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SB15Introduced in the Senate

Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act; creates a voluntary state law process for distressed organizations to liquidate assets and distribute proceeds to creditors

Passed

Introduced by Sam Givhan, District 7

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act; creates a voluntary state law process for distressed organizations to liquidate assets and distribute proceeds to creditors

Where it stands

Enacted

April 17, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Roll Call 1237 · April 7, 2026

101

Yes

0

No

4

Absent or Not Voting

105 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. Prefiled

  2. Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

  3. Pending Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

  4. Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Amendment DGVMJTT-1

  5. Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

  6. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

  7. Third Reading in House of Origin

  8. Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development 1st Amendment Offered DGVMJTT-1

  9. Givhan motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 331 DGVMJTT-1

  10. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 332

  11. Engrossed

  12. Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services

  13. Pending House Financial Services

  14. Reported Out of Committee Second House

  15. Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

  16. Third Reading in Second House

  17. Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1237

  18. Ready to Enroll

  19. Enrolled

  20. Delivered to Governor

  21. Signature Requested

  22. Enacted

  23. Enacted

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