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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
<br />CS/CS/HB 569
<br />2024
<br />26 125.01015, 163.01, 190.043, 213.015, 252.51, 252.89,
<br />27 252.944, 260.0125, 284.31, 284.38, 322.13, 337.19,
<br />28 341.302, 351.03, 373.1395, 375.251, 381.0056, 393.075,
<br />29 394.9085, 395.1055, 403.706, 409.175, 409.993,
<br />30 420.504, 420.507, 455.221, 455.32, 456.009, 456.076,
<br />31 471.038, 472.006, 497.167, 513.118, 548.046, 556.106,
<br />32 589.19, 627.7491, 723.0611, 760.11, 766.1115, 766.112,
<br />33 768.1355, 768.1382, 768.295, 944.713, 946.5026,
<br />34 946.514, 961.06, 1002.33, 1002.333, 1002.34, 1002.351,
<br />35 1002.37, 1002.55, 1002.83, 1002.88, 1006.24, and
<br />36 1006.261, F.S., to incorporate the amendments made to
<br />37 s. 768.28, F.S., in references thereto; providing
<br />38 applicability; providing an effective date.
<br />39
<br />40 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
<br />41
<br />42 Section 1. Section 47.011, Florida Statutes, is amended to
<br />43 read:
<br />44 47.011 Where actions may be begun. -
<br />45 (1) Actions shall be brought only in the county where the
<br />46 defendant resides, where the cause of action accrued, or where
<br />47 the property in litigation is located. This section shall not
<br />48 apply to actions against nonresidents.
<br />49 (2) The common-law doctrine of home venue privilege is
<br />50 abolished with respect to civil actions brought against the
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