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HB1419: relative to New Hampshire banks offering small dollar loans and credit building products.

Citation
2020 HB1419
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Bill details

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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Hearing
01/16/2020 at 10:30 AM
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Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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HB 1419 - AS INTRODUCED

2020 SESSION

20-2257

11/08

HOUSE BILL 1419

AN ACT relative to New Hampshire banks offering small dollar loans and credit building products.

SPONSORS: Rep. Thompson, Ches. 14; Rep. French, Graf. 14; Rep. W. Thomas, Hills. 21; Rep. Wilhelm, Hills. 42; Rep. Oxenham, Sull. 1

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that New Hampshire banks offer small dollar loans and credit building products to consumers.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2257

11/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT relative to New Hampshire banks offering small dollar loans and credit building products.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Paragraph; Depository Bank Act; Banking Business. Amend RSA 383-B:3-301 by inserting after paragraph (p) the following new paragraph:

(q) Depository banks licensed in accordance with this chapter shall offer to consumers banking products designed to build credit, such as small dollar loans and other credit building products. Banks may choose to develop these products in-house or may contract with third party providers. For purposes of this paragraph, "small dollar loan" means a loan with a maximum value of $2,500, a repayment plan of no more than 12 months, and an interest rate of no more than 26 percent APR. Acceptable credit building products shall be identified by the bank commissioner. The bank commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A to implement the provisions of this paragraph.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.