Florida Senate Bill 896

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 13 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 197
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Requiring that a certain annual report required of the Department of Health include specified data; requiring the department to immediately suspend the license of massage therapists and massage establishments under certain circumstances; revising quorum requirements for the Board of Massage Therapy; prohibiting sexual activity and certain related activities in massage establishments; revising advertising requirements and prohibitions for massage therapists and massage establishments; requiring the department's investigators to request valid government identification from all employees while in a massage establishment, etc.

Health Care Practitioners and Massage Therapy

Senate Fiscal Policy Committee

Sen. Jonathan Martin [R]

2024-02-15 - Senate - Senate Fiscal Policy (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - Senate - Senate Health Policy (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	Senate	Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 197
2024-03-05	Senate	Substituted CS/CS/HB 197
2024-03-05	Senate	Read 2nd time
2024-03-01	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/24
2024-02-20	Senate	CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
2024-02-16	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2024-02-16	Senate	Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2024-02-15	Senate	CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
2024-02-12	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/15/24, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2024-02-08	Senate	Now in Fiscal Policy
2024-02-08	Senate	Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
2024-02-05	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/08/24, 10:45 am, 412 Knott Building
2024-01-31	Senate	Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
2024-01-30	Senate	Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2024-01-25	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/30/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2024-01-09	Senate	Introduced
2024-01-04	Senate	Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
2023-12-13	Senate	Filed

H197 (Similar To) 2024-04-22 - Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
456	026		Amended Code	See Bill Text
456	074		Amended Code	See Bill Text
480	033		Amended Code	See Bill Text
480	035		Amended Code	See Bill Text
480	043		Amended Code	See Bill Text
480	0465		Amended Code	See Bill Text
480	0475		Amended Code	See Bill Text
480	0535		Amended Code	See Bill Text
823	05		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/896
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/896/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/896/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/896/Amendment/320058/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/896/Analyses/2024s00896.pre.hp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/896/Analyses/2024s00896.hp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/896/Analyses/2024s00896.pre.ahs.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/896/Analyses/2024s00896.ahs.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/896/Analyses/2024s00896.pre.fp.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/896/Analyses/2024s00896.fp.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/896/Vote/2024-01-30%200900AM~S00896%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/896/Vote/2024-02-08%201045AM~S00896%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/896/Vote/2024-02-15%201200PM~S00896%20Vote%20Record.PDF