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SB 926 Special counsel; contingency fees for those employed by a state agency.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Office of the Attorney General; employment of special counsel. Limits the contingency fee that may be charged by special counsel employed by a state agency, depending on the amount recovered.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/18 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104273D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106882D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/01/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB926ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/19/18 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104273D
- 01/19/18 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/05/18 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/05/18 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/07/18 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (10-Y 6-N)
- 02/07/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106882D-S1
- 02/08/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/18 Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/09/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18106882D-S1
- 02/09/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB926S1
- 02/12/18 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/12/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/15/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/18 House: Read first time
- 02/15/18 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/15/18 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/19/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/19/18 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/23/18 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 8-N)
- 02/23/18 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/26/18 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
- 02/26/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/27/18 House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/28/18 House: Constitutional reading dispensed (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: VOTE: AGREE TO MOTION (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: Taken up out of order pursuant to House Rule 52 (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: VOTE: AGREE TO MOTION (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: Read third time
- 02/28/18 House: Defeated by House (46-Y 51-N)
- 02/28/18 House: VOTE: DEFEATED (46-Y 51-N)
- 02/28/18 House: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
- 02/28/18 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/28/18 House: Passed House (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/28/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (51-Y 48-N)
- 03/01/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/01/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB926ER)
- 03/01/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/06/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 6, 2018
- 03/06/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/19/18 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/18/18 Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto (19-Y 20-N)
- 04/18/18 Senate: Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto