Florida House Bill 739 (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 rate of compensation for jurors; requires clerks of circuit court to provide quarterly estimates regarding juror compensation costs to JAC; requires JAC to submit request for payment to CFO; prohibits use of peremptory challenges to strike prospective jurors in criminal jury trials; removes specified rule of Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, relating to peremptory challenges; requesting Florida Supreme Court to amend specified rule of Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, to prohibit use of peremptory challenges in jury selection for civil jury trials.

Juror Service

Rep. Kristen Arrington [D]

Rep. Kevin Chambliss [D]

Rep. Anna Eskamani [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)
2021-02-18	House	Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
2021-02-18	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2021-02-18	House	Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2021-02-18	House	Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
2021-02-03	House	Filed

S442 (Same As) 2021-04-30 - Died in Judiciary
S740 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7051 (Ch. 2021-241)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	24		Amended Code	See Bill Text
913	08		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/739
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/739/BillText/Filed/PDF