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S0612FailCites this act as the "Floridians Back to Work Program"; creating the Floridians Back to Work Program within the Division of Workforce Services of the Department of Economic Opportunity; providing duties of the division; requiring the division to ado...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S0150FailRequiring that the Department of Education submit to the Legislature an annual report that includes student learning gains and student progression in juvenile justice education programs and details the methodology used by the department to ensure tha...
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
H7045FailSpecifies conditions for issuance of permits; provides for issuance, extension, & review of permits approved after certain date.
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2012-03-09
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
H1001Engross

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Revises purposes of ch. 721, F.S., relating to vacation & timeshare plans, to include provision of certain disclosure; revises definition of "resale service provider"; defines "consumer resale timeshare interest," "consumer timeshare reseller," "resa...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1244
H0521Engross

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Preempts to state regulation of certain hoisting equipment; provides that act does not apply to regulation of elevators or to airspace height restrictions.
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1244
S1064Intro

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Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to provide an additional exemption from ad valorem taxes on tangible personal property valued at more than $25,000 but less than $50,000, to authorize a county or municipality to provide an additional ex...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HJR 1003 (Passed) -SJ 997
S2120Intro

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Recognizing May 2012 as "Lupus Awareness Month" in Florida, etc.
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2012-03-08
Adopted -SJ 960
H4001Engross

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Repeals provisions for cap & trade regulatory program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric utilities.
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1245
H0517Enroll

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Requires certain appraisers to follow specific standards of professional practice in appraisals involving restoration of Lake Apopka Basin; waives initial licensing, application, & unlicensed activity fees for certain military veterans; revises certa...
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2012-03-08
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1199
H7079Engross

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Clarifies definitions of terms "normal retirement date" & "vesting"; authorizes distributions to certain members who are terminated from employment for 1 calendar month if member has reached normal retirement date; provides rulemaking authority to DM...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1245
H0979Enroll

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Requires that comprehensive plan amendments proposing certain developments follow state coordinated review process; limits scope of certain recommendations & comments by reviewing agencies regarding proposed developments; revises review criteria for ...
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2012-03-08
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1205
H7115Engross

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Saves from scheduled repeal under Open Government Sunset Review Act public record exemptions for information held by economic development agencies; saves from repeal exemption concerning plans, intentions, or interests of private corporation, partner...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1246
H0045Engross

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Requires certain Florida College System institutions & state universities to provide priority course registration for veterans; provides eligibility requirements; encourages certain independent postsecondary educational institutions to provide priori...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1243
H0503Engross

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Creates, amends, & revises numerous provisions relating to: development, construction, operating, & building permits; permit application requirements & procedures, including waivers, variances, & revocation; local government comprehensive plans & pla...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1244
S1508Intro

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Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to revise the selection process for the student member of the Board of Governors of the State University System, etc.
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HJR 931 (Passed) -SJ 1037
H7111Engross

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Removes exception to exemption from public records requirements for social security numbers & property identifiers contained in reports of unclaimed property; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public ...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1246
H0037Engross

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Provides that it is third-degree felony for person to knowingly & willfully give false information to law enforcement officer conducting missing person investigation involving child 16 years of age or younger with intent to mislead officer or impede ...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1243
H0013Engross

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Provides for lease of sovereignty submerged lands for private residential single-family docks & piers, private residential multifamily docks & piers, & private residential multislip docks; provides for term of lease & lease fees; provides for inspect...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1243
S0094Intro

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Requiring certain Florida College System institutions and state universities to provide priority course registration for veterans; providing eligibility requirements; encouraging certain independent postsecondary educational institutions to provide p...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 45 -SJ 965
H7095Engross

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Authorizes rather than requires clerk to review records to determine whether applicant for public defender is indigent; requires clerks to use specified system & submit data based on designated case types; revises provisions relating to fees to reope...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1245
S0088Intro

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Providing for the lease of sovereignty submerged lands for private residential single-family docks and piers, private residential multifamily docks and piers, and private residential multislip docks; providing for the term of the lease and lease fees...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to HB 13 -SJ 964
H0465Engross

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Revises provisions relating to issuance & retirement of bonds.
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1244
S1470Intro

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Providing for repeal of administrative rules upon the repeal of the law implemented; providing a process for summary repeal of administrative rules that are no longer in effect; nullifying specific administrative rules adopted by the Northwest Florid...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to HB 7029 -SJ 1036
H0931Engross

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Proposes amendment to s. 7, Art. IX of State Constitution to revise selection process for student member of Board of Governors of State University System.
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1244
H1403Engross

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Authorizes high schools, including charter schools, virtual schools, & home education cooperatives, to become members of FHSAA; prohibits FHSAA from taking retributory or discriminatory action against any of its member schools under certain circumsta...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1245
S0992Intro

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Defining the terms "hoisting equipment," "mobile crane," and "tower crane"; requiring an applicant for a building permit to submit certain information to a local building official; requiring radio communications between certain crane operators; requi...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 521 -SJ 1004
S2142Intro

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Recognizing February 6, 2012, as "Ronald Reagan Day" in the State of Florida, etc.
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2012-03-08
Adopted, companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9001 (Adopted) -SJ 960
S0524Enroll

