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2024 SESSION
HB 73 Unlawful detainer; expungement of action, entering of an order without further petition or hearing.
Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Unlawful detainer; expungement; entering of an order without further petition or hearing. Provides that in unlawful detainer actions filed in the general district court, if the 30-day period following the dismissal of such an action has passed or if a voluntary nonsuit is taken and the six-month period following such nonsuit has passed, the court shall, without further petition or hearing, enter an order requiring the expungement of such action, provided that no order of possession has been entered. The bill provides that if a judgment is entered in favor of the defendant, such defendant may petition the court for an expungement pursuant to the petition process under current law. Additionally, the bill retains the petition process existing under current law for unlawful detainer actions commenced prior to July 1, 2024, for which the court still has records.
FULL TEXT
- 12/23/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101077D pdf
- 01/19/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105567D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB73ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0372) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 12/23/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101077D
- 12/23/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 01/17/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105567D-H1
- 01/19/24 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/24 House: Read first time
- 01/24/24 House: Read second time
- 01/24/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24105567D-H1
- 01/24/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB73H1
- 01/25/24 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/26/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/19/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (12-Y 1-N)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/04/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/24 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/04/24 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/04/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/04/24 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/24 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB73ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/04/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 372 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/04/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0372)