Jurisdiction of Appellate Courts
Summary
Jurisdiction of Appellate Courts; Limits appellate jurisdiction of circuit courts to appeals from final administrative orders of local code enforcement boards & other reviews & appeals expressly provided by law; specifies that public defenders shall take county court appeals; authorizes county court to certify question to district court of appeal in final judgment that is appealable to circuit court; authorizes DCA to review certain questions certified by county court; removes provision relating to jurisdiction of circuit court to hear appeals from final judgments in misdemeanor cases. APPROPRIATION: $209,929
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 31, 2020
Last action Mar 14, 2020
Floor votes · House Feb 18, 2020
How they voted
20–1
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 25
Feb 18, 2020
D
Democratic8
62% Yea
R
Republican17
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Feb 18, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (20-1-4)
house
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 24 NAYS 2
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/18/20, 11:30 am, Webster Hall
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Appropriations Committee
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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