Florida Senate - 2019                                     SB 768
       
       
        
       By Senator Perry
       
       
       
       
       
       8-00919-19                                             2019768__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to attorney fees; amending ss. 784.046
    3         and 784.0485, F.S.; prohibiting attorney fee awards in
    4         certain injunction proceedings; providing an effective
    5         date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (2) of
   10  section 784.046, Florida Statutes, to read:
   11         784.046 Action by victim of repeat violence, sexual
   12  violence, or dating violence for protective injunction; dating
   13  violence investigations, notice to victims, and reporting;
   14  pretrial release violations; public records exemption.—
   15         (2) There is created a cause of action for an injunction
   16  for protection in cases of repeat violence, there is created a
   17  separate cause of action for an injunction for protection in
   18  cases of dating violence, and there is created a separate cause
   19  of action for an injunction for protection in cases of sexual
   20  violence.
   21         (f) Notwithstanding any other law, attorney fees may not be
   22  awarded in any proceeding under this section.
   23         Section 2. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (2) of
   24  section 784.0485, Florida Statutes, to read:
   25         784.0485 Stalking; injunction; powers and duties of court
   26  and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction;
   27  issuance of injunction; statewide verification system;
   28  enforcement.—
   29         (2)
   30         (d) Notwithstanding any other law, attorney fees may not be
   31  awarded in any proceeding under this section.
   32         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.