I was hearing a lot of chatter about a last-minute push today to insert a provision into the current coronavirus bill to prevent banks & debt collectors from seizing the $1,200 checks

Update: The measure did not make it into the legislation https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/20/amid-bipartisan-criticism-treasury-department-attorneys-review-bank-seizures-1200-stimulus-checks/?itid=ap_jeffstein

Meanwhile, people across the country desperate to buy food & pay rent continue to say their emergency stimulus payments are being redirected to banks & private lenders