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S1380FailProviding that an owner or its affiliate must comply with certain conditions relating to insurance when renting or leasing a motor vehicle to a nonresident; extending the length of a lease or rental agreement for which motor vehicle rental insurance ...
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2016-03-11
Died in Banking and Insurance
S1640FailDirecting the Department of Health to expand statewide screening of newborns to include screening for adrenoleukodystrophy when adopted for inclusion on the federal recommended uniform screening panel, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Health Policy
S0246FailRevising penalties for violations of the Florida Ban on Texting While Driving Law; providing enhanced penalties for such violations when committed in a school zone or school crossing, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
S0178FailRequiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to complete a periodic analysis of the medical tourism marketing plan; requiring Enterprise Florida, Inc., to market thi...
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2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 423 (Ch. 2016-224)
S0546FailExtending the timeframe within which a certified appraisal may be obtained for parcels of land to be sold as surplus; revising the procedures a water management district must follow for publishing a notice of intention to sell surplus lands; providin...
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2016-03-11
Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1075 (Ch. 2016-233)
S1650FailRevising an exemption from public records requirements for the identities of informants and investigatory information held by the Chief Inspector General, agency inspectors general, and other appropriate local officials; providing for future legislat...
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2016-03-11
Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
S0888FailRequiring the Department of State to develop instructions and procedures for the electronic submission of voted absentee ballots from overseas voters; requiring the department, in consultation with supervisors of elections, to develop security measur...
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2016-03-11
Died in Ethics and Elections
S1138FailProhibiting substance abuse treatment providers and operators of recovery residences from engaging in certain marketing practices; providing that the violation of the prohibition against certain unethical marketing practices by a provider or operator...
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2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations
S0026FailProviding for the relief of L.T.; providing an appropriation to compensate L.T. for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of employees of the Department of Children and Families, formerly known as the Department of Children and...
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2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations
S0544FailExempting nonresidential farm buildings, farm fences, and farm signs that are located on lands used for bona fide agricultural purposes from any county or municipal special assessment, including a dependent special district assessment, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Finance and Tax
S1152FailAuthorizing local governmental bodies to designate a specified number of safe-haven facilities in each county based upon population size; authorizing a local governmental body to approve the use of local government buildings to serve as safe-haven fa...
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2016-03-11
Died in Messages
S0122FailProviding that a person is disqualified from receiving compensation under the Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Compensation Act if, before or during the person's wrongful conviction and incarceration, the person was convicted of, pled guilty or nolo...
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2016-03-11
Died in Messages
S0900FailProhibiting the operator of a public lodging or food establishment from refusing accommodations to, or removing, a person based solely upon such person's age, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Regulated Industries
S1236FailProviding that the tax levied under ch. 212, F.S., is not required to be collected on the sale of items or articles of certain tangible personal property by certain small businesses during a specified period, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations
S0362FailRevising the qualifications of an agent in the execution of power of attorney to include certain not-for-profit corporations; providing criteria for such corporations; providing that a person acting on behalf of the corporation in its role as an agen...
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2016-03-11
Died in Judiciary
S1494FailEstablishing the Language Education Assistance Program within the Department of Education; requiring the program to provide grants up to a specified amount to certain participating institutions to provide free English classes to certain students; req...
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2016-03-11
Died in Higher Education
S1674FailRequiring the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to adopt rules, by a specified date, which establish standards for the designation of areas of high human-bear conflict and that designate certain garbage as bear-attracting garbage; prohibiting...
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2016-03-11
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S0468FailAuthorizing high schools to offer student opportunities to take specified computer coding courses by a specified school year; requiring the Commissioner of Education to identify the computer coding courses that satisfy two credits of foreign language...
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2016-03-11
Died in Messages
S0208FailRestricting participation of state officers in certain state group insurance programs that provide benefits in excess of those offered to Medicaid recipients, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
S0074FailRatifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to equal rights for men and women, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Judiciary
S0366FailExempting the sale of a hybrid vehicle from the sales and use tax; defining the term "hybrid vehicle", etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Finance and Tax
S0892FailRevising reporting requirements with respect to the purpose of expenditures made by or on behalf of a political committee, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Ethics and Elections
S1192Intro

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Prohibiting a local government from preventing a private company from listing separately on an invoice for solid waste collection, disposal, or recycling any governmental taxes and fees; revising provisions relating to solid waste collection services...
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2016-03-11
Died on Calendar
S1344FailProhibiting an operator of a place of entertainment or the operator's agent from restricting the resale of tickets, denying access to a ticket holder, or using a paperless ticketing system under certain circumstances; prohibiting an operator or an op...
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2016-03-11
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S0322FailProposing amendments to the State Constitution to create term limits for Supreme Court justices and judges of the district courts of appeal, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Judiciary
S0550Intro

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Authorizing the Division of State Fire Marshal within the Department of Financial Services to award a Volunteer Rural Firefighter Certificate of Completion; requiring the division to establish by rule courses and course examinations to provide traini...
