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HB 1287: Financial Protection for Elderly Act

GENERAL BILL by Rubio ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Machek ; Sansom

Financial Protection for Elderly Act; provides popular name of "Financial Protection for Elderly Act of 2004"; makes financial exploitation of elderly person unlawful; provides for civil action for actual & punitive damages; provides for award of attorney's fees; provides continued jurisdiction of court in event of death of elderly person; provides criminal penalties for committing financial exploitation of elderly person, etc. Creates 410.701-.706, 825.1035.

Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 4/30/2004 House - Died in Committee on The Future of Florida's Families
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/24/2004 House • Prefiled
3/2/2004 House • Introduced -HJ 00100
3/4/2004 House • Referred to The Future of Florida's Families; Appropriations -HJ 00217
4/13/2004 House • On Committee agenda-- The Future of Florida's Families, 04/15/04, 9:00 am, Reed Hall --Temporarily deferred
4/30/2004 House • Died in Committee on The Future of Florida's Families