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2020 SESSION
SB 640 Unlawful detainer; expungement of actions, effective date.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Unlawful detainer; expungement. Creates a process by which unlawful detainer actions filed in a general district court that have been dismissed or nonsuited may be expunged upon request of the defendant to such action. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100736D pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107609D-S1 pdf
- 02/11/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20107609D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB640ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1013) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
- Senate amendments
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100736D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/24/20 Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
- 02/05/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/05/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107609D-S1
- 02/06/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20107609D-S1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/11/20 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/11/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB640ES1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20107609D-ES1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/20 House: Read first time
- 02/14/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/21/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/24/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/20 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/28/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/20 House: Read second time
- 03/04/20 House: Read third time
- 03/04/20 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/04/20 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/04/20 House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/05/20 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 03/12/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/12/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB640ER)
- 03/12/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/17/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- 03/17/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/09/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1013 (effective 1/1/22)
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1013)