Key Votes
H 695 - Establishes a Legislative Legal Defense Fund - Key Vote
Idaho Key Votes
James Hammond voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- April 5, 2012 Executive Signed
- March 28, 2012 Senate Bill Passed
- March 26, 2012 House Bill Passed
- March 22, 2012 Introduced
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - April 5, 2012
Title: Establishes a Legislative Legal Defense Fund
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (23-11) - March 28, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Establishes a Legislative Legal Defense Fund
Vote to pass a bill that establishes a Legal Defense Fund for legislators and appropriates $200,000 to the fund.
- Establishes the Legal Defense Fund to provide assistance to legislators who need to retain legal representation (Sec. 1).
- Appropriates $200,000 from the General Fund to the Legal Defense Fund on July 1, 2012 or shortly thereafter (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes the Senate President and Speaker of the House to use appropriated funds for any “necessary” legal expenditures that the legislature may incur (Sec. 1).
- Appropriates 50 percent of fund in the Legal Defense Fund to the state Senate, and 50 percent to the state House of Representatives (Sec. 2).
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (53-16) - March 26, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Establishes a Legislative Legal Defense Fund
Vote to pass a bill that establishes a Legal Defense Fund for legislators and appropriates $200,000 to the fund.
- Establishes the Legal Defense Fund to provide assistance to legislators who need to retain legal representation (Sec. 1).
- Appropriates $200,000 from the General Fund to the Legal Defense Fund on July 1, 2012 or shortly thereafter (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes the Senate President and Speaker of the House to use appropriated funds for any “necessary” legal expenditures that the legislature may incur (Sec. 1).
- Appropriates 50 percent of fund in the Legal Defense Fund to the state Senate, and 50 percent to the state House of Representatives (Sec. 2).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - March 22, 2012
Title: Establishes a Legislative Legal Defense Fund
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