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2002 SESSION

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SB 541 Attorney-issued subpoenas.

Introduced by: William C. Mims | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Attorney-issued subpoenas. Authorizes attorneys to issue subpoenas for medical malpractice review panels and claims before the Workers’ Compensation Commission. Current law allows attorneys to issue subpoenas for civil proceedings pending in a court or for a related deposition. The bill also provides that the transmittal sheet is part of the pleadings. There are existing sanctions for improper pleadings, so the sentence requiring that the transmittal sheet be signed under penalty of perjury is removed. The bill deletes the requirement for payment of a five dollar clerk’s fee for a subpoena duces tecum for medical records because the attorney is issuing the subpoena instead of the clerk. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 026408500  pdf | impact statement
• 03/09/02  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB541ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/04/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/02  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 026408500
• 01/09/02  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/10/02  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/12/02  Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: Reengrossed by Senate
• 02/12/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/18/02  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/18/02  House: Read first time
• 02/18/02  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 03/01/02  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/02  House: Read second time
• 03/05/02  House: Read third time
• 03/05/02  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/02  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/02  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB541ER)
• 03/18/02  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/18/02  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/19/02  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/02/02  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 463 (effective 7/1/02)
• 04/04/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463)