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S1346FailDefining "child" and "parent" for purposes of the crimes of abuse of a parent, aggravated abuse of a parent, exploitation of a parent's assets, and emotional abuse of a parent; requiring reporting of the abuse of a parent or exploitation of a parent'...
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2015-05-01
Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
S1326FailProviding transportation network company (TNC) and TNC driver insurance requirements; prohibiting a TNC from owning, controlling, operating, or managing the vehicles used by TNC drivers; requiring a TNC driver to exclusively accept rides booked throu...
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2015-05-01
Died in Regulated Industries
S0796Intro

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Deleting provisions with respect to the preparation by certain condominium associations, cooperative associations, and homeowners' associations of annual reports of cash receipts and expenditures in lieu of certain financial statements, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died on Calendar
S0350FailEstablishing the statewide prepaid dental program for Medicaid-eligible children; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to contract with prepaid dental health plans meeting specified criteria; requiring the agency to issue a competitive...
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2015-05-01
Died in Health Policy
S1436FailCreating the Florida Statewide Water Oversight and Planning Council within the Department of Environmental Protection to guide and assist water forecasting plans for the state, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S0714Intro

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Prohibiting water management districts from modifying permitted allocation amounts under certain circumstances; revising the qualifications for membership on the Harris Chain of Lakes Restoration Council; requiring water management districts to promo...
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2015-05-01
Died on Calendar
S0322Intro

Sine Die
Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide written notice, pursuant to ch. 120, F.S., of reimbursement rates to providers; specifying procedures and requirements to challenge the calculation of or the methodology used to calculate...
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2015-05-01
Died on Calendar
S1078Intro

Sine Die
Repealing provisions relating to a prohibition on lewd and lascivious behavior, including a prohibition on lewd and lascivious association and cohabitation together by a man and woman who are not married to each other, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died on Calendar
S1428FailDeleting a requirement that a marriage license may be issued by a county court judge or clerk of the circuit court in this state only if one party to the marriage is male and the other party is female; deleting a provision specifying that, for the pu...
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2015-05-01
Died in Judiciary
S1556FailDeleting individual limits on the amounts of sales tax refunds authorized for the purchase of building materials used in the rehabilitation of real property located in an enterprise zone or for the purchase of business property used by businesses in ...
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2015-05-01
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S0518FailRevising provisions relating to calculation of the kindergarten readiness rate for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program providers and schools; requiring the administration of a preassessment and postassessment to students based upon adopted pe...
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2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations
S0930FailProhibiting use of the title "art therapist" except by certain individuals; providing a penalty; creating the Board of Professional Art Therapists; providing requirements, with exception, for licensure as an art therapist; requiring the board to esta...
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2015-05-01
Died in Health Policy
S1408FailProhibiting permitted allocation amounts from being modified if actual water use is less than permitted water use due to documented implementation of water conservation measures; requiring water management districts to promote expanded cost share cri...
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2015-05-01
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S0392FailRevising the policy and purpose of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act; revising the conditions under which a county or municipality, or a county and one or more municipalities, may apply for the designation of an area as an enterprise zone; providing th...
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2015-05-01
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S0336FailRequiring a circuit court of the state to have a qualified practitioner conduct a risk assessment before sentencing for a defendant who has been found guilty of or has entered a plea of nolo contendere or guilty to specified sexual offenses; requirin...
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2015-05-01
Died in Criminal Justice
S1340FailAuthorizing a family member of a patient or an interested party to petition a court for the appointment of a guardian advocate; establishing the Substance Abuse Assistance Pilot Program within the Department of Children and Families; authorizing an a...
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2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
S0238FailRequiring an independent sanctioning authority to dismiss an athletic coach ejected from a game for the remainder of that sport season under certain circumstances; authorizing such athletic coach to resume working under certain circumstances, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Judiciary
S1186FailProviding that certain commercial sponsorship may be displayed on state greenway and trail facilities not included within the Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network; requiring the governing body of any independent special district created to regulate ...
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2015-05-01
Died in Regulated Industries, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7055 (Ch. 2015-163)
S1358FailProhibiting an employing agency from compelling an employee who is the spouse of a military servicemember to work, or imposing a sanction or penalty upon such employee for failure or refusal to work, extended hours during active military service depl...
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2015-05-01
Died in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
S0664FailRequiring that an advisory sentence of death be made by a unanimous recommendation of the jury after a defendant's conviction or adjudication of guilt for a capital felony or capital drug trafficking felony; requiring the court to instruct the jury t...
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2015-05-01
Died in Judiciary
S7062Intro

