Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2084 Barcode 101204 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 02/07/2012 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Ring) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment 2 3 Delete lines 1899 - 1908 4 and insert: 5 The length of the probationary period may not exceed 18 months. 6 An employee who has not attained merit status in his or her 7 current position serves at the pleasure of the agency head and 8 may be dismissed at the discretion of the agency head. 9 (3) If an employee who has received an internal agency 10 promotion from a position in which the employee held merit 11 status is to be dismissed from the promotional position for 12 failing to meet the established performance standards of the 13 promotional position while in probationary status, the agency, 14 before such dismissal, shall return the employee to his or her 15 former position or to a position having substantially similar 16 duties and