The Florida Senate

HB 243: Expert Testimony

GENERAL BILL by Metz ; Weinstein ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Costello ; Gaetz

Expert Testimony; Provides that witness qualified as expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify in form of opinion as to facts at issue in case; requires courts to interpret & apply principles of expert testimony in conformity with specified U.S. Supreme Court decisions; subjects pure opinion testimony to such requirements; provides that facts or data that are otherwise inadmissible may not be disclosed to jury by proponent of opinion or inference unless court determines that probative value of facts or data in assisting jury to evaluate expert's opinion substantially outweighs prejudicial effect.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  9/29/2011	House	• Filed
  10/17/2011	House	• Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 26
  1/9/2012	House	• On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 01/11/12, 11:30 am, 404 HOB
  1/10/2012	House	• Introduced -HJ 25
  1/11/2012	House	• Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 4 -HJ 217 • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 217
  1/30/2012	House	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/01/12, 8:30 am, 404 HOB --Temporarily deferred
  2/6/2012	House	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/08/12, 8:30 am, 404 HOB --Retained
  2/14/2012	House	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/16/12, 11:30 am, 404 HOB
  2/16/2012	House	• Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 11 NAYS 5 -HJ 683 • Placed on Calendar -HJ 683
  2/21/2012	House	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/12
  2/23/2012	House	• Read 2nd time -HJ 792 • Placed on 3rd reading
  2/24/2012	House	• Read 3rd time -HJ 822 • Amendment(s) failed (438799) -HJ 822 • Passed; YEAS 77 NAYS 34 -HJ 822
  2/27/2012	Senate	• In Messages
  3/5/2012	Senate	• Received -SJ 813 • Referred to Judiciary; Budget -SJ 813
  3/8/2012	Senate	• Withdrawn from Judiciary; Budget -SJ 1064 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 1064 • Substituted for CS/SB 378 -SJ 1065 • Read 2nd time -SJ 1065 • Amendment(s) adopted (358794) -SJ 1065 • Read 3rd time -SJ 1081 • Passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 1081
  3/8/2012	House	• In returning messages
  3/9/2012	House	• Died in returning Messages

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• HB 243, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 9/29/2011 at 12:33 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Civil Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/11/2012 (pdf) Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/16/2012 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 378 (c1)	Expert Testimony	Richter	Similar	Last Action: 3/8/2012 S Laid on Table -SJ 1065 Location: Laid on Table

  Floor Amendments (3)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
  358794 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Simmons	3/8/2012 2:10 PM	Senate: Adopted 3/8/2012	Web Page PDF
  211380 - Amendment to Amendment (358794) Delete line 44 and insert:	Sachs	3/8/2012 5:40 PM	Senate: Withdrawn 3/8/2012	Web Page PDF
  438799 - Amendment Between lines 60 and 61, insert:	Kriseman	2/24/2012 8:42 AM	House: Failed 2/24/2012	PDF

  Floor Votes (2)

  Date	Chamber	Result
  2/24/2012 2:01 PM	House	77 Yeas - 34 Nays
  3/8/2012 5:42 PM	Senate	40 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  90.702	Testimony by experts.	Page 1 (pdf)
  90.704	Basis of opinion testimony by experts.	Page 2 (pdf)

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