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CS/CS/HB 917: Cattle Market Development Act

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee ; Combee ; Albritton ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Cummings ; Drake ; Goodson ; Mayfield ; Raburn ; Smith

Cattle Market Development Act; Renames Beef Market Development Act as Cattle Market Development Act & Florida Beef Council, Inc., as Cattle Enhancement Board, Inc.; removes provision that deems cow & nursing calf sold together as one unit; removes provisions authorizing the Cattle Enhancement Board to hold referenda on per-head-of-cattle assessments & collect & refund such assessments; removes provisions requiring that the Cattle Enhancement Board develop new uses for beef products & improve methods for distribution of such products; revises terms & appointments of governing board members; provides for commissioner to appoint governing board members; removes provisions requiring board to maintain communication with certain industry representatives; removes provisions to maintain certain financial reserves & to appoint advisory groups; revises scheduled date of repeal of act.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Agriculture
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Agriculture (AG)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government (AGG)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/23/2015 House • Filed
3/3/2015 House • Introduced -HJ 76
• Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 76
3/6/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, 03/10/15, 12:30 pm, Reed Hall
3/10/2015 House • CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 217
3/11/2015 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 215
3/12/2015 House • Now in Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 222
3/20/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/24/15, 10:00 am, Reed Hall
3/24/2015 House • Favorable by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 295
• Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 295
• On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 03/26/15, 1:00 pm, Morris Hall --Temporarily postponed
3/31/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/02/15, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
4/2/2015 House • CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -HJ 437
4/3/2015 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 433
4/6/2015 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 440
4/17/2015 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/15
4/21/2015 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 621
• Amendment(s) adopted (272667) -HJ 621
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/22/2015 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 663
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 112 NAYS 0 -HJ 664
4/22/2015 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Agriculture; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Fiscal Policy -SJ 512
• Received -SJ 512
5/1/2015 Senate • Died in Agriculture