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2020 SESSION

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SB 545 Appeals of right in general district court; appeals of final orders or judgments.

Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Appeals of right in general district court; appeals of final orders or judgments entered in the same action or related action. Provides that there shall be an appeal of right to a court of record from any order entered or judgment rendered in a general district court that alters, amends, overturns, or vacates any prior final order. The bill further provides that if any party timely notices such an appeal, such notice of appeal shall be deemed a timely notice of appeal by any other party on a final order or judgment entered in the same or a related action arising from the same conduct, transaction, or occurrence as the underlying action. This bill is identical to HB 792.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/20  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102378D  pdf
• 02/05/20  Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107586D-S1  pdf
• 02/19/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20108555D-H1  pdf
• 03/05/20  Senate: Conference substitute printed 20109638D-S2  pdf
• 03/18/20  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB545ER)  pdf
• 04/10/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1049)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Conference amendments

HISTORY

• 01/07/20  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102378D
• 01/07/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 01/08/20  Senate: Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
• 01/24/20  Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
• 02/05/20  Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
• 02/05/20  Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107586D-S1
• 02/07/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/20  Senate: Read second time
• 02/10/20  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/10/20  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20107586D-S1
• 02/10/20  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB545S1
• 02/11/20  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
• 02/11/20  Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/20  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/20  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/14/20  House: Read first time
• 02/14/20  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/19/20  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20108555D-H1
• 02/21/20  House: Read second time
• 02/24/20  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/25/20  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/26/20  House: Read third time
• 02/26/20  House: Committee substitute agreed to 20108555D-H1
• 02/26/20  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB545H1
• 02/26/20  House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/20  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/20  Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
• 03/02/20  House: House insisted on substitute
• 03/02/20  House: House requested conference committee
• 03/03/20  Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/20  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 03/03/20  Senate: Senators: Edwards, Petersen, Chafin
• 03/05/20  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 03/05/20  House: Delegates: Bourne, Simon, Campbell, J.L.
• 03/05/20  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 03/05/20  Senate: Conference substitute printed 20109638D-S2
• 03/05/20  House: Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/20  House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/20  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/18/20  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB545ER)
• 03/18/20  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/18/20  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/19/20  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/20/20  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 03/20/20  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 04/10/20  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1049 (effective 7/1/20)
• 04/10/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1049)