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HB 1885: Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund

GENERAL BILL by Maygarden ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Fasano ; Ogles ; Warner ; Arnall ; Jones ; Bitner ; Morroni ; Crow ; Valdes ; Garcia ; Melvin ; Pruitt ; Sembler ; Goodlette ; Putnam ; Wiles ; Greenstein ; Crist ; Lynn

Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund; creates Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund for Health & Human Services; provides for administration of endowment by State Board of Administration; establishes Florida Biomedical Research Program within said fund; creates Biomedical Research Advisory Council within Health Dept.; requires Secretary of Health to award grants & fellowships, in consultation with council, etc. Creates 215.5601,.5602. APPROPRIATION: $1,700,000,000.

Effective Date: 07/01/1999
Last Action: 5/13/1999 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-167
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/16/1999 House • Filed
3/17/1999 House • Introduced -HJ 00330
3/19/1999 House • Referred to General Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00376
4/19/1999 House • On Committee agenda-- General Appropriations (FRC), 04/20/99, 3:30 pm, 212K
4/20/1999 House • Comm. Action:-Unanimously Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by General Appropriations (FRC) -HJ 00752
4/21/1999 House • Placed on calendar, available for General Calendar -HJ 00752
4/23/1999 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 01001; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01001
4/26/1999 House • Read third time -HJ 01112; Passed as amended; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 -HJ 01112
4/26/1999 Senate • In Messages
4/28/1999 Senate • Received, referred to Fiscal Policy -SJ 01410
4/30/1999 Senate • Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy -SJ 01700; Substituted for CS/SB 2422 -SJ 01700; Read second time -SJ 01700; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 01700; Read third time -SJ 01702; Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 01702
4/30/1999 House • In returning messages; Was taken up -HJ 02110; Concurred -HJ 02111; Passed as amended; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 -HJ 02113; Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 02113
5/7/1999 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/13/1999 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-167