Requires notice to be provided by municipal court to applicant for public defender of fee and process to waive fee for inability to pay.*
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Apr 2021
General Assembly Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Apr 26, 2021
Floor votes · General Assembly Mar 25, 2021
How they voted
73–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 79
Mar 25, 2021
D
Democratic54
92% Yea
R
Republican25
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 26, 2021
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (73-0-0)
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Johnson)
lower
Dec 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
lower
3 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Anthony Verrelli
DDemocratic
P
JC
Jamel C. Holley
DDemocratic
P
Raj Mukherji
DDemocratic
Co
Angela McKnight
DDemocratic
Co
AM
Angelica M. Jimenez
DDemocratic
Co
Annette Quijano
DDemocratic
Co
Britnee Timberlake
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
HC
Herb Conaway
DDemocratic
Co
RR
Ralph R. Caputo
DDemocratic
Co
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Yvonne Lopez
DDemocratic
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