The Florida Senate

SB 422: Law Practice Restrictions

GENERAL BILL by Geller

Law Practice Restrictions; increases penalty for committing prohibited acts constituting unlicensed practice of law to third-degree felony; deletes provisions prohibiting sheriff from practicing law in this state. Amends 454.23,.18.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  10/22/2003	Senate	• Prefiled
  10/30/2003	Senate	• Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice
  3/2/2004	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice -SJ 00029
  3/17/2004	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/22/04, 2:00 pm, 110-S
  3/22/2004	Senate	• Favorable with 2 amendment(s) by Judiciary; YEAS 5 NAYS 1 -SJ 00377
  3/23/2004	Senate	• Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 00377
  4/30/2004	Senate	• Died in Committee on Criminal Justice, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to SB 1776 (Ch. 2004-287)

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• SB 422, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/22/2003 at 3:21 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/18/2004 (pdf)

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 1915	Unauthorized Practice of Law	Judiciary	Compare	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 1776 (e1)		Villalobos	Compare	Last Action: 6/10/2004 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2004-287 Location:

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  725222 - Amendment	Judiciary	3/23/2004 5:03 PM		Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  3/22/2004 2:00 PM	Judiciary	5 Yeas - 1 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  454.18	Officers not allowed to practice.
  454.23	Penalties.

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