COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to certain witness fees
HB 464 amends the state laws governing witness fees to establish specific limits and requirements for how these funds are managed. The bill mandates that the balance in the witness fee fund must not be spent or reduced below $15,000 through transfers, ensuring a minimum reserve remains available. This change directly affects the administration of court costs by protecting a set amount of money designated for compensating witnesses.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Signed May 21, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2024 · House Apr 17, 2024
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
May 13, 2024
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican28
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 1, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (11-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Johnson
RRepublican
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