Florida House Bill 775 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum:
Status: Passed on June 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-06-03 - Chapter No. 2015-95
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Defines "ad litem"; authorizes court to appoint ad litem for party upon whom service of process by publication is made; prohibits court from appointing ad litem to represent interest for which personal representative, guardian of property, or trustee is serving; requires ad litem, upon discovery that party it represents is already represented, to take certain actions; prohibits court from requiring ad litem to post bond or designate resident agent; requires court to discharge ad litem when final judgment is entered or as otherwise ordered by court; provides that ad litem is entitled to award of reasonable fee for services & costs & provides for assessment; prohibits declaring court-appointed ad litem ineffective solely due to lack of statutory authority for appointment; provides that section does not abrogate court's common law authority to appoint ad litem.

Appointment of an Ad Litem

House Judiciary Committee	House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee	House Civil Justice Subcommittee	Sen. Bobby Powell [D]
Sen. Ben Albritton [R]	Sen. Frank Artiles [R]	Sen. Daphne Campbell [D]	Rep. Hazelle Rogers [D]

2015-04-23 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#49 (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-04-16 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#134 (Y: 113 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-03		Chapter No. 2015-95
2015-06-02		Approved by Governor
2015-05-18		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2015-04-23	House	Ordered enrolled
2015-04-23	Senate	CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
2015-04-23	Senate	Read 3rd time
2015-04-22	Senate	Placed on 3rd reading
2015-04-22	Senate	Read 2nd time
2015-04-22	Senate	Substituted for CS/SB 922
2015-04-22	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2015-04-22	Senate	Withdrawn from Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
2015-04-21	Senate	Received
2015-04-21	Senate	Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
2015-04-21	Senate	In Messages
2015-04-16	House	CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0
2015-04-16	House	Read 3rd time
2015-04-15	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2015-04-15	House	Read 2nd time
2015-04-13	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/15/15
2015-04-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2015-04-09	House	CS/CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
2015-04-09	House	Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
2015-04-08	House	CS/CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
2015-04-06	House	On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/08/15, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
2015-03-20	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2015-03-19	House	CS/CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time
2015-03-19	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2015-03-18	House	CS/CS by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
2015-03-16	House	On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/18/15, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
2015-03-09	House	CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
2015-03-09	House	Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2015-03-06	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2015-03-04	House	CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
2015-03-03	House	Introduced
2015-03-02	House	On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/04/15, 12:30 pm, Sumner Hall
2015-02-26	House	Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2015-02-16	House	Filed

S0922 (Similar To) 2015-04-22 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 775 (Ch. 2015-95)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
49	011		Amended Code	See Bill Text
49	021		Amended Code	See Bill Text
49	31		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/775
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0775/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0775/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0775/BillText/c2/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0775/BillText/c3/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0775/BillText/er/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0775/Amendment/037069/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0775/Amendment/960339/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0775/Amendment/153899/PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0775/Vote/HouseVote_h0775c3134.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0775/Vote/SenateVote_h0775c3049.PDF