Florida House Bill 561 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 28 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-04-28 - Died in Highway and Waterway Safety Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes deaf individual to obtain identification card & placard to indicate that individual is deaf from DHSMV; requires law enforcement officer to seek an interpreter before arresting deaf person; provides emergency exception; requires Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission to provide basic skills training for law enforcement officers to deal with deaf; requires each law enforcement agency to have at least one on-call officer who is trained in or knows American Sign Language.

Persons Who are Deaf

Sen. Victor Torres [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-28	House	Died in Highway and Waterway Safety Subcommittee
2015-03-03	House	Introduced
2015-02-11	House	Referred to Highway and Waterway Safety Subcommittee; Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Economic Affairs Committee
2015-02-03	House	Filed

S1122 (Similar To) 2015-05-01 - Died in Transportation

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
320	0849		Amended Code	See Bill Text
901	245		Amended Code	See Bill Text
943	1723		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/561
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0561/BillText/Filed/PDF