CS/CS/SB 544: Construction Services/Prompt Payment
GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Productivity ; Comprehensive Planning ; Bennett ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Clary
Construction Services/Prompt Payment; revises provisions re timely payment for purchases of construction services; provides procedures for project closeout & payment of retainage; revises deadlines for payment of subcontractors, sub-subcontractors, materialmen, & suppliers on construction contracts for public projects; requires payment provisions of all public construction bonds to be construed as statutory bonds, etc. Amends Chs. 218, 255, 95.11.
        
        Effective Date: 10/1/2004 10/01/2004
Last Action: 4/30/2004 Senate - In returning messages; Died in returning Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
    
    
    Last Action: 4/30/2004 Senate - In returning messages; Died in returning Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action | 
|---|---|---|
| 11/12/2003 | Senate | 
                                    • Prefiled | 
                        
| 11/24/2003 | Senate | 
                                    • Referred to Comprehensive Planning; Governmental Oversight and Productivity; Judiciary; Regulated Industries | 
                        
| 1/26/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • On Committee agenda-- Comprehensive Planning, 02/02/04, 2:00 pm, 412-K --Not considered | 
                        
| 2/9/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • On Committee agenda-- Comprehensive Planning, 02/16/04, 2:00 pm, 412-K --Temporarily postponed | 
                        
| 2/23/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • On Committee agenda-- Comprehensive Planning, 03/01/04, 2:00 pm, 412-K | 
                        
| 3/1/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • CS by Comprehensive Planning; YEAS  6  NAYS  0 | 
                        
| 3/2/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • Introduced, referred to Comprehensive Planning; Governmental Oversight and Productivity; Judiciary; Regulated Industries -SJ 00036; On Committee agenda-- Comprehensive Planning, 02/02/04, 2:00 pm, 412-K --Not considered; On Committee agenda-- Comprehensive Planning, 02/16/04, 2:00 pm, 412-K --Temporarily postponed; On Committee agenda-- Comprehensive Planning, 03/01/04, 2:00 pm, 412-K; CS by Comprehensive Planning; YEAS  6  NAYS  0 -SJ 00214; CS read first time on 03/04/04 -SJ 00215 | 
                        
| 3/4/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • Now in Governmental Oversight and Productivity -SJ 00214 | 
                        
| 3/12/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Productivity, 03/17/04, 12:00 noon, 110-S | 
                        
| 3/17/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Productivity; YEAS  7 NAYS  0 -SJ 00353; CS read first time on 03/18/04 -SJ 00356 | 
                        
| 3/18/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • Now in Judiciary -SJ 00353 | 
                        
| 4/7/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/12/04, 2:45 pm, 110-S | 
                        
| 4/12/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Judiciary; YEAS  7  NAYS  0 -SJ 00582 | 
                        
| 4/13/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • Now in Regulated Industries -SJ 00582 | 
                        
| 4/14/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 04/19/04, 9:15 am, 110-S | 
                        
| 4/19/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • Favorable by- Regulated Industries; YEAS  11  NAYS  0 -SJ 00698; Placed on Calendar, on second reading -SJ 00698 | 
                        
| 4/23/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00868; Read second time -SJ 00848; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00848; Ordered engrossed -SJ 00853 | 
                        
| 4/24/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • Read third time -SJ 00894; CS passed as amended; YEAS  39 NAYS  0 -SJ 00894 | 
                        
| 4/26/2004 | House | 
                                    • In Messages | 
                        
| 4/28/2004 | House | 
                                    • Received, placed on Calendar -HJ 00844; Substituted for HB 487 -HJ 00925; Read second time -HJ 00925; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00965 | 
                        
| 4/30/2004 | House | 
                                    • Read third time -HJ 01208; CS passed as amended; YEAS  111 NAYS  1 -HJ 01208 | 
                        
| 4/30/2004 | Senate | 
                                    • In returning messages; Died in returning Messages |