Indigent defendant; rate of fees for legal representation.
Summary
Rate of fees; legal representation of indigent defendant. Limits the fees charged for the cost of court-appointed counsel or public defender representation to persons determined to be indigent to an amount no greater than the amount such person would have owed if such fees had been assessed on or before June 30, 2024.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Vetoed
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Vetoed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 27, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
41
Key actions
13
Committee
12
Apr 17, 2024
Vetoed
House rejected Governor's recommendation (0-Y 100-N)
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by House
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB824ER)
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-0-1)
senate
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (50-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (50-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Committee
Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rae Cousins
DDemocratic
Co
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
Irene Shin
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
Co
Jackie Glass
DDemocratic
Co
Jeion Ward
DDemocratic
Co
Katrina Callsen
DDemocratic
Co
Laura Jane Cohen
DDemocratic
Co
Marty Martinez
DDemocratic
Co
Nadarius Clark
DDemocratic
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