Legislative Developments

The Texas Legislature has adopted a bill to amend its statute relating to the privacy of personal identifying information and breach notifications and created the Texas Privacy Protection Advisory Council. Read on for more details.

The Michigan Legislature is considering a bill that would amend the Revised Judicature Act to require a notice of foreclosure by advertisement to include certain new information. Read on for more details.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation regarding hearings concerning title insurance rates and other matters relating to regulating the business of title insurance. The bill goes into effect Sept. 1. Read on for more details.

The Connecticut General Assembly has passed a bill to prohibit anyone other than attorneys from representing the legal interests of parties to real estate closings concerning real property in the state and prohibit mortgage lenders from inducing or requiring prospective mortgagors to use preferred attorneys or law firms to represent the mortgagors in proposed mortgage loan transactions concerning real property in Connecticut. Read on for more details.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts signed legislation amending the state’s Title Insurer’s Act by changing provisions relating to limitations of powers. Read on for more details.

The Illinois General Assembly is considering a bill that would give the secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation the authority to refuse to issue or suspend or revoke a certificate of authority, registration or license under the Title Insurance Act or discipline the holder of such for referring a consumer to another producer of title business on the express or implicit condition that the producer of title business to whom that consumer is referred use a particular title insurance company or title insurance agent. Read on for more details.

Changes to the operation of the Title Insurance Guaranty Association have passed the Texas Legislature and await the governor’s signature. Read on for more details.

A bill to allow the recording by a county clerk of documents that are a tangible copy of an electronic record is headed to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. Read on for more details.

The Texas Legislature passed legislation regarding hearings concerning title insurance rates and other matters relating to regulating the business of title insurance. The bill awaits the governor’s signature. Read on for more details.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed legislation adopting predictable recording fees for documents recorded with the register of deeds or clerks of court in the state. Read on for more details.