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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 327

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

Creditor Debt and 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: Ballweg (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Hutton (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

13 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Behnke (R) , Gustafson (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Rettinger (R) , Rozar (R) , Spiros (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

Full history

  1. Jun 7, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hutton, Cabral-Guevara, Wanggaard, Ballweg and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Allen, Behnke, Conley, Gustafson, Kitchens, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Rettinger, Rozar, Spiros and Wichgers

  2. Jun 7, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Jul 19, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Knodl added as a coauthor

  4. Nov 8, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Hutton

  5. Nov 9, 2023 · Senate

    LRB correction

  6. Jan 10, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Feb 12, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Conley withdrawn as a cosponsor

  8. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1