Florida 2019 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 196 — Office of Public Counsel

Last action — Died in Rules

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Florida Senate - 2019 SB 196 By Senator Powell 30-01961-19 2019196__ A bill to be entitled An act relating to the Office of Public Counsel;
Florida Senate - 2019 CS for SB 196 By the Committee on Innovation, Industry, and Technology;
and Senator Powell 580-03250-19 2019196c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to Office of Public Counsel;
The Public Counsel shall be an attorney admitted to practice before the Florida Supreme Court and shall be appointed by serve at the pleasure of the Committee on Public Counsel Oversight for a term not to exceed 4 years, except that the Public Counsel shall continue in office beyond the 4-year limit until his or her successor is appointed and takes office.
The Public Counsel must shall be an attorney admitted to practice before the Florida Supreme Court, and shall be appointed for a term of 4 years, and may be reappointed thereafter, provided that a person appointed as the Public Counsel may not serve more than 12 consecutive years in the position.
A person may not be appointed Public Counsel if by the end of his or her term he or she would have served more than 12 consecutive years.
The Public Counsel may be removed from office by a majority vote of the committee appointees of each house.
The Committee on Public Counsel Oversight shall receive applications, conduct interviews, and appoint a Public Counsel to a 4-year term beginning on January 15, 2021, and every 4 years thereafter, subject to biennial reconfirmation by the committee.
A person may continue as Public Counsel beyond the 4-year limit until his or her successor is appointed and takes office, unless the person is removed as Public Counsel by a vote of the committee.
The Committee on Public Counsel Oversight shall receive applications, conduct interviews, and appoint a Public Counsel to a 4-year term beginning on January 15, 2021, and every 4 years thereafter serve at the pleasure of the Committee on Public Counsel Oversight, subject to biennial reconfirmation by the committee.
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Action History

  1. Died in Rules

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Now in Rules

  4. CS by Innovation, Industry, and Technology read 1st time

  5. Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 0

  6. On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/26/19, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building

  7. Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

  8. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  9. CS by Innovation, Industry, and Technology; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

  10. On Committee agenda-- Innovation, Industry, and Technology, 03/19/19, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building

  11. Introduced

  12. Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules

  13. Filed

Sponsors

  • Powell · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Powell

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

163 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Favorable

Passed 5 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 3000
Total 5000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (5)
Member Party Vote
Torres — Yea
Bean — Yea
Rader — Yea
Albritton, Ben Republican Yea
Hooper, Ed Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Who sponsors SB 196?
SB 196 is sponsored by Powell.
What is the current status of SB 196?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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