In the Senate's Budget and Appropriations Committee since September 28, 2026.
2026–2027 Session
Assembly Bill 2159
Requires disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and establishes certain responsibilities for litigation funders.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 13
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 13
Heather Simmons, Sterley S. Stanley
Chief co-sponsors from Jun 30
2 co-sponsors
Its course
January 13 to September 28, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action5 actions on 5 days
In the General AssemblyJan 13 to Jun 30168 days
Financial Institutions and InsuranceJan 13 to Jun 4142 days
Oversight, Reform and Federal RelationsJun 4 to Jun 1511 days
In the SenateFrom Jun 30
Budget and AppropriationsFrom Sep 28
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Financial Institutions and Insurance12–0
Do pass as amended · Jun 4
Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations5–0
Do pass as amended · Jun 15
Who voted how
Yea Alexander Schnall, Cody D. Miller, Erik K. Simonsen, Gabriel Rodriguez, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
Not voting Donald A. Guardian
General Assembly, third reading70–4
Passed · Jun 30 · 2 present
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 4
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 15
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jan 13 – Jun 30
- Jan 13Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Financial Institutions and Insurance
- Jun 4Financial Institutions and Insurance recommended it as amended
- Sent to Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations
- Jun 15Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jun 30Passed the General Assembly, 70 to 4
In the Senate Sep 28
- Sep 28Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Budget and Appropriations