The Florida Senate

SB 72: Employment Discrimination Against the Unemployed

GENERAL BILL by Joyner

Employment Discrimination Against the Unemployed; Creating the “Fair Employment Opportunity Act”; prohibiting an employer from refusing to consider for employment or refusing to offer employment to, a person because the person is or was unemployed; providing an exception for a bona fide occupational qualification; authorizing the Attorney General to commence a civil action for damages, injunctive relief, civil penalties, and other appropriate relief if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that an employer or employment agency has violated the act, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/27/2012	Senate	• Filed
  12/5/2012	Senate	• Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 12
  3/5/2013	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 12
  5/3/2013	Senate	• Died in Commerce and Tourism

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• SB 72, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/27/2012 at 12:09 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 561	Employment Discrimination Against the Unemployed	Stafford	Identical	Last Action: 5/3/2013 H Died in Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee Location: In committee/council (EDTS)

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