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S0174FailRequiring the Department of Corrections to electronically monitor a person who is sentenced to probation or to community control, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S1094FailRevising penalties applicable to employers who fail to secure the payment of workers' compensation as required, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
S0636FailProhibiting entities providing loan modification services from encouraging borrowers to cease making their mortgage payments under certain circumstances; providing a criminal penalty and fine for violations of the loan modification prohibitions, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Banking and Insurance
S1092FailRequiring certain employers to provide specified unpaid leave to an employee performing a Civil Air Patrol mission or engaged in Civil Air Patrol training; prohibiting specified public and private employers from discharging, reprimanding, or penalizi...
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2012-03-09
Died in Messages
S0172FailRevising the standards of conduct for commissioners of the Public Service Commission; requiring that commissioners observe and abide by the Code of Judicial Conduct while conducting docketed proceedings; providing for statutory preemption; prohibitin...
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2012-03-09
Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
S1558FailRepealing a provision which creates the Leadership Board for Applied Research and Public Service, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget
S1556FailCreating an exception to the preemption of the regulation of firearms to the Legislature to allow a state agency or local government to prohibit the possession of a concealed firearm in a publicly owned building during a sporting event conducted in t...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S0630FailRequiring that an individual who practices as an athlete agent be licensed as a professional athlete agent or limited athlete agent by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; providing that an agent contract may conform to the form ap...
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2012-03-09
Died in Regulated Industries
S1554FailProviding for certain individuals and corporations to submit requests to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to exchange state-owned land for conservation easements over privately held land; providing criteria for considerati...
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2012-03-09
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S1088FailRequiring that each school district collaborate with the Florida Kidcare program by providing application information about the Kidcare program or an application for the program at the beginning of each school year; requiring that each school distric...
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S0628FailCiting this act as the "Florida Mortgage Collection Fairness Act"; prohibiting certain acts by mortgage collection firms; providing that violations are deceptive and unfair trade practices; providing penalties and remedies; providing for the award of...
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2012-03-09
Died in Banking and Insurance
S1552FailProviding that a finding of resistance, obstruction, or opposition must be based on factors other than mere flight from an officer or other person to whom this section applies, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S1086Intro

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Defining the terms "reclaimed water" and "reclaimed water distribution system"; providing that reclaimed water is an alternative water supply and eligible for such funding; authorizing specified contract provisions for the development of reclaimed wa...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 639 -SJ 1259
S0626FailRequiring the Department of Environmental Protection to establish a grant program to reimburse local law enforcement agencies for the expenses associated with the collection and disposal of household pharmaceuticals; providing eligibility requirement...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget
S0166FailSetting forth fees and costs to be applied when petitioning for a dissolution of a domestic partnership or registering a domestic partnership; including domestic partnerships and dissolution of domestic partnerships as vital records in this state; re...
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2012-03-09
Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
S1998Enroll

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Repealing provisions relating to contract requirements for transportation projects; revising provisions for the financing of port transportation or port facilities projects; increasing funding for the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Devel...
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2012-03-09
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 1679
S1550FailCiting this act as the "Public Education Innovation and Efficiency Act"; providing an exemption from certain statutes in chs. 1000-1013, F.S., and corresponding administrative rules for school districts; authorizing a school district, upon a super ma...
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S0624FailCreating the Household Pharmaceuticals Collection and Disposal Trust Fund within the Department of Environmental Protection; providing for sources of funds and purposes; providing for annual carryforward of funds; providing for the future review and ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget
S0164FailProviding that veterans of the Armed Services of the United States, including reserve components thereof, who attend the physical location of a public college, university, or institution of higher learning within the state are residents for tuition p...
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2012-03-09
Died in Higher Education
S2096FailRequiring the Department of Corrections to develop an operational plan to implement a community reentry program; requiring that all inmates who are within 36 months of their release date be considered for participation in the community reentry progra...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget
S1548FailRepealing provisions relating to imposition of a tax on the rental or license fee charged for the use of commercial real property, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Transportation
S1082FailRevising notice of termination requirements for certain tenancies without a specific duration; revising notice of termination requirements for certain tenancies with a specific duration; providing rental agreement requirements; deleting a provision r...
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2012-03-09
Died in Judiciary
S0622FailProhibiting bullying or harassment of a student or school employee by use of any computer, computer system, or computer network that is physically located on school property, regardless of ownership; adding "emotional hurt" to the list of behaviors t...
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S0162FailRequiring that a physician refer a minor to an appropriate specialist for screening for autism spectrum disorder under certain circumstances; defining the term "appropriate specialist"; defining the term "direct patient access"; requiring that certai...
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2012-03-09
Died in Health Regulation
S1546FailAuthorizing a person who is convicted of violating a certain state statute or local governmental ordinance to apply for expunction of the criminal history record of that conviction; requiring that the Department of Law Enforcement establish by rule p...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S0620Intro

