Bail bondsman; petition for return of deposit for surrender of principal, etc.
Summary
Bail bondsman; petition for return of deposit for surrender of principal; deposited funds credited to Literary Fund. Provides that if a bail bondsman does not petition the court for the return of funds deposited for the surrender of his principal within 15 days from the surrender of the principal, the deposited funds shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the Literary Fund. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 3, 2020
Signed Mar 31, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 24, 2020
How they voted
31–8
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 5, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
52% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Mar 31, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 531 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 3, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101573D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dave Marsden
DDemocratic
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