Florida 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 4 R · 3 D cosponsors

HB 677 — Organ Donation

Last action — Died in Infrastructure Strategies Committee

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Organ Donation; Provides administrative leave for certain employees; requires certain locations to display information about organ donation & registration; requires courses include information about organ donation; requires link to statewide organ donation registry be included on specified websites; prohibits insurance policies from limiting or excluding coverage for living organ donors.

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB677 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to organ donation;
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB677 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to organ donation;
creating s.
220.197, F.S.;
defining the term "employee organ donation expenses";
authorizing a tax credit for certain expenses;
providing applicability;
providing requirements for application;
requiring the Department of Revenue to issue specified notifications within a certain time period;
authorizing certain applicants to reapply within a specified time period;
authorizing rulemaking;
requiring coordination between specified parties to Page 1of 9 CODING:
requiring coordination between specified parties to ensure the availability of certain continuing education topics;
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hb0677-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB677 2024 ensure the availability of certain continuing education topics;
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hb0677-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB677 2024 Section 1.
Section 220.197, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
220.197 Tax credit for expenses related to employee organ donation.— (1) As used in this section, the term "employee organ donation expenses" means:
(a) Compensation paid to an employee while the employee is unable to work in preparation for organ donation and while the employee is on leave for such donation.
(b) Additional labor expenses incurred by a business while the employee is on leave for organ donation.
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hb0677-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB677 2024 (2) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, a qualified business shall receive a tax credit for previously paid corporate income taxes equal to 100 percent of employee organ donation expenses during the tax year the employee donated an organ.
The credit may be taken only as a deduction on a corporate income tax return and may not be received as a refund of taxes previously paid.
(3) To qualify for the credit under this section, a business must apply to the department on a form approved by the department.
The application must include all information required by the department to verify organ donation expenses the taxpayer claims to have incurred.
(4) Within 30 business days after receipt of the application, the department shall notify the applicant in writing as to whether the application has been approved or deemed insufficient to support the credit.
The department shall identify any insufficiency in the written notice.
If the application is deemed insufficient, the applicant may reapply for the credit within 90 calendar days after receipt of the written notice.
(5) The department may adopt rules to administer this section.
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required in certain suspension and revocation cases.— (1) Except as provided in s.
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hb0677-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB677 2024 required in certain suspension and revocation cases.— (1) Except as provided in s.
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3.(c) Upon direction of the court, if the court feels that the seriousness of the offense and the circumstances surrounding the conviction warrant the revocation of the licensee's driving privilege;
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or (b)(2) Whose license was suspended under the point system, was suspended for driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level of 0.10 percent or higher before January 1, 1994, was suspended for driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent Page 4of 9 CODING:
hb0677-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB677 2024 or higher after December 31, 1993, was suspended for a violation of s.
hb0677-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB677 2024 2.(b) As a habitual offender;
3.(c) Upon direction of the court, if the court feels that the seriousness of the offense and the circumstances surrounding the conviction warrant the revocation of the licensee's driving privilege;
or (b)(2) Whose license was suspended under the point system, was suspended for driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level of 0.10 percent or higher before January 1, 1994, was suspended for driving with an unlawful blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent or higher after December 31, 1993, was suspended for a violation of s.
Additionally, for a third or subsequent violation of requirements for installation of an ignition interlock device, a person must complete treatment as determined by a licensed treatment agency following a referral by a DUI program and have the duration of the ignition interlock device requirement extended by at least 1 month up to the time period required to complete treatment.
Additionally, for a third or subsequent violation of requirements for installation of an ignition interlock device, a person must complete treatment as determined by a licensed treatment agency following a referral by a DUI program and have the duration of the ignition interlock device requirement extended by at least 1 month up to the time period required to Page 3of 8 CODING:
If the person fails to complete such course or evaluation within 90 days after reinstatement, or subsequently fails to complete treatment, if referred, the DUI program shall notify the department of the failure.
Upon receipt of the notice, the department shall cancel the offender's driving privilege, notwithstanding the expiration of the suspension or revocation of the driving privilege.
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hb0677-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB677 2024 completed the education course and evaluation requirement and has reentered and is currently participating in treatment.
hb0677-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB677 2024 complete treatment.
If the person fails to complete such course or evaluation within 90 days after reinstatement, or subsequently fails to complete treatment, if referred, the DUI program shall notify the department of the failure.
Upon receipt of the notice, the department shall cancel the offender's driving privilege, notwithstanding the expiration of the suspension or revocation of the driving privilege.
The department may temporarily reinstate the driving privilege upon verification from the DUI program that the offender has completed the education course and evaluation requirement and has reentered and is currently participating in treatment.
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reporting.— (13) At each location at which hunting, fishing, or trapping licenses or permits are sold, educational materials regarding organ donation and registration shall be displayed and made available to the public.
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Each person who applies for a hunting, fishing, or trapping license or permit on the Internet shall be provided a link to the statewide donor registry operated under s.
765.5155.
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Subsections (3) and (4) of section 627.6045, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (4) and (5), Page 6of 9 CODING:
hb0677-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB677 2024 respectively, and a new subsection (3) is added to that section, to read:
hb0677-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB677 2024 (13) At each location at which hunting, fishing, or trapping licenses or permits are sold, educational materials regarding organ donation and registration shall be displayed and made available to the public.
Each person who applies for a hunting, fishing, or trapping license or permit on the Internet shall be provided a link to the statewide donor registry operated under s.
765.5155.
Section 4.
Subsections (3) and (4) of section 627.6045, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (4) and (5), respectively, and a new subsection (3) is added to that section, to read:
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The contractor shall coordinate with the Department of Health to ensure that continuing education topics on organ donation are available to medical professionals.
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hb0677-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB677 2024 education topics on organ donation are available to medical professionals.
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The department shall also develop and implement a program to identify donors which includes notations on identification cards, driver licenses, and driver records, and recreational licenses or permits or such other methods as the department develops to clearly indicate the individual's intent to make an anatomical gift.
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A notation on an individual's driver license, or identification card, or recreational license or permit that the individual intends to make an anatomical gift satisfies all requirements for consent to organ or tissue donation.
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hb0677-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB677 2024 necessary supplies and forms from funds appropriated from general revenue or contributions from interested voluntary, nonprofit organizations.
hb0677-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB677 2024 notations on identification cards, driver licenses, and driver records, and recreational licenses or permits or such other methods as the department develops to clearly indicate the individual's intent to make an anatomical gift.
A notation on an individual's driver license, or identification card, or recreational license or permit that the individual intends to make an anatomical gift satisfies all requirements for consent to organ or tissue donation.
The agency shall provide the necessary supplies and forms from funds appropriated from general revenue or contributions from interested voluntary, nonprofit organizations.
(4) The agency may not use funds appropriated for patient care Funds expended by the agency to carry out the intent of this section may not be taken from funds appropriated for patient care.
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hb0677-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB677 2024 this section may not be taken from funds appropriated for patient care.
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Action History

