Florida House Bill 243 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Failed on March 10 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-10 - Died in Community Affairs
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requiring certain counties, after a specified date, to use surtax proceeds for purposes related to fixed guideway rapid transit systems, bus systems, and development of dedicated facilities for autonomous vehicles; authorizing municipalities in certain counties, after a specified date, to use surtax proceeds for certain purposes; requiring performance audits of certain counties or school districts holding a referendum related to local government discretionary sales surtax; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to hire public accountants to conduct such performance audits; specifying a time period within which the performance audit must be completed and made available, etc.

Discretionary Sales Surtax

House Government Accountability Committee	House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee	Sen. Bryan Avila [R]	Rep. Daniel Perez [R]
Rep. Matthew Caldwell [R]	Sen. Manny Diaz [R]

2018-02-21 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#656 (Y: 106 N: 7 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-10	Senate	Died in Community Affairs
2018-03-10	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2018-03-05	Senate	Received
2018-03-05	Senate	Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax; Appropriations
2018-02-28	Senate	In Messages
2018-02-21	House	CS passed as amended; YEAS 106 NAYS 7 651
2018-02-21	House	Read 3rd time
2018-02-20	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2018-02-20	House	Amendment(s) adopted (870071)
2018-02-20	House	Read 2nd time
2018-02-15	House	CS/CS by Government Accountability Committee read 1st time
2018-02-15	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/18
2018-02-15	House	Placed on Calendar
2018-02-15	House	Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
2018-02-13	House	CS/CS by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 6
2018-02-09	House	PCS on Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 02/13/18, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
2018-02-06	House	On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 02/08/18, 9:00 am, Morris Hall --Temporarily Postponed
2018-01-09	House	CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee read 1st time
2018-01-09	House	Now in Government Accountability Committee
2018-01-09	House	Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 6
2018-01-09	House	Introduced
2018-01-05	House	On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 01/09/18, 4:30 pm, Morris Hall
2017-12-11	House	Now in Ways and Means Committee
2017-12-08	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
2017-12-06	House	CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
2017-11-29	House	On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 10:30 am, Reed Hall
2017-10-18	House	Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; Government Accountability Committee
2017-10-06	House	Filed

S688 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Appropriations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
212	055		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/243
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/243/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/243/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/243/BillText/c2/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/243/BillText/e1/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/243/Amendment/956415/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/243/Amendment/870071/PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/243/Vote/HouseVote_h00243e1656.PDF