Florida Senate Bill 72 (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 Commerce and Tourism
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creating the "Fair Employment Opportunity Act"; prohibiting an employer from refusing to consider for employment or refusing to offer employment to, a person because the person is or was unemployed; providing an exception for a bona fide occupational qualification; authorizing the Attorney General to commence a civil action for damages, injunctive relief, civil penalties, and other appropriate relief if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that an employer or employment agency has violated the act, etc.

Employment Discrimination Against the Unemployed

Sen. Arthenia Joyner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	Senate	Died in Commerce and Tourism
2013-03-05	Senate	Introduced
2012-12-05	Senate	Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
2012-11-27	Senate	Filed

H0561 (Same As) 2013-05-03 - Died in Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/72
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0072/BillText/Filed/HTML