FL Legislation | 2011 | Regular Session | Senate | Engrossed

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S0762Engross

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Repeals provisions relating to a cap-and-trade regulatory program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric utilities. Conforms a cross-reference.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0094Engross

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Redefines "blood establishment" and defines "volunteer donor." Prohibits local governments from restricting access to public facilities or infrastructure for certain activities based on whether a blood establishment is operating as a for-profit organ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0382Engross

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Revises provisions relating to applications for tax deeds. Provides payment requirements. Authorizes the tax collector to charge a fee to cover the costs to the tax collector for electronic tax deed programs or services.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1824Engross

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Authorizes the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to release certain digital images to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to identify certain persons. Authorizes the Department of Business and Professional Regulation ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1254Engross

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Cites this act as the "Auditory Oral-Education Act." Revises provisions relating to public school choice options for parents of public school students to include auditory-oral education programs. Provides that a parent of a child who is deaf or hard ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1584Engross

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Creates the "Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children's Education Bill of Rights." Provides findings and purpose. Recognizes the unique communication needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing children and encourages the development of a communication-driven and lan...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0246Engross

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Requires operators of massage establishments to maintain valid work authorization documents on the premises for each employee who is not a United States citizen. Requires presentation of such documents upon request of a law enforcement officer. Prohi...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0786Engross

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Allows a law enforcement officer to remove persons who trespass in a structure or conveyance or on property if the law enforcement officer receives an affidavit from an owner or mortgagee of the property.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0418Engross

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Requires each retailer of lottery tickets to provide assistance to any individual who is blind or visually impaired and has requested assistance in filling out his or her lottery ticket. Provides that a retailer or an employee of the retailer is not ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0720Engross

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Changes the carryforward period of certain funds of the Biomedical Research Trust Fund. Modifies the terms and membership and establishes a staggered membership for appointed members of the Biomedical Research Advisory Council. Authorizes the council...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S2040Engross

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Requires one-stop career center staff to verify the employment eligibility of workers referred to employers using a federal program for electronic verification of employment eligibility. Requires notice to employers on the exception to use of electro...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0890Engross

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Provides for sworn state-certified law enforcement officers to serve as temporary 911 public safety telecommunicators. Provides training requirements.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1390Engross

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Provides legislative intent to encourage the Department of Corrections, to the extent possible, to place inmates in the community to perform paid employment for community work. Provides that an inmate may leave the confinement of prison to participat...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1788Engross

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Removes a requirement to keep one hand on the handlebars while operating a bicycle. Conforms a cross-reference to changes made by the act.
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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
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
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
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
S1902Engross

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Requires the court to retain jurisdiction over a child until the child is 21 years of age if the child elects to receive Foundations First Program services. Provides purpose and legislative intent with respect to the provision of services for older c...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0220Engross

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Urges the Congress of the United States to enact a law providing unemployment assistance for individuals who become unemployed as a result of an oil spill.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S2168Engross

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Ratifies specified rules for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness established by s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of any rule that meets any of the specified thresholds that may likely have an ad...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0138Engross

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Provides that persons found to have committed criminal offenses who allege that the offenses resulted from posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, substance use disorder, or psychological problems stemming from service in a combat thea...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0846Engross

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Prohibits controlling or intentionally viewing any photograph, motion picture, exhibition, show, image, data, computer depiction, representation, or other presentation that includes sexual conduct by a child. Provides an exception. Provides penalties...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1398Engross

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Repeals provisions relating to regular terms of the Supreme Court, terms of the circuit courts, and regular and special terms of the district courts of appeal. Repeals provisions relating to requiring a judge to attend the first day of each term of t...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0046Engross

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Compensates William Dillon, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 27 years and exonerated by a court after DNA testing. Directs the Chief Financial Officer to draw a warrant for the purchase of an annuity. Provides for a waiver of certain tuition and f...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0248Engross

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Creates a process for the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to waive any or all job or wage eligibility requirements under certain circumstances when in the best interest of the public. Waives the requirement that a facility located ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1990Engross