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Requiring that each district school board organize and elect a chair in November of each year which, during an election year, must coincide with the date upon which newly elected members' terms begin pursuant to s. 100.041, F.S.; providing an excepti...
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2012-03-09
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 1357 -SJ 1191
S0160FailSpecifying the order for applying the tax credit for employment of the homeless; providing a tax credit for a corporation that hires a homeless person residing in a transitional, permanent supportive, or permanent housing facility; specifying the inf...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S1544FailRevising the definition of the terms "contractor," "commercial pool/spa contractor," "residential pool/spa contractor," and "swimming pool/spa servicing contractor" to include the cleaning, maintenance, and water treatment of swimming pools and spas;...
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2012-03-09
Died in Community Affairs
S1078FailSpecifying examples of animal fighting or baiting paraphernalia prohibited by law; requiring the court to consider certain specified factors when determining whether an object is animal fighting paraphernalia; providing for humane disposition of an a...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S0618FailCites this act as "Dexter's Law"; creating an animal abuse registry within the Department of Law Enforcement; requiring the clerk of court in the judicial circuit in which a person's conviction for an animal abuse offense occurred to forward a copy o...
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2012-03-09
Died in Agriculture
S0158FailProviding additional grounds for awarding a grandparent visitation with a grandchild, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
S1542FailRepealing provisions relating to the installation and use of traffic infraction detectors to enforce specified provisions when a driver fails to stop at a traffic signal; removing provisions that authorize the Department of Highway Safety and Motor V...
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2012-03-09
Died in Transportation
S0156FailExcluding the value of certain improvements from the assessed value of residential real property; specifying a limitation on the assessed value of residential real property; providing for application of the assessment limitations; requiring a nonrefu...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7097 (Ch.
S1540FailRequiring the Department of Environmental Protection, the St. Johns River Water Management District, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Zellwood Drainage and Water Control District, the Lake County Water Authority, the Harris Chain of...
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2012-03-09
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S1074FailAuthorizing a municipality to collect special assessments to pay the additional costs to purchase renewable energy for the municipality; providing for a portion of the proceeds of the local government infrastructure surtax to be used for financial as...
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2012-03-09
Died in Community Affairs, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7117 (Ch.
S0154FailProviding that a person who engages in any activity for which ch. 493, F.S., requires a license, but who acts without having a license, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree; providing that such person commits a felony of the third degree for a s...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget
S1538FailProviding that a Department of Corrections original certificate of identification or valid identification card is satisfactory proof of identity in order to be issued an identification card by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, etc.
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S1072FailRevising limitations, conditions, criteria, and definitions relating to exempting certain business purchases of industrial machinery and equipment from the sales tax; exempting from the sales tax industrial machinery and equipment purchased for exclu...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S0614FailProviding sovereign immunity to emergency health care providers acting pursuant to obligations imposed by specified statutes; providing an exception; providing that emergency health care providers are agents of the state and requiring them to indemni...
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2012-03-09
Died in Health Regulation
S0152FailRevising legislative intent; renaming and revising the Florida Service-Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Opportunity Act to expand the vendor preference in state contracting to include certain businesses owned and operated by wartime veterans or v...
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2012-03-09
Died in Budget, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 922 (Ch.
S1536FailProhibiting the Department of Law Enforcement from providing, for a fee, the criminal history information of a minor to persons in the private sector or noncriminal justice agencies unless the minor has been convicted of at least one felony or three ...
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2012-03-09
Died in Criminal Justice
S0612FailCites this act as the "Floridians Back to Work Program"; creating the Floridians Back to Work Program within the Division of Workforce Services of the Department of Economic Opportunity; providing duties of the division; requiring the division to ado...
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2012-03-09
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S0150FailRequiring that the Department of Education submit to the Legislature an annual report that includes student learning gains and student progression in juvenile justice education programs and details the methodology used by the department to ensure tha...
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2012-03-09
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S0094Intro

Sine Die
Requiring certain Florida College System institutions and state universities to provide priority course registration for veterans; providing eligibility requirements; encouraging certain independent postsecondary educational institutions to provide p...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 45 -SJ 965
S0088Intro

Sine Die
Providing for the lease of sovereignty submerged lands for private residential single-family docks and piers, private residential multifamily docks and piers, and private residential multislip docks; providing for the term of the lease and lease fees...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to HB 13 -SJ 964
S1470Intro

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Providing for repeal of administrative rules upon the repeal of the law implemented; providing a process for summary repeal of administrative rules that are no longer in effect; nullifying specific administrative rules adopted by the Northwest Florid...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to HB 7029 -SJ 1036
S0992Intro

Sine Die
Defining the terms "hoisting equipment," "mobile crane," and "tower crane"; requiring an applicant for a building permit to submit certain information to a local building official; requiring radio communications between certain crane operators; requi...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 521 -SJ 1004
S0524Enroll

Sine Die
Citing this act as the "Healthy Pregnancies for Incarcerated Women Act"; prohibiting use of restraints on a prisoner known to be pregnant during labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery unless a corrections official makes an individualized determinat...
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2012-03-08
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 1052
S1416Intro

Sine Die
Revising a short title to rename "unemployment compensation" as "reemployment assistance"; renaming the Unemployment Appeals Commission as the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission; providing scoring requirements relating to initial skills revie...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 7027 -SJ 1008
S0950Intro

Sine Die
Providing that additional types of injunctions issued by a court of a foreign state shall be accorded full faith and credit by the courts of this state and enforced as if they were orders issued under specified provisions; providing that a person who...
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2012-03-08
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1099 -SJ 979
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