H.R. 6814 · 117th Congress

Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act

Introduced on Feb 22, 2022 by Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5). Latest action (Jun 22, 2022): Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 24.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 22, 2022
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Finance and Financial Sector
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To apply the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to small business debt to the same extent as such Act applies to consumers, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • Consumer credit
  • Debt collection
  • Small business

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 22, 2022). Public domain.

Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act

This bill applies consumer debt collection protections to small businesses, including protections regarding debt collection methods and third-party debt collection.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Al Lawson, Jr.D-FL-5Sponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Feb 22, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Feb 22, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Feb 22, 2022 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  4. Jun 22, 2022 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. Jun 22, 2022 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 24.

Committees

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.