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2016-03-11
Died on Calendar
S1208FailUrging Congress to review the eligibility criteria for participation in the Department of Defense Excess Property Program, also known as the "1033 program," and to adopt reforms that preclude participation in the program by law enforcement agencies t...
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2016-03-11
Died in Criminal Justice
S0166FailDefining the terms "hydraulic fracturing" and "well stimulation treatment"; prohibiting a person from engaging in hydraulic fracturing or performing well stimulation treatments in this state or the waters adjacent to this state; prohibiting a person ...
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2016-03-11
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S0470FailDeleting a requirement that students in a blended learning course be full-time students and receive online instruction in a classroom setting at their schools, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S0108FailExempting clinical laboratory services incidental to renal dialysis from the definition of "designated health services"; providing that the definition of "investment interest" does not include investment interests in an entity that is the sole provid...
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2016-03-11
Died in Banking and Insurance
S1396FailRepealing provisions relating to sexual performance by a child; prohibiting a person from using a child in a sexual performance or promoting a sexual performance by a child; prohibiting a person from possessing, with the intent to promote, child porn...
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2016-03-11
Died in Criminal Justice
S0068FailDeleting a provision prohibiting concealed carry licensees from openly carrying a handgun or carrying a concealed weapon or firearm into a college or university facility, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Judiciary
S0480FailRequiring students to earn one-half credit in health education, independent of the physical education credit requirements, for high school graduation; authorizing a waiver for students who request to take and successfully complete a health education ...
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2016-03-11
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S1204FailDirecting the Department of Transportation to establish a Water and Wastewater Utilities Relocation Study Committee; specifying committee membership; transferring review of water management district rules from the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory ...
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2016-03-11
Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 589 (Ch. 2016-130)
S1678FailAuthorizing the use of credits earned upon completion of a registered apprenticeship or preapprenticeship to satisfy specified high school graduation credit requirements; requiring that the State Board of Education approve and identify apprenticeship...
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2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
S1688FailProviding for voluntary contributions of a minimum specified amount per applicant for certain motor vehicle registrations, driver licenses or identification cards, and boat registrations to the Florida Veterans Foundation, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Fiscal Policy
S0084FailAuthorizing a defendant to move to depart from the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 3 years and from the mandatory fine for a drug trafficking violation involving a specified quantity of a specified controlled substance; authorizing the stat...
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2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
S1024FailProviding a local business tax credit for employment of a person previously convicted of a felony, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Community Affairs
S1154FailRevising the contents of an employer policy statement with respect to employee drug use; revising specimen collection, verification, and documentation procedures, etc.
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2016-03-11
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S1214FailCreating the Community Yard Trash Safe Burn Program within the Florida Forest Service; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt minimum standards for community burn plans; authorizing homeowners' associations to create c...
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2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government
S1504FailProviding for the issuance of a license to practice under certain conditions to a military health care practitioner in a profession for which licensure in a state or jurisdiction is not required to practice in the military; requiring the Construction...
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2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 941 (Ch. 2016-230), CS/SB 184 (Ch. 2016-242)
S1112FailProviding that an insurer's payment for medical services pursuant to a specified schedule of maximum charges is deemed to be reasonable; providing that certain provisions of the Florida Insurance Code do not prohibit an insurer of private passenger m...
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2016-03-11
Died in Banking and Insurance
S1142FailRequiring a pharmacy benefits manager or a specified individual or group insurance policy to continue to cover a drug for specified insureds under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain actions by a pharmacy benefits manager or an individual or g...
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2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations
S1182FailScheduling Mitragynine and 7-Hydroxymitragynine, constituents of Kratom, in a schedule of controlled substances; providing an exception from scheduling for any drug product approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration which contains Mit...
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2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
S1216FailCiting this act as the "Department of Economic Opportunity Cybercrime Prevention Act"; adding the Department of Economic Opportunity as an entity that may be issued reproductions from certain files or digital records for specified reasons; revising p...
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2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations
S0320FailCreating an exemption from public records requirements for certain identifying and location information of current or former emergency medical technicians or paramedics certified under ch. 401, F.S., and the spouses and children of such emergency med...
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2016-03-11
Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 592 (Ch. 2016-159)
S0114FailProviding honorary designations of various transportation facilities in specified counties; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers; revising the name of an honorary designation of a transportation facility in a specified...
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2016-03-11
Died in Messages
S0472FailRequiring the Department of Education to establish the Dyslexia Choice Academy Pilot Project; requiring the Duval County School Board to provide mentoring services to participating school districts; providing Dyslexia Choice Academy, school district,...
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2016-03-11
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S1690FailRequiring toll agencies to adopt a policy regarding removal of directors under certain circumstances; directing the Florida Transportation Commission to conduct a study of the potential for express toll lanes to display estimated travel times; direct...
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2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
S0278FailProviding an annual use fee for a Sun Sea Smiles license plate; directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop the Sun Sea Smiles license plate; providing for the distribution of annual use fees received from the sale of suc...
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2016-03-11
Died in Transportation
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