Edie Hooton
- Democratic
Primary
The act expands the statutory list of state laws for which the attorney general may bring civil and criminal enforcement actions to include various statutory provisions relating to housing. The act also creates the fair housing unit within the department of law. When there is reason to believe that there is a potential violation of law that risks harm to a consumer, public health, or public safety, that is based on a substantiated complaint, the act permits the attorney general to investigate any person or organization that is otherwise subject to the attorney general's existing statutory authority. A complaint is not necessary if the information is provided by an agency of the federal, state, or a local government that regulates or provides protections for consumers, tenants, and mobile home residents. The attorney general may direct or subpoena any person whose testimony may be required about potential violations of law and may direct or subpoena the person to produce records the attorney general considers relevant to the inquiry. Nothing in the act impacts or affects banking examinations and regulations promulgated by primary federal and state banking authorities, notwithstanding the attorney general's existing legal authority. When the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that any person, whether in this state or elsewhere, has engaged in or is engaging in a violation of certain housing-related statutes, the attorney general may take various steps, enumerated in the act, to investigate the possible violation. The act specifies requirements concerning the venue in which enforcement actions may be brought, the issuance of subpoenas and the production of documents, admissibility of testimony, remedies for failure to cooperate or to obey a subpoena, injunctive authority and assurances of discontinuances, penalties, and the limitations period governing the filing of an action alleging violations of housing-related statutes. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Governor Signed
Sent to the Governor
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the Speaker of the House
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
House Third Reading Laid Over to 03/10/2022 - No Amendments
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Signed Act (05/17/2022) | |
| Final Act (05/16/2022) | |
| Rerevised (04/22/2022) | |
| Revised (04/21/2022) | |
| Reengrossed (03/11/2022) | |
| Engrossed (03/04/2022) | |
| Introduced (01/19/2022) | |
| PA2 (04/01/2022) | |
| PA1 (02/11/2022) | |
| Committee Amendment |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Note SA1 (03/01/2022) | |
| Fiscal Note SA2 (04/18/2022) | |
| Fiscal Note FN1 (02/02/2022) | |
| Fiscal Note FN2 (04/06/2022) | |
| Fiscal Note FN3 (06/08/2022) |
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