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SB 1305 Persons allowed services without fees or costs; inability to pay on account of poverty, guidelines.
Introduced by: Jill Holtzman Vogel | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Inability to pay fees or costs on account of poverty; guidelines. Requires the court to use the guidelines for determining indigency for the appointment of counsel in determining a person's inability to pay fees or costs on account of poverty in a civil action. This bill is identical to HB 2328.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103129D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103129D-E pdf
- 02/15/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1305ER) pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0226) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103129D
- 01/10/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/30/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/17 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/17 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/01/17 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/01/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1305E
- 02/01/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103129D-E
- 02/02/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/17 House: Read first time
- 02/06/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/17 House: Read second time
- 02/13/17 House: Read third time
- 02/13/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/15/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1305ER)
- 02/15/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/17/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/17/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- 02/17/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- 02/23/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 226 (effective 7/1/17)
- 02/23/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0226)