Florida House Bill 561 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 3 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-03 - Died in Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Creates "Fair Employment Opportunity Act"; prohibits employer from refusing to consider or offer employment because person is or was unemployed; prohibits advertisement or announcement which states or indicates that unemployed person is disqualified; prohibits employer from directing or requesting employment agency to take person's status as unemployed into account; prohibits employment agency from refusing to consider or refer person based on person's status as unemployed; prohibits employment agency advertisement or announcement for job vacancy which states or indicates that unemployed person is disqualified; prohibits employment agency from limiting person's access to information about jobs or referral because person is or was unemployed; prohibits employer or agency from discriminating against person because person engaged in certain lawful activities; provides exception; authorizes civil action by AG; provides that damages recovered accrue to injured party.

Employment Discrimination Against the Unemployed

Rep. Cynthia Stafford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Died in Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-02-06	House	Referred to Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Economic Affairs Committee
2013-01-29	House	Filed

S0072 (Same As) 2013-05-03 - Died in Commerce and Tourism

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/561
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0561/BillText/Filed/PDF