1/19/2023 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
    3/7/2023 Senate • Introduced
    3/24/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/29/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
    3/29/2023 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
    3/31/2023 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
    • CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
    4/13/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/18/23, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    4/18/2023 Senate • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
    4/19/2023 Senate • Now in Fiscal Policy
    5/5/2023 Senate • Died in Fiscal Policy

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  • CS/SB 128, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/31/2023 at 8:55 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Pre-Meeting) 4/17/2023 (pdf)
    Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Post-Meeting) 4/19/2023 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 113 Contacting Consumer Debtors Andrade Compare Last Action: 5/5/2023 H Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/18/2023 12:00 PM Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government 14 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    559.721 Page 1 (pdf)
    559.725 Consumer complaints; administrative duties. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 128, Original Filed Version Posted 1/4/2023 at 5:04 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 3/27/2023 (pdf)
    Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 3/30/2023 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 113 Contacting Consumer Debtors Andrade Similar Last Action: 5/5/2023 H Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    789210 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Banking and Insurance
    (Rodriguez)     		3/27/2023
    6:23 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/30/2023     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/29/2023 8:30 AM Banking and Insurance 11 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    559.565 Enforcement action against out-of-state consumer debt collector. Page 1 (pdf)
    559.721 Page 2 (pdf)
    559.725 Consumer complaints; administrative duties. Page 5 (pdf)
    559.77 Civil remedies. Page 5 (pdf)

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