Bill Title: Revising secured transaction provisions relating to definitions, to control of electronic chattel paper, to location of debtor, to perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations and treaties, to continued perfection of security interest following change in governing law, to interests which take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien, to priority of security interests created by new debtor, to discharge of account debtor, notification of assignment, identification and proof of assignment, restrictions on assignment of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles and promissory notes ineffective, to restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health-care-insurance receivables and certain general intangibles ineffective, to contents of financing statement, record of mortgage as financing statement, time of filing financing statement, to name of debtor and secured party, to effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement, to duration and effectiveness of financing statement, effect of lapsed financing statement, to what constitutes filing, effectiveness of filing, to claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record and to collection and enforcement by secured party; providing for transition provisions for 2012 amendments; imposing duties upon the Department of State and the Department of Transportation; and making editorial changes.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 28-8)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-10-02 - Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS [HB2159 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Matthew Baker [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-068	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Bear [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-097	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph Brennan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-133	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ron Buxton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-103	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Caltagirone [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-127	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Martin Causer [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-067	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Creighton [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bryan Cutler [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-100	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gordon Denlinger [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-099	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Garth Everett [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-084	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Richard Geist [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-079	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jaret Gibbons [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mauree Gingrich [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-101	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Glen Grell [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-087	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kate Harper [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christopher Harris [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-082	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Susan Helm [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-104	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dick Hess [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-078	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Hickernell [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-098	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Hornaman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Scott Hutchinson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mark Keller [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-086	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jennifer Mann [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-132	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Marshall [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ron Miller [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-093	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Scott Petri [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-178	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Reed [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-062	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christopher Sainato [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-009	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stanley Saylor [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-094	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Curt Schroder [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-155	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Curtis Sonney [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Katharine Watson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-144	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bryan Barbin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-071	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sheryl Delozier [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-088	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Seth Grove [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-196	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ryan Aument [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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