The Florida Senate

CS/SB 2304: Class Action Lawsuits

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Baker

Class Action Lawsuits; provides requirements for capacity to file class action; limits actions to Florida residents; eliminates private class action recovery of statutory penalties in certain actions unless actual damages are alleged & proven; provides that Attorney General's ability to seek statutory penalties is not affected; provides for availability of nonmonetary relief; provides for no effect on such lawsuits involving civil rights laws, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/27/2006	Senate	• Filed
  3/15/2006	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Judiciary -SJ 00240
  4/13/2006	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/19/06, 1:30 pm, 401-S
  4/19/2006	Senate	• CS by- Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 00534; CS read first time on 04/21/06 -SJ 00538
  4/21/2006	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on second reading -SJ 00534
  4/27/2006	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00646; Substituted HB 7259 -SJ 00636; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 7259 (Ch. 2006-117)

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• CS/SB 2304, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/21/2006 at 1:02 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 4/21/2006 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 7259 (e1)		Simmons	Identical	Last Action: 6/7/2006 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2006-117 Location:

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• SB 2304, Original Filed Version Posted 2/27/2006 at 8:32 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  084500 - Amendment	Judiciary (Baker)	4/18/2006 3:55 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/20/2006	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  4/19/2006 1:30 PM	Judiciary	8 Yeas - 0 Nays

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