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HB 1811 Unlawful detainer; initial hearings on a summons, etc.
Introduced by: G. Manoli Loupassi | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Initial hearings on a summons for unlawful detainer; amendments of amount requested on summons for unlawful detainer; immediate issuance of writs of possession in certain case judgments; written notice of satisfaction rendered in a court not of record. Provides that, at the initial hearing on a summons for unlawful detainer, upon request of the plaintiff, the court shall bifurcate the unlawful detainer case and set a continuance date no later than 120 days from the date of the initial hearing to determine final rent and damages. The bill requires the court, on such continuance date, to permit amendment of the amount requested on a summons for unlawful detainer in accordance with the notice of hearing, evidence presented to the court, and the amounts contracted for in the rental agreement. The bill further clarifies types of judgments for which a writ of possession may be immediately executed but specifies that an eviction pursuant to such a writ shall not be executed (i) until the expiration of a tenant's 10-day appeal period or (ii) if a tenant perfects an appeal. The bill removes certain requirements for a written notice of satisfaction of judgment rendered in a court not of record.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103708D pdf
- 01/27/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104719D-H1 pdf
- 02/23/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1811ER) pdf
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0481) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103708D
- 01/09/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 01/25/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104719D-H1
- 01/31/17 House: Read first time
- 02/01/17 House: Read second time
- 02/01/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17104719D-H1
- 02/01/17 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1811H1
- 02/02/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/15/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/17 House: Enrolled
- 02/23/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1811ER)
- 02/23/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- 02/28/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/13/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 481 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/13/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0481)