Florida House Bill 531 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requires motor vehicle registration form & registration renewal form, driver license application form, & driver license application form for renewal issuance or renewal extension to include option to make voluntary contribution to aid homeless; provides exemption from certain application fee requirements; establishes homelessness prevention grant program; requires grant applicants to be ranked competitively & provides preference for certain applicants; provides eligibility requirements & grant limitations & restrictions; requires lead agencies for local homeless assistance continuums of care to track, monitor, & report on assisted families for specified period of time; provides opportunities for voluntary contributions to aid the homeless & provides that such contributions are not income of revenue nature for purpose of applying certain service charges; limits percentage of funding that lead agencies may spend on administrative costs; repeals provision relating to emergency assistance program for families with children that have lost shelter or face loss of shelter due to emergency; transfers emergency assistance program funds to homelessness prevention grant program.

Homelessness

Sen. Lori Berman [D]	Sen. Dwight Bullard [D]	Sen. Daphne Campbell [D]	Sen. Janet Cruz [D]
Rep. Reggie Fullwood [D]	House Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee	Rep. Mark Pafford [D]	Rep. Betty Reed [D]
Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda [D]	Rep. Hazelle Rogers [D]	Rep. Barbara Watson [D]

2012-02-16 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#798 (Y: 119 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
2012-03-05		Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Transportation; Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations; Budget -SJ 843
2012-03-05		Received -SJ 843
2012-02-22		In Messages
2012-02-16		CS passed as amended; YEAS 119 NAYS 0 -HJ 659
2012-02-16		Read 3rd time -HJ 658
2012-02-15		Placed on 3rd reading
2012-02-15		Read 2nd time -HJ 626
2012-02-13		Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/15/12
2012-02-07		Placed on Calendar -HJ 548
2012-02-07		Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 548
2012-02-03		On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/07/12, 1:30 pm, 404 HOB
2012-01-13		Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 226
2012-01-13		Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee
2012-01-12		CS by Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 212
2012-01-11		Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2012-01-11		CS by Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 218
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 54
2012-01-09		On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee, 01/11/12, 8:00 am, 12 HOB
2011-11-04		Referred to Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 55
2011-11-01		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
320	02		Amended Code	See Bill Text
322	08		Amended Code	See Bill Text
322	18		Amended Code	See Bill Text
414	16		Amended Code	See Bill Text
420	622		Amended Code	See Bill Text
420	625		Amended Code	See Bill Text
420	6275		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/531
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0531/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0531/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0531/BillText/e1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0531/BillText/e2/PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/531/Vote/HouseVote_h0531e1798.PDF