Court-appointed counsel; additional compensation, effective clause.
Summary
Compensation of court-appointed counsel; waivers. Allows court-appointed counsel for parents in child welfare cases to submit a waiver application for additional compensation of $120 in district court and $158 for cases appealed to the circuit court. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Last action Mar 3, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 24, 2020
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 7, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
6
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Feb 24, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2020
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0)
house of delegates
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB878E
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104113D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dave Marsden
DDemocratic
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