Each year the Trial Lawyers Section, through its legislative consultant, monitors pending state and federal legislation of interest to trial lawyers. The following are summaries of bills pending either in the U.S. Congress or in the Florida Legislature which the Section is monitoring. During the Florida legislative session, this page will be updated weekly.

Legislative Reports

• January 30, 2008
• February 13, 2008
• February 27, 2008
• March 11, 2008
• April 4, 2008
• April 11, 2008

House Bills

• SB 2076 Amendment - (Sen. Deutch)
• SB 2076 Analysis
• HB 589 - Bad Faith Claims Insurers (Brown)
• HB 645 - Expert Witnesses (Ross)
• HB 1219 - Arbitration Code Rewrite (McBurney)
• 2008-09 General Appropriations Act

Articles

• Court foresees staff reductions, 30% of workforce at risk - The Florida Bar News, April 1, 2008