2008 Senate Bill 6711 (Creating the smart homeownership choices program)

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• Introduced by Sen. Claudia Kauffman, (D-Kent) on January 22, 2008, establishes the smart homeownership choices program in the department of financial institutions to assist low-income and moderate-income households facing foreclosure .
  • Referred to the Senate Consumer Protection & Housing Committee on January 22, 2008.
    • Substitute offered in the Senate on February 6, 2008, to require that a homeowner must repay any funds received at time of refinancing and the homeowner must participate in a mortgage counseling program. Language is clarified that the funds are for refinancing as opposed to helping a homeowner "become eligible to" refinance.
    • The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on February 18, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on February 6, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 12, 2008.
• Passed in the Senate (48 to 0) on February 18, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on February 20, 2008.
  • Referred to the House Insurance, Financial Services, and Consumer Protection Committee on February 20, 2008.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 28, 2008.
    • Amendment offered in the House on March 1, 2008, to remove the appropriation and add a null and void clause to the bill.
    • The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on March 4, 2008.
  • Referred to the House Rules Committee on March 3, 2008.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Dan Roach, (R-Bonney Lake) on March 4, 2008, to expire the Smart Homeownership Choices Program on December 31, 2010. The amendment failed in the House by voice vote on March 4, 2008.
• Passed in the House (58 to 36) on March 4, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on March 10, 2008. Passed in the Senate (47 to 0) on March 10, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Christine Gregoire on April 1, 2008.

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Introduced by Sen. Claudia Kauffman, (D-Kent) on January 22, 2008. Passed in the Senate (48 to 0) on February 18, 2008. New Comment