Connecticut House Bill 6438 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Passed on June 21 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-07-08 - Signed by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

To make various changes regarding probate court operations, including, but not limited to: (1) Update provisions on the Regional Children's Probate Courts; (2) provide workers' compensation coverage for probate judges; (3) eliminate the panel for interdisciplinary teams in proceedings to determine an individual's ability to give informed consent to a sterilization procedure and allow professionals who have a personal working relationship with the respondent to appear on the interdisciplinary team; (4) establish a fee structure of twenty dollars per day when an individual copies probate court records with a hand-held scanner; (5) update statutory references to sections governing order of payment of claims; (6) update provisions concerning sealed and confidential records; (7) permit the Probate Court Administrator to establish a fee structure for electronic access to data processing systems in the probate courts; (8) conform statutory references concerning probate appeals; (9) clarify the powers of a probate court with respect to accountings, removal of a fiduciary of an inter vivos trust, and waiver of bond requirements for a successor fiduciary when bond is not required by the governing instrument; and (10) make technical and conforming changes.

An Act Concerning Probate Court Operations.

Sen. Paul Doyle [D]	Sen. Edwin Gomes [D]	Sen. Toni Harp [D]	House Judiciary Committee
Sen. Anthony Musto [D]	Sen. Edith Prague [D]

2011-06-07 - Senate - Senate Roll Call Vote 475 (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-31 - House - House Roll Call Vote 220 AS AMENDED (Y: 139 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-08		Signed by the Governor
2011-06-24		Transmitted to the Secretary of State
2011-06-21		Public Act 11-128
2011-06-07		On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
2011-06-07		Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A,B
2011-06-07		Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A,B
2011-06-02		File Number 872
2011-06-02		Senate Calendar Number 602
2011-06-02		Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2011-05-31		House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A,B
2011-05-31		House Adopted House Amendment Schedule B 7599
2011-05-31		House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 6971
2011-05-17		Tabled for the Calendar, House
2011-05-17		No New File by Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
2011-05-17		Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2011-05-17		Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2011-05-17		Joint Favorable
2011-05-10		Referred by House to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
2011-04-21		File Number 616
2011-04-21		House Calendar Number 362
2011-04-21		Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
2011-04-21		Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2011-04-15		Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/20/11 5:00 PM
2011-04-06		Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2011-04-05		Joint Favorable Substitute
2011-02-24		Public Hearing 02/28
2011-02-23		Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB06438&which_year=2011
Text	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/TOB/H/2011HB-06438-R00-HB.htm
Text	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/TOB/H/2011HB-06438-R01-HB.htm
Text	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/TOB/H/2011HB-06438-R02-HB.htm
Text	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/PA/2011PA-00128-R00HB-06438-PA.htm
Roll Call	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/VOTE/H/2011HV-00220-R00HB06438-HV.htm
Roll Call	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/VOTE/S/2011SV-00475-R00HB06438-SV.htm