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S1528FailCreating the Commission on Federalism; providing duties of the commission; providing criteria to evaluate a federal law, agency policy, mandate, or executive order; specifying which sources the commission may rely on in an evaluation, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
S1374FailAuthorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to enter into a reciprocity agreement with the State of Georgia and the State of Alabama relative to the traveling of farm vehicles across state lines, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Fiscal Policy
S0936FailExpanding an exemption from the requirements of that section which applies to the corporation to exempt additional specified activities of the corporation; requiring the corporation's plan of operation to adopt a program that facilitates the removal ...
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2015-05-01
Died in Banking and Insurance
S1024FailRequiring the chairs of the boards of specified county commissions each to appoint one member from their respective counties who is a commission member or chair or a county mayor to serve on the governing body of the authority; specifying that the Ce...
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2015-05-01
Died in returning Messages
S1366FailRequiring the Department of Management Services to oversee a Pay-for-Success Contract Program; authorizing the department, contingent upon funding, to negotiate and enter into pay-for-success contracts with private entities to fund high-quality dropo...
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2015-05-01
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S0822FailProviding legislative intent regarding the justifiable use of force; clarifying what constitutes provocation in the determination of applicability of the justified use of force provision; providing an exemption from criminal penalties for a person ca...
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2015-05-01
Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 290 (Ch. 2015-44)
S0978FailProviding for applicability of the punitive damages limitation, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Judiciary
S1320FailAuthorizing a student who is eligible to receive a certificate of completion to remain in high school for an additional year to earn a standard diploma or an occupational certificate of completion, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S0850FailAuthorizing the use of impact fees to provide, construct, improve, repair, alter, or replace new and existing capital facilities; authorizing a county or municipality to impose a surcharge on documents taxable under s. 201.02, F.S., for the purpose o...
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2015-05-01
Died in Community Affairs
S0994FailSpecifying that a person who is in his or her dwelling, residence, or vehicle does not have a duty to retreat, regardless of whether he or she is attacked, and has the right to stand his or her ground, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Criminal Justice
S1252FailRevising the mission of the Florida K-20 education system; revising the duties of the State Board of Education with respect to the supervision of the divisions of the Department of Education; redesignating the "Florida College System" as the "Florida...
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2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
S1272FailProviding a public records exemption for information furnished to a state, county, or municipal government agency for use in an emergency information gathering system; providing for retroactive application; providing for future legislative review and...
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2015-05-01
Died in Community Affairs
S0846FailExempting from public records requirements the personal information contained in site files or records which identifies the location of artificial reefs funded with private contributions; providing for future legislative review and repeal under the O...
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2015-05-01
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S1156FailCreating the STEM Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program; providing for student eligibility and the use of funds, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S0500FailRequiring the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes to provide notice to the homeowners' association of a proposed amendment to a prospectus before authorizing such amendment; requiring that additional information be provided...
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2015-05-01
Died in Regulated Industries, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 307 (Ch. 2015-90)
H0595FailRevising the tax rate of the excise tax on certain aviation fuels; deleting an excise tax exemption for certain aviation fuel delivered by wholesalers or terminal suppliers that increase the state's workforce by certain amounts, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Transportation
H0687FailRevises effective date of prohibition against land application of septage from onsite sewage treatment & disposal systems.
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2015-05-01
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
S0214FailProhibiting an employer from inquiring into or considering an applicant's criminal history on an initial employment application unless required to do so by law, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S1256FailIncreasing the amount of incentive gain-time an inmate must be awarded for certain educational achievements; requiring that such an inmate must still serve a specified percentage of his or her term of imprisonment, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Criminal Justice
S1498FailCiting this act as the "Florida Health Access Marketplace Act"; providing legislative findings and intent; defining terms; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to establish the Florida Health Access Marketplace; requiring the agency to...
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2015-05-01
Died in Banking and Insurance
S0906FailRequiring an application for a charter school to contain a list of certain information regarding all charter schools currently or previously operated by the applicant, applicant group, or proposed management company; requiring a sponsor to consider c...
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2015-05-01
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
S0230FailRequiring that any proposed change in a public utility's billing cycle be approved by the Florida Public Service Commission by a specified period before the effective date of the change; requiring the commission to consider the public impact of a pro...
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2015-05-01
Died in Fiscal Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7109 (Ch. 2015-129)
H0915FailRevising the certification examination requirements for building code inspectors, plans examiners, and building code administrators; exempting certain low-voltage landscape lighting from licensed electrical contractor installation requirements; autho...
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2015-05-01
Died in Health Policy
S0794FailRequiring a court to include prejudgment interest on the amount of money damages awarded to a plaintiff in a final judgment; providing for retroactive application, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Judiciary
S1000FailRevising the definition of "concealed weapon" to delete its inclusion of a slungshot; deleting provisions prohibiting the manufacture or sale of any instrument or weapon usually known as slungshot; deleting a provision prohibiting a dealer in arms fr...
