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CS/SB 524: Seaports

GENERAL BILL by Transportation ; Latvala ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Hill ; Garcia ; Joyner ; Ring ; Storms ; Gaetz ; Bennett ; Jones ; Bullard ; Sobel ; Altman ; Smith

Seaports; Deletes provisions relating to statewide minimum standards for seaport security. Deletes provisions authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to exempt all or part of a seaport from specified requirements in certain circumstances. Prohibits a seaport from charging any fee for administration or production of access control credentials that require or are associated with a fingerprint-based background check, in addition to the fee for the federal TWIC, etc.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/2/2011 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 283 (Ch. 2011-41), SB 2104 (Ch. 2011-51) -SJ 698
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
  2. Transportation (TR)
  3. Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations (BJA)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/21/2011 Senate • Filed
2/9/2011 Senate • Referred to Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Transportation; Budget -SJ 46
3/7/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/10/11, 3:15 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
3/8/2011 Senate • Introduced -SJ 46
3/10/2011 Senate • Favorable by Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 204
3/11/2011 Senate • Now in Transportation -SJ 204
• On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/16/11, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
3/16/2011 Senate • CS by Transportation; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 236
3/18/2011 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
3/21/2011 Senate • Now in Budget -SJ 236
3/22/2011 Senate • CS by Transportation read 1st time -SJ 255
4/8/2011 Senate • Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 473
• Now in Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
• On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations, 04/13/11, 9:15 am, 37 Senate Office Building
4/13/2011 Senate • Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 468
4/15/2011 Senate • Now in Budget -SJ 468
4/28/2011 Senate • Withdrawn from Budget -SJ 568
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/29/2011 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/02/11
5/2/2011 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 629
• Amendment(s) adopted (281852) -SJ 629
• Amendment(s) reconsidered, withdrawn (281852) -SJ 693
• Amendment(s) adopted (810008) -SJ 693
• Substituted CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 283 -SJ 698
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 283 (Ch. 2011-41), SB 2104 (Ch. 2011-51) -SJ 698