Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for exceptions to the requirement that a home equity loan be closed only at the office of the lender, an attorney at law, or a title company.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2023
Last action May 1, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 27, 2023
How they voted
141–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 143
Apr 27, 2023
D
Democratic60
98% Yea
R
Republican83
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
1
May 1, 2023
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Adopted
lower
Apr 27, 2023
Introduced
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
lower
Mar 31, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Mar 31, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Committee
Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Josey Garcia
DDemocratic
P
MS
Matt Schaefer
RRepublican
P
Philip Cortez
DDemocratic
P
Steve Toth
RRepublican
P
Terry Wilson
RRepublican
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