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2015-05-01
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S1416FailRequiring the office to conduct a study, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
S1062FailRequiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct a study to determine the average rates, charges, and expenses of providing electricity; directing the Office of the Public Counsel and the Florida Public Service...
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2015-05-01
Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
S0206Intro

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Establishing the Financial Literacy Program for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Financial Services; requiring the department to establish on its website a clearinghouse for information regarding the program and to...
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2015-05-01
Died on Calendar
S1240FailProviding for the calculation of an award of damages for certain medical or health care services paid or owed by a claimant or a governmental or commercial insurance payor, subject to certain restrictions; providing that the amount of a lien or subro...
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2015-05-01
Died in Judiciary
S7042FailAuthorizing renewed membership in the retirement system for retirees who are reemployed in a position eligible for the Special Risk Class and Elected Officers' Class under certain circumstances; providing for renewed membership in the retirement ...
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2015-05-01
Died in Community Affairs
S0286FailEncouraging the Department of Management Services to designate a specified number of state safe-haven facilities in each county based upon population; authorizing public state buildings to serve as state safe-haven facilities; encouraging local gover...
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2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government
S0364FailIncluding notice of the approval of an application for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services as valid proof of identity for purposes of applying for a driver license, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Transportation
S7086FailRevising measurable objectives for management goals to include the preservation of low-impact agriculture; requiring updated land management plans to identify conservation lands that could support low-impact agriculture and conservation lands that ar...
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2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations
S0712FailExempting all aircraft sales or leases, rather than the sales or leases of certain aircraft, from the sales and use tax, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Finance and Tax
S0740FailCiting this act as the "Minor Traffic Safety Act"; prohibiting a person younger than 18 years of age from operating a motor vehicle while using a wireless communications device; defining the term "wireless communications device" and including cellula...
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2015-05-01
Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
S0924FailConsolidating and revising provisions relating to obtaining an ad valorem exemption for property owned by an exempt organization, including the requirement that the owner of an exempt organization take affirmative steps to demonstrate an exempt use; ...
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2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations
S1090FailDefining the term "small technology company"; authorizing the provision of loans to small technology companies through the Microfinance Guarantee Program, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S0548FailProhibiting a person from smoking a tobacco product in a motor vehicle in which a child under 13 years of age is present; providing penalties, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Rules
S0870FailAuthorizing a condominium, cooperative, and homeowners' association to conduct elections by electronic voting under certain conditions; requiring an association to select an independent third party as an inspector of elections for certain purposes, e...
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2015-05-01
Died in Regulated Industries
S0886FailIncreasing the total amount of tax credits which may be granted to business enterprises during any calendar year; revising the deadline for the filing of an application for the tax credit; revising the allocation of the tax credit to applicants, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Commerce and Tourism
S1452FailAuthorizing the creation of treatment-based mental health court programs; authorizing a county court to order the conditional release of a defendant only for the provision of outpatient care and treatment; creating the Forensic Hospital Diversion Pil...
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2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1069 (Ch. 2015-178)
S0380FailRequiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to allow an applicant whose parent or guardian is a member of the United States Armed Forces, the Florida National Guard, or the United States Reserve Forces to receive Medicaid home and community-ba...
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2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations
S0330FailEstablishing a pilot program in specified counties for the purpose of providing personal assistive technology devices to persons with special needs to aid in certain search and rescue efforts; providing for expiration of the pilot program, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations
S7046Intro

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Requiring a state research university to enter into and maintain a formal agreement with a specified organization to offer college-sponsored merit scholarship awards as a condition of designation as a preeminent state research university; authorizing...
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2015-05-01
Died on Calendar
S1202FailDesignating a specified period each year during which supervisors of elections are authorized to provide certain students with the opportunity to register to vote at school and with instruction on the elections process, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in Rules
S1506FailRevising the calculation for retention multiples; providing that the aggregate retention level may not exceed a specified amount; reducing the actual claims-paying capacity of the fund by specified amounts during a certain period until the claims-pay...
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2015-05-01
Died in Banking and Insurance
S7038FailRevising the employer contribution rates for the retiree health insurance subsidy; revising the required employer retirement contribution rates for members of each membership class and subclass of the Florida Retirement System, etc.
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2015-05-01
Died in returning Messages
S0460FailProhibiting the use of electronic communications devices by certain drivers; providing for a voluntary checkoff on driver license applications to permit contributions to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety; providing that such contributions are not...
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2015-05-01
Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
H7111FailProhibits specified actions from being taken against private child-placing agency that refuses to place child or be involved in placement of child or facilitate licensure of foster home which would violate agency's written religious or moral conv...
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2015-05-01
Died in Rules
S0650FailRevising the homestead tax exemption that may be adopted by a county or municipality by ordinance for the assessed value of property with a just value less than $250,000 which is owned by persons age 65 or older who meet certain residence and income ...
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2015-05-01
Died in Finance and Tax
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