Bill Text: FL S0588 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Alcohol or Drug Defense

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-03-08 - Died in Rules [S0588 Detail]

Download: Florida-2024-S0588-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 588
       
       
        
       By Senator Yarborough
       
       
       
       
       
       4-00254-24                                             2024588__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to alcohol or drug defense; repealing
    3         s. 768.36, F.S., relating to alcohol or drug defense;
    4         deleting a provision that prohibits a plaintiff from
    5         recovering certain damages in a civil action if the
    6         plaintiff was under the influence of alcoholic
    7         beverages or drugs; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 768.36, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   12         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.