Senate Bill 854 (2016) - The Florida Senate

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CS/CS/SB 854: Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services

GENERAL BILL by Regulated Industries ; Banking and Insurance ; Hukill

Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services; Revising required information for licensure to include e-mail addresses; revising the prohibition against withdrawal or transfer of assets within the care and maintenance trust fund to include an exception; requiring a licensed cemetery company to request a method for withdrawal from the cemetery company’s care and maintenance trust fund; providing that an applicant for the embalmer apprentice program may not be licensed without a determination of character by the licensing authority, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
Last Action: 4/1/2016 - Chapter No. 2016-172
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Banking and Insurance (BI)
Regulated Industries (RI)
Fiscal Policy (FP)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
11/16/2015	Senate	• Filed
12/3/2015	Senate	• Referred to Banking and Insurance; Regulated Industries; Fiscal Policy -SJ 65
1/4/2016	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/11/16, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
1/11/2016	Senate	• CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 180
1/12/2016	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 65
1/13/2016	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Regulated Industries -SJ 180 • CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 181
1/15/2016	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/20/16, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
1/20/2016	Senate	• CS/CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 246
1/22/2016	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Fiscal Policy -SJ 246 • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 01/27/16, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
1/27/2016	Senate	• Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 246 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 246 • CS/CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time -SJ 252
1/28/2016	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/02/16
2/2/2016	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 288 • Placed on 3rd reading
2/11/2016	Senate	• Read 3rd time -SJ 361 • CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 362
2/18/2016	House	• In Messages
3/4/2016	House	• Referred to Calendar -HJ 829 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/07/16 • Received -HJ 829
3/7/2016	House	• Read 2nd time -HJ 873 • Substituted for CS/CS/CS/HB 473 -HJ 873 • Placed on 3rd reading
3/8/2016	House	• Read 3rd time -HJ 910 • CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 -HJ 911
3/8/2016	Senate	• Ordered enrolled -SJ 837
3/18/2016		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
4/1/2016		• Approved by Governor • Chapter No. 2016-172

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 473 (c3)	Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services	Roberson	Similar	Last Action: 3/7/2016 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 854 (Ch. 2016-172) -HJ 873 Location: Laid on Table

Version	Posted	Format
S 854 Filed	11/16/2015 10:24 AM	Web Page \| PDF
S 854 c1	1/13/2016 9:11 AM	Web Page \| PDF
S 854 c2	1/22/2016 11:21 AM	Web Page \| PDF
S 854 er	3/8/2016 2:46 PM	Web Page \| PDF

Committee Amendments

S 854 Filed
Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
953794 - Amendment Delete lines 112 - 861 and insert:	Banking and Insurance (Hukill)	1/8/2016 9:41 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/11/2016	Web Page PDF

S 854 c1
Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
601878 - Amendment Delete lines 434 - 444.	Regulated Industries (Bean)	1/19/2016 1:42 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/22/2016	Web Page PDF
247344 - Amendment Delete lines 662 - 672 and insert:	Regulated Industries (Latvala)	1/20/2016 10:32 AM (Late Filed)	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/22/2016	Web Page PDF
513168 - Amendment Delete lines 905 - 906 and insert:	Regulated Industries (Bean)	1/19/2016 1:43 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/22/2016	Web Page PDF

Floor Amendments

S 854 c2
Amendments	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
602439 - Amendment Remove line 689 and insert:	Roberson	3/7/2016 7:59 AM	House: Withdrawn 3/7/2016	PDF

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	S 854	Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting)	1/8/2016 2:32 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 854	Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting)	1/13/2016 11:34 AM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 854	Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting)	1/19/2016 1:40 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 854	Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting)	1/27/2016 1:49 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 854	Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting)	1/26/2016 11:58 AM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 854	Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting)	1/27/2016 4:27 PM	PDF

Vote History - Committee

Version	Committee	Date	Result
S 854 Filed	Banking and Insurance	1/11/2016 4:00 PM	8 Yeas - 0 Nays
S 854 c1	Regulated Industries	1/20/2016 1:30 PM	12 Yeas - 0 Nays
S 854 c2	Fiscal Policy	1/27/2016 1:00 PM	9 Yeas - 0 Nays

Vote History - Floor

Vote	Date	Chamber	Result
S 854 c2	2/11/2016 1:40 PM	Senate	40 Yeas - 0 Nays
S 854 c2	3/8/2016 11:22 AM	House	117 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (29)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
497.005	Definitions.	Page 4 (pdf)
497.141	Licensing; general application procedures.	Page 5 (pdf)
497.146	Licensing; address of record; changes; licensee responsibility.	Page 6 (pdf)
497.152	Disciplinary grounds.	Page 7 (pdf)
497.161	Other rulemaking provisions.	Page 10 (pdf)
497.266	Care and maintenance trust fund; remedy of department for noncompliance.	Page 10 (pdf)
497.267	Disposition of income of care and maintenance trust fund; notice to purchasers and depositors.	Page 11 (pdf)
497.2675		Page 12 (pdf)
497.268	Care and maintenance trust fund, percentage of payments for burial rights to be deposited.	Page 13 (pdf)
497.269	Care and maintenance trust fund; financial reports.	Page 14 (pdf)
497.273	Cemetery companies; authorized functions.	Page 15 (pdf)
497.274	Standards for grave spaces.	Page 15 (pdf)
497.283	Prohibition on sale of personal property or services.	Page 15 (pdf)
497.286	Owners to provide addresses; presumption of abandonment; abandonment procedures; sale of abandoned unused burial rights.	Page 16 (pdf)
497.371	Embalmers; establishment of embalmer apprentice program.	Page 17 (pdf)
497.372	Funeral directing; conduct constituting practice of funeral directing.	Page 18 (pdf)
497.381	Solicitation of goods or services.	Page 18 (pdf)
497.452	Preneed license required.	Page 18 (pdf)
497.454	Approval of preneed contract and related forms.	Page 19 (pdf)
497.456	Preneed Funeral Contract Consumer Protection Trust Fund.	Page 20 (pdf)
497.458	Disposition of proceeds received on contracts.	Page 22 (pdf)
497.459	Cancellation of, or default on, preneed contracts.	Page 26 (pdf)
497.460	Payment of funds upon death of named beneficiary.	Page 27 (pdf)
497.461	Surety bonding as alternative to trust deposit.	Page 28 (pdf)
497.462	Other alternatives to deposits under s. 497.458.	Page 28 (pdf)
497.464	Alternative preneed contracts.	Page 29 (pdf)
497.465	Inactive, surrendered, and revoked preneed licensees.	Page 29 (pdf)
497.601	Direct disposition; duties.	Page 30 (pdf)
497.607	Cremation; procedure required.	Page 30 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

No Chapter Law citations.