Florida House Bill 949 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Revises requirements for dependent child to be appointed an attorney; requires that court appoint substitute counsel if attorney withdraws or is discharged by court; provides that all appointed attorneys & organizations are entitled to funding for litigation costs; requires appointed attorneys to report certain information; requires JAC to contract with nonprofit entity to establish Quality Counsel Program; requires quality improvement program; requires annual report; requires Quality Counsel Program to be established & fully operational by specified date.

Attorneys for Dependent Children

House Civil Justice Subcommittee

Rep. Travis Cummings [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	House	Died in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2016-02-04	House	Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2016-02-03	House	CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
2016-02-03	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2016-02-01	House	CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
2016-01-28	House	PCS on Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 02/01/16, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall
2016-01-12	House	Introduced
2016-01-08	House	Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2015-12-14	House	Filed

S1212 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
27	406		Amended Code	See Bill Text
39	01305		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/949
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0949/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0949/BillText/c1/PDF