Florida Senate Bill 1494 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Community Affairs
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Providing for the suspension of certain statutory provisions during declared states of emergency for a specified timeframe; authorizing governing bodies to use communications media technology during declared states of emergency; providing that certain remote participation by a governing body member in a meeting constitutes that individual's presence at such meeting and counts toward a quorum during the declared state of emergency; requiring meetings conducted through communications media technology to function as if they are being conducted in person, etc.

Public Meetings During Declared States of Emergency

Sen. Janet Cruz [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-30	Senate	Died in Community Affairs
2021-03-02	Senate	Introduced
2021-03-02	Senate	Referred to Community Affairs; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Rules
2021-02-22	Senate	Filed

H1217 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
252	386		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1494
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1494/BillText/Filed/HTML