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FL S1626

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/3/2017

Primary Sponsor

Criminal Justice

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Origin

Senate

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorize the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking to accept funds, grants, gifts, and services from governmental and private sources to cover costs of the annual statewide policy summit.

  • Require the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to assign patrol officers to the Office of the Attorney General for security services upon request.

  • Update the date references in Florida's consumer protection laws from July 1, 2015 to July 1, 2017 for compliance with Federal Trade Commission standards.

  • Grant the Attorney General standing to assert rights of qualified beneficiaries in judicial proceedings related to charitable trusts and replace references to "state attorney" with "Attorney General" throughout trust law provisions.

  • Create emergency responder death benefits program authorizing awards up to $50,000 to surviving family members of law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians killed in the line of duty, with exceptions to subrogation requirements.

Legislative Description

Department of Legal Affairs

Last Action

Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1379 (Ch. 2017-155)

5/3/2017

Committee Referrals

Appropriations4/14/2017
Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice3/29/2017
Criminal Justice3/14/2017

Full Bill Text

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