FL Legislation | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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H1393Intro

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Provides legislative findings & intent; provides sovereign immunity to certain health care providers affiliated with medical school while providing patient services at public teaching hospital; provides that such health care providers are agents of s...
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2011-05-04
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1676 (Ch.
H4075Intro

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Deletes language that includes any dog used primarily or in part for purpose of dog fighting or any dog trained for dog fighting within definition of "dangerous dog" for purposes of provisions regulating dangerous dogs.
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2011-05-04
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 722 (Ch.
S1318Intro

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Revises the criteria for the determination of target industry businesses by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. Provides for notification by the local governing body recommending the project of the private-sector wage calculation.
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2011-05-04
Read 2nd time -SJ 837
S0556Intro

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Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to perform a drug test on individuals who apply for benefits funded by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program. Makes individuals responsible for bearing the cost of drug testing. Re...
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2011-05-04
Read 2nd time -SJ 830
H0891Intro

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Authorizes school districts to restrict smoking on school district property.
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2011-05-04
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1430 (Ch.
S1382Intro

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Requires that an agency include in its notice of intended rulemaking a statement as to whether the proposed rule will require legislative ratification. Reduces the time before an agency files a rule for adoption within which the agency must notify th...
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2011-05-04
Read 2nd time -SJ 833
S2224Intro

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Encourages the disclosure of records relating to the transportation of persons to extermination camps, work camps, concentration camps, prisoner-of-war camps, or similar camps in Europe during World War II.
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2011-05-04
Introduced -SJ 785
H0201Intro

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Specifies how trier of fact is to apportion damages in products liability actions alleging additional or enhanced injury resulting from crash of motor vehicle alleged to be defective; provides that doctrine of joint & several liability applies to tor...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 142 (Ch.
H7177Intro

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Removes reference to Agency for Workforce Innovation in rulemaking provisions.
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1346 (Ch.
H0061Intro

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Requires each district school board code of student conduct to include explanation of student responsibilities with regard to appropriate student dress; requires each district school board to adopt dress code policy that prohibits student from wearin...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 228 (Ch.
H0293Intro

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Revises penalty provisions for violation of navigation rules & revises requirements relating to possession or presentation of boating safety identification card or other proof of passage of boating education safety course or examination.
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 512 (Ch.
H0959Intro

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Requires DCFS, DOH, APD, AHCA, community-based care lead agencies, managing entities, & contracted monitoring agents to adopt policies for administrative, licensure, & programmatic monitoring of mental health & substance abuse service providers; limi...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1366 (Ch.
S1974Intro

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Provides requirements for examination questions pertaining to traffic regulations relating to blind pedestrians. Requires the curricula of driver improvement schools to include instruction on the dangers of driving while distracted. Requires the curr...
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 737
H7195Intro

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Establishes criteria for high-performing charter schools & high-performing charter school systems; provides for eligibility verification by Commissioner of Education; authorizes establishment of charter schools that replicate certain educational prog...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 1546 (Ch.
S1590Intro

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Requires the Department of Health to issue expert witness certificates to certain physicians and dentists licensed outside the state. Provides application and certification requirements. Requires the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Med...
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2011-05-03
Read 3rd time -SJ 726
S1228Intro

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Provides for issuance of a temporary license to specified health care practitioners who are spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces under certain circumstances. Provides for criminal history checks. Provides that certain persons are inelig...
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 749
S1182Intro

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Authorizes the board to invest the assets of a governmental entity in the Local Government Surplus Funds Trust Fund without a trust agreement with that governmental entity. Provides that certain investments made by the board under a trust agreement a...
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 757
H4157Intro

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Repeals provisions relating to grand theft of motor vehicle, serious or habitual juvenile offender program, Juvenile Justice Standards & Training Commission, intensive residential treatment program for certain offenders, & law enforcement powers of c...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 618 (Ch.
H0443Intro

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Requires each state attorney & public defender to electronically file court documents with clerk of court & receive court documents from clerk of court; defines term "court documents"; requires report on progress made to use Florida Courts E-Portal s...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 170 (Ch.
S0886Intro

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Revises penalties for unlawful operation of a soundmaking device in a motor vehicle. Provides that a second or subsequent violation is a moving violation and includes the assessment of points against the driver's license. Provides increased penalties...
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 731
S1456Intro

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Provides exemptions from public records requirements for personal identifying information of an enrollee or participant in the Florida Health Choices Program, client and customer lists of buyers' representatives which are held by Florida Health Choic...
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 754
H7241Intro

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Revises definition of term "compensation" or "salary" for purposes of firefighters' & police officers' pensions; authorizes municipality to change municipal representation of board of trustees pursuant to certain requirements; provides duties of boar...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1128 (Ch.
H7165Intro

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Repeals provisions relating to Florida-Caribbean Basin Trade Initiative.
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1346 (Ch.
S0548Intro

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Repeals provisions relating to the designation of separate restrooms and separate dressing rooms for males and females, Florida Healthy People 2010 Program, and the MedAccess program within the Agency for Health Care Administration.
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 730
S1344Intro

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Urges the Congress of the United States to direct the Department of the Treasury to withdraw a proposed rule on deposits made by nonresident aliens and to examine the proposed rule for negative effects.
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 752
S1650Intro

