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S1338Intro

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Requires that health insurers and health maintenance organizations provide health insurance coverage for prescription contraceptive drugs and devices approved by the Food and Drug Administration and other related outpatient contraceptive services. Pr...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1994N/A

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Requires the Secretary of Children and Family Services to establish the Child Protection Response Workgroup for the purpose of developing an implementation plan for a differential response system to be used in responding to reports of child abuse or ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S2096Enroll

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Requires that the Auditor General annually provide to the Legislature and the Department of Financial Services a list of specified entities that have failed to comply with certain financial transparency requirements. Adds additional governmental enti...
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2011-05-07
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 1848
S1610Intro

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Conforms a provision to changes made by the act. Provides for calculating the adjusted real wage rate and its application as the Florida minimum wage when both the previous year's Florida minimum wage and the federal minimum wage are lower. Provides ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0842Intro

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Increases the annual amount of tax credits available for the rehabilitation of contaminated sites. Increases the annual amount of tax credits available for the cleanup of sites contaminated with drycleaning solvents and the cleanup of certain brownfi...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1980Engross

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Reduces the maximum ad valorem millage rate that may be levied by the district. Provides requirements for the annexation of the unincorporated territory of the district by a municipality. Requires the approval of an annexation by a referendum of the ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1712Intro

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Provides an exemption from public records requirements for confidential and proprietary business information and trade secrets received by the Destination Resort Commission. Provides an exemption from public records requirements for information held ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0398Intro

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Revises the requirements for obtaining a chiropractic medicine faculty certificate. Requires that a chiropractic physician preserve the identity of funds or property of a patient in excess of a specified amount. Requires a registered chiropractic ass...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1108Intro

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Revises the payment and distribution of funds in the Cigarette Tax Collection Trust Fund. Provides specified purposes for the use of funds that are appropriated out of the trust fund. Authorizes moneys transferred to the Board of Directors of the H. ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1236Intro

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Provides for the gradual reduction of the corporate income tax rate and the termination of the tax over a specified time. Provides for the revenue from the cigarette surcharge to be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. Provides for the revenue fr...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1160Intro

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Revises provisions relating to employment after retirement. Provides that a retiree of a state-administered retirement system who retires on or after a certain date may not be reemployed by an employer that participates in a state-administered retire...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1356Intro

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Provides asset transfer limitations for determination of eligibility for certain nursing facility services under the Medicaid program after a specified date. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to take certain actions if a ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S2186Intro

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Recognizes the 2010 Lincoln "Trojans" High School Football Team, winners of the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 4A State Championship.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0586Intro

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Directs the Department of Elderly Affairs to develop and implement a public education program relating to screening for Alzheimer's disease. Provides that implementation of the memory-impairment screening grant program is contingent upon an appropria...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1564Intro

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Provides for a special election to be held on the date of the presidential preference primary in 2012, pursuant to Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution, for the approval or rejection by the electors of this state of amendments to the Sta...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1652Intro

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Provides that a person may not take a child alleged to be dependent into custody except in cases involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of the child. Requires a court order finding probable cause that the child has been abused, neglect...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1646Intro

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Provides an exemption from certain restrictions for licensees holding specified county offices.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1486Intro

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Extends from 2 years to 7 years the period between parole interview dates for inmates convicted of committing specified crimes. Requires a periodic parole interview for an inmate convicted of kidnapping, robbery, burglary of a dwelling, or burglary o...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0526Intro

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Requires a report to the Governor and Legislature by a certain date with certain recommendations. Requires the Department of Health to investigate the sources of contamination of beach waters. Requires the department to develop and implement a public...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0906Intro

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Authorizes the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, rather than the Department of Law Enforcement, to take fingerprints, conduct background checks through the Department of Law Enforcement, and issue statewide certificates signifying that...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1478Intro

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Cites this act as the "Intrastate Commerce Act." Provides that certain goods grown, manufactured, or made in this state and services performed in this state are not subject to the authority of the Congress of the United States under its constitutiona...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0632Intro

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Revises provisions relating to the disposal of personal property lost or abandoned on a university or Florida College System institution campus and the disposition of proceeds from the sale of such property. Repeals a provision relating to an exempti...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0970Intro

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Repeals provisions relating to the 21st Century Technology, Research, and Scholarship Enhancement Act. Abrogates the repeal of provisions which created the 21st Century World Class Scholars Program.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1560Intro

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Authorizes the Parole Commission to order that a releasee who has violated the conditions of conditional release, control release, conditional medical release, or addiction-recovery supervision be placed into a state prison. Provides guidelines and t...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1978Intro

