Florida Senate Bill 386 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 14 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-14 - Chapter No. 2014-10
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Defining the term "strong public policy"; prohibiting a court from enforcing certain choice of law or forum selection contractual provisions; requiring a court to review judgments and orders of foreign courts for comity before enforcing such orders or judgments; specifying judgments and orders of foreign courts that are not entitled to comity; providing that the attempt to apply the law of a foreign country is void under certain circumstances; prohibiting a trial court from dismissing an action on the grounds that a satisfactory remedy may be more conveniently sought in a foreign country; providing an exception, etc.

Application of Foreign Law in Courts

Sen. Alan Hays [R]

2014-04-30 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#826 (Y: 78 N: 40 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-04-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#13 (Y: 24 N: 14 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-14		Chapter No. 2014-10
2014-05-12		Approved by Governor
2014-05-08		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2014-04-30	Senate	Ordered enrolled
2014-04-30	House	Passed; YEAS 78 NAYS 40
2014-04-30	House	Read 3rd time
2014-04-29	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2014-04-29	House	Read 2nd time
2014-04-28	House	Received
2014-04-28	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/14
2014-04-28	House	Referred to Calendar
2014-04-28	House	In Messages
2014-04-28	Senate	Passed as amended; YEAS 24 NAYS 14
2014-04-28	Senate	Amendment(s) adopted (502398)
2014-04-28	Senate	Read 3rd time
2014-04-25	Senate	Placed on 3rd reading
2014-04-25	Senate	Ordered engrossed
2014-04-25	Senate	Amendment(s) adopted (759664)
2014-04-25	Senate	Read 2nd time
2014-04-22	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/14
2014-04-10	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2014-04-09	Senate	Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 7 NAYS 6
2014-04-04	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/09/14, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
2014-04-03	Senate	Now in Rules
2014-04-03	Senate	Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
2014-03-31	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/03/14, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2014-03-26	Senate	Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
2014-03-25	Senate	Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
2014-03-20	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/25/14, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
2014-03-04	Senate	Introduced
2013-12-09	Senate	Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
2013-11-08	Senate	Filed

H0903 (Same As) 2014-04-29 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 386 (Ch. 2014-10)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
45	022		Amended Code	See Bill Text
61	040		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/386
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/BillText/e1/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/BillText/e2/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/BillText/er/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/Amendment/490962/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/Amendment/375592/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/Amendment/256170/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/Amendment/558356/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/Amendment/356706/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/Amendment/330922/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/Amendment/893862/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/Amendment/614656/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/Amendment/759664/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/Amendment/775456/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0386/Amendment/502398/HTML
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/386/Vote/SenateVote_s0386e1013.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/386/Vote/HouseVote_s0386e2826.PDF