Provides that every banking institution maintaining checking accounts for customers shall pay checks in the order received within account balance
Summary
Provides that every banking institution which maintains checking accounts for customers shall pay checks in the order received within account balance; provides such banks may dishonor check for insufficient funds, but then must honor smaller checks within amounts on deposit in the subject account.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jul 2020
Senate Passage
Jul 2020
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2019
Last action Jul 22, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jul 22, 2020
How they voted
43–16
Passed
Total votes 59
Jul 22, 2020
D
Democratic39
100% Yea
R
Republican20
80% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jul 22, 2020
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Jul 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
REFERRED TO BANKS
upper
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
REFERRED TO BANKS
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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