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
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Feb 27, 2026
Signed Jun 10, 2026
Floor votes · Senate May 28, 2026
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 36
May 28, 2026
D
Democratic32
96% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Jun 10, 2026
Signed into law
06/10/2026 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
06/04/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence
lower
May 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
05/28/2026 Senate passed Sub A
upper
May 21, 2026
Legislature · Passed
05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Apr 16, 2026
Committee
04/16/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 27, 2026
Introduced
02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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