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S0368PassProviding honorary designations of various transportation facilities in specified counties; directing the department to erect signage in specified counties to commemorate certain conflicts involving the United States Armed Forces, etc.
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2017-06-28
Chapter No. 2017-193
S2512VetoCreating the advisory council within the legislative branch; authorizing the advisory council to consult with specified persons in furtherance of its duties; requiring the Department of Management Services to periodically brief the advisory council w...
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2017-06-20
Vetoed by Governor, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70)
S0090PassRevising and defining terms related to renewable energy source devices; prohibiting consideration of the just value of property attributable to a renewable energy source device in determining the assessed value of residential real property; exempting...
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2017-06-19
Chapter No. 2017-118
S2514PassProviding that a specified percentage of the cigarette tax, up to a specified amount, be paid annually to the Florida Consortium of National Cancer Institute Centers Program, rather than the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute; providing that ...
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2017-06-19
Chapter No. 2017-129, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70)
S0118PassProhibiting a person or entity engaged in publishing or disseminating arrest booking photographs from soliciting or accepting a fee or other payment to remove a photograph; authorizing a person whose arrest booking photograph is published to request ...
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2017-06-19
Chapter No. 2017-130
S1694PassRequiring the Department of Juvenile Justice, in collaboration with specified organizations, to develop and maintain updated information and materials regarding specified services and resources; requiring the department to make the information and ma...
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2017-06-19
Chapter No. 2017-123
S2504PassProviding for the resolution of certain collective bargaining issues at impasse between the State of Florida and certified bargaining units of state employees; providing for all other mandatory collective bargaining issues at impasse that are not add...
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2017-06-19
Chapter No. 2017-125, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70)
S2510PassCreating an exemption from public records requirements for records collected for dependent eligibility verification services for the state group insurance program and held by the Department of Management Services; providing for future legislative rev...
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2017-06-19
Chapter No. 2017-128, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2508 (Ch. 2017-127), SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70)
S1520PassRequiring a plan of termination to be approved by the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation and meet specified requirements for a condominium form of ownership to be t...
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2017-06-19
Chapter No. 2017-122
S2508PassRemoving a requirement that a contract for dependent eligibility verification services for the state group insurance program be a contingency-based contract; requiring the division to notify subscribers of dependent eligibility rules by a certain dat...
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2017-06-19
Chapter No. 2017-127, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2510 (Ch. 2017-128), SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70)
S0724PassRevising the circumstances under which the decedent's property interest in the protected homestead is excluded from the elective estate; providing for the valuation of the decedent's protected homestead under certain circumstances; requiring the paym...
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2017-06-19
Chapter No. 2017-121
S0474PassRequiring the Department of Elderly Affairs, in conjunction with the Agency for Health Care Administration, to adopt national hospice outcome measures and survey data by a specified date and to make such measures available to the public; authorizing ...
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2017-06-19
Chapter No. 2017-119
S2506PassRemoving duties of the Legislative Budget Commission regarding budgets of the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation and the clerks of the court; requiring that certain filing fees for trial and appellate proceedings be deposited into clerks ...
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2017-06-19
Chapter No. 2017-126, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70)
S0494PassRevising the circumstances under which a person is disqualified from receiving compensation under the Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Compensation Act; specifying that a wrongfully incarcerated person who commits no more than one felony that is not...
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2017-06-19
Chapter No. 2017-120
S1726PassDirecting the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to authorize and oversee the development of industrial hemp pilot projects for certain universities; requiring each university to obtain the authorization of its board of trustees before i...
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2017-06-19
Chapter No. 2017-124
S0590PassAuthorizing the Department of Revenue to establish parenting time plans agreed to by both parents in Title IV-D child support actions; providing the purpose and requirements for a Title IV-D Standard Parenting Time Plan; requiring the department to r...
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2017-06-16
Chapter No. 2017-117
S1018PassCiting this act as the "Public Notice of Pollution Act"; defining the term "reportable pollution release"; requiring an owner or operator of an installation at which a reportable pollution release occurred to provide certain information to the depart...
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2017-06-15
Chapter No. 2017-95
S0312PassCiting this act as the "Eyewitness Identification Reform Act"; requiring state, county, municipal, or other law enforcement agencies that conduct lineups to follow specified procedures; requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission...
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2017-06-15
Chapter No. 2017-91
S7022PassAuthorizing an employee to use a specified portion of the state's contribution to purchase additional program benefits and supplemental benefits under certain circumstances; providing for the program to offer health plans in specified benefit levels;...
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2017-06-15
Chapter No. 2017-88, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70)
S0398PassRevising requirements relating to the issuance of an estoppel certificate to specified persons; requiring a condominium, cooperative, or homeowners' association to designate a street or e-mail address on its website for estoppel certificate requests;...
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2017-06-15
Chapter No. 2017-93
S0800PassRequiring health insurers and health maintenance organizations, respectively, which issue or deliver certain policies or contracts to offer medication synchronization to allow insureds and subscribers to align refill dates for certain drugs at least ...
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2017-06-15
Chapter No. 2017-94
S1634PassRequiring that an elevator controller be capable of monitoring the closed and locked contacts of the hoistway door locking device; requiring that the elevator controller be capable of interrupting the power for the motor and brake for a hoistway door...
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2017-06-15
Chapter No. 2017-97
S1672PassCreating the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority Metropolitan Planning Organization Chairs Coordinating Committee to replace the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority Metropolitan Planning Organization Chairs Coordinating Committee; ...
