Florida House Bill 873 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires that individual who practices as athlete agent be licensed as professional athlete agent or limited athlete agent by DBPR; provides that agent contract may conform to form approved by national professional sports association for sport in which student athlete will be represented under certain circumstances; requires that athlete agent deposit surety bond with department before contacting athlete or entering into agent contract or contract for financial services with student athlete under certain conditions; prohibits athlete agent from offering or furnishing anything of value to student athlete or individual related to student athlete before student completes his or her last intercollegiate sports contest; requires department to send notice of athlete agent's conviction of offense to each national professional sports association that has certified agent; authorizes student athlete to sue for damages; requires department to publish on its Internet website information prescribing responsibilities of colleges & universities; requires department to notify athletic director or other appropriate official of each college or university of any changes to responsibilities; revises provisions relating to athlete agent's financial & business records; requires that records contain telephone number of each individual represented by athlete agent & name & address of each national professional sports association that certifies athlete agent.

Athlete Agents

Sen. Douglas Broxson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 84
2011-12-21		Referred to Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee; Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee; Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 85
2011-12-05		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
468	452		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	453		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	454		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	456		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	45615		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	4562		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	4565		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/873
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0873/BillText/Filed/HTML