CS/CS/SB 528: Funeral & Cemetery Industry
GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance ; Regulated Industries ; Pruitt ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Haridopolos ; Posey ; Lynn ; King ; Alexander ; Argenziano ; Aronberg ; Atwater ; Bennett ; Bullard ; Campbell ; Carlton ; Clary ; Constantine ; Cowin ; Crist ; Dawson ; Diaz de la Portilla ; Dockery ; Fasano ; Garcia ; Geller ; Hill ; Jones ; Klein ; Lawson ; Lee ; Margolis ; Miller ; Peaden ; Saunders ; Sebesta ; Siplin ; Smith ; Villalobos ; Wasserman Schultz ; Webster ; Wilson ; Wise
Funeral & Cemetery Industry; creates in Financial Services Dept. the Division of Funeral, Cemetery, & Consumer Services; creates in said dept. the Board of Funeral, Cemetery, & Consumer Services; abolishes Board of Funeral & Cemetery Services & Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers; provides for continued validity of rules of Board of Funeral & Cemetery Services, Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers, & DBPR, adopted under or in relation to certain provisions, etc. Amends FS.
Last Action: 6/17/2004 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2004-301
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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11/12/2003 | Senate |
• Prefiled |
11/24/2003 | Senate |
• Referred to Regulated Industries; Banking and Insurance |
3/2/2004 | Senate |
• Introduced, referred to Regulated Industries; Banking and Insurance -SJ 00035 |
3/12/2004 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/17/04, 9:00 am, 110-S |
3/17/2004 | Senate |
• CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 00378; CS read first time on 03/24/04 -SJ 00380 |
3/19/2004 | Senate |
• Now in Banking and Insurance -SJ 00378 |
4/15/2004 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 04/20/04, 1:15 pm, 110-S |
4/20/2004 | Senate |
• CS/CS by- Banking and Insurance; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 00699; CS read first time on 04/21/04 -SJ 00700 |
4/21/2004 | Senate |
• Placed on Calendar, on second reading -SJ 00699 |
4/23/2004 | Senate |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00868 |
4/24/2004 | Senate |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00868 |
4/26/2004 | Senate |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00921, -SJ 01028 |
4/27/2004 | Senate |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 01028, -SJ 01176; Read second time -SJ 01078; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 01079; Ordered engrossed -SJ 01137 |
4/28/2004 | Senate |
• Read third time -SJ 01194; CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 01195 |
4/28/2004 | House |
• In Messages |
4/29/2004 | House |
• Received, placed on Calendar -HJ 01081; Substituted for HB 323 -HJ 01117; Read second time -HJ 01118 |
4/30/2004 | House |
• Read third time -HJ 01216; CS passed; YEAS 110 NAYS 3 -HJ 01217 |
4/30/2004 | Senate |
• Ordered enrolled -SJ 01740 |
6/14/2004 |
• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
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6/17/2004 |
• Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2004-301 |
Related Bills
Bill Number | Subject | Filed By | Relationship | Last Action and Location |
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H 323 | Brown | Similar | Last Action: 4/29/2004 H Referred to Calendar; Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted CS/CS/SB 528; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 528 (Ch. 2004-301) -HJ 01117 | |
H 253 | Funeral/Cemetery/Disposition Svcs. | Detert | Compare | Last Action: 4/30/2004 H Died in Committee on Business Regulation, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 528 (Ch. 2004-301) |
Bill Text
Version | Posted | Format |
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S 528 Filed | 11/12/2003 3:02 PM | Web Page | PDF |
S 528 c1 | 3/19/2004 11:21 AM | Web Page | PDF |
S 528 c2 | 4/21/2004 2:55 PM | Web Page | PDF |
S 528 e1 | 4/27/2004 6:57 PM | Web Page | PDF |
S 528 er | 5/1/2004 10:18 AM | Web Page | PDF |
Committee Amendments
Floor Amendments
Amendments | Sponsor | Filed | Last Floor Action | Format |
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831592 - Amendment |
Pruitt |
4/22/2004 4:47 PM |
Web Page
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195328 - Amendment to Amendment (831592) |
Pruitt |
4/23/2004 2:12 PM |
Web Page
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794618 - Amendment to Amendment (831592) |
Campbell |
4/24/2004 2:12 PM |
Web Page
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474224 - Amendment to Amendment (831592) |
Pruitt |
4/26/2004 4:59 PM |
Web Page
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Bill Analyses
Type | Analysis | Author | Posted | Format |
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Bill Analysis | S 528 | Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) | 3/12/2004 12:00 AM | |
