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SB 538: State Courts System

GENERAL BILL by Bradley

State Courts System; Revising the availability of judges to require at least one circuit judge in each circuit to be available for hearings with limited notice; deleting the per diem cap for arbitrators who participate in court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration; authorizing judges to authenticate a jurat, or certificate of proof or acknowledgment, by affixing their signature and printing their name, title, and court, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
 Last Action: 3/18/2025 Senate - CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/6/2025 Senate • Filed
2/20/2025 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules
2/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/04/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
3/4/2025 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
• Introduced
3/5/2025 Senate • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
3/13/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 03/18/25, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
3/18/2025 Senate • CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0