CRIME: Creates the crime of tax lien property fraud (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
This bill creates a new crime called tax lien property fraud to punish people who knowingly deceive others about the status of a property's tax debt. It specifically targets individuals who falsely claim that a property is free of liens or that they have the right to sell it without paying outstanding taxes. The law defines this fraud as making false statements regarding a delinquent tax bill, a tax lien certificate, or a tax sale title. Anyone caught making these false claims could face criminal charges under this new provision.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Apr 2, 2024
Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2024 · House Apr 23, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 20, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican25
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
12
Committee
12
May 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
lower
May 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
May 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
upper
May 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
lower
May 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report received.
upper
May 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
lower
May 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate conference committee members appointed: Kleinpeter, Miguez, and Morris.
upper
May 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 15, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tammy Phelps
DDemocratic
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