FL S1224 | 2010 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-25 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -SJ 00340; Substituted HB 689 -SJ 00340; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 689 (Ch. 2010-8) -SJ 00340
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Provides that if a person slips and falls on a transitory foreign substance in a business establishment, the injured person must prove that the business establishment had actual or constructive knowledge of the condition and should have taken action to remedy it. Specifies that the provisions do not affect any common-law duty of care owed by a person or entity in possession or control of a business premises, etc.

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Title

Negligence/Slip on Foreign Substance [SPSC]

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2010-03-25 Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -SJ 00340; Substituted HB 689 -SJ 00340; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 689 (Ch. 2010-8) -SJ 00340
2010-03-23 Withdrawn from Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means -SJ 00321; Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2010-03-22 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute); Now in Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means -SJ 00280
2010-03-18 CS by Judiciary; YEAS 5 NAYS 4 -SJ 00280; CS read 1st time on 03/22/10 -SJ 00286
2010-03-15 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/18/10, 1:00 pm, 110-S
2010-03-02 Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means -SJ 00088
2010-02-03 Referred to Judiciary; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means
2010-01-14 Filed

Same As/Similar To

H0689 (Similar To) 2010-04-14 - Approved by Governor -HJ 00723; Chapter No. 2010-8

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
07680710Amended CodeSee Bill Text
07680755New CodeSee Bill Text

Florida State Sources


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