HB 451: Law Enforcement Fair Defense Act
GENERAL BILL by Negron ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bullard ; Dick ; Planas ; Robaina ; Zapata
Law Enforcement Fair Defense Act; expands application of provisions re payment of costs & attorney's fees in certain civil & criminal actions to include correctional officers & correctional probation officers; revises circumstances under which employing agency of such officers has option of paying legal costs & attorney's fees in action arising out of officers' official duties; provides for jurisdiction re legal costs & attorney's fees, etc. Amends 111.065, 633.175.
Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 4/22/2004 House - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted SB 226; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to SB 226 (Ch. 2004-38) -HJ 00659
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 4/22/2004 House - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted SB 226; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to SB 226 (Ch. 2004-38) -HJ 00659
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/12/2004 | House |
• Prefiled |
| 1/22/2004 | House |
• Referred to Public Safety & Crime Prevention; Appropriations |
| 1/23/2004 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Public Safety & Crime Prevention, 02/04/04, 9:00 am, Morris Hall |
| 2/4/2004 | House |
• Favorable by Public Safety & Crime Prevention; YEAS 18 NAYS 0; Now in Appropriations |
| 3/2/2004 | House |
• Introduced, referred to Public Safety & Crime Prevention; Appropriations -HJ 00042; On Committee agenda-- Public Safety & Crime Prevention, 02/04/04, 9:00 am, Morris Hall; Favorable by Public Safety & Crime Prevention; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -HJ 00134; Now in Appropriations -HJ 00134 |
| 4/1/2004 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/02/04, 9:00 am, 212-K |
| 4/2/2004 | House |
• Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 44 NAYS 0 -HJ 00476 |
| 4/5/2004 | House |
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 00476 |
| 4/22/2004 | House |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted SB 226; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to SB 226 (Ch. 2004-38) -HJ 00659 |