Establishes the Criminal Defense Clinical Legal Education Program within the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.

What it does

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

The Act creates a criminal defense legal clinic. The Act provides funding for the clinic. The Act declares an emergency. The Act becomes law on July 1, 2025. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.7). Establishes the Criminal Defense Clinical Legal Education Program within the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. Declares an emergency, effective on July 1, 2025.

Every action

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

1. Jan 13, 2025SenateIntroduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
2. Jan 17, 2025CommitteeReferred to Judiciary, then Ways and Means. · Senate Judiciary
3. Feb 4, 2025CommitteePublic Hearing held. · Senate Judiciary
4. Feb 13, 2025CommitteeWork Session cancelled. · Senate Judiciary
5. Feb 20, 2025CommitteeWork Session held. · Senate Judiciary
6. Feb 25, 2025CommitteeRecommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) · Senate Judiciary
7. Feb 25, 2025CommitteeReferred to Ways and Means by prior reference. · Joint Ways and Means
8. Jun 27, 2025SenateIn committee upon adjournment.

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

• Floyd ProzanskiD Primary sponsor · District 4