Florida House Bill 889 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Failed on March 14 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-14 - Died in Business and Professions Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Creates "Florida Family Leave Act"; requires employer to allow certain 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 & criminal penalty; 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.

Employment Practices

Sen. Tracie Davis [D]	Rep. Dotie Joseph [D]	Rep. Ramon Alexander [D]	Rep. Kamia Brown [D]
Rep. James Bush [D]	Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]	Rep. Joseph Geller [D]	Rep. Evan Jenne [D]
Sen. Shevrin Jones [D]	Rep. Kionne McGhee [D]	Rep. Amy Mercado [D]	Rep. Carlos Smith [D]
Rep. Jackie Toledo [R]	Rep. Jennifer Webb [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-14	House	Died in Business and Professions Subcommittee
2020-03-14	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2020-01-14	House	Introduced
2019-12-12	House	Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Commerce Committee
2019-12-10	House	Filed

S1194 (Similar To) 2020-03-14 - Died in Commerce and Tourism

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
444	001		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	002		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	003		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	004		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	005		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	006		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	007		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	008		Amended Code	See Bill Text
760	10		Amended Code	See Bill Text
760	11		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/889
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/889/BillText/Filed/PDF