Form of garnishment summons; maximum portion of disposable earnings subject to garnishment.
Summary
Provides that the form of garnishment summons will state that an employee who makes the minimum wage or less for his week's earnings will ordinarily get to keep 40 times the minimum hourly wage when such earnings are subject to a garnishment, not 30 times as stated in Title 8.01, Civil Remedies and Procedures. The bill is intended to reflect the current statutory requirement for exemptions in Title 34, Homestead and Other Exemptions, and is technical in nature. The bill further directs the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to update the form of garnishment summons accordingly. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jan 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Signed into Law
Feb 2017
Introduced Jan 4, 2017
Signed Feb 17, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 17, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 36 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Jan 27, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Jan 26, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 13, 2017
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
legislature
Jan 4, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Jan 4, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101569D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
G. Manoli Loupassi
RRepublican
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