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CS/SB 780: Adoption Benefits

GENERAL BILL by Education ; Stargel

Adoption Benefits; Revising the definition of the term “qualifying adoptive employee” to include persons employed by charter schools and the Florida Virtual School for the purpose of extending adoption benefits to those employees; authorizing such employees of charter schools and the Florida Virtual School to apply retroactively for the adoption benefit in certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 5/1/2017 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 749 (Ch. 2017-140) -SJ 598
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education (ED)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/7/2017 Senate • Filed
2/23/2017 Senate • Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 95
3/7/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 95
3/16/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education, 03/21/17, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/21/2017 Senate • CS by Education; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 243
3/22/2017 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
3/23/2017 Senate • CS by Education read 1st time -SJ 248
3/28/2017 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 243
4/13/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/18/17, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
4/18/2017 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 435
4/19/2017 Senate • Now in Appropriations -SJ 435
4/20/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/25/17, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/25/2017 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 442
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 442
4/27/2017 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/01/17
5/1/2017 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 598
• Substituted CS/HB 749 -SJ 598
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 749 (Ch. 2017-140) -SJ 598