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May 2008 Legislative Update
The legislative session ended May 2nd, 2008 and the bill we were working on with the Sheriffs did not make it. Although we made our case successfully to the Governor's staff and had their blessings, the Governor waited until late in the afternoon on Monday April 28th to advise that he would not veto. Our lobbyist then worked on getting it through the House where it was stalled because of the Governor's indecision. It eventually passed, on Friday May 2nd, but with an amendment. The Senate was not able to reconcile the House version with the already passed Senate version Friday afternoon. Our lobbyist believes that since we finally have the Governor on our side, next year should be successful.
FAPPS has spent a lot of money and time on this effort. Jack Lippman and Mike Compton deserve a lot of credit for their efforts, including several last minute trips to meet with folks in Tallahassee. Although the effort "failed" this year, I do not believe it was wasted. I believe we have set ourselves up for success next year.
Links:
Senate Version of the bill
House Version of the bill
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S300 |
GENERAL BILL/CS/1ST ENG by Judiciary; Crist (Similar CS/CS/S 1730, Compare CS/H 0209) |
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Service of Process [LPCC]; Increases the fees charged by the sheriff in civil cases for service of process from $20 to $40. Deletes a prohibition on additional fees for alias and pluries documents when service was not effected on the original document in the county of original request by that sheriff. Provides that criminal witness subpoenas and criminal summonses may be served by a special process server appointed by the local sheriff or by a certified process server, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
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09/24/07 |
SENATE Filed |
11/28/07 |
SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations |
01/15/08 |
SENATE On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/23/08, 9:00 am, 110-S |
01/23/08 |
SENATE CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 |
01/24/08 |
SENATE Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) |
02/05/08 |
SENATE Now in Criminal Justice |
02/29/08 |
SENATE On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/05/08, 9:00 am, 401-S |
03/04/08 |
SENATE Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00020; On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/23/08, 9:00 am, 110-S; CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 00131; CS read 1st time on 03/04/08 -SJ 00123; Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2); Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 00131; On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/05/08, 9:00 am, 401-S |
03/05/08 |
SENATE Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 00161; Now in Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00161 |
04/03/08 |
SENATE On Committee agenda-- Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations, 04/08/08, 1:00 pm, 37-S |
04/08/08 |
SENATE Favorable by- Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 00478; Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 00479 |
04/10/08 |
SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -SJ 00518 |
04/16/08 |
SENATE Read 3rd time -SJ 00554; Amendment(s) adopted (217250) -SJ 00555; CS passed as amended (217250); YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 00555 |
04/17/08 |
HOUSE In Messages |
04/27/08 |
HOUSE Received, referred to Calendar -HJ 00969 |
05/02/08 |
HOUSE Read 2nd time; Amendment(s) adopted; Read 3rd time; CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 |
05/02/08 |
SENATE In returning messages; Died in returning Messages |
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