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HB 978 Effective date: 08/01/2026

INDIGENT DEFENSE: Changes the municipality threshold relative to the mandatory assessment and remittance of special costs to the district indigent defender fund

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  1. Jun 23, 2026 lower
    Effective date: 08/01/2026.
  2. May 28, 2026 lower
    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  3. May 27, 2026 upper
    Signed by the President of the Senate.
  4. May 26, 2026 upper
    Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  5. May 19, 2026 upper
    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  6. May 4, 2026 upper
    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
  7. Apr 29, 2026 lower
    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
  8. Apr 27, 2026 lower
    Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  9. Mar 18, 2026 lower
    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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