The Florida Senate

SB 1654: Award of Attorney Fees and Costs in Actions Involving District School Boards

GENERAL BILL by Farmer

Award of Attorney Fees and Costs in Actions Involving District School Boards; Requiring an award of attorney fees and costs to a district school board in any civil or administrative proceeding in which the district school board was the prevailing party over a state agency, regardless of which party initiated the action; authorizing a state agency to oppose the application by affidavit; requiring an evidentiary hearing on an application for an award of attorney fees and costs to be promptly conducted by a court or an administrative law judge, as applicable; prohibiting an award of attorney fees and costs to be made in any case in which a state agency was a nominal party, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/6/2022	Senate	• Filed
  1/12/2022	Senate	• Referred to Education; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 123
  1/18/2022	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 142
  3/12/2022	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3/14/2022	Senate	• Died in Education

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• SB 1654, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/6/2022 at 3:24 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  57.116		Page 2 (pdf)

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