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Ratifies a specified rule for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness established by a provision, which requires ratification of any rule that meets any of the specified thresholds that may likely have an adverse i...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0584Engross

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Requires applicants to apply for a temporary permit upon forms prepared and furnished by the Department of Health in accordance with the Board of Massage Therapy's rules. Authorizes the Board of Massage Therapy to issue temporary permits to applicant...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1206Engross

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Cites this act as the "Eyewitness Identification Reform Act." Requires state, county, municipal, and other law enforcement agencies that conduct lineups to follow certain specified procedures. Requires the eyewitness to sign an acknowledgement that h...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0968Engross

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Provides an exemption from the requirement that certain persons must possess a boating safety identification card while operating a motor vessel of a specified horsepower or greater. Requires liveries to require that a person present a valid boater s...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0502Engross

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Designates the Barking Tree Frog as the official state amphibian.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1246Engross

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Prohibits a person from entering onto a farm and making any audio record, photograph, or video record at the farm without the owner's written consent. Provides exceptions. Provides definitions. Provides penalties.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0244Engross

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Provides legislative intent relating to road rage and aggressive careless driving. Requires an operator of a motor vehicle to yield the left lane when being overtaken on a multilane highway. Specifies the amount of the fine and the allocation of mone...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0118Engross

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Revises safety standard requirements for bicycle helmets that must be worn by certain riders and passengers. Provides for enforcement of requirements for bicycle lighting equipment. Provides penalties for violations. Provides for dismissal of the cha...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0238Engross

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Provides child-restraint requirements for children ages 4 through 7 years of age who are less than a specified height. Provides certain exceptions. Redefines the term "motor vehicle" to exclude certain vehicles from such requirements. Provides a grac...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1466Engross

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Deletes a reference to the State Constitution regarding class size maximums. Requires that class size maximums be satisfied on or before the October student membership survey each year. Requires that the Department of Education identify from the Cour...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0242Engross

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Requires that voter information cards contain the address of the polling place of the registered voter. Requires a supervisor of elections to issue a new voter information card to a voter upon a change in a voter's address of legal residence or a cha...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1762Engross

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Urges the Congress of the United States to ban the sale, distribution, and possession of methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV).
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1586Engross

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Deletes provisions that limit the practice privileges of out-of-state or foreign health professionals or veterinarians who are in this state for a specific sporting event.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0714Engross

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Provides for a parking enforcement specialist or agency to validate compliance for the disposition of a citation issued for illegally parking in a space provided for people who have disabilities. Revises requirements for renewal or replacement of a d...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0726Engross

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Designates the schooner Western Union as the official state flagship.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1052Engross

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Directs the Department of Children and Family Services to implement a demonstration project in circuit 18 to test the impact of expanding the maximum number of crisis stabilization unit beds.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1558Engross

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Calls for the Congress of the United States to call a convention pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution to propose a constitutional amendment permitting repeal of any federal law or regulation by vote of two-thirds of the state legis...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1086Engross

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Prohibits use of restraints on a prisoner known to be pregnant during labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery unless a corrections official makes an individualized determination that the prisoner presents an extraordinary circumstance requiring rest...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1226Engross

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Revises the grounds under which the Department of Health or corresponding board is required to refuse to admit a candidate to an examination and refuse to issue or renew a license, certificate, or registration of a health care practitioner. Provides ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0090Engross

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Clarifies that certain assessments must be approved by a majority vote of certain voting electors. Requires a plan of a county or municipality to improve the efficiency, accountability, and coordination of the delivery of local government services to...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0704Engross

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Designates August 7 of each year as "Purple Heart Day."
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S1150Engross

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Specifies that the executive director of the department serves at the pleasure of the Governor and Cabinet. Creates a Division of Motorist Services within the department. Provides that certain traffic citations may not be issued or prosecuted unless ...
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
S0214Engross

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Urges the Congress of the United States to support the tax-relief provisions of H.R. 5699 and S. 3934, initiated in the 111th Congress, or similar legislation, relating to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of 2010.
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2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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