The Florida Senate

SB 1776: Unauthorized Practice of Law

GENERAL BILL by Villalobos

Unauthorized Practice of Law; increases criminal penalties for offenses re unauthorized practice of law; specifies that such offenses are punishable as felonies of third degree; clarifies elements of such offenses. Amends 454.23,.31,.32.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/3/2004	Senate	• Prefiled
  2/17/2004	Senate	• Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice
  3/2/2004	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice -SJ 00103; On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/02/04, 2:30 pm, 110-S -SJ 00002; Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 1 -SJ 00193
  3/3/2004	Senate	• Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 00193
  3/12/2004	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/17/04, 2:30 pm, 37-S
  3/17/2004	Senate	• Favorable by- Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 00352
  3/18/2004	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on second reading -SJ 00352
  3/24/2004	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00376; Read second time -SJ 00372
  3/25/2004	Senate	• Read third time -SJ 00391; Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 00391
  3/31/2004	House	• In Messages
  4/20/2004	House	• Received, placed on Calendar -HJ 00599
  4/22/2004	House	• Substituted for HB 1915 -HJ 00672; Read second time -HJ 00672; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00672
  4/26/2004	House	• Read third time -HJ 00789; Passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 00789
  4/27/2004	Senate	• In returning messages
  4/29/2004	Senate	• Concurred -SJ 01346; Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 01346; Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 01346
  6/9/2004		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  6/10/2004		• Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2004-287

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• SB 1776, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 5/2/2004 at 1:08 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 1915	Unauthorized Practice of Law	Judiciary	Similar	Last Action: 4/22/2004 H Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted SB 1776; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to SB 1776 (Ch. 2004-287) -HJ 00672 Location:
  S 422	Law Practice Restrictions	Geller	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/2004 S Died in Committee on Criminal Justice, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to SB 1776 (Ch. 2004-287) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (3)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  454.23	Penalties.
  454.31	Practice while disbarred or suspended prohibited.
  454.32	Aiding or assisting disbarred or suspended attorney prohibited.

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• SB 1776, Engrossed 1 Posted 4/30/2004 at 11:50 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Citations - Statutes (3)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  454.23	Penalties.
  454.31	Practice while disbarred or suspended prohibited.
  454.32	Aiding or assisting disbarred or suspended attorney prohibited.

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• SB 1776, Original Filed Version Posted 2/3/2004 at 3:11 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 3/9/2004 (pdf) Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/18/2004 (pdf) House Message Summary (pdf)

  Floor Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
  775491 - Amendment	Quinones	4/14/2004 3:35 PM		Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (2)

  Date	Committee	Result
  3/2/2004 3:00 PM	Judiciary	7 Yeas - 0 Nays
  3/17/2004 2:30 PM	Criminal Justice	9 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Floor Votes (3)

  Date	Chamber	Result
  3/25/2004 9:16 AM	Senate	40 Yeas - 0 Nays
  4/26/2004 2:24 PM	House	118 Yeas - 0 Nays
  4/29/2004 11:42 AM	Senate	38 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  454.23	Penalties.

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