Concerning superior court clerk fees.
House Bill 1207 modifies the fees collected by superior court clerks, impacting individuals and entities filing various documents in civil actions, appeals, probate proceedings, and certain criminal cases. It introduces new surcharges on many of these filing fees, with the collected funds distributed to state accounts for judicial stabilization, public defense support, court interpreter services, and library-archives, while a portion is retained by counties. The bill establishes a county clerk administrative assistance fund, which the clerk can manage for office operations without county legislative appropriation, and creates dedicated state accounts for public defense and court interpreter support. Notably, it sets a lower initial filing fee for unlawful detainer actions and exempts indigent criminal defendants from certain fees upon conviction.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 9, 2025
Signed May 19, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was certified as passed by both the House and Senate and approved by the legislature. The primary substantive change involves the distribution of surcharge fees collected from court filing fees; the county's share of the surcharge was increased to fund county clerk operations, while the state's share was reduced.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding which fees are subject to surcharges remains unchanged, but the financial distribution of those surcharges has been modified.
FISCAL
The allocation of the $50 surcharge on specific filing fees was changed so that $45 is sent to the state (reduced from $50) and $5 is retained by the county for clerk operations.
Subsection (6) was updated to include a new provision allowing counties to retain the remaining funds from the surcharge for their clerk's office operations.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 26, 2025 · House Apr 26, 2025
How they voted
29–21
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 26, 2025
D
Democratic30
93% Yea
R
Republican20
95% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
18
Committee
15
May 19, 2025
Signed into law
Governor signed.
executive
Apr 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Apr 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Apr 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed final passage; yeas, 54; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 0.
lower
Apr 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments.
lower
Apr 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Minority; without recommendation.
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Minority; do not pass.
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Minority; do not pass.
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to Appropriations.
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Minority; do not pass.
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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