Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1496
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/02/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Before line 9
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 454.021,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         454.021 Attorneys; admission to practice law; Supreme Court
    8  to govern and regulate.—
    9         (3) A person may not be disqualified from admission to
   10  practice law in this state solely because he or she is not a
   11  United States citizen if he or she has deferred action status
   12  approved by the United States Department of Homeland Security.
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   14  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   15  And the title is amended as follows:
   16         Delete line 2
   17  and insert:
   18         An act relating to the practice of law; amending s.
   19         454.021, F.S.; providing that a person may not be
   20         disqualified from admission to practice law based
   21         solely on lack of United States citizenship if he or
   22         she has approved deferred action status;