MA H1482

Bill

Relative to a jubilee foreclosure moratorium

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to establish a two-year moratorium on the non-judicial foreclosures. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a two-year moratorium on non-judicial foreclosures of 1-6 unit residential properties that are the sole real property of their owners. The moratorium can be renewed for up to ten years if certain criteria related to predatory and questionable foreclosures are met. The bill also modifies the judicial foreclosure process, requiring additional notice and service requirements, allowing homeowners to raise more defenses, and mandating pre-foreclosure mediation. Additionally, the bill creates a Foreclosure Education Reform Review Task Force to examine the foreclosure process and the monetary system more broadly.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (2)

Kay Khan (D)*, Mike Connolly (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5081 (on 11/12/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1482

(6 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1482
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1482.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1324	To minimize foreclosures and their harm	Accompanied a study order, see H4941	Similar To
H3307	To require banks, lending institutions, mortgage companies or sub lenders to file with the registry of deeds in each county within thirty days of mortgage sales and/or foreclosures of property	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H5081	Study Order	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S1385	Establishing a moratorium on face recognition and other remote biometric surveillance systems	Accompanied a study order, see S2953	Similar To
S522	Relative to a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S599	To provide immediate relief to businesses on health care costs	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Similar To

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MA H1482

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