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HB 237: Employment of Children by the Entertainment Industry

GENERAL BILL by Thompson, G.

Employment of Children by the Entertainment Industry; Provides requirements for employment of children in entertainment industry; provides responsibilities of employers & parents or legal guardians of such children; requires preauthorization certificate for each child; provides duties of Division of Regulation within DBPR; provides limitations on working hours of child performers; provides certification requirements & duties of teachers & trainers of child performers; requires trust account for certain children employed in entertainment industry; provides safety requirements for child performers; provides criteria for wage claims; provides requirements for resolving such claims; provides grounds under which division may refuse to issue or renew preauthorization certificate & procedures for challenging such determination.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 House - Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/29/2011 House • Filed
10/17/2011 House • Referred to Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee; Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee; Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 25
1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 25
3/9/2012 House • Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee