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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 397

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Kapenga (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

13 cosponsors

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

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 3 recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 1, 2018 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 1, 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 31, 2017 · Senate

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

  2. Aug 31, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform

  3. Oct 4, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  4. Oct 17, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor

  5. Oct 26, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 30, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  7. Dec 21, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 3 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  8. Feb 1, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 1, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Feb 1, 2018 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 3 recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  11. Feb 1, 2018 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  12. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1