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SCS/HB 688 - This act provides that a court shall grant a stay of all administrative and court proceedings in which a member of the general assembly is an attorney for any party, a necessary witness, or a party to a civil action during the period from January 1st to June 1st or whenever the general assembly is in session. Such stay shall also apply to any order requiring a member of the general assembly to serve as a juror. The stay will not apply: to a court proceeding where the member of the general assembly is a criminal defendant; if the member waives the stay; to any unemployment compensation cases; or to any proceeding seeking injunctive relief. The court of appeals shall have original jurisdiction over any application for termination or modification of a stay. For continuances under current law when the general assembly is in veto session or special session, the act requires a court to grant a continuance if the party files written notice within 20 days of the session, rather than the filing of an affidavit. No proceedings can occur until the adjournment of the general assembly session for three, rather than the current 20, days. For out-of-session committee hearings, no proceedings can occur for one day, rather than the current 10 days, before or after the hearing. JIM ERTLE
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