Senate Bill 538 (2020) - The Florida Senate

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CS/CS/SB 538: Emergency Reporting

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Infrastructure and Security ; Diaz ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Book ; Pizzo ; Perry

Emergency Reporting; Requiring the Division of Emergency Management to create a list of reportable incidents; requiring such list to include certain events; requiring a political subdivision to report incidents contained on the list to the State Watch Office; authorizing the Division of Emergency Management to establish guidelines a political subdivision must follow to report an incident, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 6/22/2020 - Chapter No. 2020-53
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Infrastructure and Security (IS)
Community Affairs (CA)
Rules (RC)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
10/16/2019	Senate	• Filed
11/1/2019	Senate	• Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 42
1/14/2020	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 42
1/16/2020	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Infrastructure and Security, 01/21/20, 4:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
1/21/2020	Senate	• CS by Infrastructure and Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 191
1/22/2020	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/23/2020	Senate	• Now in Community Affairs
1/27/2020	Senate	• CS by Infrastructure and Security read 1st time -SJ 194
2/5/2020	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/10/20, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
2/10/2020	Senate	• CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 269
2/11/2020	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/12/2020	Senate	• Now in Rules • CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 272
2/14/2020	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/19/20, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
2/19/2020	Senate	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 325 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
3/3/2020	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20 -SJ 461
3/5/2020	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 420 • Placed on 3rd reading
3/6/2020	Senate	• Read 3rd time -SJ 483 • Amendment(s) adopted (682306) -SJ 483 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 484
3/6/2020	House	• In Messages
3/9/2020	House	• Referred to Calendar -HJ 1000 • Received -HJ 1000
3/10/2020	House	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20 • Read 2nd time -HJ 1042 • Amendment(s) adopted (093237) -HJ 1042, 1043 • Placed on 3rd reading
3/11/2020	House	• Read 3rd time -HJ 1083 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 -HJ 1084
3/11/2020	Senate	• In returning messages
3/12/2020	Senate	• Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (093237) -SJ 842 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 843 • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 843
6/11/2020		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/20/2020		• Approved by Governor
6/22/2020		• Chapter No. 2020-53

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CS/CS/SB 538, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/13/2020 at 2:13 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	None

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 865 (c2)	Emergency Reporting	Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee	Identical	Last Action: 3/10/2020 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 538 (Ch. 2020-53) -HJ 1070

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
252.351		Page 1 (pdf)

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CS/CS/SB 538, Engrossed 2 Posted 3/13/2020 at 1:35 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	None

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 865 (c2)	Emergency Reporting	Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 3/10/2020 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 538 (Ch. 2020-53) -HJ 1070

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
252.351		Page 1 (pdf)

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CS/CS/SB 538, Engrossed 1 Posted 3/6/2020 at 10:54 AM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	House Message Summary (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 865 (c2)	Emergency Reporting	Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 3/10/2020 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 538 (Ch. 2020-53) -HJ 1070

Floor Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
093237 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Rodriguez	3/9/2020 9:38 PM	Senate: Concurred 3/12/2020	PDF

Floor Votes (2)

Date	Chamber	Result
3/11/2020 11:27 AM	House	115 Yeas - 0 Nays
3/12/2020 7:54 PM	Senate	38 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (2)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
252.351		Page 1 (pdf)
252.381		Page 2 (pdf)

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CS/CS/SB 538, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 2/11/2020 at 2:11 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/18/2020 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 2/19/2020 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 865 (c2)	Emergency Reporting	Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 3/10/2020 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 538 (Ch. 2020-53) -HJ 1070

Floor Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
682306 - Amendment Before line 16 insert:	Brandes	3/5/2020 6:36 PM	Senate: Adopted 3/6/2020	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
2/19/2020 10:00 AM	Rules	16 Yeas - 0 Nays

Floor Votes (1)

Date	Chamber	Result
3/6/2020 10:31 AM	Senate	39 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
252.351		Page 1 (pdf)

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CS/SB 538, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 1/22/2020 at 4:20 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 2/7/2020 (pdf) Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 2/11/2020 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 865 (c1)	Emergency Reporting	Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 3/10/2020 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 538 (Ch. 2020-53) -HJ 1070

Committee Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
274454 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Community Affairs (Diaz)	2/7/2020 10:16 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/11/2020	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
2/10/2020 4:00 PM	Community Affairs	5 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
252.351		Page 1 (pdf)

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SB 538, Original Filed Version Posted 10/16/2019 at 3:58 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Infrastructure and Security (Pre-Meeting) 1/17/2020 (pdf) Infrastructure and Security (Post-Meeting) 1/22/2020 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 865	Emergency Reporting	Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee	Identical	Last Action: 3/10/2020 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 538 (Ch. 2020-53) -HJ 1070

Committee Amendments (2)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
639450 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Infrastructure and Security (Diaz)	1/17/2020 10:32 AM	Withdrawn 1/22/2020	Web Page PDF
784498 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Infrastructure and Security (Diaz)	1/17/2020 7:44 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/22/2020	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
1/21/2020 4:30 PM	Infrastructure and Security	7 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
252.351		Page 1 (pdf)

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