Bill Analysis | S 528 | Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) | 4/20/2004 12:00 AM |
Vote History - Committee
Version | Committee | Date | Result |
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S 528 Filed | Regulated Industries | 3/17/2004 9:00 AM | 12 Yeas - 0 Nays |
S 528 c1 | Banking and Insurance | 4/20/2004 1:15 PM | 11 Yeas - 0 Nays |
Vote History - Floor
Vote | Date | Chamber | Result |
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S 528 e1 | 4/28/2004 11:40 AM | Senate | 40 Yeas - 0 Nays |
S 528 e1 | 4/30/2004 4:58 PM | House | 110 Yeas - 3 Nays |
Citations - Statutes (270)
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20.121 | Department of Financial Services. | |
20.165 | Department of Business and Professional Regulation. | |
316.1974 | Funeral procession right-of-way and liability. | |
381.0098 | Biomedical waste. | |
382.002 | Definitions. | |
403.703 | Definitions. | |
406.02 | Medical Examiners Commission; membership; terms; duties; staff. | |
406.50 | Unclaimed dead bodies or human remains; disposition, procedure. | |
406.52 | Retention of bodies before use; unfit or excess number of bodies, disposition procedure. | |
406.53 | Death of indigents; notice; delivery to the anatomical board when unclaimed; exceptions; assessment of fees. | |
455.2226 | Funeral directors and embalmers; instruction on HIV and AIDS. | |
470.001 | Legislative intent. | |
470.002 | Definitions. | |
470.003 | Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; membership; appointment; terms. | |
470.005 | Rulemaking authority of board and department. | |
470.006 | Licensure as an embalmer by examination; provisional license. | |
470.007 | Licensure as an embalmer by endorsement; registration of a temporary embalmer. | |
470.008 | Registration of an embalmer intern. | |
470.0085 | Establishment of embalmer apprentice program. | |
470.0087 | Practice of funeral directing. | |
470.009 | Licensure as a funeral director by examination; provisional license. | |
470.011 | Licensure as a funeral director by endorsement; registration of a temporary funeral director. | |
470.012 | Registration of a funeral director intern. | |
470.013 | License as funeral director and embalmer permitted; display of license. | |
470.014 | Concurrent internships. | |
470.015 | Renewal of funeral director and embalmer licenses. | |
470.016 | Inactive status. | |
470.0165 | Direct disposition; duties. | |
470.017 | Registration as a direct disposer. | |
470.018 | Renewal of registration of direct disposer. | |
470.019 | Disciplinary actions against direct disposers and direct disposal establishments. | |
470.0201 | Health and safety education. | |
470.021 | Direct disposal establishment; standards and location; registration. | |
470.022 | Direct disposition not funeral directing. | |
470.023 | Practice of direct disposition without registration. | |
470.024 | Funeral establishment; licensure. | |
470.025 | Cinerator facility; licensure. | |
470.0255 | Cremation; procedure required. | |
470.026 | Solicitation of goods or services. | |
470.027 | Exemption of certificateholder under chapter 497. | |
470.028 | Preneed sales; registration of agents. | |
470.029 | Reports of cases embalmed and bodies handled. | |
470.0294 | Additional rights of legally authorized persons. | |
470.0295 | Disinterment; transportation; authorization and notification. | |
470.0301 | Removal services; refrigeration facilities; centralized embalming facilities. | |
470.031 | Prohibitions; penalties. | |
470.0315 | Storage, preservation, and transportation of human remains. | |
470.032 | Unlawful to remove or embalm body without consent of proper official when crime is suspected. | |
470.033 | Sale of funeral merchandise. | |
470.034 | Disclosure of information to public. | |
470.035 | Itemized price lists. | |
470.0355 | Identification of human remains. | |
470.036 | Disciplinary proceedings. | |
470.0375 | Cash advance accounts; escrow refund accounts. | |
470.038 | Reciprocity. | |
470.039 | Exceptions. | |
470.0395 | Branch chapels. | |
497.001 | Short title. | |
497.002 | Purpose and intent. | |
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497.003 | Cemeteries; exemption; investigation and mediation. | |
497.004 | Existing companies, effect of this chapter. | |
497.005 | Definitions. | |
497.025 | Liability. | |
497.0255 | Duty of care and maintenance of licensed cemetery. | |
497.101 | Board of Funeral and Cemetery Services; membership; appointment; terms. | |
497.103 | Rulemaking authority of board and department. | |
497.105 | Department; powers and duties. | |
497.107 | Headquarters. | |
497.109 | Board of Funeral and Cemetery Services; membership. | |
497.111 | Publication of information. | |
497.113 | Accountability and liability of board members. | |
497.115 | Board rules; final agency action; challenges. | |
497.117 | Legal and investigative services. | |
497.119 | Mediation. | |
