The Florida Senate

CS/SB 1660: Translation Services

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Torres

Translation Services; Authorizing courts to contract with a third-party translation service provider to provide translation services; providing that such services may be made available to any party requesting them, regardless of whether represented by counsel; providing that a court is not required to provide translation services, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/5/2024	Senate	• Filed
  1/11/2024	Senate	• Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Rules • Introduced
  1/24/2024	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/29/24, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  1/29/2024	Senate	• CS by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  1/30/2024	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Original reference(s) removed: Criminal Justice • Remaining references corrected to Rules • Now in Rules
  2/1/2024	Senate	• CS by Judiciary read 1st time
  2/9/2024	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/14/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  2/14/2024	Senate	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
  2/15/2024	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  2/26/2024	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/24
  2/28/2024	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 503 • Substituted HB 1393 -SJ 504 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 1393 (Ch. 2024-154) -SJ 504

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• CS/SB 1660, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/30/2024 at 4:48 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/13/2024 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 2/15/2024 (pdf)

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 987	Court-related Functions	López, Harris	Similar	Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died in Judiciary Committee
  H 1393 (er)	Court Interpreter Services	Tuck, Joseph	Compare	Last Action: 5/7/2024 Chapter No. 2024-154

  Floor Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
  528446 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Torres	2/27/2024 9:06 AM	Senate: Withdrawn 2/28/2024	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  2/14/2024 9:00 AM	Rules	16 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  29.25		Page 1 (pdf)

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• SB 1660, Original Filed Version Posted 1/5/2024 at 6:58 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 1/26/2024 (pdf) Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 1/30/2024 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 987	Court-related Functions	López, Harris	Similar	Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died in Judiciary Committee

  Committee Amendments (2)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  714748 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Judiciary (Torres)	1/26/2024 3:35 PM	Replaced by Substitute Amendment 1/31/2024	Web Page PDF
  508464 - Substitute Amendment (Delete All) (714748) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Judiciary (Torres)	1/29/2024 8:24 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/31/2024	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  1/29/2024 4:00 PM	Judiciary	9 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (3)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  28.215	Pro se assistance.	Page 2 (pdf)
  28.217		Page 2 (pdf)
  28.35	Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation.	Page 1 (pdf)

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