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CS/HB 1197: Courts

GENERAL BILL by Civil Justice and Property Rights Subcommittee ; Aloupis ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Benjamin ; Leek

Courts; Revises requirements for storage of DCA & Supreme Court materials; requires specified entities to prepare plan to develop electronic solution for identifying assessments; provides periodic inflationary adjustment of monetary jurisdictional limit for county court actions; requires EDR to calculate & certify jurisdictional limit; requires specified entities to post on their websites such adjusted jurisdictional limit; requires DCA clerks to have office at headquarters; authorizes person summoned for jury service to postpone such service in event of emergency; authorizes electronic fingerprinting for certain offenses; removes requirement defendant's social security number be obtained at time of fingerprinting.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
Last Action: 7/6/2021 - Chapter No. 2021-230
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/22/2021 House • Filed
2/28/2021 House • Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
• Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
3/2/2021 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/19/2021 House • Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
3/23/2021 House • Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
• Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
3/24/2021 House • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
• Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
3/26/2021 House • Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
3/30/2021 House • Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
• Now in Judiciary Committee
4/2/2021 House • Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
4/6/2021 House • Favorable by Judiciary Committee
• Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• Bill released to House Calendar
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
4/19/2021 House • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/22/2021)
4/22/2021 House • Read 2nd time
• Placed on 3rd reading
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
4/23/2021 House • Read 3rd time
• CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
4/23/2021 Senate • In Messages -SJ 655
4/23/2021 House • Message sent to senate
4/23/2021 Senate • Referred to Appropriations -SJ 655
• Received -SJ 655
4/26/2021 Senate • Withdrawn from Appropriations -SJ 692
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for CS/CS/SB 748 -SJ 692
• Read 2nd time -SJ 692
• Read 3rd time -SJ 692
• CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 692
4/26/2021 House • In Messages
• Ordered enrolled
6/28/2021 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/29/2021 • Approved by Governor
7/6/2021 • Chapter No. 2021-230