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SB 946 Appeal to Supreme Court; time frame for filing of petition.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Appeal to Supreme Court; time frame for filing of petition. Expresses the time frame within which petitions for appeal from a final judgment of a trial court or the State Corporation Commission to the Supreme Court shall be filed, currently expressed in months, in an equivalent number of days. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council.
FULL TEXT
- 12/30/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101703D pdf
- 01/25/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104522D-S1 pdf
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB946ER) pdf
- 03/20/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0651) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/30/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101703D
- 12/30/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/25/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104522D-S1
- 01/25/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/17 Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/30/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104522D-S1
- 01/30/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB946S1
- 01/31/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/17 House: Read first time
- 02/03/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/17 House: Read second time
- 02/22/17 House: Read third time
- 02/22/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB946ER)
- 03/07/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- 03/13/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/20/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 651 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/20/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0651)