Florida House Bill 273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 9 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-09 - Chapter No. 2016-20
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Requires public agency contract for services to include statement providing contact information of public agency's custodian of public records; prescribes form of statement; revises required provisions in public agency contract for services regarding contractor's compliance with public records laws; requires public records request relating to records for public agency's contract for services to be made directly to public agency; requires contractor to provide requested records to public agency or allow inspection or copying of requested records; specifies circumstances under which court must assess & award reasonable costs of enforcement against contractor; specifies sufficient notice; provides that contractor who takes certain actions is not liable for reasonable costs of enforcement.

Public Records

House Government Operations Subcommittee	Rep. Halsey Beshears [R]	Rep. Dave Kerner [D]	Sen. Daphne Campbell [D]
Rep. Charles Van Zant [R]	Rep. John Wood [R]

2016-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#2 (Y: 34 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2016-01-27 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#487 (Y: 110 N: 7 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-09		Chapter No. 2016-20
2016-03-08		Approved by Governor
2016-03-01		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2016-02-10	House	Ordered enrolled
2016-02-02	Senate	CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 1
2016-02-02	Senate	Read 3rd time
2016-01-28	Senate	Placed on 3rd reading
2016-01-28	Senate	Read 2nd time
2016-01-28	Senate	Substituted for CS/SB 390
2016-01-28	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2016-01-28	Senate	Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
2016-01-27	Senate	Received
2016-01-27	Senate	Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
2016-01-27	Senate	In Messages
2016-01-27	House	Immediately certified
2016-01-27	House	CS passed; YEAS 110 NAYS 7
2016-01-27	House	Read 3rd time
2016-01-26	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2016-01-26	House	Read 2nd time
2016-01-22	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/26/16
2016-01-21	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-01-21	House	Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 1
2016-01-19	House	On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 01/21/16, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
2016-01-12	House	CS by Government Operations Subcommittee read 1st time
2016-01-12	House	Introduced
2015-12-09	House	Now in State Affairs Committee
2015-12-09	House	CS referred to State Affairs Committee
2015-12-09	House	Original reference(s) removed: Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee
2015-12-07	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2015-12-02	House	CS by Government Operations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
2015-11-24	House	On Committee agenda-- Government Operations Subcommittee, 12/02/15, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
2015-10-07	House	Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
2015-10-01	House	Filed

S0390 (Similar To) 2016-01-28 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 273 (Ch. 2016-20)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
119	07		Amended Code	See Bill Text
119	0701		Amended Code	See Bill Text
497	140		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	311		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	351		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/273
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0273/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0273/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0273/BillText/er/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0273/Amendment/039991/PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0273/Vote/HouseVote_h0273c1487.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0273/Vote/SenateVote_h0273c1002.PDF