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Committee backs coerced‑debt bill aimed at protecting domestic‑violence survivors; moves it to appropriations
Summary
The House Finance Committee voted to send House Bill 11 94 to the Committee on Appropriations with a favorable recommendation after extensive testimony from survivors, advocates and fiscal staff about the costs and court‑process implications of a civil remedy for coerced debt.
The House Finance Committee voted to send House Bill 11 94 to the Committee on Appropriations with a favorable recommendation after extended testimony from survivors, advocates and fiscal staff about the scope and budgetary implications of the proposed remedy for coerced debt.
What the bill would do: Sponsors described HB 11 94 as legislation to recognize coerced debt as a form of economic abuse and to establish a civil process allowing survivors to assert that debts were incurred through coercion, fraud or identity theft. Representative Armacost, a sponsor, called coerced debt “a form of economic abuse” and said the bill removes one of the biggest mechanisms abusers use to control victims—money.
How the process would…
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