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2020 SESSION
HB 790 Homestead exemption; bankruptcy exemptions.
Introduced by: Marcus B. Simon | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Homestead exemption; bankruptcy exemptions. Makes various changes to homestead exemptions, including providing that the official schedule of property claimed exempt filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court in a bankruptcy proceeding constitutes a sufficient writing to exempt such real and personal property from creditor process. The bill also provides that a householder may hold exempt from creditor process real or personal property that the householder or his dependent uses as a principal residence not exceeding $25,000 in value.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104136D pdf
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106775D-H1 pdf
- 02/17/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108364D-S1 pdf
- 02/26/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB790ER) pdf
- 03/12/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104136D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/23/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 01/27/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106775D-H1
- 01/31/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/20 House: Read first time
- 02/05/20 House: Read second time
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106775D-H1
- 02/05/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB790H1
- 02/06/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/17/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108364D-S1
- 02/18/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/19/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108364D-S1
- 02/19/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB790S1
- 02/19/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/20 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108364D-S1 (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 House: Enrolled
- 02/26/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB790ER)
- 02/27/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- 03/05/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 328 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/12/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328)