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HB 7015 Expert Testimony

SB 1666 Mortgage Foreclosures

SB 1350 Criminal Penalties

SB 1412 Expert Testimony

SB 0556 Clerks of the Court

HB 7083 Death Penalty

SB 1384 Nursing Home Litigation

SB 0186 Jurisdiction of the Courts

HB 0643 Clerks of Court

SB 1016 Dentistry

Courts Bills On The Move

CJS1 Terms of Court

HOUSE Committee Bill Filed as H 7017

HB 7015 Expert Testimony

Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 06/04/13)

HB 0651 Relief/Yvonne Morton/DOH

HOUSE Died in Select Committee on Claim Bills

HB 0937 Pub. Rec./Florida False Claims Act

HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction

HB 1379 Service of Process

SENATE Died in Criminal Justice

CRJS2 Sex Offenses

HOUSE Committee Bill filed as H 7031

SB 7050 Postconviction Capital Collateral Proceedings

SENATE Committee Bill Filed as S 1510

SB 1372 Pretrial Detention

SENATE Read Third Time; Substituted for HB 7035; Laid on Table, Refer to HB 7035

HB 7081 Postconviction Capital Case Procedures

HOUSE Died in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee

HB 7123 Sovereign Immunity

HOUSE Died in Appropriations Committee

Topic: Judicial Nominating Commission

Arrivals and Departures

by Florida Current Staff - 4 weeks ago - +

Five people have been appointed to three judicial nominating commissions.

Arrivals and Departures

by Florida Current Staff - 6 months ago - +

More changes occur among Senate staffs and new members are appointed to seven judicial nominating commissions.

Three justices worry pressure groups could corrupt courts

by Bill Cotterell - 8 months ago - +

Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente speaks during the judicial retention forum Friday at the FSU Law School. Justices Peggy Quince and R. Fred Lewis joined her. Photo by Bill Cotterell.

Florida Supreme Court Justices Barbara Pariente, R. Fred Lewis and Peggy Quince tell FSU law students the issue is not their future, but the future of an honest judiciary. ... Related Research: Justices' campaign finance activity from the Florida Division of Elections.

Scott makes 9th Circuit nominating commission appointments

by Florida Current Staff - 10 months ago - +

Paetra T. Brownlee, Joshua D. Grosshans and William C. Vose will serve until 2016. ... Related Research: Thursday's announcement from the governor's press office.

2012 session summary: Justice and Courts

by Travis Pillow - 16 months ago - +

Florida Supreme Court building in Tallahassee. Photo by readerwalker

Here's what passed, what failed and what you need to know about issues affecting justice and courts. Attempts to privatize prisons failed, but the final state budget that was approved would close six prisons across the state but spare the rural Jefferson Correctional Institution.

House advances bill increasing governor's power to appoint judges

by Travis Pillow - 18 months ago - +

The measure would allow the governor to change the composition of the state's judicial nominating commissions that pick a slate of potential judges for the governor to choose from. Under the proposal, which cleared a House subcommittee Wednesday, the five members of the nine-member commissions who are appointed by the governor directly would serve at the pleasure of the governor.

Senate changes course on judicial reform bill

by Brent Henzi - 27 months ago - +

A Senate panel on Tuesday changed a bill dealing with judicial nominating commissions so that the Florida Bar would still have a role with the panels. The initial bill would have removed the Florida Bar from the process.

With reservations, Senate moves courts overhaul forward

by Christine Jordan Sexton - 27 months ago - +

Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee. Photo Credit: Ana Goni-Lessan

Attorneys on the Senate Judiciary Committee say the measure pushed through by House Speaker Dean Cannon to take away The Florida Bar's input on judicial nominations is fundamentally flawed. But they voted it out of committee Monday anyway. A measure to split and revamp the Supreme Court swept through the Budget Committee later the same day.

2013 Session Summaries

Budget & Taxes

Economic Development

Education

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Law Enforcement and Justice

Real Estate and Growth Management

State and Local Administration