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S1314Intro

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Revising provisions relating to the Florida Career and Professional Education Act; requiring that each district school board, in collaboration with regional workforce boards, economic development agencies, and postsecondary institutions, develop a st...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7059 (Ch.
S0852Intro

Sine Die
Directing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish a financing program to help fund projects that increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables in underserved areas; authorizing the department to contract with other organizat...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar
S1304Intro

Sine Die
Revising the excise tax rates levied upon each ton of phosphate rock severed; specifying the period during which the rates apply; revising the distribution of the revenues received; deleting obsolete provisions; providing that charges for the storage...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 7099 -SJ 1326
S0382Intro

Sine Die
Providing that a greyhound permitholder is not required to conduct a minimum number of live performances; deleting provisions relating to transfer of certain unused exemptions or credits; revising provisions for intertrack wagering; authorizing the i...
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2012-03-09
Died pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2)
S1776Intro

Sine Die
(THIS BILL COMBINES S1776, S456, S766, & S926) Providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7039 (Ch.
S1298Intro

Sine Die
Amending provisions relating to identification cards; revising requirements for documentation verifying veteran status; providing for issuance of a replacement identification card with a designation indicating the holder is a veteran; amending provis...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 1165 -SJ 1189
S0834Intro

Sine Die
Requiring that each juvenile committed to a juvenile justice commitment program have a transition plan upon release; requiring that the transition plan include an education transition plan component and information regarding delinquency treatment and...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table -SJ 1180
S1768Intro

Sine Die
Directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to prepare a report on the safe operation of vehicles equipped with autonomous technology on public roads, etc.
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 1207 -SJ 1179
S1292Intro

Sine Die
Revising provisions relating to facilities eligible to share programming and staff; requiring a prospective respite care recipient to provide certain information to the nursing home facility; adding to the exemptions from agency review and from the r...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 787 -SJ 1260
S1290Intro

Sine Die
Increasing the offense severity ranking for failing to register securities with the Office of Financial Regulation; specifying the offense severity ranking for the failure of a dealer, associated person, or issuer of securities to register with the O...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to HB 777 -SJ 1156
S0828Intro

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Authorizing a faith-based postsecondary education institution to operate without obtaining a license if it submits an affidavit of statutory compliance oversight to the Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice within the Department of Educ...
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2012-03-09
Died pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2)
S0824Intro

Sine Die
Revising legislative intent to encourage the use of other mitigation options that satisfy state and federal requirements; providing the Department of Transportation or a transportation authority the option of participating in a mitigation project; re...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 599 -SJ 1248
S0820Intro

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Providing for any permit issued and approved by the Department of Health for the installation, modification, or repair of an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system to transfer with the title of the property; providing conditions under which gove...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1263 (Ch.
S1276Intro

Sine Die
Providing that in a prosecution, failing to redeliver property or equipment within a specified time after receiving the demand for return from a courier service with tracking capability or by certified mail, return receipt requested, or within a spec...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 729 -SJ 1239
S0818Intro

Sine Die
Creating the "Animal Rescue Act"; requiring any animal control agency or animal shelter that euthanizes animals to maintain a registry of animal rescue groups that are willing to accept animals that would otherwise be subject to euthanization; provid...
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2012-03-09
Died pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2)
S0816Intro

Sine Die
Requiring the county commission in a county in which a professional sports facility is located to establish a local homeless coalition if a local homeless program does not exist in that county; requiring that, by a specified date, the professional sp...
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2012-03-09
Died pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2)
S1272Intro

Sine Die
Providing that an exception to the 10-year minimum term for persons convicted of certain offenses during which the person actually possessed a firearm or destructive device does not apply to offenders convicted for possession of a firearm by a felon ...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 947 -SJ 1178
S0808Intro

Sine Die
Encouraging each district school board to adopt written policies to promote public access to outdoor recreation and sports facilities on school property, increase the number of joint-use agreements, and develop and adopt policies and procedures for a...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar
S1738Intro

Sine Die
Authorizing the board of county commissioners of any county or the governing authority of any municipality to adopt an ordinance granting an additional homestead tax exemption up to the assessed value of the property to an owner who has maintained pe...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 357 -SJ 1337
S1262Intro

Sine Die
Providing criteria for a motor vehicle service agreement company to effectuate refunds through the issuing salesperson or agent; authorizing rather than requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to examine service agreement companies; authorizing ...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1011 -SJ 1192
S1256Intro

Sine Die
Revising the definitions of the terms "assessed value of property" and "complete submission of the rolls"; providing that a taxpayer has a right to have a hearing before the value adjustment board rescheduled if the hearing is not commenced within a ...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 7097 -SJ 1329
S1254Intro

Sine Die
Establishing the Division of Food, Nutrition, and Wellness within the department; deleting provisions for a food safety pilot program and a permitting program for persons who test milk or milk products; creating the Agricultural Feed, Seed, and Ferti...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 7021 -SJ 1148
S1718Intro

Sine Die
Authorizing parents of students who are assigned to certain underperforming public schools to submit a petition to the school district requesting implementation of a school turnaround option; requiring a school district, upon request, to provide a pa...
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2012-03-09
CS failed to pass; YEAS 20 NAYS 20 -SJ 1189
S1244Intro

