The CFPB has issued its formal proposal to delay the effective date of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures (TRID) rule until Saturday, October 3, 2015. The new effective date comes only a week after the CFPB announced it would delay the effective date until October 1, 2015 due to an administrative error that was made in the rules disclosure and review process. Specifically, under the Congressional Review Act, Congress and the Government Accountability Office must receive any new rule at least 60 days prior to the rule taking effect. However, the CFPB failed to submit its notice until after the 60 day deadline had passed and was forced to delay the effective date of the TRID rule as a result.

Although based on when the CFPB completed the required filing, the effective date of the TRID rule would have been delayed until August 15, 2015, the CFPB decided to propose a longer delay. In the CFPB’s press release, the agency says it believes pushing back the effective date to the first Saturday of October “may facilitate implementation by giving industry time over the weekend to launch new systems configurations and to test systems.” The Saturday launch date is also consistent with original industry plans to transition to the new TRID rule on Saturday, August 1, 2015. According to the CFPB, “moving the effective date may benefit both industry and consumers with a smoother transition to the new rules.” As we noted previously, concerns with the finalization of the necessary software to comply with the TRID rule may have been a factor in the CFPB’s decision.

The proposal will be published in the Federal Register on June 26, and comments are due by July 7.