Florida House Bill 243 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in returning Messages
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that witness qualified as expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify in form of opinion as to facts at issue in case; requires courts to interpret & apply principles of expert testimony in conformity with specified U.S. Supreme Court decisions; subjects pure opinion testimony to such requirements; provides that facts or data that are otherwise inadmissible may not be disclosed to jury by proponent of opinion or inference unless court determines that probative value of facts or data in assisting jury to evaluate expert's opinion substantially outweighs prejudicial effect.

Expert Testimony

Rep. Fredrick Costello [R]

Rep. Matt Gaetz [R]

Rep. Larry Metz [R]

Rep. Michael Weinstein [R]

2012-03-08 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#61 (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-24 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#906 (Y: 77 N: 34 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in returning Messages
2012-03-08		In returning messages
2012-03-08		Passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 1081
2012-03-08		Withdrawn from Judiciary; Budget -SJ 1064
2012-03-05		Referred to Judiciary; Budget -SJ 813
2012-03-05		Received -SJ 813
2012-02-27		In Messages
2012-02-24		Passed; YEAS 77 NAYS 34 -HJ 822
2012-02-24		Read 3rd time -HJ 822
2012-02-23		Placed on 3rd reading
2012-02-23		Read 2nd time -HJ 792
2012-02-21		Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/12
2012-02-16		Placed on Calendar -HJ 683
2012-02-16		Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 11 NAYS 5 -HJ 683
2012-02-14		On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/16/12, 11:30 am, 404 HOB
2012-02-06		On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/08/12, 8:30 am, 404 HOB --Retained
2012-01-30		On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/01/12, 8:30 am, 404 HOB --Temporarily deferred
2012-01-11		Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 217
2012-01-11		Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 4 -HJ 217
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 25
2012-01-09		On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 01/11/12, 11:30 am, 404 HOB
2011-10-17		Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 26
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/2012/243
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0243/BillText/Filed/HTML
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/243/Vote/SenateVote_h0243__061.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/243/Vote/HouseVote_h0243__906.PDF