West Virginia House Bill 2768 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-01 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to make the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act more consistent with the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The bill modifies the penalties imposed on debt collectors who violate the provisions of the WVCCPA. It limits the amount an individual consumer may be awarded to actual damages plus $1000 per action, and in class actions for the entire class to the lesser of $500,000 or 1 percent of the debt collector’s net worth. The bill also reduces the time period that an action may be brought from four years to two years.

Modifying the penalties imposed on debt collectors who violate the provisions of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act

Del. Allen Evans [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-01	House	To House Judiciary
2017-03-01	House	Introduced in House
2017-03-01	House	To Judiciary
2017-03-01	House	Filed for introduction

HB2768 (Carry Over) 2017-03-01 - To House Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46A	5	101	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2768&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2768%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=2768