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2023 SESSION

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HB 2105 Civil actions; standards governing consolidation and transfer, allocation of attorney fees.

Introduced by: Jeffrey M. Bourne | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Civil actions; standards governing consolidation and transfer; allocation of attorney fees. Specifies that, in a combined civil action, the court may allocate attorney fees to separate issues into common questions that require treatment on a consolidated basis and individual cases that do not. Current law allows the court to allocate fees but does not specify attorney fees. The bill contains technical amendments.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102119D  pdf
• 02/16/23  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2105ER)  pdf
• 03/26/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0563)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/10/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102119D
• 01/10/23  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/13/23  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
• 01/16/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/23  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/23  House: Read first time
• 01/26/23  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/27/23  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/23  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/30/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 02/08/23  Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/23  Senate: Read third time
• 02/13/23  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/23  House: Enrolled
• 02/16/23  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2105ER)
• 02/16/23  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/16/23  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/02/23  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
• 03/02/23  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
• 03/26/23  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 563 (effective 7/1/23)
• 03/26/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0563)