| BILL NO | A04237 |
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| SAME AS | SAME AS S03791, SAME AS S07309
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| SPONSOR | Pheffer (MS) |
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| COSPNSR | Pretlow, Cook, Gantt, Clark, Jaffee |
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| MLTSPNSR | Aubry, Boyland, Brennan, Camara, Dinowitz, Englebright, Gabryszak, Galef, Glick, Scarborough,
Sweeney |
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| Rpld & add Art 29-H SS600 - 603-a, Gen Bus L |
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| Enacts the fair debt collection practices act; prohibits debt collectors and creditors from attempting to collect debts by threatening violence, falsely accusing any person of fraud or of a crime, making or threatening to make false accusations to a credit reporting agency, falsely threatening that non-payment will result in arrest, or making other groundless threats; prohibits certain harassing activities by debt collectors; establishes rules for contacting third parties and consumers; provides for private right of action and enforcement by attorney general. |
