Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Primary
State Courts System; Revising the availability of judges to require at least one circuit judge in each circuit to be available for hearings with limited notice; revising the duty of the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation to provide an annual budget request to be pursuant to specified provisions; deleting the per diem cap for arbitrators who participate in court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration; authorizing judges to authenticate a jurat, or certificate of proof or acknowledgment, by affixing their signature and printing their name, title, and court, etc.
Chapter No. 2025-163
Approved by Governor
Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
Read 3rd time
Added to Third Reading Calendar
Read 2nd time
Placed on 3rd reading
Ordered enrolled
CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
Bill referred to House Calendar
Read 3rd time
Read 2nd time
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
Immediately certified
In Messages
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/03/25
CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/26/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Now in Rules
CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
Introduced
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules
Filed
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| S 538 Filed | PDF HTML |
| S 538 c1 | PDF HTML |
| S 538 er | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 408054 - Amendment to S 538 Filed | PDF HTML |
| Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (3/26/2025 1:06 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (3/25/2025 7:43 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Post-Meeting) (3/20/2025 4:23 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Pre-Meeting) (3/17/2025 8:33 AM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Post-Meeting) (3/4/2025 6:15 PM) | |
| Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) (3/3/2025 3:30 PM) |
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