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HB244 Alabama 2023 Session

Updated Apr 17, 2023
HB244 Alabama 2023 Session
House Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2023
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2023
Title
Relating to guardians ad litem; to amend Section 15-12-21, Code of Alabama 1975; to increase the compensation for an attorney appointed to serve as a guardian ad litem in certain juvenile cases.
Description

Under existing law, counsel appointed to represent or assist an indigent client or serve as a guardian ad litem in a juvenile case may be compensated a maximum fee of $2,500.

This bill would provide that counsel appointed to serve as a guardian ad litem for a juvenile in a dependency case may be compensated a maximum fee of $5,000.

Subjects
Guardians ad litem, compensation for appointed guardian ad litem in certain juvenile cases, increased

Bill Actions

H

Enacted

H

Enrolled

H

Concur In and Adopt

S

Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended

S

Adopt YA4K26-1

S

On Third Reading in Second House

S

Read Second Time in Second House

S

Reported Out of Committee in Second House

S

Reported Favorably from Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

S

Reported Out of Committee in Second House

S

Reported Favorably from Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

S

Amendment/Substitute by Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund YA4K26-1

S

Referred to Committee to Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

H

Read First Time in Second House

H

Read a Third Time and Pass

H

On Third Reading in House of Origin

H

Read Second Time in House of Origin

H

Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin

H

Reported Favorably from House Ways and Means General Fund

H

Introduced and Referred to House Ways and Means General Fund

H

Read First Time in House of Origin

Calendar

Hearing

Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Hearing

Finance and Taxation at 11:00:00

Hearing

Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Hearing

Finance and Taxation at 11:00:00

Hearing

House Ways and Means General Fund Hearing

Room 617 at 13:30:00

Bill Text

Votes

Read a Third Time and Pass

April 27, 2023 House Passed
Yes 100
Abstained 1
Absent 4

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature