Excusable or justifiable self-defense; costs and attorney fees in civil or criminal cases. [SB-1432]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
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]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
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
SB-469: Relating to the duration of an 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: Sen. Royce West
Read First Time on 02/06/2017
You have voted SB-469: Relating to the duration of an 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..
SB-325: Relating to the procedure for expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons who are tried for an offense and subsequently acquitted.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donald Huffines
Referred To Criminal Jurisprudence on 04/18/2017
You have voted SB-325: Relating to the procedure for expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons who are tried for an offense and subsequently acquitted..
HB-557: Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons and to the return of certain fees to a person whose criminal record has been expunged; authorizing a fee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Toni Rose
Effective On 9/1/17 on 06/15/2017
You have voted HB-557: Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons and to the return of certain fees to a person whose criminal record has been expunged; authorizing a fee..
HB-220: Relating to a person's eligibility to take the state's bar examination and to supreme court approval of law schools for the purpose of establishing eligibility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Johnson
Read First Time on 02/13/2017
You have voted HB-220: Relating to a person's eligibility to take the state's bar examination and to supreme court approval of law schools for the purpose of establishing eligibility..
You have voted HB-205: Relating to procedures for ordering the required participation in services in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship..