FL Legislation | 2015 | Regular Session | Senate | Bills

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
S1284	Intro Sine Die	Requiring agencies to electronically transmit certain agency final orders to a centralized electronic database maintained by the Division of Administrative Hearings; authorizing agencies to maintain subject matter indexes of final orders issued befor... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 985 (Ch. 2015-155)
S7022	Fail	Establishing the Financial Literacy Program for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Financial Services; revising the state's equal employment opportunity policy to include individuals who have a disability; requiring ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S0606	Fail	Establishing a joint local and state dental care access account initiative, subject to the availability of funding; requiring the Department of Health to implement an electronic benefit transfer system; authorizing the department to transfer state fu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S0314	Intro Sine Die	Revising the eligibility requirements of the Abandoned Tank Restoration Program; renaming the low-scored site initiative the low-risk site initiative; revising the conditions for eligibility and methods for payment of costs for the low-risk site init... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Laid on Table
S1468	Intro Sine Die	Providing that certain information may be considered proprietary business information; requiring that a permit be obtained before the performance of any high pressure well stimulation; prohibiting the department from approving any permit for a high p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Laid on Table
S0118	Fail	Authorizing a participating business that registers with the Department of Revenue to solicit and collect contributions from its customers for the construction and maintenance of public education facilities; requiring the department to issue a certif... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S0462	Engross Sine Die	Providing that a collaborative law process commences when the parties enter into a collaborative law participation agreement; prohibiting a tribunal from ordering a party to participate in a collaborative law process over the party's objection; provi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died on Calendar
S1226	Fail	Revising the responsibilities of the executive director for the Office of Public and Professional Guardians; requiring the Office of Public and Professional Guardians to adopt rules; requiring that a professional guardian appointed by a court to repr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S0558	Intro Sine Die	Revising the frequency at which the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation must reassess the inspection frequency of public food service establishments; authorizing the division to deliver lodging... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 401 (Ch. 2015-143)
S1298	Engross Sine Die	Requiring a transportation network company driver to have proof of certain insurance in his or her possession during a specified timeframe; establishing insurance requirements for short-term rental network companies during certain timeframes; requiri... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died on Calendar
S7030	Fail	Creating the "Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program Act"; establishing eligibility requirements for enrollment in the Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Program; establishing the Florida Center for Students with Unique Ab... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S1390	Engross Sine Die	Revising the definition of the term "public food service establishment" to exclude certain events; clarifying that a license is not required to be obtained if excluded under the definition of the term "public food service establishment", etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died on Calendar
S1102	Engross Sine Die	Creating the "Utility Cost Containment Bond Act"; authorizing certain local government entities to finance the costs of a utility project by issuing utility cost containment bonds upon application by a local agency; authorizing an authority to issue ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died on Calendar
S7052	Fail	Expanding the military operations that qualify a servicemember deployed in support of such an operation in the previous calendar year for an additional ad valorem tax exemption; providing an extended deadline and specifying procedures for filing an a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S1388	Fail	Revising legislative intent with respect to the Uniform Special District Accountability Act to include independent and dependent special districts; specifying the Legislature's authority to create dependent special districts by special act; requiring... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S0802	Fail	Providing for the future repeal of the designation of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation as the administrative unit for purposes of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, subject to legislative review of a required report; requiring the Di... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S0856	Fail	Providing that a health insurer, a prepaid limited health service organization, and a health maintenance organization, respectively, may not require a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist to join a network solely for the purpose of credentialing t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S0798	Engross Sine Die	Removing a prohibition that precludes a mover from limiting its liability for the loss or damage of household goods to a specified valuation rate; requiring a mover to conduct a physical survey and provide a binding estimate in certain circumstances ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died on Calendar
S0946	Fail	Designating the second Monday in October of each year as "Sir Lancelot Jones Day" in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties; encouraging public officials, schools, private organizations, and citizens in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties to commemorate the occas... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S1146	Fail	Extending sovereign immunity to employees or agents of a health care provider that executes a contract with a governmental contractor; clarifying that a receipt of specified notice must be acknowledged by a patient or the patient's representative at ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S0968	Intro Sine Die	Removing provisions requiring certain insurance carriers to provide semiannual reports to the Office of Insurance Regulation; repealing requirements that certain insurance carriers offer standard, basic, high deductible, and limited health benefit pl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 731 (Ch. 2015-121)
S0540	Fail	Creating the State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund within the Department of Corrections; providing a purpose, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S1296	Engross Sine Die	Creating the Military and Overseas Voting Assistance Task Force within the Department of State; providing legislative intent for the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors of the State University System to work collaboratively to align e... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7055 (Ch. 2015-163)
S0914	Intro Sine Die	Defining the term "intermediary" for purposes of the Florida Securities and Investor Protection Act; exempting offers or sales of securities by certain issuers from registration requirements; exempting the intrastate offering and sale of certain secu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 275 (Ch. 2015-171)
S1372	Fail	Specifying that the Governor, the Commissioner of Education, or the designee of the Governor or of the Commissioner of Education may notify the Legislative Auditing Committee of an entity's failure to comply with certain auditing and financial report... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S0972	Fail	Revising the definition of the term "common element" for purposes of prorating ad valorem taxes for certain properties under certain circumstances; establishing deadlines for value adjustment boards to hear petitions and issue the second tax roll cer... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Died in Messages
