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
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:
- Judiciary (JU)
- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
- 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
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SB 538, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/6/2025 at 4:32 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/3/2025 (pdf)
Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/4/2025 (pdf)
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Pre-Meeting) 3/17/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 813 Courts Tuck Similar Last Action: 3/18/2025 H Now in Judiciary Committee Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 408054 - Amendment
Delete lines 38 - 82 and insert:Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
(Bradley)3/17/2025
12:37 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
3/19/2025Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (2)
Date Committee Result 3/4/2025 4:00 PM Judiciary 11 Yeas - 0 Nays 3/18/2025 1:00 PM Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice 5 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (7)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 26.20 Availability of judge for hearings in chambers. Page 1 (pdf) 28.2221 Electronic access to official records. Page 3 (pdf) 44.103 Court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration. Page 2 (pdf) 92.50 Oaths, affidavits, and acknowledgments; who may take or administer; requirements. Page 3 (pdf) 92.525 Verification of documents; perjury by false written declaration, penalty. Page 5 (pdf) 110.12301 Competitive procurement of postpayment claims review services and dependent eligibility verification services; public records exemption. Page 6 (pdf) 112.181 Firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers, correctional officers; special provisions relative to certain communicable diseases. Page 9 (pdf)