Sine Die
Creating the Study Committee on Investor-Owned Water and Wastewater Utility Systems; providing for removal or suspension of members by the appointing authority; requiring the Public Service Commission to provide staff, information, assistance, and fa...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1389 (Ch.
S1242Intro

Sine Die
Revising provisions that promote adoption of broadband Internet service; providing for the Department of Economic Opportunity to receive and manage certain federal funds; providing for a type two transfer of the Broadband Initiative Program from the ...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 945 -SJ 1188
S1238Intro

Sine Die
Authorizing the conversion of a vehicle titled or branded and registered as a low-speed vehicle to a golf cart; providing procedures; providing for a fee, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch.
H0695Intro

Sine Die
Authorizes Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to enter into public-private partnership with business entity to develop oil & gas resources on certain onshore state lands under specified conditions; provides that financial, techn...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar
S0774Intro

Sine Die
Revising the composition of the membership on the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine; requiring that a physician assistant seeking to prescribe medicinal drugs submit certain evidence at the time of initial licensure of completio...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 363 -SJ 1670
S1228Intro

Sine Die
Authorizing issuance of a temporary permit to practice as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant; providing requirements for issuing a temporary permit; providing for voiding of a temporary permit; providing requirements for the supervi...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 799 -SJ 1239
S2080Intro

Sine Die
Amending provisions relating to an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information of Lifeline Assistance Plan participants; providing a penalty for intentional disclosure of confidential and exempt information by an o...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to HB 7109 -SJ 1149
S2074Intro

Sine Die
Revising the duties of the case manager for, and the community living support plan of, a mental health resident of an assisted living facility; requiring the revocation of a facility license for certain violations that result in the death of a reside...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table -SJ 1218
S0752Intro

Sine Die
Redefining the term "marital assets and liabilities" to include the value of the marital portion of the passive appreciation of nonmarital real property; authorizing a court to require security and the payment of a reasonable rate of interest if inst...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table -SJ 1193
S0292Intro

Sine Die
Requiring that, after a specified date, if a legal notice is published in a newspaper, the newspaper publishing the notice shall also place the notice on a website maintained by the newspaper, at no additional charge; providing that an error on a new...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 937 -SJ 1236
S1202Intro

Sine Die
Deleting a provision for the limitation of actions against a bond; requiring that the bond number be stated on the first page of the bond; requiring that the state, a county, a municipality, or any other public body or institution open sealed bids re...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 897 -SJ 1269
H1479Intro

Sine Die
Assigns duties to Florida Council on Arts & Culture relating to promotion of poetry & recommendations for appointment of State Poet Laureate; creates honorary position of State Poet Laureate within DOS; provides for acceptance of nominations, qualifi...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar
S0738Intro

Sine Die
Specifying a permit term for a solid waste management facility that is designed with a leachate control system meeting the requirements of the Department of Environmental Protection; creating a solid waste landfill closure account within the Solid Wa...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 503 (Ch.
H6005Intro

Sine Die
Redistricts state's congressional districts in accordance with U.S. Decennial Census of 2010 (plan H000C9047); amends provisions relating to inclusion of unlisted territory in contiguous districts; reenacts provisions which provide for election of re...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1174 (Ch.
S1658Intro

Sine Die
Restricting the use of an electronic benefit transfer card to prohibit accessing cash from outside the state and purchasing certain products; expanding the list of items that may not be purchased with the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar
S1650Intro

Sine Die
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for nonpublished reports or data related to certain studies or research related to citrus fruit, citrus fruit juices, and the products and byproducts thereof that is conducted, caused to be cond...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to HB 1239 -SJ 1246
S1648Intro

Sine Die
Revising the short title of Ch. 601 to the "Florida Citrus Code"; providing for the appointment, compensation, and powers and duties of the department's executive director; revising the qualifications and terms of members of the Florida Citrus Commis...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1237 -SJ 1246
S1172Intro

Sine Die
Defining the term "mental injury" with respect to the offenses of abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of a child; requiring that a physician or psychologist acting as an expert witness in certain proceedings have certain credentials; redefining the ...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1355 (Ch.
S0714Intro

Sine Die
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for confidential and proprietary business information and trade secrets received by the Department of Gaming Control; providing an exemption from public records requirements for information held...
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2012-03-09
Died pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2)
S1168Intro

Sine Die
Redesignating the ports to be benefitted by the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Program; requiring the Department of Transportation to request a specified minimum amount of funding for the Florida Seaport Transportation and Ec...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 599 (Ch.
S0710Intro

Sine Die
Deleting the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; establishing the Department of Gaming Control; designating the State Gaming Commission as head of the department; providing for the Commissio...
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2012-03-09
Died pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2)
S0232Intro

Sine Die
(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.
S1150Intro

Sine Die
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.
H1077Intro

Sine Die
Cites act as "Dawson and David Caras Act"; provides rights for individual accompanied by service animal; provides that documentation that service animal is trained is not precondition for providing certain services to individual accompanied by servic...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar
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

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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
S0680Intro

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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.
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