  1. Died in Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  2. Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  3. Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  4. Original reference removed: Appropriations Committee

  5. Original reference removed: Ways & Means Committee

  6. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  7. CS Filed

  8. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  9. Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

  10. Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee

  11. Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

  12. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  13. Now in Health & Human Services Committee

  14. Referred to Appropriations Committee

  15. Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  16. Referred to Ways & Means Committee

  17. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

  18. Filed

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 156 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (156)

156 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee)

Passed 21 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 12000
Democrat 6000
Unaffiliated 3000
Total 21000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Amesty — Yea
Fine — Yea
Grant — Yea
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Yea
Dunkley, Lisa Democrat Yea
Edmonds, Jervonte "Tae" Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Yea
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Yea
Anderson, Adam Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Borrero, David Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
Massullo, Ralph E., Jr. Republican Yea
Persons-Mulicka, Jenna Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea
Snyder, John Republican Yea
Trabulsy, Dana Republican Yea
Tuck, Kaylee Republican Yea
Yarkosky, Taylor Michael Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 677 do?
Organ Donation; Provides administrative leave for certain employees; requires certain locations to display information about organ donation & registration; requires courses include information about organ donation; requires link to statewide organ donation registry be included on specified websites; prohibits insurance policies from limiting or excluding coverage for living organ donors.
Who sponsors HB 677?
HB 677 is sponsored by Health & Human Services Committee, Berfield, Kimberly (Republican), Harris, Jennifer "Rita" (Democrat), Barnaby, Webster (Republican), Cross, Lindsay (Democrat), Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" (Republican), López, Johanna (Democrat), and Salzman, Michelle (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 677?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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