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Provides that a parent's activation, deployment, or temporary assignment to military service and the resultant temporary disruption to the child may not be the sole factor in granting a petition for or modification of time-sharing and parental respon...
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 733
H0575Intro

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Designates act "Officer Andrew Widman Act"; authorizes judge, after making certain finding, to issue warrant for arrest of probationer or offender who has violated terms of probation or community control; requires that court inform probationer or off...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 844 (Ch.
S0952Intro

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Provides requirements for the management of funds held by an institution exclusively for charitable purposes. Provides standards of conduct in managing and investing institutional funds. Provides requirements for appropriation for expenditure or accu...
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 747
S0464Intro

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Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to issue a blue alert if a law enforcement officer has been killed, suffered serious bodily injury, or been assaulted and the suspect has fled the scene, or if a law enforcement officer is missing while in t...
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 743
S1942Intro

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Repeals provisions relating to efficiency and accountability in local government services.
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 755
H0941Intro

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Specifies that lessor's interest in property is not subject to construction lien for improvements made by lessee if certain documents containing specific information & meeting certain criteria are recorded in official records of county before recordi...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1196 (Ch.
H7233Intro

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Exempts certain mental health personnel, volunteers who meet certain criteria, client relatives or spouses, & attorneys in good standing with Florida Bar from background screening requirements; revises provisions relating to background screening of s...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table -HJ 1101
H0405Intro

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Designates act "Employees with Disabilities Opportunity Act"; limits liability of employers of persons with developmental disabilities for acts or omissions of such employees in certain circumstances; provides that not-for-profit supported employment...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 926 (Ch.
S0658Intro

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Proposes amendments to the State Constitution to allow the Legislature by general law to prohibit increases in the assessed value of homestead and specified nonhomestead property if the just value of the property decreases, reduce the limitation on a...
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 768
S0364Intro

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Revises the criteria for a childcare facility, large family child care home, or family day care home to obtain and maintain a designation as a Gold Seal Quality Care provider. Provides for certain household children to be included in calculations reg...
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 744
H0517Intro

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Provides that person in compliance with terms of concealed carry license may openly carry handgun notwithstanding specified provisions; allows Division of Licensing of DACS to take fingerprints from concealed carry license applicants; provides that p...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 234 (Ch.
S0582Intro

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Exempts an individual engaging in or managing a business in an individual capacity as an employee from requirements related to local business taxes. Specifies that an individual licensed and operating as a broker associate or sales associate is an em...
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 745
H0363Intro

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Urges Congress to dedicate penalties collected from parties responsible for Deepwater Horizon oil disaster to repairing environmental & economic damage caused by disaster.
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SM 218 (Adopted) -HJ 1101
H0815Intro

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Provides for durable power of attorney; specifies agent qualifications; provides execution requirements; provides for military power of attorney; provides for meaning & effectiveness; specifies when power is effective; provides limitations on future ...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 670 (Ch.
S0728Intro

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Increases the number of employer payroll service providers who qualify for access to unemployment tax information by filing a memorandum of understanding. Revises provisions relating to statutory construction. Requires that an individual claiming ben...
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 758
S1624Intro

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Repeals provisions relating to access to public roads from outdoor theaters. Removes provisions for entrances, exits, enclosures, vehicle storage, screen orientation, tower location, and driveway lighting. Removes requirements for a qualifying certif...
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2011-05-03
Read 2nd time -SJ 733
H0441Intro

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Prohibits state agency or local governmental entity from contracting for goods & services of more than certain amount with company on Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Sudan List or Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Iran Petroleum Energ...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 444 (Ch.
H7029Intro

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Requires Office of State-Federal Relations to submit annual report to Governor & legislative leadership.
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 898 (Ch.
H7219Intro

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Cites act as "Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Act"; transfers Food & Nutrition Services Trust Fund from DOE to DACS; transfers & reassigns functions & responsibilities for administration of school food service & nutrition programs from DOE to DACS;...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1312 (Ch.
H7175Intro

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Repeals provisions relating to assistance for displaced local exchange telecommunications company workers.
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1346 (Ch.
H7221Intro

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Proposes amendment to s. 1, Art. VII & creation of s. 19, Art. VII & s. 32, Art. XII of State Constitution to replace existing state revenue limitation with new state revenue limitation based on inflation & population changes, to take effect upon app...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SJR 958 (Passed) -HJ 1101
S0690Intro

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Removes an obsolete provision requiring the Department of Elderly Affairs to submit to the Legislature for review and comment a copy of proposed department rules establishing standards for resident care.
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2011-05-03
Withdrawn from further consideration -SJ 725
H4041Intro

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Removes provision prohibiting federal, state, county, or municipal officer from serving as employee of DCFS.
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1346 (Ch.
H0355Intro

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Tolls expiration period of tax certificate & statute of limitations relating to proceedings involving tax lien certificates or tax deeds during period of intervening bankruptcy; revises, updates, & consolidates provisions of ch. 197, F.S., relating t...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 478 (Ch.
H0803Intro

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Provides statute of limitations for breach of property insurance contract; provides that specified losses are excluded from definition of term "losses" as used in provisions relating to Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund; authorizes insurer to renego...
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2011-05-03
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1007 (Ch.
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