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FL H0813
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Judiciary Committee
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AI Summary
- Every judicial circuit must have at least one circuit judge available at all times—including Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and after-hours on weekdays—to hold hearings with limited notice, with specific emphasis on ex parte temporary injunction motions in domestic violence cases
- Reimbursement budget requests from the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation must be submitted to the Justice Administrative Commission rather than the Office of the State Courts Administrator, covering reimbursements under multiple statutes including domestic violence, stalking, and elder abuse injunction provisions
- Removes the $1,500 per diem cap on arbitrator compensation in court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration, while retaining requirements that indigent parties establish payment plans to reimburse the state for arbitrator costs
- Allows judges to authenticate oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments by affixing their signature and printing their name, title, and court as an alternative to using an official seal
- Effective date is July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Courts
Last Action
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 538 (Ch. 2025-163)
4/29/2025
Committee Referrals
Judiciary3/18/2025
Justice Budget Subcommittee3/13/2025
Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee2/26/2025
Full Bill Text
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