Florida Senate Bill 670 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Providing for a civil action against an officer, employee, or agent acting under color of law of this state or its political subdivisions for the deprivation of rights secured under the United States and State Constitutions; specifying circumstances under which an officer, employee, or agent is immune from liability; providing for the award of attorney fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff; specifying applicability of laws governing the defense of civil actions, and the payment of judgments or settlements, against specified officers, employees, and agents, etc.

Deprivation of Constitutional Rights

Sen. Shevrin Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-30	Senate	Died in Judiciary
2021-03-02	Senate	Introduced
2021-01-28	Senate	Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules
2021-01-14	Senate	Filed

H261 (Same As) 2021-04-30 - Died in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
H1451 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
S1982 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7051 (Ch. 2021-241)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
111	07		Amended Code	See Bill Text
111	071		Amended Code	See Bill Text
760	52		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/670
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/670/BillText/Filed/HTML