Florida · House Bill 1179 · 2025 Regular Session

Legal Representation Contracts

HB 1179 Sponsored by Kelly Skidmore Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 26, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 5, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Legal Representation Contracts; Prohibits DLA from entering into certain contracts until Attorney General makes specified written determination; requires Attorney General to request proposals from private attorneys after making such determination; provides that written determination does not constitute final agency action that is subject to review; requires contracted private attorneys to maintain certain records & to provide those records to DLA; requires DLA to post & maintain specified information on its website; requires Attorney General to submit annual report to Legislature.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3. CommitteeReferred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee · House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeReferred to Judiciary Committee · House Judiciary Committee
  5. CommitteeNow in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee · House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  6. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  7. CommitteeDied in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee · House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.