Consumer finance companies; loans, licensing. (SB33)

Introduced By

Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon) with support from co-patron Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Consumer finance companies. Requires the State Corporation Commission, as a condition of licensing a consumer finance company, to find that the applicant will not make consumer finance loans at the same location at which the applicant makes payday loans or motor vehicle title loans. The measure also (i) sets the minimum and maximum amounts of a consumer finance loan at $500 and $35,000, respectively; (ii) requires that such loans be installment loans with a term that is not less than six months nor more than 120 months; (iii) sets the maximum annual interest rate on such loans at 36 percent; (iv) authorizes late payment fees of $20, provided that they are set forth in a contract; (v) authorizes loan processing fees of the greater of $75 or five percent of the principal amount of the loan but not to exceed $150; and (vi) increases from $15 to $25 the amount of a bad check fee. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
11/18/2019Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101103D
11/18/2019Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/07/2020Impact statement from SCC (SB33)
02/09/2020Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2020Committee substitute printed 20104525D-S1
02/10/2020Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2020Read second time
02/11/2020Passed by temporarily
02/11/2020Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
02/11/2020Recommitted to Commerce and Labor
02/12/2020Left in Commerce and Labor
02/12/2020Impact statement from SCC (SB33S1)