Florida Senate Bill 272 (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 Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Recognizing that the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act mandates additional safeguards ensuring that persons who have a hearing loss are able to access Internet-based and digital communications; requiring that the Public Service Commission establish a recovery mechanism that requires commercial mobile radio service providers to impose a monthly surcharge on its subscribers; providing for the distribution of wireless mobile devices to qualified persons; requiring that the commission annually ensure that public safety and health care providers are complying with the requirement to purchase and operate telecommunications devices for the deaf or any other appropriate telecommunications devices and submit a report of its findings to the advisory committee, etc.

Telecommunications Access System

Sen. Stephen Wise [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
2012-01-10		Introduced -SJ 28
2011-10-04		Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Budget -SJ 28
2011-09-19		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
427	702		Amended Code	See Bill Text
427	703		Amended Code	See Bill Text
427	704		Amended Code	See Bill Text
427	705		Amended Code	See Bill Text
427	706		Amended Code	See Bill Text
427	708		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/272
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0272/BillText/Filed/HTML