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HB 1301 (See also HB 1462 SB 744) – Payday loans. (See Commercial Law)

HB 1461 – Uniform debt-management services act. (See Commercial Law)

HB 1509 – Title lenders. Limits the amount of interest a title lender can charge on loans to two times the average rate credit unions charge.

*HB 1621 (See also SB 1016) – Basic Civil Legal services fund. Eliminates the Legal Services for Low-Income People Fund and authorizes the transfer of certain funds in the Tort Victims’ Compensation Fund into the Basic Civil Legal Services Fund.

Drafted by The Missouri Bar Delivery of Legal Serivces Committee.

HB 1655 (See also SB 751) – Public benefits. (See Immigration Law)

HB 1667 –Missouri Homeowners’ Protection Act. (See Commercial Law)

HB 1801 (See also SB 781) – Landlord liability. (See Property Law)

HB 1833 – Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program. (See Health and Hospital Law)

HB 1837 – Compensation of a person wrongfully convicted and imprisoned. (See Criminal Law)

SB 727Residential mortgage fraud. (See Criminal Law)

SB 767 – Missouri Public Defender System. (See Judicial Administration)

SB 973 – Medicare Advantage plans. (See Insurance Law)