Provides for the regulation of federal home equity conversion mortgages
Summary
Provides for the regulation of reverse mortgages that are issued under the federal home equity conversion mortgage program; prohibits the deceptive advertising and issuance of such mortgages; requires that independent counseling be provided to applicants for such mortgages; requires lenders to provide notice of duty of mortgagor to pay certain property related expenses when equity in the real property is low or depleted; prohibits foreclosure on mortgaged property based on the failure of the mortgagor to live on the property, until an inspection has been made at the property; establishes a proved right of action with treble damages for violations of such provisions.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
Assembly Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
Signed into Law
Dec 2019
Introduced Feb 14, 2019
Signed Dec 6, 2019
Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2019 · Assembly May 15, 2019
How they voted
50–2
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 53
May 21, 2019
D
Democratic36
100% Yea
R
Republican17
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Dec 6, 2019
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.581
lower
May 21, 2019
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
May 15, 2019
Committee
REFERRED TO AGING
upper
May 15, 2019
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Apr 30, 2019
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Feb 14, 2019
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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