HB343
HD2
(HSCR762)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO GAMBLING OFFENSES.
Amends a definition in the gambling law to provide that gambling activities
offered incident to the purchase of goods or services, or any entries,
credits, or play points that extend or permit the privilege of playing a game
of chance without charge, constitute gambling. Effective July 1, 2030.
(HB343 HD2)
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JDL
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HB1132
HD1
(HSCR760)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS STATEMENTS.
Requires a legislator to file a disclosure of financial interests with the
State Ethics Commission between January 1 and January 31 annually. (HB1132
HD1)
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JDL
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HB1059
SD1
(SSCR946)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO COURT ADVISEMENT CONCERNING ALIEN STATUS.
Requires the court to advise a criminal defendant of the effects of a guilty
or no contest plea on alien status in certain criminal proceedings.
Effective July 1, 2013. (SD1)
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TIA, JDL
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HB25
SD1
(SSCR926)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO SUSPENSION OF FORECLOSURE ACTIONS BY
JUNIOR LIENHOLDERS.
Allows a condominium association, as a junior lienholder, to commence or
continue a nonjudicial foreclosure action on a property subject to a judicial
foreclosure even if the lender has filed for foreclosure. Preserves the
right of owner-occupants to require the foreclosing mortgagee to participate
in the dispute resolution process in situations where an association
forecloses on residential real property occupied by one or more
owner-occupant mortgagors for whom the unit is and has been the person's
primary residence for a continuous period of not less than two hundred days
immediately preceding the date on which the notice is served and the
mortgagee subsequently forecloses its lien on the same property. (SD1)
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CPN, JDL
[Measure
added on 4/2/2013]
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HB21
SD1
(SSCR1002)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
Permits the board of directors of a condominium association to collect a
six-month special assessment from the mortgagee or other purchaser of a unit
with a recorded lien for delinquent common assessments. Specifies how excess
rental income received by a condominium association shall be paid to existing
lien holders. (SD1)
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CPN, JDL
[Measure
added on 4/2/2013]
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HB1202
SD1
(SSCR1000)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO BUSINESS.
Clarifies that a professional or vocational licensee who inadvertently fails
to maintain licensing requirements but who subsequently corrects the failure
so that there was no lapse in licensure shall not be guilty of unlicensed
activity. Clarifies that a contractor who inadvertently fails to maintain
licensing requirements and who subsequently corrects the failure so that
there was a lapse of no more than sixty days in licensure shall not be guilty
of unlicensed contracting activity. (SD1)
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CPN, JDL
[Measure
added on 4/2/2013]
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HB622
HD1
(HSCR354)
Status and Testimony
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RELATING TO EVIDENCE.
Makes permanent the limited news media privilege against the compelled
disclosure of sources and unpublished sources. Expands the exceptions to
claiming the privilege. Clarifies that only persons who validly invoke the
privilege will be shielded from fines or imprisonment. Effective June 29,
2013. (HB622 HD1)
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JDL
[Measure
added on 4/2/2013]
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