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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 213

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Relating to: interest rates on payday loans.

Interest Small loan

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill limits the maximum interest rate that may be charged on a payday

loan.

Under current law, a person must be licensed by the Division of Banking

(division) in the Department of Financial Institutions to originate or service a payday

loan involving a Wisconsin resident. Current law does not impose a limit on the

interest that a payday loan licensee may charge, before the maturity date, on a

payday loan. If a payday loan is not paid in full by the maturity date, current law

prohibits a licensee from charging interest after the maturity date in excess of 2.75

percent per month. A payday loan under which a greater rate of interest is charged

after the maturity date is not enforceable.

This bill limits the interest rate that a payday loan licensee may charge, before

the maturity date, on a payday loan to an annual percentage rate of 36 percent. A

payday loan on which a greater rate of interest is charged is not enforceable.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Andraca (D) , Armstrong (R) , Dallman (R) , Hintz (D) , Horlacher (R) , Moses (R) , Neubauer (D) , Rozar (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Thiesfeldt (R)

4 cosponsors

Bowen (D) , Carpenter (D) , Jacque (R) , Smith (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 31, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Allen, Cabral-Guevara, Armstrong, Dallman, Hintz, Horlacher, Moses, Rozar, Thiesfeldt, Spreitzer, Neubauer and Andraca; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Carpenter and Smith

  2. Mar 31, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions

  3. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Bowen added as a coauthor

  4. Jun 3, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Cabral-Guevara withdrawn as a coauthor

  5. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1