CS/P 47: JUDICIARY, Eligibility; bar membership

PROPOSAL by Executive ; William “Bill” Schifino, Jr. ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Hank Coxe

JUDICIARY, Eligibility; bar membership; Section 8 of Article V and to create a new section in Article XII of the State Constitution to require a person to have at least ten years membership in a bar in the United States of America, the preceding five of which must be in The Florida Bar, in order to be eligible to serve in the office of circuit or county judge.

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• Proposal History

  Date	Action
  10/30/2017	• Filed
  11/10/2017	• Referred to Judicial; Executive
  11/17/2017	• On Committee agenda-- Judicial, 11/28/17, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida
  11/28/2017	• Favorable by Judicial; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  12/4/2017	• Now in Executive
  1/12/2018	• On Committee agenda-- Executive, 01/19/18, 8:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida
  1/19/2018	• CS by- Executive; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  3/15/2018	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/18
  3/19/2018	• Failed commitment to Style and Drafting; YEAS 12 NAYS 21

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• CS/P 47, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Proposal Version) Posted 1/19/2018 at 6:25 PM

  Proposal Text:	Web Page PDF

  Analyses:	Executive (Post-Meeting) 2/14/2018 (pdf)

  Floor Amendments (2)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
  109314 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Schifino	3/14/2018 11:08 AM	Adopted 3/19/2018	Web Page PDF
  387958 - Amendment to Amendment (109314) Delete lines 18 - 20 and insert:	Coxe	3/16/2018 4:07 PM	Withdrawn 3/19/2018	Web Page PDF

  Floor Votes (1)

  Date	Chamber	Result
  3/19/2018 1:04 PM	Senate	12 Yeas - 21 Nays

  Citations - Constitution (2)

  Article	Section	Location in Proposal Location In Proposal Help
  Article V	Section 8	Page 1 (pdf)
  Article XII		Page 2 (pdf)

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• P 47, Original Filed Version Posted 10/30/2017 at 4:02 PM

  Proposal Text:	Web Page PDF

  Analyses:	Judicial (Pre-Meeting) 11/27/2017 (pdf) Executive (Pre-Meeting) 1/17/2018 (pdf)

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  896148 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the proposing clause and insert:	Executive (Diaz)	1/17/2018 10:42 PM	Favorable 1/19/2018	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (2)

  Date	Committee	Result
  11/28/2017 1:00 PM	Judicial	9 Yeas - 0 Nays
  1/19/2018 8:00 AM	Executive	6 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Constitution (2)

  Article	Section	Location in Proposal Location In Proposal Help
  Article V	Section 8	Page 1 (pdf)
  Article XII		Page 2 (pdf)

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