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CS/CS/HB 7021: Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee ; Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee ; Crisafulli ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Hudson ; Williams, T.

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Establishes Division of Food, Nutrition, & Wellness; renames & revises jurisdiction of DOACS's Office of Energy & Water; creates Agricultural Fee, Seed, & Fertilizer Advisory Council; repeals provisions for John A. Mulrennan, Sr., Arthropod Research Laboratory & Florida Agricultural Exposition; repeals provisions for various councils, including Plant Industry Technical Council, Fertilizer Technical Council, Seed Technical Council, Commercial Feed Technical Council, & Aquaculture Interagency Coordinating Council; revises requirements for compensation & reimbursement for per diem & travel expenses of members of various boards, including advisory bodies, Sturgeon Production Working Group, Private Investigation, Recovery, & Security Advisory Council, Citrus Research & Development Foundation's board of directors, Soil & Water Conservation Council, Florida Forestry Council, & Florida State Fair Authority; requires DOACS to perform certain staff duties & functions related to conservation easements; authorizes DOACS to adopt federal model Food Code; revises expiration dates of certain provisions regulating fertilizers; revises various provisions related to mosquito control districts & Florida Coordinating Council, testing of milk or milk products, agricultural commodity marketing order assessments, reporting requirements for commercial feed or feedstuff, transportation & sale of water hyacinths, membership & appointment of Soil & Water Conservation Council, jurisdiction & dissolution of soil & water conservation districts, jurisdiction to enforce burning regulations, & waiver of aquaculture registration fees for certain schools; repeals provisions for inspection & vaccination of cattle for brucellosis; & renames "Wounded Warrior Special Hunt Areas" of state forests.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 4/30/2012 - Chapter No. 2012-190
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/13/2011 House • Filed
12/29/2011 House • Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 159
1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 158
1/13/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/18/12, 9:30 am, Reed Hall
1/18/2012 House • CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 239
1/19/2012 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 234
1/20/2012 House • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 247
1/23/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 01/25/12, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
1/25/2012 House • CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 300
1/26/2012 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
1/27/2012 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 297
• CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 295
2/10/2012 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/12
2/14/2012 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 593
• Placed on 3rd reading
2/15/2012 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 613
• CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 -HJ 614
2/16/2012 Senate • In Messages
3/5/2012 Senate • Received -SJ 834
• Referred to Agriculture; Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; Budget -SJ 834
3/9/2012 Senate • Withdrawn from Agriculture; Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; Budget -SJ 1147
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 1147
• Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1254 -SJ 1148
• Read 2nd time -SJ 1147
• Read 3rd time -SJ 1148
• CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 1148
3/9/2012 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 1718
4/13/2012 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
4/27/2012 • Approved by Governor
4/30/2012 • Chapter No. 2012-190