AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- COURT ADMINISTRATION (Invests the chief justice of the supreme court with the explicit authority to address issues affecting the conduct of judicial business and order whatever response(s) he or she deems necessary.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jul 2021
Introduced Feb 26, 2021
Signed Jul 3, 2021
Floor votes · House Jun 23, 2021
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jul 3, 2021
Signed into law
07/03/2021 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence
upper
Jun 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
06/23/2021 House read and passed
lower
Jun 21, 2021
Legislature · Passed
06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 31, 2021
Legislature · Passed
03/31/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 26, 2021
Introduced
02/26/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brian Newberry
RRepublican
P
Carol McEntee
DDemocratic
P
Doc Corvese
DDemocratic
P
Jason Knight
DDemocratic
P
Jose Batista
DDemocratic
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