Senate Bill 1140 (2019) - The Florida Senate

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CS/CS/CS/SB 1140: Attorney Fees and Costs

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Community Affairs ; Judiciary ; Hutson

Attorney Fees and Costs; Defining the term “attorney fees and costs”; providing for award of attorney fees and costs and damages in civil actions challenging local ordinances as being preempted by the State Constitution or state law; prohibiting an award of attorney fees and costs under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 4/30/2019 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 829 (Ch. 2019-151) -SJ 628
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Judiciary (JU)
Community Affairs (CA)
Rules (RC)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/18/2019	Senate	• Filed
2/28/2019	Senate	• Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 120
3/5/2019	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 119
3/13/2019	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/18/19, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
3/18/2019	Senate	• CS by Judiciary; YEAS 4 NAYS 2 -SJ 256
3/19/2019	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
3/20/2019	Senate	• Now in Community Affairs
3/21/2019	Senate	• CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 261
3/28/2019	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 04/02/19, 2:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
4/2/2019	Senate	• CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 3 NAYS 2 -SJ 312
4/3/2019	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules • CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 316
4/18/2019	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/23/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
4/23/2019	Senate	• CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 10 NAYS 7 -SJ 451
4/24/2019	Senate	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 453
4/26/2019	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/30/19 -SJ 646
4/30/2019	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 628 • Substituted CS/CS/CS/HB 829 -SJ 628 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 829 (Ch. 2019-151) -SJ 628

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CS/CS/CS/SB 1140, Committee Substitute 3 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/24/2019 at 3:16 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	None

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 829 (er)	Attorney Fees and Costs	Sabatini	Similar	Last Action: 6/27/2019 Chapter No. 2019-151

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
57.112		Page 1 (pdf)

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CS/CS/SB 1140, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 4/3/2019 at 2:57 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/22/2019 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/24/2019 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 829 (c3)	Attorney Fees and Costs	Sabatini	Similar	Last Action: 6/27/2019 Chapter No. 2019-151

Committee Amendments (3)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
124644 - Amendment Delete lines 30 - 37 and insert:	Rules (Hutson)	4/22/2019 12:09 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/24/2019	Web Page PDF
344278 - Amendment to Amendment (124644) Delete line 5 and insert:	Rules (Hutson)	4/23/2019 11:38 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/24/2019	Web Page PDF
552588 - Amendment Delete lines 40 - 42 and insert:	Rules (Hutson)	4/22/2019 12:09 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/24/2019	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
4/23/2019 2:00 PM	Rules	10 Yeas - 7 Nays

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
57.112		Page 1 (pdf)

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CS/SB 1140, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/19/2019 at 2:56 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 4/1/2019 (pdf) Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2019 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 829 (c2)	Attorney Fees and Costs	Sabatini	Similar	Last Action: 6/27/2019 Chapter No. 2019-151

Committee Amendments (2)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
310490 - Amendment Delete lines 27 - 28 and insert:	Community Affairs (Hutson)	4/1/2019 12:50 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/3/2019	Web Page PDF
932614 - Amendment Delete line 40 and insert:	Community Affairs (Hutson)	4/1/2019 12:49 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/3/2019	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
4/2/2019 2:00 PM	Community Affairs	3 Yeas - 2 Nays

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
57.112		Page 1 (pdf)

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SB 1140, Original Filed Version Posted 2/18/2019 at 9:15 AM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/15/2019 (pdf) Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/19/2019 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 829	Attorney Fees and Costs	Sabatini	Similar	Last Action: 6/27/2019 Chapter No. 2019-151

Committee Amendments (2)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
292360 - Amendment Delete lines 21 - 39 and insert:	Judiciary (Hutson)	3/15/2019 3:24 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/19/2019	Web Page PDF
850524 - Amendment to Amendment (292360) Delete line 11 and insert:	Judiciary (Hutson)	3/18/2019 3:55 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/19/2019	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
3/18/2019 4:00 PM	Judiciary	4 Yeas - 2 Nays

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
57.112		Page 1 (pdf)

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