MA S950

Bill

Lifting the billable hours cap for bar advocates

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to lift the billable hours cap for bar advocates. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill aims to lift the billable hours cap for bar advocates, which are private counsel appointed or assigned to represent indigent clients. The bill amends an existing law to allow the chief counsel to waive the annual cap on billable hours and the cap on accepting new appointments or assignments, if certain conditions are met, such as limited availability of qualified counsel or cost efficiencies. However, the bill still maintains that private counsel appointed or assigned to such cases shall not be paid for any time billed in excess of 2,000 billable hours and shall not accept any new appointment or assignment after having billed 1,500 billable hours during any fiscal year.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (1)

Adam Hinds (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2496 (on 02/03/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S950

(9 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S950
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S950.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1358	To ensure equal counsel in eviction proceedings	Accompanied a study order, see H5148	Similar To
H2720	Relative to CPCS reimbursement	Accompanied a study order, see H5103	Similar To
H3350	Relative to indigent defense counsel	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H3416	Relative to counsel for sex offenders	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
S1555	Relative to the collective bargaining rights for employees of the committee for public counsel services	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2496	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on the Judiciary to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to judicial issues	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S821	To eliminate the public counsel fee	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To
S831	Ensuring an open files policy	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To
S913	To ensure right to counsel in eviction proceedings	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To

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