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The Senate Financial Institutions, Housing and Insurance Committee considers issues that include, but are not limited to, those relating to financing and insuring properties, including homes and automobiles, mortgage and sub-prime mortgage regulation, and prohibited practices; aspects of pay-day lending; life, property and casualty insurance filings and reporting requirements, regulation of the financial solvency of insurance companies, regulation of the market conduct of insurance companies, insurance claims and insurance fraud; securities; banking and credit unions; private lending; finance; Uniform Commercial Code, secured transactions and installment sales; credit card marketing and technology, consumer credit histories, credit freeze, and credit scoring; community credit needs, small loans, the unbanked, and pawn brokers.
(Please note: This general description should not be considered the definitive listing of issues considered by this committee.)
Committee Meeting Documents/Electronic Bill Book (EBB)
Copies of draft bills, proposed substitute bills, or striking amendments, scheduled for public hearings:
S-4054.1 1/25/12 |
Addressing the notice given to owners of life insurance policies about alternative transactions. (SB 6443) |
PSSB 6364 2/01/12 |
Modifying the foreclosure fairness act. (SB 6364) |
Reports and Publications
Recent Reports and Publications
Archived Reports and Publications
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