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2019 SESSION
HB 2078 Forfeiture on recognizance; bail bondsman, suspension of license.
Introduced by: Richard P. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Forfeiture on recognizance; bail bondsman; suspension of license. Provides that if a forfeited recognizance is not paid within 150 days, the license of any bail bondsman on the bond shall be suspended by the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) until the forfeiture is satisfied. The bill further provides that the court will then give notice to any employer of the bail bondsman on the bond to pay the forfeited recognizance within 10 business days. If such forfeited recognizance is not paid at the end of 10 business days, the bill provides that the Department shall suspend the licenses of such employer of the bail bondsman and agents thereof until the forfeited recognizance is satisfied.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101500D pdf | impact statement
- 01/21/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19105179D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/14/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2078ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0200) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/07/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101500D
- 01/07/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/19 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/18/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/19 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19105179D-H1
- 01/23/19 House: Read first time
- 01/24/19 House: Read second time
- 01/24/19 House: Committee substitute agreed to 19105179D-H1
- 01/24/19 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2078H1
- 01/25/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/28/19 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/06/19 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/11/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/14/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2078ER)
- 02/14/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/14/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/18/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
- 02/18/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/05/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 200 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/05/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0200)