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SB 1194: Employment Practices

GENERAL BILL by Cruz ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Torres ; Taddeo ; Rouson

Employment Practices; Creating the "Florida Family Leave Act"; requiring an employer to allow certain employees to take paid family leave to bond with a new child upon the child’s birth, adoption, or foster care placement; requiring that family leave be taken concurrently with any leave taken pursuant to federal family and medical leave provisions; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to create a poster and a model notice that specify family leave rights, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Commerce and Tourism
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/10/2019 Senate • Filed
12/18/2019 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations -SJ 87
1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 87
3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Commerce and Tourism