Florida Senate Bill 1608 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 10 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-10 - Died in Appropriations
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Citing this act as the "Farmers and Ranchers Matter Act"; requiring the Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan to allow the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to create the State Agricultural Response Team; authorizing the Department of Transportation to waive certain weight load restrictions and permit verifications for the transport of agricultural products from fields or packinghouses to public transportation facilities after certain natural disasters; requiring the Department of Transportation to create and administer a program to install directional signs to assist visitors in locating certain agritourism facilities, etc.

Agricultural Recovery

Senate Transportation Committee

Sen. Denise Grimsley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-10	Senate	Died in Appropriations
2018-03-10	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2018-02-22	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/27/18, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
2018-02-22	Senate	Now in Appropriations
2018-02-20	Senate	Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
2018-02-15	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, 02/20/18, 9:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building
2018-02-08	Senate	CS by Transportation read 1st time
2018-02-08	Senate	Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
2018-02-08	Senate	Remaining references corrected to Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax; Appropriations
2018-02-08	Senate	Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
2018-02-08	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2018-02-06	Senate	CS by Transportation; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2018-02-01	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 02/06/18, 2:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
2018-01-17	Senate	Introduced
2018-01-12	Senate	Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations
2018-01-05	Senate	Filed

H7087 (Similar To) 2018-03-27 - Chapter No. 2018-118
S740 (Similar To) 2018-03-26 - Chapter No. 2018-84
S620 (Similar To) 2018-03-08 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 7087

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
193	461		Amended Code	See Bill Text
212	08		Amended Code	See Bill Text
252	3569		Amended Code	See Bill Text
316	565		Amended Code	See Bill Text
604	71		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1608
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1608/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1608/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1608/Amendment/889794/HTML