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Committee approves bill adding penalties for improper property lien filings
Summary
House Bill 676 would add penalties for parties who file liens on property without the requisite rights, a measure described by supporters as protecting homeowners and contractors from abusive lien filings.
The House Judiciary Committee on Oct. 27 approved House Bill 676, a narrowly drawn measure that adds a penalty where a person or entity files a lien on property without the proper legal basis.
Sponsor remarks described the change as a small statutory addition—affecting only a few lines of existing code—designed to deter improper lien filings and to protect homeowners, commercial property owners, contractors and builders from coercive or abusive filings.
Committee members compared the proposal to prior lien reform enacted in the state and urged the sponsor to review earlier legislation (referred to in committee as the "Liz Pindens" reform) for drafting consistency. The sponsor said the bill is intended to protect all parties, including homeowners and small contractors.
The committee adopted the measure by voice vote.
