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2015 SESSION
HB 2015 Creditor process; bankruptcy proceeding exemptions.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Exemption from creditor process; bankruptcy proceedings. Makes several changes to articles that may be exempted from creditor process: (i) removes the one-gun limit, though the $3,000 cap remains the same; (ii) removes the one-car limit, though the $6,000 cap remains the same; (iii) allows those portions of a tax refund or governmental payment attributable to the federal Child Tax Credit or the Earned Income Credit to be exempted; (iv) allows unpaid spousal or child support to be exempted; and (v) extends the exemption from creditor process to spousal and child support, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the debtor and any dependent of the debtor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100444D pdf
- 01/28/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104324D-H1 pdf
- 02/26/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2015ER) pdf
- 03/27/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0686) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100444D
- 01/14/15 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/20/15 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 01/26/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)
- 01/28/15 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104324D-H1
- 01/30/15 House: Read first time
- 02/02/15 House: Read second time
- 02/02/15 House: Committee substitute agreed to 15104324D-H1
- 02/02/15 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2015H1
- 02/03/15 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/15 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/15 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/15 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 2-N)
- 02/20/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/15 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/26/15 House: Enrolled
- 02/26/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2015ER)
- 02/26/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/27/15 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/27/15
- 02/27/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/27/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 686 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/27/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0686)