Florida Senate Bill 236 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-03-22 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 837 (Ch. 2023-15)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Creating a rebuttable presumption that a lodestar fee is a sufficient and reasonable attorney fee in most civil actions; reducing the statute of limitations for negligence actions; providing standards for bad faith actions; providing for the distribution of proceeds when two or more third-party claims arising out of a single occurrence exceed policy limits; providing standards for the admissibility of evidence to prove the cost of damages for medical expenses in certain civil actions; requiring the trier of fact to consider the fault of certain persons who contribute to an injury, etc.

Civil Remedies

Senate Fiscal Policy Committee

Senate Banking and Insurance Committee

Sen. Travis Hutson [R]

2023-03-16 - Senate - Senate Fiscal Policy (Y: 13 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-03-14 - Senate - Senate Judiciary (Y: 8 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-07 - Senate - Senate Banking and Insurance (Y: 8 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-22	Senate	Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 837 (Ch. 2023-15)
2023-03-22	Senate	Substituted CS/CS/HB 837
2023-03-22	Senate	Read 2nd time
2023-03-21	Senate	CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
2023-03-20	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/22/23
2023-03-20	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2023-03-20	Senate	Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2023-03-16	Senate	CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 13 NAYS 6
2023-03-15	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/16/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
2023-03-15	Senate	Now in Fiscal Policy
2023-03-14	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments)
2023-03-14	Senate	Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Judiciary (209768); YEAS 8 NAYS 4
2023-03-14	Senate	CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
2023-03-09	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/14/23, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2023-03-09	Senate	Now in Judiciary
2023-03-09	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2023-03-07	Senate	CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 8 NAYS 3
2023-03-07	Senate	Introduced
2023-03-02	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/07/23, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2023-03-02	Senate	Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
2023-03-02	Senate	Filed

H837 (Similar To) 2023-03-27 - Chapter No. 2023-15
H1165 (Similar To) 2023-05-05 - Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 837 (Ch. 2023-15)
S1274 (Similar To) 2023-05-05 - Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 837 (Ch. 2023-15)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
475	01		Amended Code	See Bill Text
475	611		Amended Code	See Bill Text
517	191		Amended Code	See Bill Text
57	104		Amended Code	See Bill Text
624	123		Amended Code	See Bill Text
624	155		Amended Code	See Bill Text
624	1552		Amended Code	See Bill Text
624	488		Amended Code	See Bill Text
626	9373		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	062		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	401		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	428		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	441		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	727		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	736		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	756		Amended Code	See Bill Text
628	6016		Amended Code	See Bill Text
631	70		Amended Code	See Bill Text
631	926		Amended Code	See Bill Text
632	638		Amended Code	See Bill Text
768	0427		Amended Code	See Bill Text
768	0701		Amended Code	See Bill Text
768	0706		Amended Code	See Bill Text
768	81		Amended Code	See Bill Text
86	121		Amended Code	See Bill Text
95	11		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/BillText/c2/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/604216/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/938524/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/601968/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/425210/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/851654/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/834612/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/904952/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/597030/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/912494/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/496878/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/579264/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/331008/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/500396/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/931722/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/522644/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Amendment/716016/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Analyses/2023s00236.pre.bi.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Analyses/2023s00236.bi.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Analyses/2023s00236.pre.ju.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Analyses/2023s00236.ju.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Analyses/2023s00236.pre.fp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Analyses/2023s00236.fp.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Vote/2023-03-07%200400PM~S00236%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Vote/2023-03-14%200400PM~S00236%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/236/Vote/2023-03-16%200830AM~S00236%20Vote%20Record.PDF