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Ratifying a specified rule relating to minimum flows and levels and recovery and prevention strategies, for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of an...
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2015-04-29
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7081 (Ch. 2015-128)
S1402FailRevising the divisions and functions of the department; authorizing the Chief Financial Officer to establish divisions, bureaus, or offices of the department; providing powers and duties of the department's Division of Consumer Services, etc.
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2015-04-29
Died in Messages
S0602FailRevising definitions applicable to the Florida Personal Learning Scholarship Accounts Program; requiring the Florida Prepaid College Board to create certain procedures; revising the powers and duties of the Florida Prepaid College Board to include sp...
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2015-04-29
Died in returning Messages
S0932Intro

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Revising provisions pertaining to multisite timeshare plans and clarifying single-site timeshare plan developer liability for nonmaterial errors or omissions; providing that leasehold accommodations or facilities may be added to a timeshare trust; pr...
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2015-04-29
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 453 (Ch. 2015-144)
S7068FailProviding a directive to the Division of Law Revision and Information; adding substance abuse services as a program focus for which the Department of Children and Families is responsible; including health care surrogates and proxies as individuals wh...
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2015-04-29
Died in returning Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 79 (Ch. 2015-102), CS/CS/HB 335 (Ch. 2015-111), CS/CS/HB 1069 (Ch. 2015-178), CS/SB 954 (Ch. 2015-67)
S7060Intro

Sine Die
Ratifying a specified rule relating to liners and leachate collection systems for construction and demolition debris disposal facilities, for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S.,...
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2015-04-29
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7083 (Ch. 2015-164)
S7072Intro

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Amending provisions relating to requirements for requests to establish a specialty license plate; deleting application requirements; authorizing a request for a specialty plate to be made annually to an authorized agent serving on behalf of the Depar...
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2015-04-29
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7055 (Ch. 2015-163)
S0918FailRequiring the Department of Environmental Protection to publish, update, and maintain a database of conservation lands; creating the Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network; revising the definition of the term "water resource development" to in...
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2015-04-29
Laid on Table
S7020FailCreating the Florida Corrections Commission within the Justice Administrative Commission; expanding the department's security review committee functions; creating criminal penalties for employees who willfully or by culpable negligence withhold food ...
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2015-04-29
Died in returning Messages
S0998Engross

Sine Die
Defining the term "powdered alcohol"; prohibiting the sale, offer for sale, purchase, use, offer for use, or possession of powdered alcohol; exempting sparkling wine and champagne from a specified volume restriction, etc.
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2015-04-28
Died on Calendar
S0388FailProviding honorary designations of various transportation facilities in specified counties; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
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2015-04-28
Died in Messages
S0574FailRevising the powers and duties of the district school board to authorize the adoption of rules regarding procurement practices; authorizing a district school board's use of electronic auction services in conjunction with bid pooling for school buses ...
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2015-04-28
Died in Messages
S0568Engross

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Revising the purposes of the Family Trust Company Act; specifying the applicability of other chapters of the financial institutions codes to family trust companies; revising the requirements for investigations of license applicants by the Office of F...
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2015-04-28
Died on Calendar
S0590Intro

Sine Die
Citing this act as the "All-American Flag Act"; requiring a United States flag or a state flag that is purchased on or after a specified date by the state, a county, or a municipality for public use to be made in the United States, etc.
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2015-04-28
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 225 (Ch. 2015-138)
S1048Engross

