CS/HB 879: Agency Accountability Act
GENERAL BILL by Governmental Rules & Regulations ; Posey ; Wallace ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Feeney ; Crist
Agency Accountability Act; creates said act; provides for court orders imposing liability upon agency which has made determination affecting substantial interests of party based on grossly negligent assessment of material facts, under specified circumstances; provides for agency liability for actual damages & attorney's fees incurred by party suffering financial harm as result of determination; provides for waiver of sovereign immunity, etc. Creates 120.571.
Effective Date: Contingent
Last Action: 5/1/1998 Senate - Died in Committee on Governmental Reform and Oversight
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/1/1998 Senate - Died in Committee on Governmental Reform and Oversight
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/27/1997 | House |
• Prefiled |
| 3/4/1997 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 00097 |
| 3/12/1997 | House |
• Referred to Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC); General Government Appropriations -HJ 00240; On Committee agenda-- Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC), 03/18/97, 1:00 pm, 314-HOB |
| 3/18/1997 | House |
• Comm. Action: Unanimously CS by Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC) -HJ 00305 |
| 3/21/1997 | House |
• CS read first time on 03/21/97 -HJ 00305; Now in General Government Appropriations -HJ 00305 |
| 3/27/1997 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- General Government Appropriations, 04/02/97, 1:00 pm, 214C |
| 4/2/1997 | House |
• Comm. Action:-Unanimously Favorable by General Government Appropriations -HJ 00493 |
| 4/7/1997 | House |
• Pending Consent Calendar -HJ 00493 |
| 4/9/1997 | House |
• Available for Consent Calendar |
| 4/16/1997 | House |
• Placed on Consent Calendar; Temporarily postponed, on Second Reading; Available for Consent Calendar |
| 4/17/1997 | House |
• Placed on Consent Calendar; In Governmental Responsibility Council, pending ranking -HJ 00603 |
| 4/18/1997 | House |
• Placed on Governmental Responsibility Council Calendar -HJ 00664 |
| 4/24/1997 | House |
• Read second time -HJ 00806 |
| 4/29/1997 | House |
• Read third time -HJ 01186; CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 -HJ 01186 |
| 4/29/1997 | Senate |
• In Messages |
| 4/30/1997 | Senate |
• Received, referred to Judiciary; Governmental Reform and Oversight -SJ 01096 |
| 5/2/1997 | Senate |
• Upon adjournment in Senate Judiciary, Carried over to 1998 Session pursuant to House Rule 96, Placed on House Consent Calendar |
| 3/3/1998 | House |
• CARRIED OVER; Pending Consent Calendar; Objection filed |
| 3/4/1998 | House |
• Objection withdrawn |
| 3/5/1998 | House |
• Available for Consent Calendar |
| 3/17/1998 | House |
• Placed on Consent Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00228; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00228; Read third time -HJ 00228; CS passed as amended; YEAS 108 NAYS 8 -HJ 00228 |
| 3/18/1998 | Senate |
• In Messages |
| 3/19/1998 | Senate |
• Received, referred to Governmental Reform and Oversight; Judiciary -SJ 00237 |
| 5/1/1998 | Senate |
• Died in Committee on Governmental Reform and Oversight |