Judicial emergency; administrative delays, prosecution of felony due to lapse of time. (HB104)

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Progress

✓	Introduced
☐	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Prosecution of felony due to lapse of time; judicial emergency; administrative delays. Provides that the speedy trial provisions shall be tolled upon a declaration of a judicial emergency. The bill also provides that the speedy trial provisions shall be tolled upon administrative delays resulting from the enactment of Chapter 43 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020, Special Session I, and creates a process by which a party may petition for an immediate interlocutory appeal of a trial date set outside of the speedy trial provisions if such trial could not be scheduled due to such administrative delays. The provisions of the bill related to such administrative delays sunset on December 31, 2024. Read the Bill »

Status

01/07/2022: Awaiting a Vote in the Courts of Justice Committee

History

Date	Action
01/07/2022	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice