l9n/ Oregon

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 3188

Prohibits person from engaging in business as debt buyer unless person first obtains certificate of registration from Department of Consumer and Business Services.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Business and Labor Committee on July 7, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Prohibits person from engaging in business as debt buyer unless person first obtains certificate of registration from Department of Consumer and Business Services. Prescribes procedures for applying for certificate and basis on which Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services shall issue certificate. Requires debt buyer to send certain information to debtor who requests information in writing. Requires debt buyer that brings action to collect debt to have and be able to produce information. Provides that debt buyer or debt collector is not liable for unlawful collection practice if preponderance of evidence shows that unlawful collection practice was not intentional and resulted from bona fide error. Exempts debt buyer from definition of "collection agency." Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

March 1 to July 7, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action4 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 1 to Jul 7 · stopped128 days

Waiting for a committeeMar 1 to Mar 87 days

Business and LaborMar 8 to Jul 7 · stopped121 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Mar 1 – Jul 7

  1. Mar 1Introduced
  2. Mar 8Sent to Business and Labor
  3. Mar 27Heard in Business and Labor
  4. Jul 7Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
  1. Mar 1First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Mar 8Referred to Business and Labor.House of Representatives
  3. Mar 27Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Jul 7In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives