House Background Summary — ESHB 1311, Credit Repair Services (Passed House March 6, 2023)
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A House Background Summary of ESHB 1311, passed by the House on March 6, 2023, titled as an act relating to credit repair services performed by a credit services organization. The House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business is listed as sponsor, originally sponsored by Representatives Reeves, Corry, Chapman, Reed and Cheney, with a 91-5 floor vote. Testifying in support are Representative Kristine Reeves, Mindy Chumbley and Kelsi Hamilton of the Washington Collectors Association, and Antonio Ginatta of Columbia Legal Services. Opposed testimony comes from Melissa Gombosky of Progrexion and Christian Caballero of Lexington Law, among others.
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HOUSE BACKGROUND SUMMARY
ESHB 1311
As Passed House:
March 6, 2023
Title: An act relating to credit repair services performed by a credit services organization.
Brief Description: Addressing credit repair services performed by a credit services
organization.
Sponsors: House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business (originally sponsored by
Representatives Reeves, Corry, Chapman, Reed and Cheney).
Brief History:
Committee Activity:
Consumer Protection & Business: 1/20/23, 2/14/23 [DPS].
Floor Activity:
Passed House: 3/6/23, 91-5.
Voting Yea: Representatives Abbarno, Alvarado, Barkis, Barnard, Bateman, Berg, Bergquist,
Berry, Bronoske, Caldier, Callan, Chambers, Chapman, Cheney, Chopp, Christian, Connors,
Corry, Cortes, Davis, Dent, Doglio, Donaghy, Duerr, Dye, Entenman, Eslick, Farivar, Fey,
Fitzgibbon, Fosse, Goehner, Goodman, Graham, Gregerson, Griffey, Hackney, Harris, Hutchins,
Jacobsen, Klicker, Kloba, Kretz, Leavitt, Lekanoff, Low, Macri, Maycumber, McClintock,
McEntire, Mena, Morgan, Mosbrucker, Orcutt, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Orwall, Paul, Peterson,
Pollet, Ramel, Ramos, Reed, Reeves, Riccelli, Rude, Rule, Ryu, Sandlin, Santos, Schmick, Senn,
Shavers, Simmons, Slatter, Springer, Stearns, Steele, Stonier, Street, Taylor, Thai, Tharinger,
Timmons, Walen, Walsh, Waters, Wilcox, Wylie, Ybarra and Jinkins
Voting Nay: Representatives Chandler, Couture, Robertson, Schmidt and Stokesbary
Absent:
Excused: Representatives Hansen and Volz
Persons Testifying: (In support) Representative Kristine Reeves, prime sponsor; Mindy
Chumbley and Kelsi Hamilton, Washington Collectors Association; Andrew Roskam;
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Martin Lynch, Financial Counseling Association of America; and Antonio Ginatta,
Columbia Legal Services.
(Opposed) Melissa Gombosky, Progrexion; Christian Caballero, Lexington Law; Andre
Chapple, African American Empowerment Coalition; and Michael Claunch, American
Association of Consumer Credit Professionals.
Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.
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