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2011 SESSION
HB 1973 Court clerks' office; may transmit copies of orders for transfer of prisoners, etc.
Introduced by: Roxann L. Robinson | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Efficiency of court clerks' offices. Provides that the person responsible for taking attendance when the potential jurors are assembled, and not the clerk, is responsible for verifying the identities of the jurors. The bill also allows clerks to transmit or make available electronically to the Director of the Department of Corrections copies of the order of trial and final order for persons sentenced to the Department. Finally, the bill provides that if a power of attorney that has been recorded is revoked, a clerk may require that the revocation of a power of attorney be prepared as a separate instrument which shall be recorded and indexed by the clerk.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/11 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11102883D pdf
- 01/31/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11104578D-H1 pdf
- 02/22/11 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1973ER) pdf
- 03/24/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0470) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/11 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11102883D
- 01/11/11 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/11 House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
- 01/24/11 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 1-N)
- 01/31/11 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11104578D-H1
- 02/02/11 House: Read first time
- 02/03/11 House: Read second time
- 02/03/11 House: Committee substitute agreed to 11104578D-H1
- 02/03/11 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1973H1
- 02/04/11 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/11 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/11 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/11 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/14/11 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/11 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/11 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/11 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/11 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1973ER)
- 02/22/11 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/11 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/24/11 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 470 (effective 7/1/11)
- 03/24/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0470)