CIRCUIT COURT CLERK REGULATION
Summary
Amends the Circuit Court Clerk Regulation Act. Includes a remand, release, mittimus, bond conditions order, court supervision order, conditional discharge order, probation order, or other order as a document that a clerk or deputy clerk of a circuit court shall not prepare or draft which is to be filed or recorded in the court in which he or she is clerk or deputy clerk. Provides that a clerk or deputy clerk shall prepare or draft any document, which is to be filed or recorded in the court in which he or she is clerk or deputy clerk, that the clerk is by some statute authorized to draft or prepare (instead of "by law required, or by some statute authorized to draft or prepare"). House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Circuit Court Clerk Regulation Act. Allows a clerk or deputy clerk of a circuit court to prepare or draft any document if such documents as such clerks are by statute or supreme court order required or authorized to draft or prepare (rather than "by law required, or by some statute authorized to draft or prepare").
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Aug 2021
Introduced Apr 27, 2021
Signed Aug 27, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2021 · House Apr 23, 2021
How they voted
50–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
May 30, 2021
D
Democratic34
97% Yea
R
Republican17
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Amendments
7
Aug 27, 2021
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 30, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 30, 2021
Amended
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
upper
May 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
upper
May 29, 2021
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive
upper
May 27, 2021
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive
upper
May 26, 2021
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
upper
May 26, 2021
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
May 26, 2021
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon
upper
May 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000
upper
May 11, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Executive
upper
Apr 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 27, 2021
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 098-000-001
lower
Mar 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Consent Calendar Judiciary - Civil Committee; 016-000-000
lower
Mar 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote
lower
Mar 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
Mar 21, 2021
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 21, 2021
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason
lower
Mar 16, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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