CONSUMER LOAN-LAWSUIT LENDING
Summary
Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Defines "lawsuit lending", "lawsuit lender", and "dispute". Provides that the Act shall apply to all lawsuit lending and all lawsuit lenders. Provides that, in any dispute in which a lawsuit lender provides lawsuit lending to a party, any and all documents that the lawsuit lender obtained from the party in connection with making any decision to begin lawsuit lending shall be produced to the opposing party without awaiting a discovery request and any agreement between the lawsuit lender and the party must be disclosed to the court and produced to the opposing party. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a lawsuit lender shall be considered a person who is regularly engaged in the business of making loans to consumers for the purposes of provisions concerning repeated violations of certain Acts and advertisements containing certain terms. Effective immediately.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2013
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 14, 2013
Last action Dec 3, 2014
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
0
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Dec 3, 2014
House · Failed
Session Sine Die
Mar 22, 2013
House · Referred to committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Mar 22, 2013
House · Referred to committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Mar 18, 2013
House · Reported by committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
Mar 13, 2013
House · Referred to committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
Mar 13, 2013
House · Amendment offered
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. André M. Thapedi
Feb 25, 2013
House · Referred to committee
Assigned to Judiciary
Feb 19, 2013
House · Referred to committee
Referred to Rules Committee
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
Co
André M. Thapedi
DDemocratic
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