Florida House Bill 5301 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 10 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-10 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises number of circuit court judges in certain circuits; revises number of county court judges in certain counties; provides legislative findings; provides that circuit & county court judicial offices created by act constitute vacancies in office for purposes of qualifying for 2018 general election; provides for election of new circuit & county court judges created by act in 2018 general election; provides qualifying dates for these positions; specifies elimination dates for decertified offices.

Judges

House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee

Rep. Bill Hager [R]

2018-02-08 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#583 (Y: 111 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-10	Senate	Died in Judiciary
2018-03-10	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2018-02-20	Senate	Received
2018-02-15	Senate	Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
2018-02-08	Senate	In Messages
2018-02-08	House	Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
2018-02-08	House	Immediately certified
2018-02-08	House	Passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 0
2018-02-08	House	Read 3rd time
2018-02-07	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2018-02-07	House	Read 2nd time
2018-02-01	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/07/18
2018-02-01	House	Placed on Calendar
2018-01-31	House	Favorable by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 27 NAYS 0
2018-01-29	House	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 01/31/18, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
2018-01-24	House	Introduced
2018-01-24	House	Referred to Appropriations Committee
2018-01-24	House	Filed

S1396 (Similar To) 2018-03-08 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 7061
H5001 (Similar To) 2018-03-20 - Chapter No. 2018-9
S2500 (Similar To) 2018-02-08 - Laid on Table, refer to HB 5001
S1384 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
26	031		Amended Code	See Bill Text
34	022		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/5301
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/5301/BillText/Filed/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/5301/Amendment/989245/PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/5301/Vote/HouseVote_h05301__583.PDF