Florida House Bill 161 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises composition of judicial nominating commissions; terminates terms of existing commission members; provides for new appointments & staggered terms; specifies prohibitions; requires appointing authorities to consider certain attributes in making appointments to ensure diversity; requires appointing authorities to collect certain data & specifies how data is to be released; provides conflict of interest parameters; requires commission member to complete educational course; prescribes requirements for course.

Judicial Nominating Commissions

Rep. Fentrice Driskell [D]

Sen. Geraldine Thompson [D]

Rep. Michele Rayner-Goolsby [D]

Rep. Allison Tant [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-30	House	Died in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
2021-03-02	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2021-01-20	House	Referred to Civil Justice and Property Rights Subcommittee; Public Integrity and Elections Committee; Judiciary Committee
2021-01-05	House	Filed

S544 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
43	291		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/161
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/161/BillText/Filed/PDF