S0960	Intro Sine Die	Providing that the initial award period and the renewal period for students who are unable to accept an initial award immediately after completion of high school due to a full-time religious or service obligation begin upon the completion of the reli... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-28 Laid on Table
S1052	Intro Sine Die	Citing this act as the "Right to Try Act"; providing conditions for a manufacturer to provide certain drugs, products, or devices to an eligible patient; providing protection from disciplinary or legal action against a physician who makes certain tre... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 269 (Ch. 2015-107)
S0318	Intro Sine Die	Revising the qualifications of an agent in the execution of power of attorney to include certain not-for-profit corporations; providing that a for-profit corporation may act as guardian of a person under certain circumstances; directing the court to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 5 (Ch. 2015-83), CS/HB 7 (Ch. 2015-84)
S1446	Veto	Providing an exemption from public records requirements for criminal or civil intelligence or investigative information, or any other information, held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as part of an investigation with another st... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table
S1172	Intro Sine Die	Providing and revising procedures and requirements for termination of a condominium property; revising requirements relating to the right to contest a plan of termination, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 643 (Ch. 2015-175)
S0382	Intro Sine Die	Providing that Medicaid managed care plans are responsible for enrolled mental health residents; providing that managing entities under contract with the Department of Children and Families are responsible for mental health residents who are not enro... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1001 (Ch. 2015-126), CS/SB 7018 (Ch. 2015-31)
S1180	Intro Sine Die	Specifying that the Florida Pharmacy Act and rules adopted thereunder do not prohibit a veterinarian from administering a compounded drug to a patient or dispensing a compounded drug to the patient's owner or caretaker; requiring that each contract o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1049 (Ch. 2015-127)
S0912	Intro Sine Die	Exempting a person who sells, transfers, or arranges for the transfer of recycled and recovered materials from liability for hazardous substances released or threatened to be released from the receiving facility or site under certain circumstances, e... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 787 (Ch. 2015-150)
S0284	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing a governmental entity to treat a written claim as pending litigation for purposes of holding certain meetings privately; authorizing a property owner to bring an action to recover damages caused by a prohibited exaction; specifying that a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 383 (Ch. 2015-142)
S0360	Intro Sine Die	Providing an exemption from public records requirements for records relating to the settlement of a claim on behalf of a ward or minor; authorizing a guardian ad litem, a ward, a minor, and a minor's attorney to inspect guardianship reports and court... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7 (Ch. 2015-84), CS/CS/CS/HB 5 (Ch. 2015-83)
S1526	Intro Sine Die	Deleting the requirement for the Governor to appoint the initial members of the Board of Athletic Training; revising the board's authorization to adopt certain rules relating to communication between an athletic trainer and a supervising physician; r... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 541 (Ch. 2015-116)
S1006	Veto	Specifying that a consumer representative appointed by the Governor to the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation's board of governors is not prohibited from practicing in a certain profession if required or permitted by law or ordinance, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table
S0718	Veto	Providing procedures for agencies to follow when initiating rulemaking after certain public hearings; providing for publication of notices of rule development and of rules filed for adoption; conforming proceedings that oppose agency action based on ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table
S7056	Intro Sine Die	Revising requirements for the annual review of agency rules; specifying requirements for such plans; requiring publication by specified dates of notices of rule development and of proposed rules necessary to implement new laws, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7023 (Ch. 2015-162)
S0630	Intro Sine Die	Specifying that certain transfers from a trust are considered as having been made directly by the grantor of the trust; authorizing custodianships established by irrevocable gift and by irrevocable exercise of power of appointment to terminate when a... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 283 (Ch. 2015-140)
S0876	Intro Sine Die	Requiring the Capitol Complex memorial garden to include a monument for members of the United States Armed Forces who lost their lives in Beirut, Lebanon, on a specified date, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-27 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 801 (Ch. 2015-151)
S1054	Intro Sine Die	Authorizing local agency employers to reassess designation of positions for inclusion in the Senior Management Service Class; providing for removal of certain positions, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-24 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 565 (Ch. 2015-149)
S0758	Intro Sine Die	Citing this act as the "Emergency Treatment and Recovery Act"; providing definitions; providing a purpose; authorizing certain health care practitioners to prescribe an emergency opioid antagonist to a patient or caregiver under certain conditions; p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-24 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 751 (Ch. 2015-123)
S0220	Intro Sine Die	Deleting a provision authorizing any officer of the Florida Highway Patrol to require that a vehicle be driven to the nearest weigh station or public scales under certain circumstances; providing for removal of members by the Governor under certain c... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-24 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 145 (Ch. 2015-103)
S0738	Intro Sine Die	Adding a consultant pharmacist or doctor of pharmacy licensed under chapter 465, F.S., to the definition of licensed practitioner; requiring clinical laboratories to make their services available to specified licensed practitioners; prohibiting such ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-24 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 655 (Ch. 2015-119)
S1536	Intro Sine Die	Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain documents and information held by an investigative agency pursuant to an investigation relating to an activity prohibited under the Florida RICO Act; providing for future legislative... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-24 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7061 (Ch. 2015-99)
S0512	Intro Sine Die	Revising and providing definitions; specifying the notification and consent procedures for performing an HIV test in a health care setting and a nonhealth care setting, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-24 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 321 (Ch. 2015-110)
S0686	Intro Sine Die	Providing that certain leasehold interests and improvements to land owned by the United States, a branch of the United States Armed Forces, or any agency or quasi-governmental agency of the United States are exempt from ad valorem taxation under spec... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-24 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 361 (Ch. 2015-80)
S0368	Intro Sine Die	Repealing specified provisions relating to actions by a grandparent for visitation rights; authorizing the grandparent of a minor child to petition a court for visitation under certain circumstances; providing conditions under which a court may termi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2015-04-24 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 149 (Ch. 2015-134)