Introduced
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To provide a template or "place holder" for a potential state judiciary budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2021. This bill contains nominal appropriations only, but may be amended at a later date to include real ones.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
To declare as "the intent of the legislature" that "judges presiding over a foster care case shall publicly acknowledge and request the input of the foster parent or foster parents during the hearing," and that if the judicial branch makes any changes foster care family service plan, the presiding judge will provide an explanation in the court record".
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To increase spending on judicial information systems.
The amendment failed 16 to 20 (details)
Amendment offered
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To increase funding for a state court administrative office.
The amendment failed 16 to 20 (details)
Passed in the Senate 20 to 16 (details)
The Senate version of the fiscal year 2021-2022 Judiciary budget. This would appropriate $338.4 million in gross spending. Of this, $6.3 million is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees.
Substitute offered
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The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)
To send back to the Senate a substitute version of the bill that is "stripped" of all actual appropriations, and instead authorizes just $100 “placeholders.” This is part of a process for reconciling the House and Senate-passed department budgets for the next fiscal year.
Failed in the Senate 0 to 36 (details)
Received
