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2018 SESSION

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SB 926 Special counsel; contingency fees for those employed by a state agency.

Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Office of the Attorney General; employment of special counsel. Limits the contingency fee that may be charged by special counsel employed by a state agency, depending on the amount recovered.

FULL TEXT

• 01/19/18  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104273D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/07/18  Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106882D-S1  pdf | impact statements
• 03/01/18  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB926ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/19/18  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104273D
• 01/19/18  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/05/18  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)
• 02/05/18  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/07/18  Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (10-Y 6-N)
• 02/07/18  Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106882D-S1
• 02/08/18  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/18  Senate: Read second time
• 02/09/18  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/09/18  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18106882D-S1
• 02/09/18  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB926S1
• 02/12/18  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 02/12/18  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
• 02/15/18  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/15/18  House: Read first time
• 02/15/18  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/15/18  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
• 02/19/18  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 02/19/18  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/23/18  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 8-N)
• 02/23/18  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/26/18  House: Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
• 02/26/18  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 02/27/18  House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
• 02/28/18  House: Constitutional reading dispensed (95-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/18  House: VOTE: AGREE TO MOTION (95-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/18  House: Taken up out of order pursuant to House Rule 52 (96-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/18  House: VOTE: AGREE TO MOTION (96-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/18  House: Read third time
• 02/28/18  House: Defeated by House (46-Y 51-N)
• 02/28/18  House: VOTE: DEFEATED (46-Y 51-N)
• 02/28/18  House: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
• 02/28/18  House: Passed by temporarily
• 02/28/18  House: Passed House (51-Y 48-N)
• 02/28/18  House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (51-Y 48-N)
• 03/01/18  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/01/18  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB926ER)
• 03/01/18  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/03/18  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/06/18  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 6, 2018
• 03/06/18  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
• 03/19/18  Governor: Vetoed by Governor
• 04/18/18  Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto (19-Y 20-N)
• 04/18/18  Senate: Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto