| S0342 | Pass | Providing for the effect and enforceability of orders of no contact as a part of pretrial release; requiring that the defendant receive a copy of the order of no contact prior to release; specifying acts prohibited by a no contact order, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-15
Chapter No. 2015-17 |
| S7018 | Pass | Revising legislative intent with respect to citizen ombudsmen; deleting references to ombudsman councils and transferring their responsibilities to representatives of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program; revising the duties and authority of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-15
Chapter No. 2015-31, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1001 (Ch. 2015-126) |
| S0984 | Pass | Revising the definition of the term "expenditure"; specifying that the term does not include use of a public facility or public property that is made available by a governmental entity to a legislator for a public purpose, to exempt such use from leg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-15
Chapter No. 2015-28 |
| S1216 | Pass | Providing that certain local governments are not required to amend their comprehensive plans or maintain a work plan under certain circumstances; providing that conservation easements may be based on digital orthophotography prepared by licensed surv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-15
Chapter No. 2015-30 |
| S1430 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring counties and municipalities to provide a partial or a full discount on park entrance fees to military members, veterans, and the spouse and parents of certain deceased military members, law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died on Calendar |
| S0482 | Fail | Requiring the Department of Health to approve qualified third-party credentialing entities to administer voluntary community health worker certification programs; establishing criteria for the approval of a third-party credentialing entity; requiring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services |
| S1160 | Fail | Providing that placement of premium tax income into a separate supplemental plan is subject to approval by a municipality or special fire control district; authorizing the use of premium tax revenues to provide benefits through a defined benefit or d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability |
| S1520 | Fail | Authorizing local housing assistance plans to allocate funds to provide rental assistance to include the first and last month's rent for eligible persons, subject to certain restrictions; prohibiting a housing authority from applying to the Federal G...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Finance and Tax |
| S0506 | Fail | Revising the method for calculating the amount of tax and discretionary sales surtax, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Commerce and Tourism |
| S1582 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing an exemption from public records requirements for proprietary business information relating to high pressure well stimulations obtained by the Department of Environmental Protection in connection with the department's online high pressure w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died on Calendar |
| S1030 | Fail | Creating the Community Creative Grant Program within the Department of Economic Opportunity; requiring that projects be vital and necessary to local economic development efforts and that other state economic incentives be unavailable; authorizing a l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Community Affairs |
| S0262 | Fail | Citing this act as the "Greyhound Safety Act"; prohibiting the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation from granting a license or permit to applicants with a prior conviction of animal cruelty; r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Regulated Industries, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 239 (Ch. 2015-88) |
| S1322 | Fail | Deleting provisions providing for the death penalty for capital felonies; repealing provisions relating to capital collateral representation and constitutionally deficient representation, respectively; deleting a public records exemption relating to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Criminal Justice |
| S1114 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a membership association that receives a specified percentage of its budget from public funds to file an annual report with the Legislature; prohibiting a membership association from expending public funds on litigation against the state, e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died on Calendar |
| S1560 | Fail | Exempting certain financial transactions from application of certain tied house evil provisions, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Regulated Industries |
| S0514 | Fail | Requiring the Department of Children and Families to create a workgroup to provide recommendations relating to revision of the Baker Act; requiring the workgroup to make recommendations on specified topics; requiring a review of draft recommendations...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services |
| S1084 | Fail | Creating provisions entitled the "Patent Troll Prevention Act"; prohibiting bad faith assertions of patent infringement from being made; authorizing a court to require a patent infringement plaintiff to post a bond under certain circumstances; author...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 439 (Ch. 2015-92) |
| S0614 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding the categories of persons who may prescribe brand name drugs under the prescription drug program when medically necessary; exempting controlled substances prescribed by an advanced registered nurse practitioner or a physician assistant from...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died on Calendar |
| S0440 | Fail | Requiring each state or local law enforcement agency that seizes property for the purpose of forfeiture to perform a specified periodic review at least annually; requiring a seizing agency to have certain written policies, procedures, and training to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice |
| S7084 | Fail | Specifying that a direct primary care agreement does not constitute insurance and is not subject to the Florida Insurance Code; requiring an analysis of medical tourism for quality health care services in the Economic Development Programs Evaluation;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations |
| S0582 | Fail | Creating the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the Department of Transportation; providing for the purpose of the trust fund and sources of funds; requiring that title to lands or related property interests acquired be vested by the state; requiring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in returning Messages |
| S0940 | Fail | Removing a requirement that the Department of Children and Families submit a report annually to the Legislature on the placement of children in licensed residential group care; creating the Continuum of Care Advisory Council within the department for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations |
| S1218 | Fail | Requiring the Department of Education to implement the Reigniting Education Achievement with Coordinated Help (REACH) Program as a public-private partnership in the lowest-performing public schools; specifying services to be offered with the goal of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Education Pre-K - 12 |
| S1380 | Fail | Removing an exception to contribution or expenditure restrictions that authorizes an affiliated party committee or political party to make an expenditure to jointly endorse three or more candidates; prohibiting the transfer of funds or contributions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Ethics and Elections |
| S1058 | Fail | Authorizing the county canvassing board to begin the canvassing of absentee ballots after successfully completing testing of the electronic tabulating equipment; revising absentee ballot instructions for absent electors and certain first-time voters,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Rules |
