Civil actions; determination of indigency.
Summary
Civil actions; determination of indigency.Sets out the factors to be considered by the court in its determinationof a person's indigency for the purpose of determining inabilityto pay fees or costs in a civil action. The bill also provides thata person is presumed unable to pay if he is a current recipient ofa state or federally funded public assistance program or he is representedby a legal aid society. The bill provides that the presumption isrebuttable except in the case of a no-fault divorce.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 17, 2020
Signed Apr 6, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2020 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2020
How they voted
20–20
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 11, 2020
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Apr 6, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 654 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (82-Y 13-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (20-Y 20-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20102102D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ghazala Hashmi
DDemocratic
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