Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees.
Summary
Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Raises the limitation of fees that court-appointed counsel can receive for representation on various offenses in district and circuit courts. The bill also limits the fees charged for the cost of court-appointed counsel or public defender representation to persons determined to be indigent to an amount no greater than the amount such person would have owed if such fees had been assessed on or before June 30, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 356.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Dec 30, 2023
Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Mar 1, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
63
Key actions
16
Committee
17
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 1/1/25)
executive
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB102ER)
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 2-A)
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 5, 2024
Committee
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Dec 30, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
0 primary · 32 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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