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SB 1342 District courts; jurisdictional limit does not include any attorney fees.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
District courts; attorney fees. Provides that the jurisdictional limit for general district courts does not include any attorney fees. The bill requires that the amount of an appeal bond required for appeals from a district court include any amount awarded for attorney fees in the case.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103446D pdf
- 02/01/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103446D-E pdf
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1342ER) pdf
- 03/20/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0657) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103446D
- 01/10/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/30/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (11-Y 4-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 SB1342E
- 02/01/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103446D-E
- 02/02/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-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: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/17 House: Read second time
- 02/22/17 House: Read third time
- 02/22/17 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/22/17 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/22/17 House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/17 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 4-N)
- 02/23/17 Senate: Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/17 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N)
- 03/07/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1342ER)
- 03/07/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- 03/13/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/20/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 657 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/20/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0657)