HB-3109: Relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem or an attorney ad litem for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Helen Giddings
Placed On General State Calendar on 05/10/2017
You have voted HB-3109: Relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem or an attorney ad litem for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services..
HB-2361: Relating to a study regarding the appointment and use of attorneys ad litem in cases involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Frank
Read First Time on 03/20/2017
You have voted HB-2361: Relating to a study regarding the appointment and use of attorneys ad litem in cases involving the Department of Family and Protective Services..
HB-2335: Relating to requiring evidence-based trauma training for certain attorneys, court-appointed volunteer advocates, child-care workers, and child protective services employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eugene Wu
Postponed on 05/04/2017
You have voted HB-2335: Relating to requiring evidence-based trauma training for certain attorneys, court-appointed volunteer advocates, child-care workers, and child protective services employees..
Excusable or justifiable self-defense; costs and attorney fees in civil or criminal cases. [SB-1432]
Excusable or justifiable self-defense; costs and attorney fees. Provides that in any civil or criminal case, a party or criminal defendant that successfully prevails on a self-defense claim shall be entitled to reasonable costs and attorney fees, unless the award of fees is unjust. The bill exempts criminal defendants that have appointed counsel whose fees are paid by the Commonwealth from collecting reasonable costs and attorney fees.
SB-1432: Excusable or justifiable self-defense; costs and attorney fees in civil or criminal cases.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Stricken At The Request Of Patron In Courts Of Justice (10-y 0-n) on 02/01/2017
District courts; jurisdictional limit does not include any attorney fees. [SB-1342]
District courts; attorney fees. Provides that the jurisdictional limit for general district courts does not include any attorney fees. The bill requires that the amount of an appeal bond required for appeals from a district court include any amount awarded for attorney fees in the case.
SB-1342: District courts; jurisdictional limit does not include any attorney fees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0657) on 03/20/2017
Excusable or justifiable self-defense; costs and attorney fees in civil or criminal cases. [HB-1989]
Excusable or justifiable self-defense; costs and attorney fees. Provides that in any civil or criminal case, a party or criminal defendant that successfully prevails on a self-defense claim shall be entitled to reasonable costs and attorney fees, unless the award of fees is unjust. The bill exempts criminal defendants that have appointed counsel whose fees are paid by the Commonwealth from collecting reasonable costs and attorney fees.
HB-1989: Excusable or justifiable self-defense; costs and attorney fees in civil or criminal cases.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017