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CS/CS/CS/HB 549: Membership Associations

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Appropriations Committee ; Government Operations Subcommittee ; Diaz, M. ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Costello ; Hill ; Plakon ; Rodrigues, R.

Membership Associations; Defining the term "membership association"; requiring a membership association to file an annual report with the Legislature; specifying required elements of the report; prohibiting a membership association from expending moneys received from public funds on litigation against the state; requiring certain membership association dues to be assessed for each specified public officer; providing conditions for nonpayment of dues, etc.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Community Affairs
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/2/2015 House • Filed
2/11/2015 House • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 47
3/2/2015 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Government Operations Subcommittee, 03/04/15, 1:30 pm, Webster Hall
3/3/2015 House • Introduced -HJ 47
3/4/2015 House • CS by Government Operations Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 4 -HJ 195
3/6/2015 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
3/9/2015 House • Now in Appropriations Committee -HJ 190
• CS by Government Operations Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 189
3/17/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 03/19/15, 3:00 pm, Webster Hall
3/19/2015 House • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 7 -HJ 291
3/23/2015 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee read 1st time -HJ 289
3/24/2015 House • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 294
• On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 03/26/15, 1:00 pm, Morris Hall
3/26/2015 House • CS/CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 10 NAYS 4 -HJ 345
3/27/2015 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 342
3/30/2015 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 350
4/21/2015 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/15
4/23/2015 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 743
• Amendment(s) adopted (260019, 487727, 610773) -HJ 743
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/24/2015 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 791
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 85 NAYS 28 -HJ 791
4/24/2015 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations -SJ 642
• Received -SJ 642
5/1/2015 Senate • Died in Community Affairs