| S7020 | Pass | Amending provisions relating to an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information of an enrollee or participant in the Florida Health Choices Program, for client and customer lists of a buyer's representative held by ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
Chapter No. 2016-75 |
| S0450 | Pass | Revising the definition of the term "practice of physical therapy"; providing that a licensed physical therapist who holds a specified doctoral degree may use specified letters in connection with her or his name or place of business; revising the ter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
Chapter No. 2016-70 |
| S0860 | Pass | Designating the second week of February of each year as "Foster Family Appreciation Week", etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
Chapter No. 2016-73 |
| S0340 | Pass | Providing that a health insurer, a prepaid limited health service organization, and a health maintenance organization, respectively, may not require a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist to join a network solely for the purpose of credentialing t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
Chapter No. 2016-69 |
| S0636 | Pass | Requiring that a sexual offense evidence kit or other DNA evidence be submitted to a member of the statewide criminal analysis laboratory system within a specified timeframe after specified occurrences; requiring a medical provider or law enforcement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
Chapter No. 2016-72 |
| S0590 | Pass | Redefining the terms "abandoned" or "abandonment" and "parent"; revising the circumstances under which an adoption consent is valid, binding, and enforceable; requiring a court to determine, under certain circumstances, whether a change of placement ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-23
Chapter No. 2016-71 |
| H0601 | Enroll
Sine Die | Urges Congress to enact certain legislation to promote economic recovery in Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-22
Signed by Officers and filed with Secretary of State |
| H5001 | Pass | Provides moneys for annual period beginning July 1, 2016, & ending June 30, 2017, & supplemental appropriations for period ending June 30, 2016, to pay salaries & other expenses, capital outlay-buildings & other improvements, & for other specified pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-21
Chapter No. 2016-66, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), HB 5005 (Ch. 2016-63), HB 5007 (Ch. 2016-64), HB 5101 (Ch. 2016-65), HB 5103 (Ch. 2016-25) |
| H5005 | Pass | Revising required employer retirement contribution rates for each membership class and subclass of the Florida Retirement System; revising the employer assessment rate for offsetting administrative and educational costs related to the Florida Retirem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-18
Chapter No. 2016-63, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2016-66) |
| H5007 | Pass | Provides for resolution of collective bargaining issues at impasse between State of Florida & certified bargaining units for state employees pursuant to specified instructions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-18
Chapter No. 2016-64, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2016-66) |
| H5101 | Pass | Authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide the Agency for Health Care Administration with access to certain digital and photographic records; requiring appeals related to Medicaid programs directly administered by the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-18
Chapter No. 2016-65, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1083 (Ch. 2016-140), HB 5001 (Ch. 2016-66), HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), CS/HB 7003 (Ch. 2016-3), CS/SB 12 (Ch. 2016-241) |
| H5003 | Pass | Implements specific appropriations of the General Appropriations Act for the 2016-2017 fiscal year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-18
Chapter No. 2016-62, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 499 (Ch. 2016-128), CS/CS/CS/HB 589 (Ch. 2016-130), CS/CS/HB 719 (Ch. 2016-58), CS/HB 837 (Ch. 2016-137), CS/CS/HB 1083 (Ch. 2016-140), CS/HB 1335 (Ch. 2016-147), HB 5001 (Ch. 2016-66), HB 5101 (Ch. 2016-65), CS/HB 7003 (Ch. 2016-3), HB 7027 (Ch. 2016-181), CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237), CS/CS/HB 7061 (Ch. 2016-239), CS/SB 1322 (Ch. 2016-152) |
| H7007 | Pass | Revises, creates, & repeals provisions relating to issues under regulatory oversight of DACS, including issuance of pest control operator's certificate, limited certification for urban landscape commercial fertilizer application, citrus inspector...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-16
Chapter No. 2016-61, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 749 (Ch. 2016-88) |
| S0382 | Fail | Deleting the requirement that a mortgageholder or lienholder approve a policyholder's decision to exclude windstorm or hurricane coverage from a property insurance policy, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Banking and Insurance |
| S1626 | Fail | Establishing licensure requirements for certain foreign-trained physicians; authorizing the Board of Medicine to impose licensure restrictions, limitations, or conditions on certain foreign-trained physicians, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Health Policy |
| H1359 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires Division of Vocational Rehabilitation to initiate, by specified date, performance improvement plan designed to achieve specified goals; requires division to submit performance report annually to Governor & Legislature which includes specifie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237) |
| H0187 | Fail | Designates act as "Florida Hospital Patient Protection Act"; requires minimum staffing levels of direct care registered nurses in health care facility; prohibits facility from imposing mandatory overtime; specifies required ratios of direct care regi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee |
| H0255 | Fail | Authorizes Division of State Fire Marshal to award Volunteer Rural Firefighter Certificate of Completion; authorizes division to establish courses & course examinations for certificate; provides requirements for issuance & retention of certificate; s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Insurance and Banking Subcommittee |
| S0648 | Fail | Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to remove authority for certain county officers to be chosen in a manner other than election, for any county office to be abolished, or for certain ex officio duties of the clerk of the circuit court t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Ethics and Elections |
| H1105 | Fail | Requires DHSMV to issue ID card exhibiting special designation for person who has developmental disability; requires payment of additional fee & proof of diagnosis by licensed physician; requires fee to be deposited into APD Operations & Maintenance ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 936 (Ch. 2016-175) |
| S0040 | Fail | Providing for the relief of Shuler Limited Partnership by the Florida Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, formerly known as the Division of Forestry, and the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Special Master on Claim Bills |
| S0616 | Fail | Removing cannabis from the schedule of controlled substances, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Regulated Industries |
| H4035 | Fail | Deletes provisions relating to supplemental registration fees for certain pesticides that contain active ingredients for which EPA has established food tolerance limits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Agriculture |
