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CS/SB 1992: Workers' Compensation

GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance ; King

Workers' Compensation; excludes work done by state prisoners & county inmates from definition of employment; excludes employees covered under Defense Base Act from payment of benefits; provides for electronic payment of compensation payments; requires judges of compensation claims to consider interests of worker & worker's family when approving settlements of worker's compensation claims; exempts local government self-insurance funds from premium tax, etc. Amends FS. APPROPRIATION: $26,400,000.

Effective Date: 10/01/2000 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 5/5/2000 House - Died in Messages, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/SB 2532 (Ch. 2000-150)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/7/2000 Senate • Filed
3/9/2000 Senate • Introduced, referred to Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00181
4/5/2000 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 04/10/00, 2:00 pm, 110-S --Not considered
4/12/2000 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 04/17/00, 10:00 am, 110-S
4/17/2000 Senate • Comm. Action: CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 00486; CS read first time on 04/19/00 -SJ 00491
4/19/2000 Senate • Now in Judiciary -SJ 00486; Withdrawn from Judiciary; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00485; Rereferred to Fiscal Policy -SJ 00485
4/20/2000 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/25/00, 3:30 pm, 412-K
4/25/2000 Senate • Comm. Action:-Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Fiscal Policy; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 00521
4/26/2000 Senate • Placed on Calendar -SJ 00521
4/28/2000 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00581; Read second time -SJ 00625; Amendment(s) failed -SJ 00625; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00625; Ordered engrossed -SJ 00626
5/2/2000 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00808; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00808; CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 00809
5/2/2000 House • In Messages
5/5/2000 House • Died in Messages, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/SB 2532 (Ch. 2000-150)