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CS/SB 298: Rural Communities

GENERAL BILL by Finance and Tax ; Montford ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Torres ; Baxley ; Broxson ; Gruters

Rural Communities; Creating the “Florida Rural Jobs and Business Recovery Act”; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to accept applications for approval as growth funds in a specified manner; prohibiting the department from approving more than a certain amount of investment authority or investor contributions; requiring the department to certify approved applications, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
 Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Finance and Tax (FT)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/11/2019 Senate • Filed
    1/25/2019 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 54
    2/4/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 02/11/19, 2:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    2/11/2019 Senate • Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 3 NAYS 0 -SJ 158
    2/12/2019 Senate • Now in Finance and Tax
    3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 54
    4/1/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 04/04/19, 12:30 pm, 401 Senate Building
    4/4/2019 Senate • CS by Finance and Tax; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 331
    4/5/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Appropriations
    4/9/2019 Senate • CS by Finance and Tax read 1st time -SJ 334
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Appropriations

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  • CS/SB 298, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/5/2019 at 8:53 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 739 (c1) Rural Communities Hill Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died in Ways and Means Committee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    288.062 Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 298, Original Filed Version Posted 1/11/2019 at 12:22 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting) 2/8/2019 (pdf)
    Commerce and Tourism (Post-Meeting) 2/11/2019 (pdf)
    Finance and Tax (Pre-Meeting) 4/2/2019 (pdf)
    Finance and Tax (Post-Meeting) 4/4/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 739 (c1) Rural Communities Hill Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died in Ways and Means Committee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    766474 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Finance and Tax
    (Montford)     		4/3/2019
    11:25 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/4/2019     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    2/11/2019 2:30 PM Commerce and Tourism 3 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/4/2019 12:30 PM Finance and Tax 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    288.062 Page 4 (pdf)

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