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Committee advances HB 2351 to raise pay for court-appointed attorneys and guardians ad litem
Summary
The committee adopted technical changes and forwarded House Bill 2351, which raises court-appointed hourly compensation for in-court and out-of-court work and requires annual reporting by Public Defender Services on guardian ad litem use.
A Senate committee voted to report House Bill 2351 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass as amended; the bill would increase hourly compensation for attorneys appointed to represent indigent persons in criminal, juvenile and abuse-and-neglect cases and for attorneys serving as guardians ad litem in state courts.
Counsel described the committee substitute as technical and said the bill increases in-court compensation from…
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