Florida Senate Bill 378 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 29 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-03-08 - Laid on Table -SJ 1065
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Providing that a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify in the form of an opinion as to the facts at issue in a case under certain circumstances; providing that the elements necessary to permit a witness to testify as an expert witness are satisfied if the principles or methods on which such knowledge is based are generally accepted by the relevant expert community; providing that facts or data that are otherwise inadmissible in evidence may not be disclosed to the jury by the proponent of the opinion or inference unless the court determines that the probative value of the facts or data in assisting the jury to evaluate the expert's opinion substantially outweighs the prejudicial effect of the facts or data, etc.

Expert Testimony

Senate Budget Committee

Sen. Garrett Richter [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-08		Laid on Table -SJ 1065
2012-03-08		Read 2nd time -SJ 1064
2012-03-06		Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/08/12
2012-03-05		CS by Budget read 1st time -SJ 806
2012-03-05		Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 805
2012-03-03		Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2012-02-29		CS by- Budget; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -SJ 805
2012-02-28		On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/29/12, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2012-02-23		On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/28/12, 4:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
2012-01-19		Now in Budget
2012-01-19		Recalled from Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 255
2012-01-13		Now in Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
2012-01-13		Now in Budget -SJ 135
2012-01-12		Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 5 NAYS 2 -SJ 135
2012-01-10		Introduced -SJ 36
2011-12-22		On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/12/12, 10:15 am, 110 Senate Office Building
2011-10-18		Referred to Judiciary; Budget -SJ 36
2011-09-29		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
90	702		Amended Code	See Bill Text
90	704		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/378
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0378/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0378/BillText/c1/HTML