Requesting an interim committee relating to evaluating the current system of court debt collection

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2019
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2019
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill requests the legislative council to establish a legislative interim committee during the 2019 interim to study and discuss issues relating to the state’s court debt collection system. The committee is directed to work to develop a plan to reform the current system set forth in Code section 602.8107 to better enable debtors to become free from court debt. The committee is directed to submit its findings and recommendations to the general assembly by December 31, 2019.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named January 29, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Jason Schultz REmail
• Sen. Tony Bisignano DEmail
• Sen. Annette Sweeney REmail

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