SB1305
Persons allowed services without fees or costs; inability to pay on account of poverty, guidelines.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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.-
Bill History
- 01/10/2017 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103129D
- 01/10/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/30/2017 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/2017 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1305)
- 02/01/2017 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/2017 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/01/2017 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/01/2017 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1305E
- 02/01/2017 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103129D-E
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/2017 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2017 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/2017 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2017 - House: Read second time
- 02/13/2017 - House: Read third time
- 02/13/2017 - House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2017 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2017 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/15/2017 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1305ER)
- 02/15/2017 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/17/2017 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/17/2017 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- 02/17/2017 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- 02/23/2017 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 226 (effective 7/1/17)
- 02/23/2017 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0226)
- 03/21/2017 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1305ER)
