AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTERS 198 AND 200, VOLUME 78 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO FORECLOSURES.
Summary
This Act extends the Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Automatic Residential Foreclosure Mediation Program an additional two years, from January 18, 2018 until January 18, 2020. The Office of Foreclosure Prevention and the Automatic Residential Foreclosure Mediation Program were originally scheduled to sunset on January 18, 2014, two years after their enactment. The sunset date was extended to January 18, 2018 (six years) in 2013 via 79 Del. Laws c. 27 (House Bill No. 40, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1, 147th General Assembly).
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2017
Committee Review
May 2017
House Passage
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
May 2017
Signed into Law
Jul 2017
Introduced Mar 15, 2017
Signed Jul 17, 2017
Floor votes · Senate May 10, 2017 · House Mar 30, 2017
How they voted
20–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 21
May 10, 2017
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican10
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jul 17, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
May 10, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
May 3, 2017
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits
upper
Apr 4, 2017
Introduced
Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate
upper
Mar 30, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
lower
Mar 22, 2017
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce) in House with 8 On Its Merits
lower
Mar 15, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House
lower
2 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
P
HM
Helene M. Keeley
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
Co
CP
Charles Potter Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
Co
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
Co
JJ
John J. Viola
DDemocratic
Co
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
Co
Kevin Hensley
RRepublican
Co
MR
Margaret Rose Henry
DDemocratic
Co
RB
Ruth Briggs King
RRepublican
Co
Stephanie Bolden
DDemocratic
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