Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees.
Summary
Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Raises the limitation of fees that court-appointed counsel can receive for representation on various offenses in district and circuit courts. The bill also 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. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 102.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 26, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 12, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
58
Key actions
18
Committee
15
Amendments
2
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 770 (effective 1/1/25)
executive
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB356ER)
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 2-A)
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
House requested conference committee
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Amended
House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute with amendment BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee on Appropriations amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 10, 2024
Upper · Passed
Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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