Florida House Bill 477 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 10 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-10 - Died in Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises composition of judicial nominating commissions; establishes additional restrictions regarding commission members; terminating terms of commission members as of specified date; provides for initial appointments & staggered terms for reconstituted commissions; prohibits commission member from serving more than two full terms; provides an exception; requires appointing authorities to consider certain attributes in making appointments to ensure diversity on commissions; requires appointing authorities to collect & release certain demographic data regarding commission members & applicants to commissions; specifies circumstances under which commission member may not vote on matter & must disclose conflict; requires commission member to complete an educational course after his or her appointment; prescribing minimum requirements for course.

Judicial Nominating Commissions

Rep. Al Jacquet [D]

Rep. Robert Asencio [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-10	House	Died in Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee
2018-03-10	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2018-01-09	House	Introduced
2017-11-08	House	Referred to Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2017-10-30	House	Filed

S420 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Judiciary
H753 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Judiciary Committee
S1030 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Judiciary

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

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/477
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/477/BillText/Filed/PDF