Bill Summary

SB 538 State Courts System (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Bradley  CS Sponsors: Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
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Summary
State Courts System; Revising the availability of judges to require at least one circuit judge in each circuit to be available for hearings with limited notice; revising the duty of the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation to provide an annual budget request to be pursuant to specified provisions; deleting the per diem cap for arbitrators who participate in court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration; authorizing judges to authenticate a jurat, or certificate of proof or acknowledgment, by affixing their signature and printing their name, title, and court, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
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committees of reference
   S Judiciary
   S Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
   S Rules
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Actions
02/06/25
SENATE
Filed
02/20/25
SENATE
Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules
02/27/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Judiciary, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 110 S
03/04/25
SENATE
Favorable by Judiciary; 11 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/05/25
SENATE
Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
03/13/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 37 S
03/18/25
SENATE
Favorable with CS by by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/20/25
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/20/25
SENATE
Now in Rules
03/21/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Rules, 03/26/25, 9:00 am, 412 K
03/26/25
SENATE
Favorable by Rules; 24 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/26/25
SENATE
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/01/25
SENATE
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
04/03/25
SENATE
Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
04/03/25
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In Messages
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bill text & filed amendments
0538
Filed on 02/06/25
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Amendment 408054
Bradley
Filed on 03/17/25
Replaced by CS
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0538C1
Filed on 03/20/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
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92.525
110.12301
112.181
741.3
784.046
784.0485
825.1035
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