AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- REAL ESTATE SALES DISCLOSURES (Allows a homebuyer to void a purchase and sales agreement prior to the transfer if the seller fails to provide a written sales disclosure. The act also increases the maximum civil penalty for violating this law from $100 to $1,000.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 26, 2022
Last action May 20, 2022
Floor votes · House May 19, 2022
How they voted
61–0
Passed · 13 other
Total votes 74
May 19, 2022
D
Democratic64
81% Yea
R
Republican10
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 20, 2022
Committee
05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
May 19, 2022
Lower · Passed
05/19/2022 House read and passed
lower
May 10, 2022
Legislature · Passed
05/10/2022 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 9, 2022
Committee
02/09/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 26, 2022
Introduced
01/26/2022 Introduced, referred to House Corporations
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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