| S1544 | Fail | Requiring a school district's instructional personnel and school administrator performance evaluations to include certain criteria; revising the percentage of an evaluation which is based on the performance of students; revising the percentage of a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Education Pre-K - 12, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7069 (Ch. 2015-6) |
| S0722 | Fail | Revising the tax rate of the excise tax on certain aviation fuels; revising the criteria to receive an excise tax exemption for certain aviation fuel delivered by licensed wholesalers or terminal suppliers; requiring the Department of Economic Opport...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations |
| S1036 | Fail | Requiring a charter school application and charter to document that the governing board is independent of a management company; specifying circumstances under which a student is considered to have voluntarily withdrawn from a charter school; establis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Education Pre-K - 12 |
| S1184 | Fail | Providing that an employer may pay up to a certain amount directly toward the venue expenses associated with the funeral and burial services of a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officer killed in the line of duty; requiring a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Fiscal Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7055 (Ch. 2015-163) |
| S1344 | Fail | Revising the permitted scope of local laws, ordinances, and regulations with respect to vacation rentals; providing an exemption for subsequent amendments of certain provisions of existing local laws, ordinances, and regulations adopted on or before ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Regulated Industries |
| S1484 | Fail | Revising the accountability standards of Florida College System institutions and State University System institutions to include standards for student retention and placement rates; prohibiting an institution whose student default risk index exceeds ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Higher Education |
| S0474 | Fail | Authorizing forensic and civil facilities to order the continuation of psychotherapeutic medications for individuals receiving such medication in the jail before admission; providing timeframes within which status hearings must be held; authorizing t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Criminal Justice |
| S0990 | Fail | Defining the term "regulatory minimum price"; providing that the establishment of regulatory minimum prices for lawful goods or services, or the creation of service classifications that would apply differently to certain individuals and businesses, i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Regulated Industries |
| S1022 | Fail | Prohibiting a person from operating a motor vehicle while dialing, or talking or listening on, a wireless communications device for the purpose of interpersonal communication or while using a wireless communications device to view or post an electron...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Transportation |
| S1482 | Fail | Creating the task force within the Department of Law Enforcement; specifying membership of the task force; authorizing reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses; prescribing duties of the task force; requiring the task force to submit a report t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice |
| S0352 | Fail | Designating the month of September as "American Founders' Month"; authorizing the Governor to annually issue a proclamation designating the month and urging participation; requiring district school boards to celebrate the American Founders and the pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education |
| S0670 | Fail | Citing this act as the "Pets' Trust Act"; creating part VII of chapter 125, F.S.; authorizing counties to create independent special districts and, if approved by referendum, levy ad valorem taxes to provide funding for pet services and advocacy ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Community Affairs |
| S0962 | Fail | Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain surveillance recordings held by a community development district; providing exceptions; defining the term "resident" of a community development district; providing for future legisla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Rules |
| S7006 | Intro
Sine Die | Including large family child care homes in local zoning regulation requirements; revising certain minimum standards for child care facilities; providing for the inspection of programs regulated by the department; providing exemptions from child care ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died on Calendar |
| S0148 | Fail | Revising criteria relating to the classification of active duty members of the Armed Services of the United States, and their spouses and dependent children, as residents for tuition purposes, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Higher Education |
| S0612 | Fail | Removing the requirement that a person who manufactures, packages, repackages, labels, or relabels a cosmetic in this state must register such cosmetic biennially with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations |
| S1382 | Fail | Providing an exemption for a charitable organization or educational institution if conducting a raffle that splits evenly the proceeds between the charitable organization or institution and the winner or if awarding a nonmonetary prize to the winner,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Regulated Industries |
| S1432 | Fail | Authorizing agents and wholesale dealers to sell stamped and untaxed cigarettes to the Seminole Tribe of Florida or its members; authorizing agents and wholesale dealers to file a claim with the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco within the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Regulated Industries |
| S0688 | Fail | Revising a requirement for the uniform opening date of public schools; providing that academically high-performing school districts must comply with provisions relating to the uniform opening date of public schools; providing an exception for certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7069 (Ch. 2015-6) |
| S0146 | Fail | Requiring a physician, to whom a parent or legal guardian reports observing symptoms of autism exhibited by a minor child, to refer the minor to an appropriate specialist for screening for autism spectrum disorder under certain circumstances; requiri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Banking and Insurance |
| S0176 | Fail | Deleting a provision prohibiting concealed carry licensees from openly carrying a handgun or carrying a concealed weapon or firearm into a college or university facility, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Judiciary |
| S1100 | Fail | Limiting the application of the stand your ground law to instances in which the attacker commits an overt act that leads the person who is attacked to believe that it is necessary to meet force with force; removing references to threatened use of for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Criminal Justice |
| S1290 | Fail | Exempting certain internationally trained dentists from the requirement that an applicant for licensure be a graduate of an accredited dental college or school or submit proof of having completed 2 consecutive academic years at an accredited dental s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Health Policy |
| S0528 | Fail | Citing this act as "The Florida Medical Marijuana Act"; allowing registered patients and designated caregivers to purchase, acquire, and possess medical-grade marijuana subject to specified requirements; allowing a cultivation and processing licensee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Regulated Industries |
| S1420 | Fail | Requiring state universities to waive specified fees for certain graduate students, etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-05-01
Died in Higher Education |
