The Florida Senate

SB 284: Commercial Transactions in Fresh Produce Markets

GENERAL BILL by Thompson

Commercial Transactions in Fresh Produce Markets; Authorizing owners or operators of certain farmers’ markets, community farmers’ markets, flea markets, and other open-air markets to allow certain Food and Nutrition Service groups, associations, or third-party organizations to implement and operate an electronic benefits transfer system in such markets for the purpose of accepting SNAP benefits; requiring the owners or operators of such markets to reasonably accommodate such groups in the implementation and operation of an electronic benefits transfer system in the market, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  9/11/2015	Senate	• Filed
  9/17/2015	Senate	• Referred to Agriculture; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 23
  10/26/2015	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 11/02/15, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
  11/2/2015	Senate	• Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 -SJ 125
  11/3/2015	Senate	• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 125
  11/9/2015	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 11/18/15, 10:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building
  11/18/2015	Senate	• Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 128 • Now in Appropriations -SJ 128
  1/12/2016	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 23
  1/29/2016	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/03/16, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  2/3/2016	Senate	• Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -SJ 303
  2/4/2016	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 303
  2/18/2016	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/24/16
  2/24/2016	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 491 • Substituted CS/HB 103 -SJ 491 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 103 (Ch. 2016-51) -SJ 491

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• SB 284, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 9/11/2015 at 4:28 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Agriculture (Pre-Meeting) 10/30/2015 (pdf) Agriculture (Post-Meeting) 11/2/2015 (pdf) Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 11/18/2015 (pdf) Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) 11/18/2015 (pdf) Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 2/2/2016 (pdf) Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 2/4/2016 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 103 (er)	Transactions in Fresh Produce Markets	Fullwood, Campbell	Similar	Last Action: 3/10/2016 Chapter No. 2016-51 Location: Became Law

  Committee Votes (3)

  Date	Committee	Result
  11/2/2015 1:00 PM	Agriculture	4 Yeas - 0 Nays
  11/18/2015 10:00 AM	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services	8 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/3/2016 9:00 AM	Appropriations	18 Yeas - 0 Nays

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