Civil RTC News

This page lists all of the most recent developments on civil right to counsel across the country. These could be newly created rights to counsel, significant publications, public events, advocacy efforts, or other things that don’t fit into a neat category.

April 30, 2025

HB3127

Creates a right to counsel for immigrants facing deportation.

Read More
April 30, 2025

HB3101

Creates federal grant program for purposes of developing immigration attorney pipeline and legal representation infrastructure.

Read More
April 3, 2025

SB1297

Provides right to counsel for unaccompanied minors who are unrepresented in removal proceedings and related matters

Read More
April 3, 2025

SB600

The court shall appoint an atty ad litem in a partition action to represent the interests of any joint owners whose name or location is unknown

Read More
March 27, 2025

HB2038

Creating federal fund to remove barriers to building affordable housing, with one allowable use being providing access to counsel to tenants facing eviction.

Read More
March 26, 2025

HB181

Creates fund for representation of tenants in evictions and requires A2J Foundation to contract with LSPs to provide full rep to certain HHs

Read More
March 26, 2025

SB0134

Provides right to counsel for persons about whom the court is making a capacity determination in the context of health care decisions

Read More
March 25, 2025

SB0117

The arbitrator in a 'family law dispute' may appoint an attorney, GAL, or 'other representative' for a child.

Read More
March 25, 2025

SB1102

Purposes of the Act include "to protect the constitutional rights to due process ... under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments..."

Read More
March 21, 2025

SB493

Creates new process for registration of sex offenders and provides a right to counsel for the offender.

Read More
March 20, 2025

HB5

Indigent parents in private TPR matters must be notified of their RTC through the notice they receive

Read More
March 11, 2025

SB934

Same as HB 2038: Creating federal fund to remove barriers to building affordable housing, with one allowable use being providing access to counsel to tenants facing eviction.

Read More
1 2 32 33 34 191 192