House2025-26 session

SHB 2361 — Concerning the maximum principal amount of small loans.

Did not pass — the 2025–26 session has ended

Sponsor
Donaghy
Introduced
January 30, 2026
Status
H Rules X
Last action
House Rules "X" file. (February 19, 2026)

What this bill does

Increases the maximum principal amount of any small loan, or the outstanding principal balances of all small loans made by all check casher or seller licensees to a single borrower at any one time, from $700 to $1,200 adjusted annually for inflation, or 30 percent of the borrower's gross monthly income, whichever is lower. Requires the Department of Financial Institutions to calculate the inflation-adjusted maximum principal amount of small loans, and publish the information on its website and in a press release.

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