Florida House Bill 721 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum:
Status: Passed on May 26 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-26 - Chapter No. 2023-149
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Authorizes life insurers to transact paid family leave insurance; provides circumstances under which paid family leave insurance may be issued & purchased under paid family leave insurance policy; provides circumstances under which family leave insurance benefits may be provided; requires that paid family leave insurance policies specify details & requirements relating to covered circumstances; specifies requirements for policies relating to benefit periods, waiting periods, benefit amounts, certain offsets, & payment of benefits; provides that eligibility for family leave insurance benefits may be limited, excluded, or reduced, but any such limitation, exclusion, or reduction must be specified in policy; provides circumstances under which limitations, exclusions, & reductions are permissible; provides applicable provisions for calculating rates; provides that paid family leave insurance forms & riders are subject to review by OIR; specifies means by which policy must offer family leave insurance benefits.

Paid Family Leave Insurance

House Commerce Committee	House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee	Rep. Linda Chaney [R]	Rep. Christopher Benjamin [D]
Rep. Christine Hunschofsky [D]	Sen. Tom Leek [R]	Rep. Fiona McFarland [R]	Rep. Angela Nixon [D]
Rep. Marie Woodson [D]

2023-05-01 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#11 (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-20 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#144 (Y: 115 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-10 - House - House Commerce Committee (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-03-28 - House - House Appropriations Committee (Y: 28 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-03-14 - House - House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-26		Chapter No. 2023-149
2023-05-25		Approved by Governor
2023-05-16		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2023-05-01	House	Ordered enrolled
2023-05-01	House	In Messages
2023-05-01	Senate	CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
2023-05-01	Senate	Read 3rd time
2023-05-01	Senate	Read 2nd time
2023-05-01	Senate	Substituted for CS/SB 670
2023-05-01	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2023-05-01	Senate	Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy
2023-04-25	Senate	Received
2023-04-21	Senate	Referred to Fiscal Policy
2023-04-20	Senate	In Messages
2023-04-20	House	CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
2023-04-20	House	Read 3rd time
2023-04-20	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2023-04-20	House	Read 2nd time
2023-04-13	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
2023-04-13	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
2023-04-13	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2023-04-13	House	CS Filed
2023-04-13	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2023-04-13	House	Reported out of Commerce Committee
2023-04-11	House	Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee (Amended)
2023-04-06	House	Added to Commerce Committee agenda
2023-03-28	House	Now in Commerce Committee
2023-03-28	House	Reported out of Appropriations Committee
2023-03-28	House	Favorable by Appropriations Committee
2023-03-24	House	Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
2023-03-16	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2023-03-16	House	Now in Appropriations Committee
2023-03-16	House	Referred to Commerce Committee
2023-03-16	House	Referred to Appropriations Committee
2023-03-15	House	CS Filed
2023-03-15	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2023-03-15	House	Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
2023-03-14	House	Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
2023-03-10	House	Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
2023-03-07	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2023-02-21	House	Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
2023-02-21	House	Referred to Commerce Committee
2023-02-21	House	Referred to Appropriations Committee
2023-02-21	House	Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
2023-02-10	House	Filed

S670 (Same As) 2023-05-01 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 721 (Ch. 2023-149)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
624	406		Amended Code	See Bill Text
624	6086		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	445		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/BillText/c2/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/BillText/er/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/Amendment/887327/PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/Analyses/h0721.IBS.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/Analyses/h0721a.IBS.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/Analyses/h0721b.APC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/Analyses/h0721c.APC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/Analyses/h0721d.COM.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/Analyses/h0721e.COM.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/Analyses/h0721z.IBS.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/Analyses/h0721z1.IBS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=67177&IsPCB=0&BillId=77439
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=68054&IsPCB=0&BillId=77439
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=68807&IsPCB=0&BillId=77439
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/Vote/HouseVote_h00721c2144.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/721/Vote/SenateVote_h00721c2011.PDF