The Florida Senate

HB 667: Florida Poet Laureate

GENERAL BILL by Schwartz

Florida Poet Laureate; Creates Florida Poet Laureate as honorary gubernatorial appointment; provides that appointment is unpaid position; delineates criteria for nominees & for application & recommendation processes; provides for term of appointment; provides for filling of vacancies; adds responsibilities for application solicitation & review & for making recommendations by Florida Arts Council to Secretary of State for selection by Governor, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/22/2008	House	• Filed
  1/27/2008	House	• Referred to Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; Policy & Budget Council
  1/29/2008	House	• Referred to Tourism & Trade (EEI) by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council
  3/4/2008	House	• Introduced, referred to Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; Policy & Budget Council -HJ 00055; Referred to Tourism & Trade (EEI) by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council -HJ 00134
  5/2/2008	House	• Died in Committee on Tourism & Trade (EEI)

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• HB 667, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/22/2008 at 10:24 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 2208	Florida Poet Laureate [RPCC]	Lynn	Identical	Last Action: 5/2/2008 S Died in Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 Location:

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  265.285	Florida Arts Council; membership, duties.
  265.2863

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