The Florida Senate

HB 599: Attorney Practices

GENERAL BILL by Kottkamp ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Porth

Attorney Practices; provides legislative findings; prohibits solicitation of legal business for profit; provides certain exceptions; prohibits aiding, assisting, or abetting in soliciting legal business for profit; provides criminal penalties; prohibits solicitation of legal business for profit by urging person to consider bringing legal action against another; defines term "solicit"; provides civil penalties; provides for equitable relief, etc. Amends 877.02.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/25/2005	House	• Filed
  2/7/2005	House	• Referred to Business Regulation (CC); Judiciary (JC); Commerce Council
  2/8/2005	House	• Original reference(s)- removed: Business Regulation (CC); Judiciary (JC); Commerce Council; Referred to Judiciary (JC); Justice Council
  3/8/2005	House	• Introduced, referred to Judiciary (JC); Justice Council -HJ 00059
  4/21/2005	House	• On Council agenda-- Justice Council, 04/22/05, 8:00 am, 404-H --If received
  5/6/2005	House	• Died in Committee on Judiciary (JC)

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• HB 599, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/25/2005 at 12:22 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 192 (e1)	Advertising for Legal Services	Campbell	Compare	Last Action: 5/6/2005 H Died in Committee on Judiciary (JC) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  877.02	Solicitation of legal services or retainers therefor; penalty.

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