Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Summary
Vocational Rehabilitation Services; Revises duties of Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; requires division to provide preemployment transition services to eligible persons; requires division to enter into formal interagency agreement with state education agency for certain purposes; requires division to work with local educational agencies to provide specified services & arrange for referrals; revises provisions relating to Florida Endowment for Vocational Rehabilitation & Florida Endowment Foundation; revises requirements for individual education plans.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Signed Jun 23, 2020
Floor votes · House Feb 26, 2020
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Jun 23, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Committee
Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations
upper
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable by- Education Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 02/06/20, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Education Committee
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 3:30 pm, Webster Hall
lower
Jan 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS by Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Lower · Passed
PCS on Committee agenda-- Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee, 01/16/20, 9:00 am, Mashburn Hall
lower
Dec 12, 2019
Committee
Referred to Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee; Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mel Ponder
RRepublican
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