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CS/HB 105: Public Assistance Fraud

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Smith ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Baxley ; Drake ; Eisnaugle ; Harrell ; Perry ; Pilon ; Porter ; Sprowls ; Steube ; Stevenson ; Van Zant

Public Assistance Fraud; Specifies acts that constitute trafficking in food assistance benefits; prohibits specified acts relating to possession & sale of electronic benefit transfer cards for food assistance benefits issued to other persons; removes reference to s. 414.39(2), F.S., relating to unauthorized use, possession, forgery, or alteration of certain food assistance program & Medicaid identification, from offense severity ranking chart; reenacts provisions.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  8/26/2015	House	• Filed
  9/10/2015	House	• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 15
  10/28/2015	House	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 11/04/15, 10:30 am, Sumner Hall
  11/4/2015	House	• CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 3 -HJ 159
  11/5/2015	House	• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
  11/17/2015	House	• Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 155
  1/11/2016	House	• On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/13/16, 1:00 pm, Morris Hall
  1/12/2016	House	• Introduced -HJ 15 • CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 139
  1/13/2016	House	• Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 6 NAYS 4 -HJ 216 • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 216
  1/19/2016	House	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 01/21/16, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
  1/21/2016	House	• Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 12 NAYS 2 -HJ 250 • Placed on Calendar -HJ 250
  1/29/2016	House	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/02/16
  2/2/2016	House	• Substituted CS/SB 218 -HJ 340 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 218 (Ch. 2016-185) -HJ 340

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• CS/HB 105, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/5/2015 at 5:52 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 4/7/2016 (pdf) Justice Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/13/2016 (pdf) Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) 1/21/2016 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 218 (er)	Offenses Involving Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards	Hutson	Similar	Last Action: 4/6/2016 Chapter No. 2016-185 Location: Became Law

  Citations - Statutes (6)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  414.39	Fraud.	Page 2 (pdf)
  414.41	Recovery of payments made due to mistake or fraud.	Page 10 (pdf)
  772.102	Definitions.	Page 11 (pdf)
  895.02	Definitions.	Page 13 (pdf)
  921.0022	Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart.	Page 3 (pdf)
  1002.91	Investigations of fraud or overpayment; penalties.	Page 17 (pdf)

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• HB 105, Original Filed Version Posted 8/26/2015 at 11:46 AM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 218 (c1)	Offenses Involving Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards	Hutson	Similar	Last Action: 4/6/2016 Chapter No. 2016-185 Location: Became Law

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  269589 - Amendment Remove lines 30-63 and insert:	Smith	11/3/2015 5:51 PM	Adopted without Objection 11/4/2015	PDF

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  414.39	Fraud.	Page 1 (pdf)

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