| S1258 | Fail | Prohibiting a local government responsible for enforcing the Florida Building Code from imposing or enforcing a fine, penalty, or lien against a property owner under certain circumstances, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Community Affairs |
| S1340 | Fail | Citing this act as the "Income Inequality Study Act"; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct a study to identify the legislative actions and funding necessary to achieve specified goals, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability |
| H1007 | Fail | Provides for use & development of specified city-owned lands; removes certain restrictions on use of lands imposed by ch. 11050, Laws of Florida (1925); specifies that act does not modify or supersede city's charter relating to waterfront propert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee |
| S0066 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizing July 18, 2016, as "Puerto Rican Artisans and Fine Artists Day" in Florida, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died, not introduced |
| S0410 | Fail | Removing the requirement that a write-in candidate reside within the district of the office sought at the time of qualification, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Ethics and Elections |
| S1246 | Fail | Requiring the Department of Education to implement the Reigniting Education Achievement with Coordinated Help (REACH) Program as a public-private partnership in the lowest-performing public schools; specifying services to be offered with the goal of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Education Pre-K - 12 |
| S7052 | Fail | Requiring the Governor to develop government efficiency recommendations on an annual basis; requiring submission of recommendations to the Legislature; requiring state agencies to report quarterly regarding implemented recommendations and any cost im...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations |
| S0064 | Fail | Providing for the relief of the Estate of Danielle Maudsley; providing for an appropriation to compensate the Estate of Danielle Maudsley for Ms. Maudsley's death, sustained as a result of the alleged negligence of Trooper Daniel Cole and the Florida...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations |
| H0279 | Fail | Creates annual sales tax holiday for veterans of US Armed Forces; specifies items eligible for sales tax holiday; specifies tax treatment of layaways, exchanges, & Internet sales; provides definitions; specifies reporting requirements of retailers; a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Veteran and Military Affairs Subcommittee |
| H0397 | Fail | Memorial to U.S. Congress, urging Congress to repeal & nullify all existing applications by Florida Legislature that call for Article V constitutional convention.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Local and Federal Affairs Committee |
| S0610 | Fail | Providing honorary designations of various transportation facilities in specified counties; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Transportation |
| S1434 | Fail | Authorizing employees to use a certain portion of the state's contribution to purchase additional program benefits and supplemental benefits under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Management Services to develop a plan for implemen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability |
| H1237 | Fail | Specifies additional inquiries to be made at shelter hearings; requires that specified inquiries relating to unknown identity or location of parent in connection with petition for dependency or shelter or in connection with termination of parental ri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee |
| H0119 | Fail | Provides for school district construction flexibility; authorizes exceptions to educational facilities construction requirements under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Education Pre-K - 12, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237) |
| S0594 | Fail | Creating the Advisory Council of Professional Art Therapists within the Division of Medical Quality Assurance in the Department of Health; prohibiting an individual from practicing professional or clinical art therapy unless he or she holds a certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Health Policy |
| S1536 | Fail | Providing for a cause of action against the exploitation of vulnerable adults by a facility providing goods and services to such vulnerable adults under certain circumstances, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs |
| H0213 | Fail | Designates act as "State Employee Fairness Act"; provides competitive pay adjustment for state employees; requires appropriation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Government Operations Subcommittee |
| S0388 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity, in consultation with other entities, to create the Florida Unique Abilities Partner Program; defining terms; authorizing a business entity to apply to the department for designation; authorizing the d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7003 (Ch. 2016-3) |
| S1374 | Fail | Authorizing a law enforcement officer to testify at a civil trial as to statements made to the officer by a person involved in a crash under certain circumstances, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Transportation |
| S1624 | Fail | Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature to provide, by general law, ad valorem tax relief on homestead property to the parent or parents of an unmarried veteran who died from service-connected causes while on activ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Finance and Tax |
| H1401 | Fail | Revises exemption from public records requirements for identities of informants & investigatory information held by Chief Inspector General, agency inspectors general, & other appropriate local officials; revises requirements providing for disclosure...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Government Operations Subcommittee |
| H4023 | Fail | Removes certain restrictions on sale of individual containers of distilled spirits to consumers in face-to-face transactions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Business and Professions Subcommittee |
| S0606 | Fail | Designating the Big Orange as the official state symbol for New Year's Eve celebrations, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Messages |
| S1338 | Fail | Providing an exemption from public records requirements for all information reported by a student or parent, including any personal identifying information of the student or parent, to an agency through a school tip line that is saved on an audio rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Education Pre-K - 12 |
| S1584 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a Driver License Reinstatement Days pilot program in certain counties to facilitate reinstatement of suspended driver licenses; providing duties of the clerks of court and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died on Calendar |
| S1734 | Intro
Sine Die | Recognizing the importance of ensuring that the students of this state have access to debt-free higher education at public colleges and universities, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died, not introduced |
| S0142 | Fail | Creating the For the Greater Good Attorney Student Loan Repayment Program to increase employment and retention of attorneys in the public sector; providing eligibility requirements; specifying the loans that will be covered by the repayment program; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations |
