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HB 5505: Department of Financial Services

GENERAL BILL by Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee ; Hooper

Department of Financial Services; Redefines "employee" for purposes of workers' compensation; revises requirements for submitting notice of election of exemption; repeals provisions relating to duty of DFS to make annual report on administration of ch. 440, F.S., Workers' Compensation Law, to specified officials; revises amount that lender may impose as delinquency charge; deletes provision that provides for deposit of funds collected from money services business licensees; requires examination fees to be paid directly to OFR; provides for establishment of Florida Insurance Premium Tax Prepayment Program, to be administered by SBA, to help fund Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 5/9/2013 House - Veto Message transmitted to Secretary of State
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/24/2012 House • Filed
• Introduced -HJ 257
1/26/2012 House • Referred to Appropriations Committee -HJ 297
1/30/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/01/12, 11:00 am, Webster Hall
2/1/2012 House • Favorable by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 -HJ 457
2/2/2012 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 457
2/6/2012 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/08/12
2/8/2012 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 534
• Placed on 3rd reading
2/9/2012 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 560
• Passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 560
• Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to conference -HJ 566
2/14/2012 Senate • In Messages
2/21/2012 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/12 --Not Received
• Received -SJ 549
• Referred to Budget -SJ 549
2/23/2012 Senate • Withdrawn from Budget -SJ 666
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/12 -SJ 666
• Read 2nd time -SJ 670
• Amendment(s) adopted (737066) -SJ 670
• Read 3rd time -SJ 670
• Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 670
• The Senate having refused to pass the bill as passed by the House, acceded to the request for a conference -SJ 670
• Immediately certified -SJ 670
2/23/2012 House • In returning messages
2/28/2012 House • Conference Committee appointed: Representatives Hooper (Chair), Berman, Gibbons, Mayfield, Nelson, Patronis, Watson, Weinstein -HJ 899
2/28/2012 Senate • Conference Committee appointed: Budget Conference Committee on Budget/Appropriations: Alexander (Chair), Negron (Vice Chair), Bennett (At Large), Gaetz (At Large), Gardiner (At Large), Joyner (At Large), Rich (At Large), Thrasher (At Large); Budget Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Bogdanoff (Chair), Evers, Smith, Storms; Budget Conference Committee on Education Pre-K - 12/PreK-12: Simmons (Chair), Detert, Gardiner, Montford, Ring; Budget Conference Committee on Finance and Tax: Norman (Chair), Alexander, Gaetz, Siplin; Budget Conference Committee on General Government/Government Operations: Hays (Chair), Braynon, Bullard, Diaz de la Portilla, Dockery, Jones, Thrasher; Budget Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Negron (Chair), Fasano, Flores, Garcia, Oelrich, Rich, Richter, Sobel; Budget Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education: Lynn (Chair), Altman, Sachs, Siplin, Wise; Budget Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation and Economic Development: Benacquisto (Chair), Bennett, Dean, Gibson, Latvala, Margolis -SJ 704
3/9/2012 House • Conference Committee Report considered -HJ 1419
• Conference Committee Report adopted (473923) -HJ 1423
• Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 82 NAYS 34 -HJ 1423
3/9/2012 Senate • In returning messages
• Conference Committee Report received -SJ 1370
• Conference Committee Report adopted (473923) -SJ 1371
• Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 36 NAYS 3 -SJ 1374
3/9/2012 House • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1717
4/6/2012 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
4/20/2012 • Vetoed by Governor, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 941 (Ch. 2012-213), HB 5001 (Ch. 2012-118), SB 140 (Ch. 2012-34)
3/5/2013 House • Veto Message received -HJ 9
5/9/2013 House • Veto Message transmitted to Secretary of State