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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 139

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Relating to: small claims court fee. (FE)

Court — Fee Small claims court

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person who commences a small claims action in circuit

court must pay a fee of $22. Of that fee, $11.80 is paid to the secretary of

administration to be deposited in the general fund and the balance is retained for use

by the county. The small claims procedure applies to eviction actions and other

actions, including certain civil actions in which the amount claimed does not exceed

$10,000. This bill provides that a person who commences a small claims action in

circuit court must pay a fee of $50; of that fee, $20 is to be paid to the secretary for

deposit into the general fund.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Bernier (R) , Brostoff (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Horlacher (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Quinn (R) , Rohrkaste (R)

1 cosponsors

LeMahieu (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 May 13, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 1

Passed 8–1 May 13, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Allen, Macco, E. Brooks, Bernier, Rohrkaste, Quinn, Brostoff, Horlacher, Kulp and Edming; cosponsored by Senator LeMahieu

  2. Mar 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Apr 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 28, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Allen

  7. Apr 30, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. May 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. May 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Committee on Judiciary

  10. May 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 1

  11. May 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. May 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  13. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1