FL S2692 | 2010 | Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill 2692 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Requires the division of total fault for parties and nonparties by judgment in negligence cases. Abrogates use of privilege and immunity defenses as to all statutory causes of action, abuse of process, malicious prosecution, and fraud upon the court. Prohibits sheriffs, clerks of court, full-time deputy sheriffs, and deputy clerks of court from practicing law. Repeals provisions relating to sanctions in criminal appeal cases, etc.

Title

Litigation [SPSC]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-30		Died in Committee on Judiciary
2010-03-11		Introduced -SJ 00228
2010-03-09		Referred to Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00228
2010-02-26		Filed

Same As/Similar To

S1714 (Similar To) 2010-04-16 - Withdrawn from Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs -SJ 00635; Withdrawn from further consideration -SJ 00635

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Citation Type	Statute Text
0046	061	Amended Code	See Bill Text
0046	071	New Code	See Bill Text
0046	081	New Code	See Bill Text
0057	105	Amended Code	See Bill Text
0059	041	Amended Code	See Bill Text
0059	06	Amended Code	See Bill Text
0454	18	Amended Code	See Bill Text
0454	23	Amended Code	See Bill Text
0768	81	Amended Code	See Bill Text
0924	051	Amended Code	See Bill Text
0924	33	Amended Code	See Bill Text
0924	395	Amended Code	See Bill Text
0939	055	New Code	See Bill Text

Florida State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/index.cfm?Mode=Bills&SubMenu=1&Tab=session&BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&BillNum=2692&Chamber=Senate&Year=2010
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb2692.html&Directory=session/2010/Senate/bills/billtext/html/