SB 236 Florida Senate · 2023 Regular Session

Civil Remedies

Summary
Civil Remedies; 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.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2023 Last action Mar 22, 2023
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Total actions
21
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Mar 20, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/16/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Introduced
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments)
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Introduced
Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Judiciary (209768); YEAS 8 NAYS 4
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/14/23, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/07/23, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Committee
Referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Photo of Travis Hutson
Travis Hutson
RRepublican
FL
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