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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 476

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Relating to: eliminating the 13-week limit on the garnishment of earnings of certain debtors.

Garnishment

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill eliminates the 13-week limit imposed on the garnishment of earnings

of certain debtors. Under current law, a creditor may file a garnishment notice with

a court and pay a fee to a garnishee for the purpose of collecting an unsatisfied

judgment for money damages from earnings owed to the debtor by the garnishee.

Current law limits the number of weeks in which the earnings of a debtor, other than

a debtor who is an employee of the state or a political subdivision of the state, may

be garnished to 13 weeks.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Ballweg (R) , Gannon (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , Jarchow (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Murphy (R) , Quinn (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Spiros (R) , Tusler (R)

5 cosponsors

Kapenga (R) , Kitchens (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 8, Noes 4

Passed 8–4 Jan 9, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 7, Noes 5

Passed 7–5 Jan 9, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Aug 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hutton, Tusler, Allen, Ballweg, Gannon, Horlacher, Jarchow, Kuglitsch, Murphy, Quinn, Rohrkaste and Spiros; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Stroebel, Kapenga and Nass

  2. Aug 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions

  3. Sep 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 5, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Hutton

  5. Oct 17, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  6. Oct 30, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Hutton

  7. Dec 5, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Hutton

  8. Jan 3, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Young

  9. Jan 3, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Jan 9, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 7, Noes 5

  11. Jan 9, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Jan 9, 2018 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  13. Jan 18, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Young

  14. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1