CS/HB 631 (2012) - Terms of Courts

General Bill by Judiciary Committee and Weinstein

Terms of Courts: Repeals provisions relating to regular terms of Supreme Court & circuit courts; repeals provisions relating to requiring judge to attend first day of each term of circuit court; repeals provisions relating to requirement for judge to state reason for nonattendance, penalty for nonattendance of judge, adjournment of circuit court upon nonattendance of judge, calling all cases on docket at end of each term, regular terms of district courts of appeal, special terms of district courts of appeal, requirement that criminal trials be heard in term of court prior to civil cases, & requirement that persons in custody be arraigned & tried in term of court unless good cause is shown; conforms provisions; allows Supreme Court to set terms of court for Supreme Court, district courts of appeal, & circuit courts; provides that appellate courts may withdraw mandate within 120 days after its issuance.

Effective Date: January 1, 2013

Last Event: 03/09/12 S Died in Judiciary on Friday, March 9, 2012 11:59 PM

Date Available for Final Passage: Friday, February 17, 2012 2:11 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Civil Justice Subcommittee
- On agenda for: 12/07/11 1:00 PM
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- Favorable (final action) See Votes
Judiciary Committee
- On agenda for: 02/01/12 8:30 AM
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) See Votes

Senate Referrals

Judiciary
Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
Budget

Related Bills

Bill #	Subject	Relationship
Bill #: CS/SB 462	Subject: Terms of Courts	Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Engrossed 1
Committee Substitute 1
- A 548001 , Weinstein Date Filed: 02/13/12, Line#: 296 House: Adopted 02/15/2012 02:11 PM
Original Filed Version
- A 489507 , Weinstein (JDC) Date Filed: 01/31/12, Line#: 155 House(c): Adopted Without Objection 02/01/2012 10:52 AM
- A 007995 , Weinstein (JDC) Date Filed: 01/31/12, Line#: 203 House(c): Adopted Without Objection 02/01/2012 10:52 AM

Staff Analysis

Chamber	Committee
Chamber: House	Committee: Judiciary Committee 2/2/2012 7:15:35 PM
Chamber: House	Committee: Judiciary Committee 1/30/2012 4:34:26 PM
Chamber: House	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee 12/7/2011 6:26:39 PM
Chamber: House	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee 11/30/2011 4:21:34 PM

Vote History

Chamber	Date	Yeas	Nays	Action	Action 2	Vote Detail	Barcode
Chamber: House	Date: 02/16/2012 03:07 PM	Yeas: 117	Nays: 0	Action: Passage	Action 2:	Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 759]	Barcode:

Bill History

Event	Time	Member	Committee	Ver.
Event: S Died in Judiciary	Time: 03/09/2012 - 11:59 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S Referred to Judiciary; Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; Budget -SJ 845	Time: 03/05/2012 - 6:16 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S Received -SJ 845	Time: 03/05/2012 - 6:11 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: H Message sent to senate	Time: 02/22/2012 - 5:20 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: S In Messages	Time: 02/22/2012 - 4:47 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: H CS passed as amended; YEAS 117, NAYS 0	Time: 02/16/2012 - 3:07 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: H Passage on third reading	Time: 02/16/2012 - 3:07 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: H Read 3rd time	Time: 02/16/2012 - 3:06 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: H Added to Third Reading Calendar	Time: 02/15/2012 - 3:42 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: e1
Event: H Placed on 3rd reading	Time: 02/15/2012 - 2:11 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H Amendment 548001 adopted	Time: 02/15/2012 - 2:11 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H Read 2nd time	Time: 02/15/2012 - 2:09 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/15/2012)	Time: 02/13/2012 - 6:25 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H Amendment 548001 filed	Time: 02/13/2012 - 3:33 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H Added to Second Reading Calendar	Time: 02/06/2012 - 10:49 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H Bill referred to House Calendar	Time: 02/06/2012 - 10:49 AM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H 1st Reading	Time: 02/02/2012 - 11:35 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H CS Filed	Time: 02/02/2012 - 7:21 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: c1
Event: H Laid on Table under Rule 7.19(a)	Time: 02/02/2012 - 7:21 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Judiciary Committee	Time: 02/02/2012 - 7:16 PM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary Committee	Version: __
Event: H Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee	Time: 02/01/2012 - 10:30 AM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary Committee	Version: __
Event: H Added to Judiciary Committee agenda	Time: 01/30/2012 - 4:13 PM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary Committee	Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading	Time: 01/10/2012 - 11:59 PM	Member:	Committee:	Version: __
Event: H Now in Judiciary Committee	Time: 12/07/2011 - 6:44 PM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary Committee	Version: __
Event: H Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee	Time: 12/07/2011 - 6:44 PM	Member:	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee	Time: 12/07/2011 - 3:00 PM	Member:	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda	Time: 11/30/2011 - 4:11 PM	Member:	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee	Time: 11/21/2011 - 8:57 AM	Member:	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Referred to Judiciary Committee	Time: 11/21/2011 - 8:57 AM	Member:	Committee: Judiciary Committee	Version: __
Event: H Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee	Time: 11/21/2011 - 8:57 AM	Member:	Committee: Civil Justice Subcommittee	Version: __
Event: H Filed	Time: 11/10/2011 - 4:20 PM	Member: Weinstein	Committee:	Version: __