Florida House Bill 1245 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Creates "Florida Family & Medical Leave Act"; requires employer to allow employees to take paid family leave to bond with minor child upon child's birth, adoption, or foster care placement; provides requirements, limitations, & duties; provides for civil action & penalties; creates family & medical leave insurance benefits program; provides duties, responsibilities, & limitations of program; prohibits specified employment practices on basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth; provides for leave, maintenance of health coverage, reasonable accommodation & transfer, & return rights for employee who is disabled from pregnancy, childbirth, or medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth.

Employment Practices for Family and Medical Leave

Rep. Angela Nixon [D]	Sen. Tracie Davis [D]	Rep. Ramon Alexander [D]	Rep. Fentrice Driskell [D]
Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]	Rep. Joy Goff-Marcil [D]	Rep. Yvonne Hayes Hinson [D]	Rep. Dotie Joseph [D]
Rep. Andrew Learned [D]	Rep. Daisy Morales [D]	Rep. Felicia Simone Robinson [D]	Rep. Michelle Salzman [R]
Rep. Emily Slosberg-King [D]	Rep. Carlos Smith [D]	Rep. Allison Tant [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-30	House	Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
2021-03-02	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2021-02-28	House	Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
2021-02-28	House	Referred to Commerce Committee
2021-02-28	House	Referred to Appropriations Committee
2021-02-28	House	Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
2021-02-24	House	Filed

H1247 (Related) 2021-04-30 - Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
S1596 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Commerce and Tourism
H581 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
S384 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Commerce and Tourism
S1586 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Banking and Insurance
H1249 (Related) 2021-04-30 - Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
444	001		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	002		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	003		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	004		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	005		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	006		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	007		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	008		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	009		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	01		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	013		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	014		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	016		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	017		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	018		Amended Code	See Bill Text
444	019		Amended Code	See Bill Text
760	10		Amended Code	See Bill Text
760	11		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1245
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1245/BillText/Filed/PDF