Florida House Bill 893 (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 Florida Small Business Fund to secure loans from participating private lending institutions for certain small businesses; prohibits participating private lending institution from charging small business more than specified rate of interest; specifies cap on loan amount; specifies information that must be included in loan application; requires DEO to select participating private lending institutions & small businesses & small start-up businesses that qualify for funding; requires DEO to conduct one-time public awareness campaign; provides for funding.

Florida Small Business Fund

Rep. Joseph Gibbons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Died in Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-02-28	House	Referred to Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee; Economic Affairs Committee
2013-02-19	House	Filed

S0820 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Commerce and Tourism

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/893
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0893/BillText/Filed/PDF