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S0244FailCiting this act as the "Highway Safety Act"; providing legislative intent relating to road rage and aggressive careless driving; requiring an operator of a motor vehicle to yield the left lane when being overtaken on a multilane highway; revising the...
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2012-03-09
Died in Messages
S1634FailRetaining the requirement that any health maintenance organization and any prepaid health clinic must have a grievance procedure available to subscribers to address complaints and grievances; deleting provisions that require, specify, or provide for ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Health Regulation
S0702FailReviving, reenacting, and amending s. 288.386, F.S.; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity under certain circumstances to establish and administer the Florida-Caribbean Basin Trade Initiative within the program; providing the purpose of, a...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S0242FailRequiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct a study to determine minimum per-student funding to meet constitutional requirements; requiring a report to the Legislature, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S1632FailDesignating March 25, 2013, the 40th anniversary of the end of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War, as a legal holiday; requiring the Department of Veterans' Affairs to collaborate with Florida's veterans' organizations and their local ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see SM 1080 (Adopted)
S1162FailAuthorizing the formation of family charter academies as part of the state's public school system; providing guiding principles and purposes for family charter academies; providing that certain entities may submit an application to a school district ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Higher Education
S1630FailAuthorizing solicitation and sale of interstate health insurance policies in this state by certain persons; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to make available on its website certain interstate health policy forms and rates; authorizing ce...
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2012-03-09
Died in Banking and Insurance
S0698FailSpecifying applicability of ch. 185, F.S., to certain consolidated governments; providing that a consolidated government that has entered into an interlocal agreement to provide police protection services to a municipality within its boundaries is el...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
S0238FailRepealing the Florida Renewable Fuel Standard Act, to remove the requirement that all gasoline offered for sale in this state include a percentage of ethanol, subject to specified exemptions, waivers, suspensions, extensions, enforcement, and reporti...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S2106FailAuthorizing an employer to elect to guarantee that all tipped employees receive a wage, including tips, equal to a minimum percentage of the state minimum wage; requiring that the employer make the election in writing and prominently display it in th...
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2012-03-09
Died in Regulated Industries
S1626FailRevising provisions relating to the Chief Financial Officer's intergovernmental contract tracking system under the Transparency Florida Act; requiring state agencies to post certain information in the tracking system and to update that information; r...
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2012-03-09
Died in Messages
S1158FailAuthorizing a land management agency to enter into a public-private partnership with a business entity to develop oil and gas resources upon onshore state lands if the development yields near-term revenues for the state; providing that the financial,...
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2012-03-09
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S0696FailRevising the definition of the term "customer-owned renewable generation"; allowing a customer of a public utility who installs customer-owned renewable generation to sell renewable energy to a tenant of the customer-owned property and to separately ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
S0236FailCreating the Commercialization Credit Transfer Program; providing legislative findings that it is in the state's interest to promote the commercialization of products and services developed by technology companies; authorizing the Department of Reven...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S1624FailAuthorizing a person to apply to the Department of Law Enforcement for a certificate of eligibility to expunge or seal his or her criminal history record for certain specified traffic violations, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S1156FailAuthorizing each university board of trustees to increase the Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee and the building fee; requiring that a fee committee recommend any increase in the fees; requiring that the fee committee be composed of students and mem...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on Higher Education Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5201 (Ch.
S0234FailCites this act as the "Florida Unborn Victims of Violence Act"; amending provisions relating to vehicular homicide; defining the term "unborn child" for specified purposes; revising terminology to refer to "unborn child" rather than "viable fetus"; p...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S1622FailProviding legislative intent regarding the maximization of economic development incentives; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to identify and group all statutorily created economic development incentives according to classifications cr...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S1154FailRevising the grounds for revocation or suspension of licenses relating to failure to maintain the licensed premises as required; revising requirements with respect to inactive licenses; providing requirements for extension of the time to reactivate a...
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2012-03-09
Died in Regulated Industries
S0232Intro

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(THIS BILL COMBINES S232, S848, & S870) Providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7039 (Ch.
S0230FailProviding that a legal publication, advertisement, or notice of foreclosure action may be placed on a publicly accessible Internet website of a clerk of court in lieu of publication in any other form of media; providing criteria for the publicly acce...
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2012-03-09
Died in Judiciary
S1618FailRevising the definition of the term "child pornography" to include visual depictions in which it appears that a minor is engaging in sexual conduct; providing that proof of the identity of a minor is not required; including possession of child pornog...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S1150Intro

