Florida Senate Bill 1838 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Commerce and Tourism
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Providing that individuals who voluntarily leave work for specified reasons are not disqualified from reemployment benefits; prohibiting the employment record of an employer from being charged for benefits paid to individuals who voluntarily leave work as a result of specified circumstances related to a homicide or individuals who are a witness, or have an immediate family member who is a witness, to certain crimes; increasing the amount of leave an employer must allow an employee to take if the employee or a family or household member of the employee is the victim of domestic violence or sexual violence; revising the specified reasons for which an employee may take such leave, etc.

Employee Protections

Sen. Shevrin Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-30	Senate	Died in Commerce and Tourism
2021-03-10	Senate	Introduced
2021-03-04	Senate	Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules
2021-02-26	Senate	Filed

H1467 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
443	101		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	131		Amended Code	See Bill Text
741	313		Amended Code	See Bill Text
741	314		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1838
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1838/BillText/Filed/HTML