Court-appointed counsel; additional compensation, effective clause.
Summary
Compensation of court-appointed counsel; waivers. Allows court-appointed counsel for parents in child welfare cases to submit a waiver application for additional compensation of $120 in district court and $158 for cases appealed to the circuit court. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Last action Mar 3, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2020
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 7, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
1
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Feb 24, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Feb 24, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 1-N)
Feb 12, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Feb 7, 2020
Senate · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Feb 7, 2020
Senate · Amendment offered
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB878E
Feb 7, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Committee amendment agreed to
Feb 7, 2020
Senate · Amendment offered
Reading of amendment waived
Feb 5, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
Jan 29, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Jan 29, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N)
Jan 8, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Jan 8, 2020
Senate · Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104113D
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dave Marsden
DDemocratic
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