Legal Notices
Summary
Legal Notices; Revising construction as to the satisfaction of publication requirements for legal notices; requiring the Florida Press Association to seek to ensure equitable access for minority populations to legal notices posted on the statewide legal notice website; authorizing a governmental agency to choose between print publication or Internet-only publication of specified governmental agency notices with specified newspapers if certain conditions are met; authorizing a newspaper to charge for Internet-only publication of governmental agency notices, subject to specified limitations, etc.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021
Last action Apr 29, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
12
Committee
12
Apr 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 35 (Ch. 2021-17)
upper
Apr 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Apr 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Apr 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 3
upper
Apr 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/16/21, 8:00 am, 37 Senate Building
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/13/21, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Building --Meeting cancelled
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/08/21, 11:30 am, 37 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
upper
Mar 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/22/21, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/15/21, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
upper
Jan 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/25/21, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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