FL Legislation | 2012 | Regular Session | Senate | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
S0580	Fail	Providing for a mandatory one-half credit in health education, independent of the physical education credit requirement, for high school students; providing a waiver for students who request to take and successfully complete a health education assess... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S0118	Fail	Establishing a surcharge on bottled water sold at retail in this state; providing an exception; requiring that moneys collected from the surcharge be deposited into the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S1500	Fail	Declaring legislative priorities relating to the importation and uncontrolled breeding of dogs and cats; requiring that each public or private animal shelter, humane organization, or animal control agency operated by a humane society or by a county, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Agriculture
S1036	Fail	Terminating the administration of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) to students in grades 9 through 12; requiring the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) or the ACT's EXPLORE and PLAN tests to replac... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S1034	Fail	Revising criteria for special alcoholic beverage licenses for restaurants within the county, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 637 (Ch.
S0576	Fail	Providing legislative findings and intent relating to the construction or upgrade of facilities by private entities which are used predominately for a public purpose; requiring public entities to develop and adopt guidelines governing procedures and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
S0114	Fail	Deleting legislative intent relating to onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems; eliminating provisions directing the Department of Health to create and administer a statewide septic tank evaluation program; eliminating procedures and criteria f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Health Regulation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1263 (Ch.
S1968	Enroll Sine Die	Requiring a court to assess a specified fine against a defendant who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or who is convicted of, violating certain specified offenses if the services of a criminal analysis laboratory are used in the investigation of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 1679
S1498	Fail	Abolishing the Agency for Enterprise Information Technology; transferring the personnel, functions, and funds of the Agency for Enterprise Information Technology to the Agency for State Technology; transferring specified personnel, functions, and fun... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Banking and Insurance
S1032	Fail	Requiring that the Department of Environmental Protection and the applicable water management district grant a general permit for the construction, alteration, and maintenance of certain surface water management systems; authorizing the construction ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 503 (Ch.
S0574	Fail	Requiring that additional information be provided in the prospectus or offering brochure which advises the customer of consequences if the land use is changed, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Regulated Industries
S0112	Fail	Defining the terms "applicant" and "public employer"; prohibiting a public employer from inquiring about or considering the criminal history record of an applicant for public employment until the applicant has been selected for an interview by the pu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Community Affairs
S1496	Fail	Providing legislative intent to eliminate duplication of regulatory authority over agritourism; prohibiting a local government from prohibiting, restricting, regulating, or otherwise limiting an activity of agritourism, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Community Affairs
S1030	Fail	Designating the Barking Tree Frog as the official state amphibian, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S0572	Fail	Requiring a mobile home park owner who receives a bona fide offer for purchase of the park to provide certain notice to the homeowners' association, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Regulated Industries
S1494	Intro Sine Die	Repealing provisions relating to the effect of classified licensure on persons holding a chauffeur's license; repealing provisions for licensure of such persons under the appropriate license classification, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1223 (Ch.
S1026	Fail	Amending provisions relating to site selection of community residential homes; revising the definition of the term "community residential home"; defining the term "sober house transitional living home"; requiring supervision of the residents of such ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
S1492	Fail	Repealing provisions relating to seizure and forfeiture of certain alcoholic beverage containers, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Regulated Industries
S1024	Fail	Providing that if the mother of a newborn infant considers applying for eligibility for the Medicaid program through the hospital as a qualified Medicaid provider, the hospital must notify the mother that the act of applying for Medicaid will cause h... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Health Regulation
S0566	Fail	Requiring that the Department of State adopt rules to authorize a supervisor of elections to accept from an overseas voter a request for an absentee ballot or a voted absentee ballot by secure electronic mail, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections
S0564	Fail	Providing legislative intent; providing the duties of the Office of Minority Health; requiring the Office of Minority Health to submit an annual report to the Governor and Legislature; requiring consideration of minority health issues in state policy... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Health Regulation
S0104	Fail	Prohibiting any utility from terminating a senior citizen's or low-income family's gas or electric service for nonpayment on any day, or on the following 2 calendar days, during which the National Weather Service forecasts extreme temperatures in the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
S2014	Fail	Requiring that a nursing home and an assisted living facility allow a resident, the resident's personal representative at the resident's request, the resident's surrogate, or the resident's guardian to monitor the room of the resident through the use... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
S1488	Fail	Reinstating provisions that restrict the use of state and federal funds provided to the boards and that require contracts to be approved by Workforce Florida, Inc., etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Commerce and Tourism, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7023 (Ch.
S0102	Fail	Prohibiting an employer from using a job applicant's credit report or credit history to make certain hiring, compensation, or other employment decisions; prohibiting an insurer using a rate, rating schedule, rating manual, or an underwriting rule tha... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Banking and Insurance
S1022	Fail	Providing for the transfer of certain sales tax revenues from the General Revenue Fund to the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities; providing for a distribution from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities relating to an increase i... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
S0560	Fail	Providing that any person substantially affected by a reservation, proposed minimum flow or level, or recovery or prevention strategy in an adjoining district may request a preliminary review by the Department of Environmental Protection; authorizing... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Budget, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 1986 (Ch.
