Employment Practices for Family and Medical Leave
Summary
Employment Practices for Family and Medical Leave; Creates "Florida Family & Medical Leave Act"; requires employer to allow employees to take paid family leave to bond with minor child upon birth, adoption, or foster care placement; provides for civil action & penalties; creates family & medical leave insurance benefits program; prohibits specified employment practices on basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth; provides for leave, maintenance of health coverage, reasonable accommodation & transfer, & return rights for employee who is disabled from pregnancy, childbirth, or medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Mar 14, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Dec 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
lower
Dec 6, 2021
Committee
Referred to Commerce Committee
lower
Dec 6, 2021
Committee
Referred to Appropriations Committee
lower
Dec 6, 2021
Committee
Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
lower
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Angie Nixon
DDemocratic
P
Tracie Davis
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew Learned
DDemocratic
Co
Anna Eskamani
DDemocratic
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