Tag Archives: Colorado

Legislators in Colorado are moving forward with a bill aimed at overhauling student loan collection in the state, which, if enacted would create several conflicts with the Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for debt collectors. A copy of the bill, the Colorado Student Loan Equity Act, SB21-057, can be …

The Attorney General of Colorado has announced it will be holding a virtual rulemaking meeting on March 23 to discuss amending the state’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by making a number of changes to how debt collectors in the state must operate. Anyone interested in requesting a cost-benefit analysis …

A bill is circulating around the Colorado legislature that would dramatically overhaul how student loans are collected in the state, removing an exemption for licensed collection agencies while also imposing new disclosure requirements and imposing extensive civil liability exposure for those found to violate the provisions of the bill, should …

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The following alert and update about legislative activity in Colorado was provided to AccountsRecovery.net yesterday by Makyla Moody, with Greenberg Sada & Moody PC, in Englewood, Colo. The Colorado Center on Law and Policy (CCLP) is currently working on a Bill to “reform” medical debt collections in Colorado. Based upon …

The Colorado legislature kicked off its 2021 session yesterday and the second bill that was introduced in the state Senate was a measure to extend the moratorium on “extraordinary” collection actions in the state until June 1. A copy of the bill, which was introduced by state Senators Faith Winter …

A group of eight state attorneys general filed suit yesterday in federal court in New York to block a rule that was issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that aimed to close a gap in the process of banks selling loans to third parties, such as …