S0100	Fail	Requiring that any unclaimed deposits held by a utility be transferred to the Department of Economic Opportunity; requiring that a specified portion of unclaimed deposits be transferred to the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund in the De... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations
S1484	Fail	Providing that the day of a general election is a paid holiday observed by state branches and agencies; naming the holiday "Florida Democracy Day", etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections
S1994	Enroll Sine Die	Deleting provisions creating the University of South Florida Polytechnic; requiring that the Florida Polytechnic University meet certain criteria established by the Board of Governors by a specified date; requiring that students enrolled at the Unive... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 1679
S0558	Fail	Terminating the future imposition of the prohibition of the land application of septage from onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S1480	Fail	Creating the "Pregnancy Confidentiality Act"; defining the terms "client," "client records," and "pregnancy resource center"; providing that records of clients of pregnancy resource centers may be disclosed only if the client or his or her legal repr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Health Regulation
S1016	Fail	Providing for the creation of a special thoroughbred race meet designated as the "Breeders' Cup Permanent Meet" which shall be conducted annually at the facility of a Florida horseracing permitholder; prohibiting races at certain thoroughbred facilit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Regulated Industries
S0556	Fail	Providing for a voluntary contribution to the Florida Association of Food Banks, Inc., etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1223 (Ch.
S1478	Fail	Providing for a student to enter a public school at any time following participation in a school choice program; specifying the programs that constitute school choice programs; requiring that the student take a nationally norm-referenced assessment t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S1014	Fail	Requiring that a licensed health care practitioner wear a name tag indicating licensure credentials when rendering health care services; authorizing the Board of Optometry to adopt rules for the administration and prescription of ocular pharmaceutica... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Health Regulation
S0554	Fail	Requiring that each district school board provide disability history and awareness instruction in all K-12 public schools; requiring that the Department of Education assist in creating the curriculum for the disability history and awareness instructi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations
S1476	Fail	Providing that recommendations relating to annuities made by an insurer or its agents apply to all consumers not just to senior consumers; revising the information relating to annuities that must be provided by the insurer or its agent to the consume... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
S1012	Fail	Creating a public records exemption for personal identifying information revealing the name, age, and location of a child permanently residing with a sexual offender or sexual predator, which information is required to be provided to the appropriate ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Criminal Justice
S0552	Fail	Defining the term "special private gain or loss"; prohibiting a member of the Legislature from voting upon or participating in any legislation inuring to the personal gain or loss of the member or his or her relative; prohibiting a member of the Legi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Judiciary
S0092	Fail	Citing this act as the "Second Chance for Children Act"; providing that a juvenile offender who was 17 years of age or younger at the time of committing one or more nonhomicide offenses and who was sentenced to 10 or more years of imprisonment may be... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
S1852	Fail	Providing that a sponsor's policies and procedures and previous school board decisions do not apply to a charter school under certain circumstances; providing that a Florida College System institution may operate no more than one charter school that ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Budget
S1474	Fail	Creating the expedited partner therapy pilot project in Duval and Gadsden Counties; providing an exemption from specified rules and statutory requirements for the pilot program; providing for training of physicians and patient education; requiring th... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Messages
S1010	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards to include financial literacy in the core curricular content of economics; providing that the credit requirement in economics for high school graduation includes instruction in financial literacy... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died on Calendar
S0550	Fail	Requiring that the Department of Health adopt and enforce rules requiring every newborn in this state to be tested for severe combined immunodeficiency disease, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Health Regulation
S1472	Fail	Providing for creation of the Florida Infrastructure Fund Partnership; providing for management of the partnership by the Florida Opportunity Fund; prohibiting the partnership from investing in projects with or accepting investments from certain comp... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Budget
S1008	Fail	Authorizing credit for the sale of tobacco products to be extended to a retail dealer under specified conditions; providing for the suspension of the sale of tobacco products to retail dealers delinquent in their credit payments; providing procedures... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Regulated Industries
S0548	Fail	Exempting matches sponsored by a police benevolent association or a police athletic league from specific provisions relating to amateur pugilistic exhibitions, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Regulated Industries
S2048	Intro Sine Die	Changing the name of the department to the "Department of Children and Families"; requiring that the department be geographically organized into circuits and regions; revising provisions relating to the establishment of the department; revising the s... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1229 -SJ 1671
S1006	Fail	Providing requirements for screening newborns for critical congenital heart disease; providing labeling requirements for active pharmaceutical ingredients distributed within the state for teaching, testing, research, and development; allowing distrib... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2012-03-09 Died in Budget, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 517 (Ch.