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S0100FailRequiring that any unclaimed deposits held by a utility be transferred to the Department of Economic Opportunity; requiring that a specified portion of unclaimed deposits be transferred to the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund in the De...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations
H0947Engross

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Provides that exception to 10-year minimum term for persons convicted of certain offenses during which person actually possessed firearm or destructive device does not to apply to offenders convicted for possession of firearm by felon who have certai...
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2012-03-09
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1714
H0017FailProvides for DHSMV to issue Silver Star, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, & Air Force Cross license plates, without payment of license tax, to persons meeting specified criteria.
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2012-03-09
Died in Economic Affairs Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch.
S1484FailProviding that the day of a general election is a paid holiday observed by state branches and agencies; naming the holiday "Florida Democracy Day", etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections
H5505Enroll

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Redefines "employee" for purposes of workers' compensation; revises requirements for submitting notice of election of exemption; repeals provisions relating to duty of DFS to make annual report on administration of ch. 440, F.S., Workers' Compensatio...
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2012-03-09
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1717
S1994Enroll

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Deleting provisions creating the University of South Florida Polytechnic; requiring that the Florida Polytechnic University meet certain criteria established by the Board of Governors by a specified date; requiring that students enrolled at the Unive...
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2012-03-09
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 1679
H1429FailCreates Sustainable and Renewable Energy Policy Trust Fund within Office of Energy under DACS; provides for sources of funds & purposes; provides for annual carryforward of funds; provides for future review & termination or re-creation of trust fund.
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2012-03-09
Died in Energy and Utilities Subcommittee
H0945Engross

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Transfers Broadband Initiative Program from DMS to DEO & revises provisions to promote adoption of broadband Internet service if certain conditions are met.
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2012-03-09
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1714
H0015FailDesignates Alma Lee Loy Bridge in Indian River County; directs DOT to erect markers.
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2012-03-09
Died in Transportation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7039 (Ch.
S0558FailTerminating the future imposition of the prohibition of the land application of septage from onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
H1427FailRequires Public Service Commission (PSC) to consider certain factors in performing its duties; requires PSC to ensure that utility rate structures are designed to meet certain goals; provides requirements for such rate structure determinations; revis...
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2012-03-09
Died in Energy and Utilities Subcommittee
S1480FailCreating the "Pregnancy Confidentiality Act"; defining the terms "client," "client records," and "pregnancy resource center"; providing that records of clients of pregnancy resource centers may be disclosed only if the client or his or her legal repr...
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2012-03-09
Died in Health Regulation
S1016FailProviding for the creation of a special thoroughbred race meet designated as the "Breeders' Cup Permanent Meet" which shall be conducted annually at the facility of a Florida horseracing permitholder; prohibiting races at certain thoroughbred facilit...
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2012-03-09
Died in Regulated Industries
S0556FailProviding for a voluntary contribution to the Florida Association of Food Banks, Inc., etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1223 (Ch.
H1425FailProvides for compliance with applicable Internal Revenue Code requirements; adds optional forms of benefits; provides for retirement after 10 years of service; provides for death benefits for survivors; provides for protection of benefits from legal ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Community and Military Affairs Subcommittee
H0941Enroll

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Revises requirements for submitting notice of election of exemption; revises duties of DFS relating to expiration of certificates of exemption; exempts certain limited liability companies from penalties for failure to secure payment of workers' compe...
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2012-03-09
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1274
H0471FailAuthorizes use of specified portion of additional court cost for county juvenile electronic & GPS monitoring programs; provides that child who commits direct contempt of court or indirect contempt of valid court order may be placed on home detention ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
H0011FailDesignates SP4 Thomas Berry Corbin Memorial Highway & U.S. Navy BMC Samuel Calhoun Chavous, Jr. Memorial Highway in Dixie County; Marine Lance Corporal Brian R. Buesing Memorial Highway, U.S. Army Sergeant Karl A. Campbell Memorial Highway, & U.S. Ar...
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2012-03-09
Died in Economic Affairs Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7039 (Ch.
S1478FailProviding for a student to enter a public school at any time following participation in a school choice program; specifying the programs that constitute school choice programs; requiring that the student take a nationally norm-referenced assessment t...
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S1014FailRequiring that a licensed health care practitioner wear a name tag indicating licensure credentials when rendering health care services; authorizing the Board of Optometry to adopt rules for the administration and prescription of ocular pharmaceutica...
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2012-03-09
Died in Health Regulation
S0554FailRequiring that each district school board provide disability history and awareness instruction in all K-12 public schools; requiring that the Department of Education assist in creating the curriculum for the disability history and awareness instructi...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations
H1423FailCites act as "Florida Health Benefits Exchange Act"; provides legislative findings & intent; creates Florida Health Benefits Exchange Legislative Study Committee; provides membership & duties; requires administrative & technical support by OIR; requi...
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2012-03-09
Died in Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee
H0009FailProvides that Governor, Lieutenant Governor, member of Cabinet, or legislator may be recalled from office; requires that proponents of recall register as political committee; prescribes methods & timeframes for initiating & conducting recall; provide...
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2012-03-09
Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
S1476FailProviding that recommendations relating to annuities made by an insurer or its agents apply to all consumers not just to senior consumers; revising the information relating to annuities that must be provided by the insurer or its agent to the consume...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
S1012FailCreating a public records exemption for personal identifying information revealing the name, age, and location of a child permanently residing with a sexual offender or sexual predator, which information is required to be provided to the appropriate ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S0552FailDefining the term "special private gain or loss"; prohibiting a member of the Legislature from voting upon or participating in any legislation inuring to the personal gain or loss of the member or his or her relative; prohibiting a member of the Legi...
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2012-03-09
Died in Judiciary
S0092FailCiting this act as the "Second Chance for Children Act"; providing that a juvenile offender who was 17 years of age or younger at the time of committing one or more nonhomicide offenses and who was sentenced to 10 or more years of imprisonment may be...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
S1852FailProviding that a sponsor's policies and procedures and previous school board decisions do not apply to a charter school under certain circumstances; providing that a Florida College System institution may operate no more than one charter school that ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget
H7117Enroll

