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2023 SESSION

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SB 1545 Furloughed federal employees & contractors; civil relief.

Introduced by: Aaron R. Rouse | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Civil relief; citizens of the Commonwealth furloughed or otherwise not receiving wages or payments due to partial closure of the federal government; emergency. Provides a 30-day stay of eviction and foreclosure proceedings for tenants, homeowners, and owners who rent to a tenant a one-family to four-family residential dwelling unit who request a stay and provide written proof, defined in the bill, that such tenant or homeowner is (i) an employee of the United States government, (ii) an independent contractor for the United States government, or (iii) an employee of a company under contract with the United States government who was furloughed or otherwise has not received or is not currently receiving wages or payments due to a closure of the United States government.

FULL TEXT

• 01/23/23  Senate: Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause  pdf | impact statement
• 02/01/23  Senate: Committee substitute printed 23106157D-S1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/23/23  Senate: Unanimous consent to introduce
• 01/23/23  Senate: Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause
• 01/23/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/30/23  Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/23  Senate: Rereferred to General Laws and Technology
• 02/01/23  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/23  Senate: Committee substitute printed 23106157D-S1
• 02/03/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/23  Senate: Read second time
• 02/06/23  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/06/23  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23106157D-S1
• 02/06/23  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1545S1
• 02/06/23  Senate: Emergency clause deleted
• 02/06/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/23  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/23  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/23  House: Read first time
• 02/13/23  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/13/23  House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
• 02/14/23  House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
• 02/22/23  House: Left in General Laws