Florida Senate - 2017 SB 878
By Senator Lee
20-00914-17 2017878__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to Supreme Court reporting
3 requirements; creating s. 25.052, F.S.; requiring the
4 Supreme Court to issue an annual report regarding
5 certain cases; specifying data to be included in such
6 report; providing for future legislative review and
7 repeal; providing an effective date.
8
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11 Section 1. Section 25.052, Florida Statutes, is created to
12 read:
13 25.052 Annual report.—
14 (1) Between October 1 and October 15 of each year, the
15 Supreme Court shall provide a report with data as of September
16 30 of that year, to the Governor, the Attorney General, the
17 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
18 Representatives consisting of two parts.
19 (a) In part I of the report, the court shall provide the
20 following information regarding each case on the court’s docket
21 as of September 30 of the current year, for which a decision or
22 disposition has not been rendered within 180 days after oral
23 argument was heard or after the date on which the case was
24 submitted to the court panel for a decision without oral
25 argument:
26 1. The case name and number.
27 2. The case type.
28 3. A brief description of the case.
29 4. The date on which the case was added to the court’s
30 docket.
31 5. The date of oral argument or the date the case was
32 submitted to the court panel for decision without oral argument.
33 6. The number of days that have elapsed since the date the
34 oral argument was heard or the date the case was submitted to
35 the court panel for a decision without oral argument.
36 7. A detailed explanation of the court’s failure to render
37 a decision or disposition within 180 days after oral argument
38 was heard or after the date on which the case was submitted to
39 the court panel for a decision without oral argument.
40 8. The date on which, or the time period within which, the
41 court expects to render a decision or disposition.
42 (b) In part II of the report, the court shall provide the
43 following information regarding each case decided or disposed of
44 by the court between October 1 of the prior year and September
45 30 of the current year, for which the decision or disposition
46 was not rendered within 180 days after oral argument was heard
47 or after the date on which the case was submitted to the court
48 panel for a decision without oral argument:
49 1. The information required in subparagraphs (a)1.-5. and
50 7.
51 2. The date that a decision or disposition was issued.
52 3. The number of days that had elapsed between the date
53 oral argument was heard or the date the case was submitted to
54 the court panel for a decision without oral argument and the
55 date on which a decision or disposition was issued.
56 (2) The report shall be submitted in an electronic
57 spreadsheet format capable of being sorted and filtered by the
58 following elements:
59 (a) The case number.
60 (b) The case type.
61 (c) The date on which the case was added to the court’s
62 docket.
63 (d) The date of oral argument or the date the case was
64 submitted to the court panel for decision without oral argument.
65 (e) The number of days that elapsed since the date oral
66 argument was heard or the date the case was submitted to the
67 court panel for a decision without oral argument.
68 (f) The date of decision or disposition.
69 (3) The case type of each case reported shall include
70 civil, criminal not seeking the death penalty, criminal seeking
71 the death penalty, court rules, bar discipline, or judicial
72 discipline.
73 Section 2. This act is repealed July 1, 2022, unless
74 reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature before that date.
75 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.