Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note

SB 5831 — Enacting the uniform mortgage modification act.

Did not pass — the 2025–26 session has ended

Sponsor
Dozier
Introduced
January 12, 2026
Status
S Rules 3
Last action
By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (March 12, 2026)

What this bill does

Enacts the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act to establish that, in the case of specified types of mortgage modifications, the mortgage continues to secure the obligation, the priority of the mortgage is not affected, the mortgage retains its priority regardless of whether the modification is recorded, and the modification is not a novation.

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Floor votes

  • Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 10, 2026
    49 yea · 0 nay

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