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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 25

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Relating to: allowing district attorneys, deputy district attorneys, and assistant district attorneys to engage in the private practice of law for certain civil purposes.

District attorney

  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 full-time district attorney, deputy district attorney, or

assistant district attorney generally may not engage in the private practice of law.

Current law provides an exception that allows the attorney to complete work in a

civil case with which he or she was involved before taking office, so long as that work

is not in conflict with any interests of the district attorney's county.

This bill creates another exception so that a full-time district attorney, deputy

district attorney, or assistant district attorney may also provide legal services to a

person of limited means or to a charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental,

or educational organization if the attorney provides the services without fee and the

services are not in conflict with the interests of the district attorney's county.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , C. Taylor (D) , Edming (R) , Hebl (D) , Horlacher (R) , Knodl (R) , Novak (R) , Quinn (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Vruwink (D)

8 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Feyen (R) , Jacque (R) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 May 8, 2019 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 8, 2019 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. Feb 19, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Horlacher, Hebl, Ballweg, Brandtjen, Edming, Knodl, Novak, Quinn, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Spreitzer, Steffen, Stuck, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Vruwink, Brooks and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Carpenter, Cowles, Feyen, Marklein, Olsen and Stroebel

  2. Feb 19, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Mar 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Horlacher and Hebl

  5. Apr 11, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. May 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  7. May 8, 2019 · Assembly

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

  8. May 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1