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CS/CS/CS/HB 641: Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

GENERAL BILL by Regulatory Affairs Committee ; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee ; Business and Professions Subcommittee ; Trumbull

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Revises composition of Board of Professional Surveyors & Mappers; waives specified license & registration fees for honorably discharged veterans of U.S. Armed Forces, spouses of such veterans, or business entities that have majority ownership held by such veterans or spouses of such veterans; requires certain license application for private investigative, private security, & repossession services to include payment of fingerprint processing retention fees; revises firearm & weapons training certification requirements for certain licenses; directs FDLE to retain certain fingerprints & to enter such fingerprints into statewide automated biometric identification system & national retained print arrest notification program; directs DACS to provide such information to certain employers; prohibits use of mail drop as principal location of commercial telephone sellers; provides requirements for travel documents provided by sellers of travel; exempts certain amusement rides from certain safety standards; requires firearm course instructors to maintain records attesting to use of live fire; reduces initial & renewal fees for concealed weapon licenses; provides for certain notice of suspension or revocation of concealed weapon or firearm license or suspension of processing application; requires affidavit for concealed weapon or firearm license renewals; authorizes certain tax collector offices to accept renewal applications for & deliver concealed weapon or firearm licenses; provides an appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $1,305,097

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
Last Action: 3/7/2016 House - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 772 (Ch. 2016-166), CS/SB 754 (Ch. 2016-161) -HJ 875
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/12/2015 House • Filed
11/23/2015 House • Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 56
11/30/2015 House • Original reference(s)- removed: Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
• Referred to- Business and Professions Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; Regulatory Affairs Committee -HJ 56
1/8/2016 House • On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 01/12/16, 1:30 pm, 12 HOB
1/12/2016 House • Introduced -HJ 55
• CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 1 -HJ 242
1/20/2016 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 237
1/21/2016 House • Now in Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 249
1/26/2016 House • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/28/16, 1:00 pm, Reed Hall
1/28/2016 House • CS/CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 363
2/1/2016 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2/2/2016 House • Now in Regulatory Affairs Committee -HJ 362
• CS/CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 359
2/15/2016 House • On Committee agenda-- Regulatory Affairs Committee, 02/17/16, 9:30 am, Sumner Hall
2/17/2016 House • CS/CS/CS by- Regulatory Affairs Committee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 519
2/22/2016 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS/CS by Regulatory Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 512
2/23/2016 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 560
2/29/2016 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/16
3/2/2016 House • Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading -HJ 673
3/4/2016 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/07/16
3/7/2016 House • Substituted CS/CS/SB 772 -HJ 875
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 772 (Ch. 2016-166), CS/SB 754 (Ch. 2016-161) -HJ 875