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SB 222 IN
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Civil legal aid fund.

IN · session 2025 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 8, 2025

Latest action (Mar 31, 2025) Signed by the Governor

Summary

Limits how a legal services provider may use funds from the civil legal aid fund. Relocates a provision concerning fund distribution. Repeals the distribution formula of the civil legal aid fund statute. Requires the office of judicial administration to annually report certain information regarding the civil legal aid fund to the state budget committee.

Sponsors (3)

2 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (21)

  1. Jan 8, 2025 Authored by Senator Carrasco · upper
  2. Jan 8, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary · upper
  3. Jan 16, 2025 Senator Freeman added as second author · upper
  4. Feb 6, 2025 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations · upper
  5. Feb 6, 2025 Senator Alexander added as coauthor · upper
  6. Feb 13, 2025 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
  7. Feb 17, 2025 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
  8. Feb 18, 2025 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 149: yeas 48, nays 1 · upper
  9. Feb 18, 2025 House sponsor: Representative Jeter · upper
  10. Feb 19, 2025 Referred to the House · upper
  11. Mar 3, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary · lower
  12. Mar 10, 2025 Committee report: do pass, adopted · lower
  13. Mar 13, 2025 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
  14. Mar 13, 2025 Representative Zimmerman added as cosponsor · lower
  15. Mar 19, 2025 Signed by the Speaker · lower
  16. Mar 17, 2025 Returned to the Senate without amendments · lower
  17. Mar 17, 2025 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 272: yeas 94, nays 2 · lower
  18. Mar 18, 2025 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
  19. Mar 20, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  20. Mar 31, 2025 Public Law 8 · upper
  21. Mar 31, 2025 Signed by the Governor · executive
Subjects
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COUNCILS; Budget CommitteeCIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; GenerallyCOURTS; AttorneysCOURTS; JudgesCOURTS; Supreme CourtSTATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding

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