AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING
Summary
Establishes the criminal offense of real estate title fraud and allows municipalities to refuse to record “suspicious documents” from persons who are not trusted submitters and creates penalties for real estate title fraud.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Feb 6, 2026
Signed Jun 10, 2026
Floor votes · House May 12, 2026
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Jun 10, 2026
Signed into law
06/10/2026 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
06/04/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence
upper
May 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
05/12/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment)
lower
Apr 28, 2026
Legislature · Passed
04/28/2026 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 11, 2026
Committee
02/11/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 6, 2026
Introduced
02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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