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CS/HB 319: Florida Healthy Marriage Handbook

GENERAL BILL by Civil Justice Subcommittee ; Yarborough ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sabatini ; Smith, D.

Florida Healthy Marriage Handbook; Creates Florida Healthy Marriage Handbook; provides requirements for handbook; provides for distribution of printed copies of the handbook under certain circumstances; requires clerks of court to post electronic copies of handbook on its website & make handbook available to certain applicants; encourages clerks of court to provide list of course providers & websites where certain classes are available; prohibits issuance of marriage license until petitioners verify that both parties have obtained & read Florida Healthy Marriage Handbook or some other presentation of similar information.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died in Judiciary Committee
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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
10/9/2019	House	• Filed
10/16/2019	House	• Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 29
1/14/2020	House	• Introduced -HJ 29
1/31/2020	House	• On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 3:30 pm, Sumner Hall
2/4/2020	House	• CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 516
2/6/2020	House	• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) • CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 513
2/7/2020	House	• Original reference(s) removed: Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee • CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 524 • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 524
2/10/2020	House	• On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Morris Hall
2/12/2020	House	• Favorable by Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 551 • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 551
3/14/2020	House	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Judiciary Committee

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S 682 (c2)	Florida Healthy Marriage Handbook	Baxley	Similar	Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Rules