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PA HB1103

Bill

Status

Passed

6/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

Morgan Cephas

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds a statutory definition of "discount points" to Pennsylvania's mortgage loan industry licensing law, defining them as fees knowingly paid by consumers that result in a bona fide reduction of the interest rate or time-price differential on a mortgage

  • Amends mortgage lender powers to explicitly authorize charging "discount points" as a separate category from general "points," clarifying the distinction between the two fee types

  • Repeals the existing definition of "discount points" from the 1974 Loan Interest and Protection Law (Act 6) and relocates it to Title 7 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

  • Repeals Section 402 of the Loan Interest and Protection Law as part of consolidating mortgage lending regulations

  • Takes effect 60 days after enactment

Legislative Description

In mortgage loan industry licensing and consumer protection, further providing for definitions and for powers conferred on certain licensees engaged in the mortgage loan business; and making repeals.

Last Action

Act No. 16 of 2025

6/30/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations6/25/2025
Banking & Insurance5/22/2025
Appropriations5/7/2025
Commerce4/2/2025

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