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HB 1245: Employment Practices for Family and Medical Leave

GENERAL BILL by Nixon ; Davis ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Alexander ; Driskell ; Eskamani ; Goff-Marcil ; Hinson ; Joseph ; Learned ; Morales ; Robinson, F. ; Salzman ; Slosberg ; Smith, C. ; Tant

Employment Practices for Family and Medical Leave; Creates "Florida Family & Medical Leave Act"; requires employer to allow employees to take paid family leave to bond with minor child upon child's birth, adoption, or foster care placement; provides requirements, limitations, & duties; provides for civil action & penalties; creates family & medical leave insurance benefits program; provides duties, responsibilities, & limitations of program; prohibits specified employment practices on basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth; provides for leave, maintenance of health coverage, reasonable accommodation & transfer, & return rights for employee who is disabled from pregnancy, childbirth, or medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
Last Action: 4/30/2021 House - Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/24/2021 House • Filed
2/28/2021 House • Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
• Referred to Appropriations Committee
• Referred to Commerce Committee
• Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
3/2/2021 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
4/30/2021 House • Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee