SB 1370 (2009) - Contingency Fee Agreements [SPSC]

General Bill by Fasano (CO-SPONSORS) Oelrich

Contingency Fee Agreements [SPSC]: Prohibits the Department of Legal Affairs of the Office of the Attorney General from entering into a contingency fee contract with a private attorney unless the Attorney General makes a written determination prior to entering into such a contract that contingency fee representation is both cost-effective and in the public interest, etc.

Effective Date: 07/01/2009

Last Event: 04/29/09 S Laid on Table -SJ 00758 on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:09 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

Judiciary
- On agenda for: 03/25/09 10:15 AM
- Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 6 Nays 2
Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- On agenda for: 04/16/09 4:00 PM
- Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 5 Nays 3

Related Bills

Bill #	Subject	Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 215	Subject: Contingency Fee Agreements between the Department of Legal Affairs and Private Attorneys	Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

Original Filed Version
- A 944152 Date Filed: 04/27/09, Line#: 92 Senate: Withdrawn 4/28/2009 3:30:04 PM
- A 437656 Date Filed: 04/28/09, Line#: 110 Senate: Failed 4/28/2009 3:46:01 PM
- A 944760 Date Filed: 03/24/09, Line#: 92

Staff Analysis

Chamber	Committee
Chamber: Senate	Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability 4/16/2009 10:21:48 PM
Chamber: Senate	Committee: Judiciary 3/25/2009 3:19:04 PM

Vote History

Chamber	Date	Yeas	Nays	Action	Action 2	Vote Detail	Barcode
Chamber: Senate	Date: 04/28/2009 03:45 PM	Yeas: 18	Nays: 20	Action: Amendment	Action 2:	Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 25]	Barcode:

Bill History

Event	Time	Member	Committee	Ver.
Event: S Laid on Table -SJ 00758	Time: 04/29/2009 - 11:09 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Substituted CS/CS/HB 215 (Died in Senate returning Messages) -SJ 00758	Time: 04/29/2009 - 11:02 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Amendment(s) failed -SJ 00707	Time: 04/28/2009 - 3:45 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 00707	Time: 04/28/2009 - 3:28 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar	Time: 04/24/2009 - 8:08 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading	Time: 04/24/2009 - 5:52 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Withdrawn from Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means -SJ 00588	Time: 04/24/2009 - 5:52 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Now in Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means	Time: 04/24/2009 - 5:49 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Withdrawn from Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00588	Time: 04/24/2009 - 5:48 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Now in Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00412	Time: 04/17/2009 - 10:22 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 -SJ 00412	Time: 04/16/2009 - 7:52 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/16/09, 4:00 pm, 110-S	Time: 04/13/2009 - 6:50 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 00250	Time: 03/25/2009 - 5:24 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 -SJ 00250	Time: 03/25/2009 - 1:19 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/25/09, 10:15 am, 110-S	Time: 03/20/2009 - 3:03 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/18/09, 9:00 am, 110-S --Temporarily postponed	Time: 03/13/2009 - 3:22 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means -SJ 00084	Time: 03/02/2009 - 6:02 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means	Time: 02/19/2009 - 3:51 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: S Filed	Time: 02/06/2009 - 3:58 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute	Other Bill Citations
0016.0155