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SB 304: Organ & Tissue Donation

GENERAL BILL by Childers

Organ & Tissue Donation; authorizes use of certain funds for maintaining organ & tissue donor registry; revises annual assessments on certain organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, & eye banks; clarifies who may make anatomical gift in absence of declaration by decedent; specifies that entities as well as persons may become donees of such gifts; repeals annual assessment on organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, & eye banks, etc. Amends FS.

Effective Date: 05/21/1998 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 5/21/1998 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 98-68
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/5/1997 Senate • Prefiled
11/19/1997 Senate • Referred to Health Care; Ways and Means
1/26/1998 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Care, 02/04/98, 2:30 pm, Room-EL
2/4/1998 Senate • Comm. Action: Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Health Care
2/6/1998 Senate • Now in Ways and Means
3/3/1998 Senate • Introduced, referred to Health Care; Ways and Means -SJ 00025; On Committee agenda-- Health Care, 02/04/98, 2:30 pm, Room-EL; Comm. Action: Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Health Care -SJ 00007; Now in Ways and Means -SJ 00007
3/25/1998 Senate • Withdrawn from Ways and Means -SJ 00272; Placed on Calendar
4/1/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00343
4/2/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00343
4/8/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00406
4/9/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00406
4/13/1998 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00424; Read second time -SJ 00444; Amendment(s) failed -SJ 00444
4/15/1998 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00462; Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 -SJ 00462; Immediately certified -SJ 00462
4/15/1998 House • In Messages; Received -HJ 00612; Pending Consent Calendar -HJ 00612
4/20/1998 House • Available for Consent Calendar; Placed on Government Services Council Calendar -HJ 00741
4/29/1998 House • Read second and third times -HJ 01654; Passed; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 -HJ 01654
4/29/1998 Senate • Ordered enrolled -SJ 01230
5/6/1998 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/21/1998 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 98-68