Assembly Bill 81
Makes various changes relating to the oversight and provision of legal representation of indigent defendants in criminal cases. (BDR 14-436)
Introduced in the Assembly on Nov 20, 2018.
Sponsored By: Judiciary Primary
DECLARED EXEMPT
Fiscal Notes (View Fiscal Notes)
Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on State: Yes.
Most Recent History Action: Chapter 485.
| None scheduled |
| Committee | Date | Time | Agenda | Minutes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly Judiciary | Mar 12, 2019 | 08:00 AM | Agenda | Minutes | Heard |
| Assembly Ways and Means | Mar 18, 2019 | 08:00 AM | Agenda | Minutes | Mentioned no jurisdiction |
| Assembly Judiciary | Apr 12, 2019 | 08:00 AM | Agenda | Minutes | Amend, and do pass as amended |
| Assembly Ways and Means | Apr 22, 2019 | 08:00 AM | Agenda | Minutes | Mentioned no jurisdiction |
| Assembly Ways and Means | May 01, 2019 | 06:00 PM | Agenda | Minutes | Heard |
| Assembly Ways and Means | May 22, 2019 | 06:00 PM | Agenda | Minutes | Amend, and do pass as amended |
| Senate Judiciary | May 30, 2019 | 09:00 AM | Agenda | Minutes | Heard, No Action |
| Senate Judiciary | Jun 02, 2019 | 08:44 PM | Minutes | Amend, and do pass as amended |
| House | Reprint | Date | Yea | Nay | Excused | Not Voting | Absent | Vacant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly Final Passage | (3rd Reprint) | May 24, 2019 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Senate Final Passage | (4th Reprint) | Jun 03, 2019 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Action | Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2018 | Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer. | |
| Nov 26, 2018 | From printer. | |
| Feb 04, 2019 | Read first time. To committee. | |
| Mar 07, 2019 | Notice of eligibility for exemption. | |
| Apr 22, 2019 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 615.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer. | |
| Apr 23, 2019 | From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint . To committee. Withdrawn from committee. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 632.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. To printer. | |
| Apr 24, 2019 | From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. Second reprint . To committee. | |
| May 24, 2019 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 902.) Dispensed with reprinting. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 12, Excused: 2, Vacant: 1.) To printer. | |
| May 27, 2019 | From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Third reprint . To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To committee. | |
| Jun 02, 2019 | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 1102.) To printer. | |
| Jun 03, 2019 | From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Fourth reprint . Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. Preamble adopted. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 4, Not voting: 1.) To Assembly. In Assembly. Senate Amendment No. 1102 concurred in. To enrollment. | |
| Jun 06, 2019 | Enrolled and delivered to Governor. | |
| Jun 07, 2019 | Approved by the Governor. | |
| Jun 10, 2019 | Chapter 485. | |
| Effective June 7, 2019, for the purposes of: (a)recruiting and selecting the Executive Director and employees of the Department of Indigent Defense Services created by section 9 of this act, and performing any other preliminary administrative tasks that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; and (b) appointing members to the Board on Indigent Defense Services created by section 6 of this act. Members must be appointed by the Governor, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as applicable, as soon as practicable and assume their positions on July 1, 2019. Effective October 1, 2019, for all other purposes. | ||