IN SB0226 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on March 13 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-13 - Public Law 117
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on March 13 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-13 - Public Law 117
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Attorney's fees. Increases: (1) the amount of attorney's fees that may be incurred by an offeror to $250 per hour; and (2) the total amount of attorney's fees, costs, and expenses that may be awarded to not more than $5,000; with respect to a qualified settlement offer.
Title
Attorney's fees.
Sponsors
| Sen. Mike Gaskill [R] | Sen. Elizabeth Brown [R] | Rep. Gerald Torr [R] | Rep. Gregory Steuerwald [R] |
| Rep. Chris Jeter [R] |
Roll Calls
2024-03-08 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-03-08 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-03-08 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Public Law 117 |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Signed by the Governor |
| 2024-03-12 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-11 | House | Signed by the Speaker |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 320: yeas 47, nays 0 |
| 2024-03-08 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 338: yeas 96, nays 0 |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | CCR # 1 filed in the Senate |
| 2024-03-08 | House | CCR # 1 filed in the House |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | Signed by the President Pro Tempore |
| 2024-03-05 | House | House advisors appointed: Jeter, Steuerwald, Speedy, Bauer M and Garcia Wilburn |
| 2024-03-05 | House | House conferees appointed: Torr and Hatfield |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | Senate advisors appointed: Pol and Brown L |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | Senate conferees appointed: Gaskill and Taylor G |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Senate dissented from House amendments |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Motion to dissent filed |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Concurrence withdrawn |
| 2024-02-28 | Senate | Motion to concur filed |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Returned to the Senate with amendments |
| 2024-02-27 | House | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 232: yeas 95, nays 0 |
| 2024-02-26 | House | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| 2024-02-22 | House | Representatives Steuerwald and Jeter added as cosponsors |
| 2024-02-22 | House | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2024-02-12 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Referred to the House |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | House sponsor: Representative Torr |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 137: yeas 48, nays 0 |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Senator Brown L added as second author |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Authored by Senator Gaskill |
