Florida House Bill 161 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Failed on May 3 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-03 - Died in Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises definition of "interrogation" to include questioning pursuant to informal inquiry; requires witnesses to be interviewed & certain information to be provided before firefighter is interrogated; authorizes firefighter to provide voluntary statement at any time after being informed of certain right; prohibits firefighter from being threatened; requires copy of interrogation to be provided to firefighter within specified time; provides firefighter may not be retaliated against for exercising his or her rights; requires firefighter be notified & provided certain information before certain actions are taken; provides firefighter with opportunity to address certain findings; requires certain information to be kept confidential until specified time.

Firefighters' Bill of Rights

Rep. Joseph Casello [D]	Rep. Matt Willhite [D]	Rep. Mike Caruso [R]	Rep. John Cortes [D]
Rep. Michael Grieco [D]	Rep. Adam Hattersley [D]	Rep. Amy Mercado [D]	Rep. Clovis Watson [D]
Rep. Patricia Hawkins-Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-03	House	Died in Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee
2019-05-03	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2019-03-05	House	Introduced
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
2019-01-02	House	Filed

S494 (Similar To) 2019-05-03 - Died in Messages

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
112	81		Amended Code	See Bill Text
112	82		Amended Code	See Bill Text
112	825		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/161
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/161/BillText/Filed/PDF