This bill increases the reimbursement fee that plaintiffs must pay to a garnishee (the person or business holding a debtor's money) for preparing a garnishment disclosure from $15 to $40. The fee increase applies whenever a garnishment case proceeds and the garnishee provides the required disclosure documents to the plaintiff.
The amendment narrows the bill's scope by changing it from a straightforward fee increase to a more conditional reimbursement structure—the garnishee fee is now only owed "upon receipt by the plaintiff of the garnishee's garnishment disclosure" rather than being automatically due, and the fee amount was reduced from fifty dollars to forty dollars. This redirects the bill from simply raising the reimbursement cost to modifying when and under what conditions that fee applies.
Senate Do Pass Amended Failed, YEAS 16, NAYS 18. S.J. 446
Judiciary Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 0.
Judiciary Motion to amend
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 221
House of Representatives Do Pass Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 4. H.J. 247
House of Representatives Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 238
Judiciary Certified uncontested, placed on consent H.J. 10
Judiciary Do Pass Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 10
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 164
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