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Revises provisions relating to factors to be considered for alimony awards. Revises provisions relating to awards of durational alimony. Revises provisions relating to awards of permanent alimony. Provides that the award of alimony may not leave the ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0300Intro

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Proposes amendments to the State Constitution to revise the term limits that apply to State Senators and State Representatives and to impose term limits on elected county and municipal officers.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0500Intro

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Cites this act as the "Student Global Economic Education Act." Provides exemption from the payment of tuition and fees for students enrolled in certain foreign language courses offered at a state university. Provides for repeal unless reviewed and re...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1438Intro

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Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to assert the sovereignty of the state and refuse to comply with unconstitutional federal mandates.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0042Engross

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Compensates Eric Brody for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of the Broward County Sheriff's Office. Provides a limitation on the payment of fees and costs related to the claim against the Broward County Sheriff's Office. Provides legi...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0216Engross

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Urges the Congress of the United States to exempt from federal income tax payments made to victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster and to extend the net operating loss carryback period from 2 years to 5 years.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1248Intro

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Authorizes notices relating to a code violation to be sent by certified mail to the property owner at an address provided to the local government for the purposes of receiving notices or to the registered agent of a corporation for property owned by ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1890Intro

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Replaces the definition of the term "instant message name" with the definition of the term "Internet identifier." Provides that voluntary disclosure of specified information waives a disclosure exemption for such information. Requires disclosure of p...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1830Intro

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Provides requirements for the high school career diploma. Requires a student and the student's parent to agree in writing to the requirements of the career diploma track. Specifies the 24 credits that must be successfully completed to receive a caree...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0152Intro

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Requires 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. Requires...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1968Intro

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Provides circumstances under which a voting system audit is not required to be conducted. Deletes certain required justifications for a supervisor to send an absentee ballot to an alternative address. Increases the number of days before an election t...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1250Intro

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Deletes a specific requirement for the uniform opening date of schools in the district.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1452Intro

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Authorizes a local government to create an energy zone by ordinance. Requires the producer of renewable energy to produce and sell all energy within the boundaries of the energy zone. Requires that the producer be offered a disconnectable-rate struct...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1688Intro

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Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to provide for the recall of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, members of the Cabinet, and legislators.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0100Intro

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Requires that a physician refer a minor to an appropriate specialist for screening for autism spectrum disorder under certain circumstances. Requires that certain insurers and health maintenance organizations provide direct patient access to an appro...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0316Intro

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Requires the court to revoke, for a period not less than 1 year nor exceeding 5 years, the driver's license of an operator of a motor vehicle adjudicated delinquent for fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer under specified circumst...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1372Engross

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Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to submit its recommended order to the Agency for Persons with Disabilities at the conclusion of an administrative hearing. Requiring that the agency issue the final agency order. Requires a reg...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1738Enroll

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Establishes the Agency for Enterprise Business Services within the Department of Management Services. Provides that the office is a separate budget entity not subject to the department. Provides an executive director appointed by the Governor, confir...
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2011-05-07
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 1848
S1600Intro

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Creates the "Middle Class and Small Business Free to Choose Act." Authorizes an employee of a corporation that employs a specified number of employees to participate in the state group health insurance plan. Provides conditions for eligibility to par...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0942Intro

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Provides a tax credit for certain research and development expenses. Provides eligibility requirements for research and development tax credits. Provides limitations regarding eligibility. Provides an amount for such credit. Provides a maximum amount...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1562Intro

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Prohibits the use of a job applicant's personal credit history as a hiring criterion. Provides an exception.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S2212Intro

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Directs the Division of Administrative Hearings to appoint an administrative law judge to determine a basis for equitable relief for the purpose of compensating Mr. Pitts for any wrongful act or omission by the State of Florida or officials thereof. ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0808Intro

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Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to authorize counties and municipalities to limit the assessed value of the homesteads of certain low-income senior citizens.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0872Intro

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Authorizes certain governing bodies to apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to amend the boundary of an enterprise zone that includes a rural area of critical economic concern. Authorizes the office to approve the amendment...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0490Engross

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Provides that the responsibility for paying the expenses of medical care, treatment, hospitalization, and transportation for a person who is ill, wounded, or otherwise injured during or as a result of an arrest for a violation of a state law or a cou...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S2182Intro

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Honors the 2010-2011 Lincoln High School Varsity Cheerleading team for winning the state cheerleading championship in their division.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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