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CS/CS/SB 804: Fish and Wildlife Conservation

GENERAL BILL by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations ; Environmental Preservation and Conservation ; Environmental Preservation and Conservation ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Evers

Fish and Wildlife Conservation; Revising the distribution of the Florida panther license plate annual use fee by removing the Florida Communities Trust Fund as a recipient; changing a funding source of the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund from excise taxes to vessel registration fees; repealing provisions relating to the publication of the Florida Wildlife Magazine and the Florida Wildlife Magazine Advisory Council; exempting a scuba diver who is engaged in taking or attempting to take saltwater products from having an individual fishing license if the operator of a vessel carrying the scuba diver meets certain conditions; deleting provisions that restrict the special authorization to hunt under supervision to 1 year and that prohibit issuing the special authorization to the same person more than once, etc.

Effective Date: except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2012
Last Action: 3/6/2012 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7025 (Ch. 2012-95) -SJ 882
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (BGA)
  4. Budget (BC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/2/2011 Senate SPB 7004 submitted as a committee bill (SB 804) by Environmental Preservation and Conservation
• Filed
11/16/2011 Senate • Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Budget -SJ 68
11/22/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Environmental Preservation and Conservation, 12/06/11, 9:30 am, 110 Senate Office Building
12/6/2011 Senate • CS by Environmental Preservation and Conservation; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 112
12/8/2011 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
12/12/2011 Senate • Remaining references corrected to Criminal Justice; Budget -SJ 108
• Now in Criminal Justice
1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 68
• CS by Environmental Preservation and Conservation read 1st time -SJ 106
1/13/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/19/12, 10:15 am, 37 Senate Office Building
1/19/2012 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 252
• Now in Budget -SJ 252
1/20/2012 Senate • Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations -SJ 268
• Now in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
1/23/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations, 01/26/12, 8:30 am, 401 Senate Office Building
1/26/2012 Senate • CS/CS by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 280
1/27/2012 Senate • CS/CS by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 286
2/6/2012 Senate • Now in Budget
2/27/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/28/12, 4:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/28/2012 Senate • Favorable by- Budget; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -SJ 722
2/29/2012 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 722
3/2/2012 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/12
3/6/2012 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 882
• Substituted CS/HB 7025 -SJ 882
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7025 (Ch. 2012-95) -SJ 882