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Providing that a motor vehicle dealer who received approval of a facility from an applicant or licensee within a specified timeframe is deemed to be in full compliance with facility-related requirements; revising provisions related to an applicant or...
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2015-04-28
Died on Calendar
S0002FailCiting this act as the "Victoria Q. Gaetz Racing Greyhound Protection Act;" requiring injuries to racing greyhounds to be reported on a form adopted by the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering in the Department of Business and Professional Regulation wit...
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2015-04-28
Died in Messages
S1116Intro

Sine Die
Requiring the Office of Early Learning to establish the pilot project in St. Lucie County to assist low-income, at-risk children in developing emergent literacy skills; requiring the office to select an organization to implement the pilot project; en...
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2015-04-28
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 153 (Ch. 2015-104)
S0736Engross

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Revising requirements relating to the issuance of an estoppel certificate to specified persons; requiring that an estoppel certificate contain certain information; providing an effective period for a certificate based upon the date of issuance and fo...
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2015-04-28
Died on Calendar
S0552FailCreating a public records exemption for individual identifying information of a person contained in a Point-In-Time Count and Survey or data in a Homeless Management Information System; providing for future review and repeal under the Open Government...
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2015-04-28
Died in Messages
S1016FailCreating the "Care for Retired Law Enforcement Dogs Program Act"; creating the Care for Retired Law Enforcement Dogs Program within the Department of Law Enforcement; requiring the department to contract with a corporation not for profit to administe...
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2015-04-28
Died in Messages
S0728Engross

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Providing that a health insurance policy that covers opioid analgesic drug products may impose a prior authorization requirement for an abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug product only if the insurer imposes the same requirement for each opioid ana...
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2015-04-28
Died on Calendar
S0566Engross

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Expanding public records exemptions for certain data processing software obtained by an agency, certain information held by a county tourism promotion agency, information related to trade secrets held by specified entities, and specified data, progra...
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2015-04-28
Died on Calendar
S1302Engross

Sine Die
Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to include protocols for the use of long-term natural attenuation where site conditions warrant; revising how cleanup target levels are applied where surface waters are exposed to contaminated grou...
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2015-04-28
Died on Calendar
S1060FailProviding that the maximum reimbursement allowances and manuals approved by a three-member panel for purposes of the Workers' Compensation Law are exempt from legislative ratification under the Administrative Procedure Act if the adverse impact or re...
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2015-04-28
Died in Messages
S0154Intro

Sine Die
Citing this act as "Gabby's Law for Student Safety"; requiring a district school board to correct hazardous walking conditions and provide transportation to students who would be subjected to hazardous walking conditions; revising procedures for insp...
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2015-04-28
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 41 (Ch. 2015-101)
S0678Engross

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Authorizing flexible flood insurance; deleting a provision that prohibits supplemental flood insurance from including excess coverage over any other insurance covering the peril of flood; authorizing domestic reciprocal insurers to return a portion o...
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2015-04-28
Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 1094 (Ch. 2015-69)
S0916FailRestricting to certain property rate filings a requirement that the chief executive officer or chief financial officer and chief actuary of a property insurer certify the information contained in a rate filing; exempting commercial nonresidential mul...
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2015-04-28
Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 165 (Ch. 2015-135)
S0564Engross

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Including financial information in provisions prohibiting the theft, embezzlement, or unlawful copying of trade secrets; providing criminal penalties, etc.
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2015-04-28
Died on Calendar
S0510Intro

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Requiring amendments to local zoning and subdivision regulations concerning properties located within a certain area to be compatible with limestone mining activities; including water quality monitoring as an environmental purpose for which the per-t...
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2015-04-28
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 359 (Ch. 2015-141)
S7082FailAuthorizing payment of death benefits to the surviving spouse or children of a Special Risk Class member killed in the line of duty under specified circumstances; requiring the State Board of Administration or the Division of Retirement to take certa...
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2015-04-28
Died in Messages
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