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Revising limits on tax credits that may be claimed by qualified community development entities under the program; revising restrictions on a qualified community development entity's making of cash interest payments on certain long-term debt securitie...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch.
S0688FailRevising definitions to apply the restrictions formerly applicable to open house parties to all open parties, not solely those parties occurring in a residence; prohibiting a person from allowing an open party to take place on premises under his or h...
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2012-03-09
Died in Regulated Industries
S0228FailDefining the term "limited service veterinary vaccination clinic" as it relates to veterinary medical practice; revising terminology; requiring that the Board of Veterinary Medicine establish minimum standards for limited service veterinary vaccinati...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget
S1616FailProviding that a copy of any valid permit issued by the county or municipal building department for rehabilitation of real property in an enterprise zone satisfies the requirement that a valid permit be included as part of an application for a refund...
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2012-03-09
Died in Community Affairs
S1148FailRequiring all public employers to comply with certain federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards by a certain date; requiring the Department of Financial Services to annually report injury and illness data for public employers to...
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2012-03-09
Died in Banking and Insurance
S0684FailRequiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to designate a director of manufacturing; amending provisions relating to a tax credit program for capital investment by certain qualifying businesses; requiring a capital investment of at least $10 mi...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S0224FailProviding for the reclassification of criminal offenses committed under color of law.
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2012-03-09
Died in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections
S1612FailCreating the Foreclosure and Eviction Prevention Trust Fund within the Department of Economic Opportunity as a depository for funds appropriated to provide payment assistance for housing accommodations for certain state residents who become unemploye...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S1144Intro

Sine Die
Prohibiting the State Board of Administration from being a fiduciary with respect to voting on any proxy resolution advocating expanded United States trade with Cuba or Syria; prohibiting a state agency or local governmental entity from contracting f...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 959 -SJ 1156
S0222Intro

Sine Die
Providing for the conversion of limited agricultural associations to corporations not for profit; specifying a fee for filing a limited agricultural association's certificate of conversion to a domestic corporation; requiring the filing of a certific...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 827 -SJ 1191
S1610FailRequiring the Department of Education to create a uniform, statewide identification badge to be worn by noninstructional contractors signifying that a contractor has met specified requirements; providing that the identification badge shall be recogni...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget
S0220FailCites this act as the Florida Driver's License Citizen Protection Act; prohibiting the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles from copying and retaining certain verification documents of United States citizens obtaining, renewing, or modifyi...
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2012-03-09
Died in Transportation
S1608FailRedistricting the state's congressional districts in accordance with the United States Decennial Census of 2010 (plan ________); amending provisions relating to the inclusion of unlisted territory in contiguous districts; reenacting a provision which...
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2012-03-09
Died in Reapportionment, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1174 (Ch.
S0680Intro

Sine Die
Exempting certain elevators from specific code update requirements; providing requirements for condominiums created within condominium parcels; providing for the establishment of primary condominium and secondary condominium units; revising the restr...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 517 (Ch.
S0218FailRequiring that persons who engage in certain business activities related to transient rentals collect the tax; providing definitions; authorizing the Department of Revenue to adopt rules to exclude certain charges from the definition of the terms "to...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S1606Intro

Sine Die
Requiring that the Higher Education Coordinating Council review and evaluate the current higher education governance structure in this state and make recommendations to the Legislature for potential revisions to the higher education delivery system; ...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar
S1138FailRequiring the Commissioner of Education to develop recommendations to incorporate instruction in suicide prevention into continuing education or inservice training requirements; requiring the Department of Education to incorporate the recommendations...
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S0678FailRequiring all state contracts of more than a certain amount to require any call-center services to be staffed by persons located within the United States, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Messages
S0216FailProhibiting until July 1, 2022, the governing board of a water management district or the Department of Environmental Protection from approving an application for a required permit if the applicant intends to resell the water for a commercial profit,...
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2012-03-09
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S1604FailProviding that when a controlled substance listed as a Schedule II substance is dispensed or released, in addition to other identification procedures, a fingerprint may be collected; providing exceptions, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Health Regulation
S1136FailRequiring that school districts refer to the period during which school is not in session and which includes Christmas Day as Christmas Break rather than Winter Break, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S1602FailRevising requirements for the audit of Medicaid-related pharmacy records; authorizing third-party payor and third-party administrator audits of pharmacies; providing that claims containing certain errors are not subject to financial recoupment under ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
S1134FailRevising provisions requiring development, maintenance, and reporting relating to an automated inventory of state-owned or state-occupied facilities and providing procedures, requirements, and departmental responsibilities with respect thereto; autho...
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2012-03-09
Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
S0674FailRequiring individual and group health insurance policies and health maintenance contracts to provide coverage for certain cardiovascular screening tests performed on specified individuals, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Banking and Insurance
S0212Intro

Sine Die
Citing this act as the "Graham Compliance Act;" providing that a juvenile offender who was younger than 18 years of age at the time of commission of a nonhomicide offense and who is sentenced to life imprisonment is eligible for resentencing if the o...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar
S0210Intro

Sine Die
Providing for the withholding of unpaid costs of prosecution and representation from the return of a cash bond posted on behalf of a criminal defendant; requiring a notice on bond forms of such possible withholding; clarifying the types of cases that...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar
S1600FailRequiring that the Agency for Health Care Administration implement telebehavioral health care services by licensed mental health professionals as authorized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for all community-based behavioral health c...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
S1130FailRequiring the motor vehicle registration form and registration renewal form, the driver license application form, and the driver license application form for renewal issuance or renewal extension to include an option to make a voluntary contribution ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
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