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1998 SESSION

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SB 412 Attorney-issued summonses and subpoenas.

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

SUMMARY:

Attorney-issued summonses and subpoenas. Authorizes attorneys to issue summonses, subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum in pending civil litigation. Exceptions are provided for habeus corpus, civil abuse and neglect, forfeiture, habitual offender and other civil proceedings which have a quasi-criminal component. Subpoenas duces tecum for medical records must comply with other statutory provisions (Patient Health Records Privacy) added last year.

The bill is recommended by the Boyd-Graves Conference.

FULL TEXT

• 01/26/98  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 982839358  pdf
• 02/15/98  Senate: Committee substitute printed 988431358-S1  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/26/98  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 982839358
• 01/26/98  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/15/98  Senate: Committee substitute printed 988431358-S1
• 02/15/98  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub. (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/98  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/98  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/98  Senate: Read second time
• 02/17/98  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/17/98  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 988431358-S1
• 02/17/98  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 988431358-S1
• 02/17/98  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/98  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/98  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/98  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/98  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/19/98  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/20/98  House: Read first time
• 02/20/98  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/23/98  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 2
• 03/05/98  House: Continued to 1999 in Courts of Justice (24-Y 0-N)