497.121 | Authority to issue citations. | |
497.123 | Powers to administer oaths and issue subpoenas. | |
497.125 | Evidence; examiner's worksheets, investigative reports, other related documents. | |
497.127 | Injunction to restrain violations. | |
497.129 | Cease and desist order; civil penalty; enforcement. | |
497.131 | Disciplinary proceedings. | |
497.133 | Disciplinary guidelines. | |
497.135 | Penalty for giving false information. | |
497.137 | Unlicensed activity; emergency cease and desist order; administrative penalty; civil penalty; enforcement; attorney's fees and costs. | |
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497.201 | Cemetery companies; license; application; fee. | |
497.205 | License not assignable or transferable. | |
497.209 | Application for change of control among existing stockholders or partners; investigation fee. | |
497.213 | Annual license fees. | |
497.217 | Department rules; challenges. | |
497.221 | Cease and desist orders. | |
497.225 | Civil penalty. | |
497.229 | Courts; powers; abatement of nuisances. | |
497.233 | Disciplinary proceedings. | |
497.237 | Care and maintenance trust fund; remedy of department for noncompliance. | |
497.241 | Disposition of income of care and maintenance trust fund; notice to purchasers and depositors. | |
497.245 | Care and maintenance trust fund, percentage of payments for burial rights to be deposited. | |
497.249 | Care and maintenance trust fund; financial reports. | |
497.253 | Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands. | |
497.255 | Standards for construction and significant alteration or renovation of mausoleums and columbaria. | |
497.257 | Construction of mausoleums, columbaria, and belowground crypts; preconstruction trust fund; compliance requirement. | |
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497.301 | Toll-free telephone number for complaints. | |
497.305 | Cemetery companies; authorized functions. | |
497.309 | Records. | |
497.313 | Other charges. | |
497.317 | Monuments; installation fees. | |
497.321 | Solicitation of goods or services. | |
497.325 | Illegal tying arrangements. | |
497.329 | Registration of brokers of burial rights. | |
497.333 | Disclosure of information to public. | |
497.337 | Prohibition on sale of personal property or services. | |
497.341 | Burial without regard to race or color. | |
497.345 | Abandoned cemeteries; immunity; actions. | |
497.349 | Inactive cemeteries. | |
497.353 | Owners to provide addresses; presumption of abandonment; abandonment procedures; sale of abandoned unused burial rights. | |
497.357 | Report of identification of exempt cemeteries. | |
497.361 | Registration of monument establishments. | |
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497.401 | Preneed sales; chapter exclusive; applicability of other laws. | |
497.403 | Insurance business not authorized. | |
497.405 | Certificate of authority required. | |
497.407 | Certificate of authority; annual statement; renewal; transfer. | |
497.409 | Approval of forms. | |
497.411 | Nonconforming contracts. | |
497.413 | Preneed Funeral Contract Consumer Protection Trust Fund. | |
497.415 | Ownership of proceeds received on contracts. | |
497.417 | Disposition of proceeds received on contracts. | |
497.419 | Cancellation of, or default on, preneed contracts. | |
497.421 | Payment of funds upon death of named beneficiary. | |
497.423 | Evidence of financial responsibility as alternative to trust deposit. | |
497.425 | Alternatives to deposits under s. 497.417. | |
497.427 | Existing merchandise trust funds; proof of compliance with law. | |
497.429 | Alternative preneed contracts. | |
497.431 | Examinations and investigations. | |
497.435 | Administrative fine in lieu of revocation or suspension of certificate of authority. | |
497.436 | Inactive and revoked certificateholders. | |
497.437 | Dissolution or liquidation. | |
497.439 | Preneed sales agents. | |
497.441 | Acceptability of funeral and burial merchandise. | |
497.443 | Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices prohibited. | |
497.445 | Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined. | |
497.447 | Prohibited practices; hearings, witnesses, appearances, production of books, and service of process. | |
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497.515 | Additional prohibited acts. | |
497.517 | Attorney's fees. | |
497.519 | Penalties. | |
497.525 | Disposition of fees and penalties. | |
497.527 | Civil remedies. | |
497.529 | Civil liability. | |
497.531 | Unauthorized arrangements. | |
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501.022 | Home solicitation sale; permit required. | |
501.604 | Exemptions. | |
626.785 | Qualifications for license. | |
765.519 | Enucleation of eyes by licensed funeral directors. |
Citations - Constitution (0)
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Citations - Chapter Law (0)
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