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1998 SESSION

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SB 488 Certificates authorizing practice of law.

Introduced by: Jackson E. Reasor, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Certificates authorizing practice of law. Allows the Supreme Court to transfer to the Board of Bar Examiners responsibility for issuing certificates for out-of-state lawyers to practice law without taking an examination under the current reciprocity provisions.

FULL TEXT

• 01/26/98  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 988384837  pdf
• 03/18/98  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB488ER)  pdf
• 04/23/98  Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB488ER)  pdf
• 05/12/98  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/26/98  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 988384837
• 01/26/98  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/04/98  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/98  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/98  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/98  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/09/98  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/98  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/98  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/10/98  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/11/98  House: Read first time
• 02/11/98  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/23/98  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 2
• 03/06/98  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (24-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/98  House: Read second time
• 03/10/98  House: Read third time
• 03/10/98  House: Passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
• 03/10/98  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 03/18/98  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB488ER)
• 03/30/98  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/30/98  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/31/98  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/16/98  Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 04/22/98  Senate: Placed on Calendar
• 04/22/98  Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/98  Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV. RECOMM. R (39-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/98  House: House concurred in Gov's recom. (Block vote) (99-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/98  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE-ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/98  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 04/22/98  Senate: Reenrolled
• 04/22/98  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 04/22/98  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/22/98  House: Enacted, Chapter 796 (effective 7/1/98)
• 04/23/98  Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB488ER)
• 05/12/98  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)