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2016 SESSION

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HB 641 General district court; arbitration.

Introduced by: James A. "Jay" Leftwich | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Jurisdiction of general district court; arbitration. Establishes that the general district courts have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts to submit matters to arbitration where the amount in controversy is within the jurisdictional limits of the general district court. The bill provides that any party that disagrees with an order by a general district court granting an application to compel arbitration may appeal the decision to the circuit court. The introduced bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/16  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100263D  pdf
• 02/01/16  House: Printed as engrossed 16100263D-E  pdf
• 02/24/16  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB641ER)  pdf
• 03/01/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0181)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/11/16  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100263D
• 01/11/16  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/14/16  House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
• 01/20/16  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/16  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/16  House: Read first time
• 02/01/16  House: Read second time
• 02/01/16  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/01/16  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB641E
• 02/01/16  House: Printed as engrossed 16100263D-E
• 02/02/16  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/16  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/03/16  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/17/16  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N 2-A)
• 02/19/16  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/16  Senate: Read third time
• 02/22/16  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
• 02/24/16  House: Enrolled
• 02/24/16  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB641ER)
• 02/24/16  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/25/16  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/25/16  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/25/16
• 02/25/16  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 3, 2016
• 03/01/16  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (effective 7/1/16)
• 03/01/16  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0181)