HB 4763: Weight-Loss Practices Act
GENERAL BILL by Business Regulation & Consumer Affairs ; Ogles ; Wasserman Schultz ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Lynn ; Dawson-White
Weight-Loss Practices Act; transfers Fla. Commercial Weight-Loss Practices Act from provisions re consumer protection to provisions re professions & occupations; redefines activity that constitutes weight-loss program; requires weight-loss providers to register; requires display of registration; prohibits sexual misconduct in dietetics & nutrition practice; creates Task Force on Regulation of Weight-Loss Industry, etc. Amends Chs. 501, 468, 455.604.
Effective Date: 07/01/1999 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 5/1/1998 Senate - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/1/1998 Senate - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 4/9/1998 | House |
• Filed; Introduced -HJ 00519 |
| 4/23/1998 | House |
• Placed on General Calendar; Read second time -HJ 01071; Amendment pending -HJ 01074; Pending amendment adopted -HJ 01088 |
| 4/24/1998 | House |
• Temporarily postponed, on Third Reading |
| 4/28/1998 | House |
• Read third time -HJ 01481; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01482; Passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 01485 |
| 4/28/1998 | Senate |
• In Messages |
| 5/1/1998 | Senate |
• Died in Messages |