Protecting Homeowners in Bankruptcy Act of 2021
Summary
Protecting Homeowners in Bankruptcy Act of 2021 This bill increases the homestead exemption an individual debtor can claim in a bankruptcy to $100,000. The homestead exemption allows a debtor to exempt from property of the estate the debtor's interest in property used as the debtor's residence or interest in a burial plot for the debtor.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 11, 2021
Last action Mar 4, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
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Committee
2
Mar 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
lower
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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