Fees/Repeal/Criminal Defendants/DELJIS Fund

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act repeals the DELJIS Fund fee imposed on criminal defendants. The elimination of this fee was recommended by the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group created by House Bill 244, as amended by House Amendment No 2, of the 151st General Assembly, in its December 7, 2023 report. Any outstanding balances owed for this fee shall be discharged upon the Act’s effective date. Per the Study Group’s recommendation, the Act will become effective upon the specific appropriation of General Fund monies to replace DELJIS’s full spending authority of the repealed fee.

Every action

11 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. May 7, 2024CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate · Senate Judiciary
2. May 15, 2024CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits · Senate Judiciary
3. May 15, 2024CommitteeAssigned to Finance Committee in Senate · Senate Finance
4. May 21, 2024CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits · Senate Finance
5. May 21, 2024SenatePassed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES21–0 vote
6. May 22, 2024CommitteeAssigned to Judiciary Committee in House · House Judiciary
7. Jun 12, 2024CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits · House Judiciary
8. Jun 13, 2024CommitteeAssigned to Appropriations Committee in House · House Appropriations
9. Jun 20, 2024CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits · House Appropriations
10. Jun 30, 2024HousePassed By House. Votes: 41 YES41–0 vote
11. Aug 12, 2024GovernorSigned by Governor

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 28 cosponsors: 22 Democrats, 6 Republicans.

• DJ Darius J. BrownD Primary sponsor · District 2
• SD Sherry Dorsey WalkerD Joint sponsor · District 3
• FD Franklin D. CookeD Joint sponsor · District 16
• WB William BushD Joint sponsor · District 29
• SM Sean M. LynnD Joint sponsor · District 31