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CS/SB 1612: Workers' Compensation

GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance ; Posey

Workers' Compensation; redefines terms "employee" & "independent contractor"; prohibits exemptions from coverage for commercial construction job sites; specifies requirements for certificates of insurance that must be shown to receive building permit; requires & authorizes Workers' Compensation Div. to issue stop-work orders & to impose certain penalties against employers who fail to secure compensation; revises criteria for anti-fraud program, etc. Amends FS.

Effective Date: 10/01/2002
Last Action: 3/22/2002 Senate - Died in Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 108 (Ch. 2002-236)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/22/2002 Senate • Filed
1/30/2002 Senate • Introduced, referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations -SJ 00166
2/27/2002 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/04/02, 3:15 pm, 110-S
3/4/2002 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 00434; CS read first time on 03/06/02 -SJ 00446
3/6/2002 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government -SJ 00434
3/22/2002 Senate • Died in Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 108 (Ch. 2002-236)