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Citing this act as the "Healthy Pregnancies for Incarcerated Women Act"; prohibiting use of restraints on a prisoner known to be pregnant during labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery unless a corrections official makes an individualized determinat...
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2012-03-08
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 1052
H1383Engross

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Transfers & reassigns functions & responsibilities of Division of Law Enforcement, excluding Bureau of Emergency Response, within DEP to Division of Law Enforcement within FWCC; transfers & reassigns functions & responsibilities of specific positions...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1245
H0887Engross

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Authorizes credit for sale of tobacco products to be extended to retail dealer under specified conditions; provides for suspension of sale of tobacco products to retail dealers delinquent in their credit payments until certain conditions are met; wai...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1244
S1416Intro

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Revising a short title to rename "unemployment compensation" as "reemployment assistance"; renaming the Unemployment Appeals Commission as the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission; providing scoring requirements relating to initial skills revie...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 7027 -SJ 1008
S0950Intro

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Providing that additional types of injunctions issued by a court of a foreign state shall be accorded full faith and credit by the courts of this state and enforced as if they were orders issued under specified provisions; providing that a person who...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1099 -SJ 979
H1355Enroll

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Revises language concerning child abuse reporting; requires DCF to provide for web-chat & update other web-based forms for reporting; requires specified educational institutions & their law enforcement agencies to report known or suspected child abus...
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2012-03-08
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1191
S1408Intro

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Revising the purposes of ch. 721, F.S., to include the provision of certain disclosure; deleting a provision requiring resale service providers to provide certain fee or cost and listing information to timeshare interest owners; specifying informatio...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 1001 -SJ 1007
H0401Engross

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Provides that designation made by or on behalf of decedent providing for payment or transfer at death of interest in asset to or for benefit of decedent's former spouse becomes void if marriage dissolved or declared invalid before decedent's death, i...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1244
S1880Intro

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Adding violations of ch. 787, F.S., to the jurisdiction of the Office of Statewide Prosecution; requiring an employee of a massage establishment and any person performing massage therein to present, upon request of an investigator, valid government i...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to HB 7049 -SJ 960
S1398Intro

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Citing this act as the "Regional Workforce Boards Accountability Act"; specifying qualified expenditures for Individual Training Accounts; requiring members and the executive director of a regional workforce board to make financial disclosures; requi...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 7023 -SJ 1005
S1874Intro

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Requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to inform the parents of a child of the availability of private placement of the child with an adoption entity in certain circumstances; exempting adoption proceedings initiated under ch. 39, F...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 1163 -SJ 1043
S0004Enroll

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Providing for the relief of Eric Brody by the Broward County Sheriff's Office; providing for an appropriation to compensate Eric Brody for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of the Broward County Sheriff's Office; providing a limitation...
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2012-03-08
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 1129
S0922Enroll

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Authorizing the Florida Defense Support Task Force to recommend to the Legislature specified changes in military installations and local governments under the Community Planning Act; creating the Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame Council; creating the M...
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2012-03-08
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 1063
S0454Intro

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Revising the definition of the term "public lodging establishment" to exclude certain apartment complexes designated primarily as housing for persons at least 62 years of age; providing that the Department of Business and Professional Regulation may ...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 249 -SJ 964
S1358Intro

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Defining the term "random testing," and removing the definition of the term "safety-sensitive position" for purposes of the Drug-Free Workplace Act; authorizing a state agency to conduct random drug testing every 3 months; providing that an agency ma...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 1205 -SJ 1131
S1824Intro

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Eliminating the Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund and the Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Trust Fund as trust funds under the department; requiring the Department of Health to be responsible for the state public health system; permitting...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 1263 -SJ 1092
H0803Engross

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Revises definitions; revises provisions relating to criminal history records check on persons considered for child placement; provides procedures for certain hotline calls that do not meet criteria for report of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, ...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1244
H1277Engross

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Revises frequency & notice requirements for examinations & investigations by OFR of money services business licensees; prohibits money services businesses, authorized vendors, & affiliated parties from knowingly possessing certain paraphernalia used ...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1245
S0402Intro

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Creating the Statewide Task Force on Prescription Drug Abuse and Newborns; requiring that the Department of Legal Affairs provide the task force with necessary staff, etc.
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 227 -SJ 978
S0858Intro

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Providing that it is a third-degree felony for a person to knowingly and willfully give false information to a law enforcement officer conducting a missing person investigation involving a child 16 years of age or younger with the intent to mislead t...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 37 -SJ 998
S1312Intro

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Clarifying the authority of the Governor; revising the definition of the terms "head of the department" and "secretary"; amending provisions relating to powers and duties of department heads; declaring policy regarding executive authority with respec...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 7055 -SJ 1129
H0769Engross

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Revises & updates education & work experience requirements for applicants for licensure as certified public accountant; revises provisions governing licensure by endorsement; revises requirements for reactivation of inactive license as certified publ...
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2012-03-08
Ordered enrolled -HJ 1244
S1782Intro

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Transferring and reassigning functions and responsibilities of the Division of Law Enforcement, excluding the Bureau of Emergency Response, within the Department of Environmental Protection to the Division of Law Enforcement within the Fish and Wildl...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1383 -SJ 967
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