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SB 1032 Civil actions; determination of indigency.
Introduced by: Ghazala F. Hashmi | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Civil actions; determination of indigency. Sets out the factors to be considered by the court in its determination of a person's indigency for the purpose of determining inability to pay fees or costs in a civil action. The bill also provides that a person is presumed unable to pay if he is a current recipient of a state or federally funded public assistance program or he is represented by a legal aid society. The bill provides that the presumption is rebuttable except in the case of a no-fault divorce.
FULL TEXT
- 01/17/20 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20102102D pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1032ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0654) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/17/20 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20102102D
- 01/17/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/03/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/06/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/10/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 20-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Chair votes Yes
- 02/14/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/20 House: Read first time
- 02/14/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/21/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/24/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- 02/28/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/20 House: Read second time
- 03/04/20 House: Read third time
- 03/04/20 House: Passed House (82-Y 13-N)
- 03/04/20 House: VOTE: Passage (82-Y 13-N)
- 03/07/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1032ER)
- 03/07/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/12/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/06/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 654 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0654)