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Adds factors for PSC to consider in reviewing 10-year site plans submitted to commission by electric utilities; provides for portion of proceeds of local government infrastructure surtax to be used for financial assistance to residential & commercial...
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2012-03-09
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1260
H0939FailExempts certain items used to manufacture, produce, or modify aircraft engines & gas turbine engines & parts from tax on sales, use, & other transactions.
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2012-03-09
Died in Finance and Tax Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch.
S1474FailCreating the expedited partner therapy pilot project in Duval and Gadsden Counties; providing an exemption from specified rules and statutory requirements for the pilot program; providing for training of physicians and patient education; requiring th...
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2012-03-09
Died in Messages
S1010Intro

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Requiring the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards to include financial literacy in the core curricular content of economics; providing that the credit requirement in economics for high school graduation includes instruction in financial literacy...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar
S0550FailRequiring that the Department of Health adopt and enforce rules requiring every newborn in this state to be tested for severe combined immunodeficiency disease, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Health Regulation
H1419FailAmends provisions relating to exclusions from part II of ch. 83, F.S., Florida Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; amends provisions relating to Drug-Free Workplace Act; provides that portion of additional fines assessed for traffic violations within ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Health Regulation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 517 (Ch.
H0937Engross

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Requires that, after specified date, if legal notice is published in newspaper, newspaper shall also place notice on website at no additional charge; requires free online access; requires that legal notices published in newspapers also be published o...
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2012-03-09
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1714
H0467FailRequires game promotion operator who provides electronic devices that reveal or display results of game promotion that offers certain prize amounts to file certain information with DACS; prohibits department from accepting filings from certain person...
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2012-03-09
Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
H0005FailCites act as "Graham Compliance Act"; provides that juvenile offender who was less than 18 years of age at time of commission of nonhomicide offense & who is sentenced to life imprisonment is eligible for resentencing if offender has been incarcerate...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S1472FailProviding for creation of the Florida Infrastructure Fund Partnership; providing for management of the partnership by the Florida Opportunity Fund; prohibiting the partnership from investing in projects with or accepting investments from certain comp...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget
S1008FailAuthorizing credit for the sale of tobacco products to be extended to a retail dealer under specified conditions; providing for the suspension of the sale of tobacco products to retail dealers delinquent in their credit payments; providing procedures...
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2012-03-09
Died in Regulated Industries
S0548FailExempting matches sponsored by a police benevolent association or a police athletic league from specific provisions relating to amateur pugilistic exhibitions, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Regulated Industries
S2048Intro

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Changing the name of the department to the "Department of Children and Families"; requiring that the department be geographically organized into circuits and regions; revising provisions relating to the establishment of the department; revising the s...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1229 -SJ 1671
H0935FailProvides that child support obligor may avoid suspension of driver license & vehicle registration by beginning to pay obligation by income deduction within specified period; provides that garnishee may consent to receive certain notices by secure e-m...
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2012-03-09
Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
H0003FailCites act as "Electronic Gambling Prohibition & Community Protection Act"; transfers administration & enforcement of provisions relating to game promotions from DACS to DBPR; revises provisions relating to drawings by chance offered by nonprofit orga...
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2012-03-09
Died in Regulated Industries
S1006FailProviding requirements for screening newborns for critical congenital heart disease; providing labeling requirements for active pharmaceutical ingredients distributed within the state for teaching, testing, research, and development; allowing distrib...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 517 (Ch.
S0086FailCites this act as "Caylee's Law;" penalizing a caregiver who willfully or by culpable negligence fails to make contact with a child under a specified age in his or her care for a certain period and to immediately report the child as missing to a law ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 37 (Ch.
H0933Intro

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Revises provisions for terminating certain rental agreements; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to set aside portion of its federal & state funding to fund housing for certain purposes; provides that access to essential commercial goods ...
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2012-03-09
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 1996 (Ch.
H0001FailRequires OPPAGA to conduct study to determine minimum per-student funding to meet constitutional requirements; requires report to Legislature.
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2012-03-09
Died in PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
S1468FailAuthorizing a district school board to set an opening date for schools in the district to accommodate the completion of student classwork and assessments during the fall term, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S1004FailDefining the terms "convicted," "permanently reside," and "unrelated child"; prohibiting a person who is required to register as a sexual offender or sexual predator and who has been convicted of committing certain specified offenses in which the vic...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S0546FailRequiring an entity that applies for a rail project contract with the Department of Transportation, an agency or instrumentality of the state, or a local governmental entity to certify involvement or noninvolvement with deportation of individuals to ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Community Affairs
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