Florida House Bill 997 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 2 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-02 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits public employer from compelling employee who is spouse of military servicemember to work extended work hours during active duty deployment of his or her spouse; prohibits imposition of sanction or penalty upon such employee for failure or refusal to work extended work hours during period of his or her spouse's active duty deployment; requires public employer to grant request by such employee for unpaid leave for specified purposes during active duty deployment; provides limitation on such unpaid leave; authorizes DMS to adopt certain rules; declaring that act fulfills important state interest.

Military Affairs

Rep. Betty Reed [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-02	House	Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
2014-03-04	House	Introduced
2014-02-28	House	Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Veteran and Military Affairs Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee
2014-02-19	House	Filed

S1120 (Same As) 2014-05-02 - Died in Commerce and Tourism

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
115	135		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/997
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0997/BillText/Filed/PDF