Florida House Bill 1237 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Requires advertising from medical or lawyer referral service related to motor vehicle accidents to comply with certain requirements regarding content; requires advertisements or unsolicited written communications from certain legal referral services related to motor vehicle accidents to comply with Supreme Court of Florida's Rules Regulating The Florida Bar; requires that published advertisements from lawyer referral service be filed with The Florida Bar along with affidavit meeting certain criteria, etc.

Legal and Medical Referral Service Advertising

House Civil Justice Subcommittee

Rep. Rick Kriseman [D]

Sen. Darren Soto [D]

Rep. Richard Steinberg [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-07		Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2011-03-28		Original reference(s) removed: Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
2011-03-25		Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2011-03-23		CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 340
2011-03-21		On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/23/11, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
2011-03-14		Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 220
2011-03-08		Introduced -HJ 111
2011-03-04		Filed

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1237
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1237/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1237/BillText/c1/HTML