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2024 SESSION

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SB 356 Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees.

Introduced by: Russet Perry | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Raises the limitation of fees that court-appointed counsel can receive for representation on various offenses in district and circuit courts. The bill also limits the fees charged for the cost of court-appointed counsel or public defender representation to persons determined to be indigent to an amount no greater than the amount such person would have owed if such fees had been assessed on or before June 30, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 102.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104915D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106453D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/07/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107231D-S2  pdf | impact statement
• 02/16/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107778D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/24  Senate: Conference substitute printed 24108973D-S3  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB356ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0770)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• House amendments adopted
• House amendments engrossed
• Conference amendments

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104915D
• 01/09/24  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/10/24  Senate: Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
• 01/29/24  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
• 01/29/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106453D-S1
• 01/29/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/07/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107231D-S2
• 02/08/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/24  Senate: Read second time
• 02/09/24  Senate: Committee substitute rejected 24106453D-S1
• 02/09/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/09/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107231D-S2
• 02/09/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB356S2
• 02/12/24  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/15/24  House: Read first time
• 02/15/24  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/16/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107778D-H1
• 02/16/24  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/24  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/21/24  House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/24  House: Read second time
• 02/26/24  House: Read third time
• 02/26/24  House: Committee on Courts of Justice substitute agreed to 24107778D-H1
• 02/26/24  House: Committee on Appropriations amendment agreed to
• 02/26/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB356H1
• 02/26/24  House: Passed House with substitute with amendment BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/24  Senate: House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
• 02/29/24  House: House insisted on substitute with amendment
• 02/29/24  House: House requested conference committee
• 03/04/24  Senate: Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 03/04/24  Senate: Senators: Perry, Salim, Stanley
• 03/05/24  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 03/05/24  House: Delegates: Reaser, Maldonado, Earley
• 03/08/24  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 03/08/24  Senate: Conference substitute printed 24108973D-S3
• 03/08/24  House: Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 2-A)
• 03/08/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N 2-A)
• 03/08/24  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/25/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB356ER)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/27/24  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
• 03/27/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/08/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 770 (effective 1/1/25)
• 04/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0770)