COURTS: Increases the daily compensation paid to jurors in civil cases. (1/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
Senate Passage
May 2020
House Passage
May 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Feb 27, 2020
Signed Jun 11, 2020
Floor votes · House May 28, 2020
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Jun 11, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 237.
upper
May 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
May 28, 2020
Introduced
Received from the House with amendments.
upper
May 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 66, nays 32. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 21, 2020
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 20, 2020
Committee
Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
May 18, 2020
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
May 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Mar 9, 2020
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
upper
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cleo Fields
DDemocratic
Co
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
Co
Dustin Miller
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
Co
Edmond Jordan
DDemocratic
Co
Jason Hughes
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Brass
DDemocratic
Co
Larry Selders
DDemocratic
Co
Mandie Landry
DDemocratic
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