Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 4 R cosponsors

SB 226 — Attorney's fees.

Last action — Public Law 117

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2024. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    3 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (4 R).

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Summary

Increases: (1) the amount of attorney's fees that may be incurred by an offeror to $250 per hour; and (2) the total amount of attorney's fees, costs, and expenses that may be awarded to not more than $5,000; with respect to a qualified settlement offer.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Public Law 117

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  6. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 338: yeas 96, nays 0

  8. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  9. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 320: yeas 47, nays 0

  10. House conferees appointed: Torr and Hatfield

  11. Senate conferees appointed: Gaskill and Taylor G

  12. Senate advisors appointed: Pol and Brown L

  13. House advisors appointed: Jeter, Steuerwald, Speedy, Bauer M and Garcia Wilburn

  14. Senate dissented from House amendments

  15. Motion to dissent filed

  16. Concurrence withdrawn

  17. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  18. Motion to concur filed

  19. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 232: yeas 95, nays 0

  20. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  21. Representatives Steuerwald and Jeter added as cosponsors

  22. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  23. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127

  24. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  25. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  26. Referred to the House

  27. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 137: yeas 48, nays 0

  28. House sponsor: Representative Torr

  29. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  30. Senator Brown L added as second author

  31. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  32. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  33. Authored by Senator Gaskill

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (145)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 226 do?
Increases: (1) the amount of attorney's fees that may be incurred by an offeror to $250 per hour; and (2) the total amount of attorney's fees, costs, and expenses that may be awarded to not more than $5,000; with respect to a qualified settlement offer.
Who sponsors SB 226?
SB 226 is sponsored by Chris Jeter (Republican), Gregory Steuerwald (Republican), Jerry Torr, Liz Brown (Republican), and Mike Gaskill (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 226?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2024. Enacted.
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