Florida House Bill 609 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Community Affairs
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Creates civil cause of action for collection of unpaid wages; requires employer to pay wages due to employee for work that employee performed within specified time; requires claimant, as condition precedent to bringing claim for unpaid wages, to notify in writing employer of employee's intention to initiate claim; provides for content of notice; allots employer specific time to pay total amount of unpaid wages or otherwise resolve claim to satisfaction of claimant; provides for venue of such claims; prohibits maintenance of class action; provides for damages to include court costs & interest; authorizes county, municipality, or political subdivision to establish administrative, nonjudicial process by which claim may be filed by, or on behalf of, aggrieved employee; prohibits county, municipality, or political subdivision from adopting or maintaining in effect law, ordinance, or rule for purpose of addressing unpaid wage claims other than to establish administrative process as provided in act; provides that any regulation, ordinance, or other provision for recovery of unpaid wages by counties, municipalities, or political subdivisions is prohibited & preempted to state.

Wage Protection for Employees

Rep. Tom Goodson [R]

House Judiciary Committee

Rep. John Tobia [R]

2012-02-29 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#976 (Y: 40 N: 74 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2012-02-29 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#977 (Y: 38 N: 76 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2012-02-29 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#978 (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 18 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-29 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#979 (Y: 77 N: 38 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Community Affairs
2012-03-05		Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 817
2012-03-05		Received -SJ 817
2012-02-29		In Messages
2012-02-29		CS passed; YEAS 77 NAYS 38 -HJ 946
2012-02-29		Read 3rd time -HJ 944
2012-02-28		Placed on 3rd reading
2012-02-28		Read 2nd time -HJ 894
2012-02-24		Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/12
2012-02-23		CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time -HJ 797
2012-02-23		Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
2012-02-22		CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 12 NAYS 6 -HJ 815
2012-02-20		On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/22/12, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
2012-01-12		Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 219
2012-01-11		Favorable by Community and Military Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 4 -HJ 219
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 61
2012-01-09		On Committee agenda-- Community and Military Affairs Subcommittee, 01/11/12, 11:30 am, Webster Hall
2011-12-07		Now in Community and Military Affairs Subcommittee -HJ 176
2011-12-07		Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 4 -HJ 176
2011-11-30		On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 12/07/11, 1:00 pm, 404 HOB
2011-11-21		Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Community and Military Affairs Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 61
2011-11-08		Filed

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/609
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0609/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0609/BillText/c1/PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/609/Vote/HouseVote_h0609c1979.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/609/Vote/HouseVote_h0609c1978.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/609/Vote/HouseVote_h0609c1977.PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/609/Vote/HouseVote_h0609c1976.PDF