Relates to automatic orders in matrimonial actions
Summary
Relates to automatic orders in matrimonial actions; provides that in the event that the governor declares an emergency which results in issuance by the judiciary of an administrative order which prohibits the filing of the summons or the summons and verified complaint during the emergency, then the automatic orders shall be binding upon the plaintiff and the defendant immediately upon service of the summons upon defendant, but shall have no force and effect unless: the plaintiff purchases an index number for the action within twenty-one days of the date of service upon the defendant of the summons with notice or the summons and verified complaint; or plaintiff applies for poor person status within twenty-one days of the date of service on the defendant of the summons with notice or the summons and verified complaint, and, in the event that the application for poor person status is denied, the plaintiff pays an index number fee within one hundred twenty days after the date of a court order denying the plaintiff's application for waiver of the fee.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced May 28, 2024
Last action Jun 5, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jun 5, 2024
How they voted
43–16
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 62
Jun 5, 2024
D
Democratic41
95% Yea
R
Republican21
76% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jun 5, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
Jun 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 5, 2024
Committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
May 28, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lea Webb
DDemocratic/Working Families
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