HB227 Alabama 2013 Session

Signed by Governor

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Attorney General, state litigation, contingency fee contracts with private attorneys, regulated, Transparency in Private Attorney Contracts Act, Sec. 41-16-72 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, attorneys retained to represent the state in litigation are required to be appointed by the Attorney General in consultation with the Governor. Existing law does not regulate the state agencies entering into a contingency fee contract with an attorney in private practice

This bill would regulate state agencies entering contingency fee contracts with private attorneys representing the state in litigation

Relating to state agencies and private attorneys representing the state in litigation; to amend Section 41-16-72 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to regulate contingency fee contracts.

Subjects

Attorney General

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
May 20, 2013	H	Delivered to Governor at 11:59 p.m. on May 20, 2013.
May 20, 2013	H	Assigned Act No. 2013-399.
May 20, 2013	H	Clerk of the House Certification
May 20, 2013	S	Signature Requested
May 20, 2013	H	Enrolled
May 20, 2013	S	Concurred in Second House Amendment
May 20, 2013	H	DeMarco motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1276
May 20, 2013	H	Concurrence Requested
May 20, 2013	S	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1178
May 20, 2013	S	Fielding motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1177
May 20, 2013	S	Fielding first Substitute Offered
May 20, 2013	S	Fielding motion to Table adopted Voice Vote
May 20, 2013	S	Governmental Affairs Amendment Offered
May 20, 2013	S	Third Reading Passed
May 2, 2013	S	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
April 30, 2013	S	Marsh table Marsh motion to rerefer adopted Roll Call 648
April 30, 2013	S	Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs
April 16, 2013	H	Engrossed
April 16, 2013	H	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 578
April 16, 2013	H	Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 577
April 16, 2013	H	Hammon motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 576
April 16, 2013	H	Boman motion to Table lost Roll Call 575
April 16, 2013	H	Poole Amendment Offered
April 16, 2013	H	Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 574
April 16, 2013	H	Judiciary Amendment Offered
April 16, 2013	H	Third Reading Passed
February 28, 2013	H	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
February 7, 2013	H	Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary