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S1732FailCiting this act as the "Uniform Knife and Weapons Act"; providing legislative intent to preempt the regulation of knives and weapons to the Legislature; prohibiting state agencies and political subdivisions from regulating knives and weapons; providi...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S0338FailRevising the basis for the designation of school grades to include the participation rate of students who are enrolled in fine arts courses, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations
S1730FailRevising criteria for eligibility for admission to a pretrial release program; requiring that a pretrial intervention program give admission preference to a defendant charged with a misdemeanor over a defendant charged with a felony; specifying requi...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S0796FailLimiting the designation of transportation facilities to facilities of the State Highway System; requiring that a natural person must have significantly contributed to the state or community in order to warrant legislative recognition; providing crit...
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2012-03-09
Died in Transportation
S0336FailRequiring that debt settlement services be provided pursuant to a debt settlement plan; requiring a debt settlement provider to make certain disclosures to the debtor before a debtor consents to payment; prohibiting a debt settlement provider from ma...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S1728FailAuthorizing each district school board to provide cyberbullying awareness instruction in K-12 public schools during the beginning of the school year; providing for designation of "Cyberbullying Awareness Week"; providing for the integration of cyberb...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget
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
S0794FailProhibiting a governmental unit that contracts for the construction, repair, remodeling, or improving of a facility from imposing conditions that requires, prohibits, encourages, or discourages certain bidders, contractors, or subcontractors from ent...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget
S0334FailRevising safety standard requirements for bicycle helmets that must be worn by certain riders and passengers; providing for enforcement of requirements for bicycle lighting equipment; providing penalties for violations; providing for dismissal of the...
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2012-03-09
Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1223 (Ch.
S1726FailProhibiting a public high school student from leaving school grounds during his or her designated lunch period; requiring that district school boards implement the prohibition by a specified date, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S1254Intro

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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
S0332FailCiting this act as the "Edward Jr., and Rachel Bullard Act"; revising legislative findings and intent with respect to the sudden unexpected death of an infant under a specified age; defining the term "Sudden Unexpected Infant Death"; revising provisi...
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2012-03-09
Died in Messages
S1722FailAuthorizing specified local governments to levy non-ad valorem assessments to recover costs for the elimination of chronic nuisances on real property; providing for payment and collection of the assessments, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Community Affairs
S1250FailProviding that state policy is to encourage a water quality credit trading program through public-private partnerships; expanding an existing water quality credit trading pilot program in the Lower St. Johns River Basin to include the Caloosahatchee,...
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2012-03-09
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S0790FailRequiring an applicant for or recipient of certain specified government welfare benefits to submit to the Department of Children and Family Services the name of each adult, if any, living in the home of the applicant or recipient or who has regular c...
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2012-03-09
Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
S0330FailRequiring that a contractor provide certain minimum services at designated visiting areas in a private correctional facility; providing for application of the act, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S1720FailRedefining the term "secrecy envelope" to include a device marked with a tinted pattern on the inside, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Rules
S1248FailProviding specified exemptions from the requirement that an insurer provide notification of nonrenewal to an insured, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Banking and Insurance, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1101 (Ch.
S0788FailAuthorizing the Board of Optometry to adopt rules for the administration and prescription of ocular pharmaceutical agents; authorizing certified optometrists to administer and prescribe ocular pharmaceutical agents under certain circumstances; revisi...
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2012-03-09
Died in Health Regulation
S0328FailProviding for a special instant scratch-off lottery game titled Ticket for the Cure; providing for revenues to be used for the purpose of funding breast cancer research and services for certain breast cancer victims; providing restrictions for the us...
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2012-03-09
Died in Regulated Industries
S1718Intro

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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
S0786FailRequiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to establish a One-Stop Permitting System in cooperation with certain participating agencies; authorizing local governments to establish growth enterprise development programs that provide for master d...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5501 (Ch.
S1716FailAuthorizing local governments to impose surcharges on violations of s. 316.1895, F.S., relating to school speed zones; requiring that the surcharges be imposed pursuant to an ordinance requiring public hearings, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Community Affairs
S1244Intro

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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.
S1714FailSpecifying the qualifying period for a person seeking to qualify for election to the board of supervisors of a community development district; providing for the election of the board of supervisors of a community development district to be conducted ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Community Affairs
S1242Intro

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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
S0784FailDesignating Veterans Memorial Highway in Putnam County; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc., etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Transportation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7039 (Ch.
S0324FailRequiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Office of Insurance Regulation, to conduct a study concerning the medical necessity, costs, and efficacy of mandating coverage for certain treatments and therapies; requiri...
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2012-03-09
Died in Banking and Insurance
S2104FailRevising the application process and requirements for appointment as a notary public; requiring the Department of State to investigate complaints against a notary public and submit findings to the Executive Office of the Governor; clarifying that the...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations
S1712FailAuthorizing, in certain circumstances, continuation of psychotherapeutic medication for individuals receiving such medication in a jail before admission to a psychiatric or forensic facility; requiring forensic evaluator training for mental health ex...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget
S1240FailExempting from permit requirements certain projects that provide for removal of detrital material from certain freshwater rivers or lakes if a governmental agency sponsors or participates in the project and certain additional conditions are met; requ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S1710FailAmending provisions relating to discontinuance of administration of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), to conform to changes made by the act; requiring that students be advised of the availability of certain courses for purposes of hig...
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S1238Intro

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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.
S0780FailExempting vehicles transporting power mobility devices for use by persons who have a disability from payment of parking fees at a publicly owned or operated airport, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Economic Affairs Committee
S1708FailProhibiting the removal of certain pecans from public rights-of-way or from trees grown on private property; providing a penalty, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Agriculture
S1236FailRepealing provisions relating to liens for labor or services in ginning cotton, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
S0778FailAuthorizing a person to report to a local property appraiser a possible homestead exemption violation under certain circumstances; requiring the property appraiser to certify to the tax collector the name and address of the person who reports a viola...
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2012-03-09
Died in Community Affairs
S0318FailCreating the Statewide K-12 Education Commission within the Department of Education; providing purposes; providing for terms, membership, and meetings; providing that members are entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses, subject to appropriation...
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S1706FailRequiring participating private schools to annually submit to the Department of Education financially audited statements, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S1234FailTransferring certain state property lying within the City of West Park, Broward County, to be used by the city for the purposes of open space and public recreation needs; declaring such use a public purpose; providing for reversion of the property to...
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2012-03-09
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S0776FailRequiring that high schools be given at least 75 percent credit for students who receive high school equivalency diplomas for purposes of calculating the school's graduation rate, beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S0316FailDirecting the Department of Elderly Affairs to develop and implement a public education program relating to screening for Alzheimer's disease; providing criteria for awarding grants; creating the memory-impairment screening grant program; requiring g...
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2012-03-09
Died in Messages
S0774Intro

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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
S0772FailRequiring that an advisory sentence of death be made by a unanimous recommendation of the jury after a defendant's conviction or adjudication of guilt for a capital felony or capital drug-trafficking felony; requiring the court to instruct the jury t...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S1702FailCiting this act as the "Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity for Life Act"; requiring a person performing a termination of pregnancy to first sign an affidavit stating that he or she is not performi...
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2012-03-09
Died in Health Regulation
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
S0310FailProviding for the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue Silver Star, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, and Air Force Cross license plates, without payment of the license tax, to persons meeting specified criteria, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch.
S1700FailAuthorizing certain political parties to conduct elections for members of their state or county executive committees independent of a county; requiring that a person qualify with the qualifying officer for the party in order to be a candidate in such...
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2012-03-09
Died in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections
S0768FailDesignating the act as the "Marine Product Manufacturers and Dealers Act"; providing for the application of the act to agreements between a dealer and a manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler of marine products; providing requirements for warranty ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S2080Intro

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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
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