Florida Funeral & Cemetery Consumer Advocacy: Florida Legislation

The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA),
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Florida Legislation

As a Floridian, one of your greatest responsibilities is to help elect the legislators who represent you and the state's more than 14 million other residents.

But your role in the democratic process of government does not end at the polls. By sharing your opinions and ideas with your representatives and senators in Tallahassee, you help them decide what to do about the issues and pending legislation that affect us all. They value your suggestions and we encourage you to express them.

As an organization that represents citizen/consumers in the marketplace for funeral and cemetery services, we want to assist you in any way possible.

How an Idea Becomes a Law

Either house may originate any type of legislation, however the processes differ slightly between houses.

A legislator sponsors a bill, which is referred to one or more committees related to the bill's subject. The committee studies the bill and decides if it should be amended, pass, or fail. If passed, the bill moves to other committees of reference or to the full house. The full house then votes on the bill.

If it passes in one house, it is sent to the other house for review. A bill goes through the same process in the second house as it did in the first. A bill can go back and forth between houses until a consensus is reached. Of course, the measure could fail at any point in the process.