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House approves plain-language updates to garnishment forms from Debt Fairness Act implementation
Summary
Senate File 2847, which updates statutory garnishment forms following last year’s Debt Fairness Act and applies plain-language revisions, passed the House 133-0 on April 30. The changes update exemptions, definitions and wage garnishment tiers and were developed with input from courts, banks, employers and advocacy groups.
The Minnesota House on April 30 passed Senate File 2847, legislation that updates statutory garnishment forms and incorporates plain-language revisions following changes enacted in last year’s Debt Fairness Act. The bill passed 133-0.
Representative Reyer (member from Dakota), the bill’s floor sponsor, said the Debt Fairness Act modernized bank and wage garnishment processes and,…
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