Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act
Latest action · Dec 16, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 540.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 8, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act
This bill applies consumer debt collection protections to small businesses, including protections regarding debt collection methods and third-party debt collection.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 13, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Nov 13, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Nov 8, 2019Markup Nov 14, 2019Reported Dec 16, 2020 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-656.
- Dec 16, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 540.
- Nov 14, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 14, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 23.
- Nov 13, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 8, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 8, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 179, November 8, 2019, page H8740.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2884 | Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act | Related bill | Nov 18, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To apply the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to small businesses to the same extent as such Act applies to consumers, to require the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to define "small business" for purposes of such Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2020Reported in House
- Nov 8, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