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2017-06-15
Chapter No. 2017-98
S0164PassProhibiting the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and tax collector from charging any fee or service charge, except for the expedited title fee, if applicable, for a certificate of title issued for a motor vehicle solely to remove a dec...
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2017-06-15
Chapter No. 2017-89
S0396PassDefining the term "student loans"; requiring postsecondary institutions to annually provide certain students with specified information regarding their student loans; providing that an institution does not incur any liability for providing such infor...
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2017-06-15
Chapter No. 2017-92
S1108PassExpanding an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of certain firefighters and their spouses and children to include the personal identifying and location information of former firefighters a...
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2017-06-15
Chapter No. 2017-96
S0256PassAbrogating the scheduled expiration of the center, etc.
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2017-06-15
Chapter No. 2017-90
S0374VetoCiting this act as the "Florida Excellence in Higher Education Act of 2017"; renaming the Florida College System as the Florida Community College System; creating the State Board of Community Colleges; revising the function and mission of the Florida...
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2017-06-14
Vetoed by Governor
S0896PassRevising the financial disclosures required to be filed by certain Florida Prepaid College Board members; extending the repeal date of the direct-support organization for the Florida Prepaid College Board, etc.
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2017-06-12
Chapter No. 2017-76
S1124PassRequiring the Department of Health, upon the advice of the Genetics and Newborn Screening Advisory Council, to expand within a specified period the statewide screening of newborns to include any condition on the federal Recommended Uniform Screening ...
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2017-06-12
Chapter No. 2017-78
S0370PassRequiring certain employers to provide Civil Air Patrol leave; prohibiting specified public and private employers from discharging, reprimanding, or penalizing a Civil Air Patrol member because of his or her absence by reason of taking Civil Air Patr...
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2017-06-12
Chapter No. 2017-73
S0128PassRequiring that the burden of proof in a criminal prosecution be on the party seeking to overcome the immunity claim under certain circumstances, etc.
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2017-06-12
Chapter No. 2017-72
S1052PassRevising the right to use or threaten force, including deadly force, when a person is in a dwelling, residence, or vehicle; authorizing a person to use or threaten to use nondeadly or deadly force in a dwelling or residence under certain circumstance...
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2017-06-12
Chapter No. 2017-77
S0890PassRequiring a contract between an agency and a citizen support organization or direct-support organization to include a provision for the orderly cessation of operations and reversion of state funds within a specified timeframe; requiring that certain ...
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2017-06-12
Chapter No. 2017-75
S0436PassCiting this act as the "Florida Student and School Personnel Religious Liberties Act"; prohibiting a school district from discriminating against students, parents, or school personnel on the basis of religious viewpoints or expression; prohibiting pe...
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2017-06-12
Chapter No. 2017-74
S2500PassProviding moneys for the annual period beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, and supplemental appropriations for the period ending June 30, 2017, to pay salaries and other expenses, capital outlay - buildings, and other improvements, and ...
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2017-06-07
Line Item(s) Overridden 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
S0106VetoRevising applicability to specify circumstances under which persons under the age of 18 years who are employed in specified businesses are excluded from certain employment prohibitions; providing that failure to comply with a restriction on monthly r...
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2017-06-07
To Senate Rules Committee
S2502PassIncorporating by reference certain calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program; extending the date by which the Florida Polytechnic University must meet certain criteria established by the Board of Governors; authorizing the Agency for Heal...
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2017-06-05
Chapter No. 2017-71, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 865 (Ch. 2017-42), SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70)
S0886PassProviding an exemption from public records requirements for petitions for involuntary assessment and stabilization, court orders, related records, and personal identifying information regarding substance abuse impaired persons; providing for future l...
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2017-05-24
Chapter No. 2017-25
S0018PassProviding for the relief of "Survivor" and the Estate of "Victim"; providing appropriations to compensate Survivor and the Estate of Victim for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of the Department of Children and Families, f...
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2017-05-24
Chapter No. 2017-20
S0884PassProhibiting persons from possessing separated shark fins except under certain conditions; providing penalties; prohibiting persons with suspended or revoked license privileges from engaging in certain activities, etc.
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2017-05-24
Chapter No. 2017-24
S0080PassRevising the circumstances under which a court must assess and award the reasonable costs of enforcement against an agency in a civil action to enforce ch. 119, F.S.; prohibiting the assessment and award of the reasonable costs of enforcement to a co...
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2017-05-24
Chapter No. 2017-21
S0818PassRevising the definition of the term "interestholder" to clarify that the term does not include certain parties to a certain multisite timeshare plan; revising requirements for the termination of a timeshare plan; specifying the percentage of votes re...
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2017-05-24
Chapter No. 2017-22
S1020PassRevising notice requirements for issues at impasse, etc.
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2017-05-24
Chapter No. 2017-26
S0852PassRequiring the Department of Children and Families or a sheriff's office to conduct a multidisciplinary staffing on child victims of commercial sexual exploitation to determine the child's service and placement needs; revising the continuing medical e...
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2017-05-24
Chapter No. 2017-23
S0010PassAuthorizing the South Florida Water Management District and the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to negotiate the amendment and termination of leases on lands within the Everglades Agricultural Area for exchange or use for the...
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2017-05-10
Chapter No. 2017-10
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Urging Congress to recognize January 1 as "Haitian Independence Day," the month of May as "Haitian Heritage Month" and "Haitian American Heritage Month," May 18 as "Haitian Flag Day," and the month of June as "Caribbean American Heritage Month," etc.
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2017-05-09
Signed by Officers and filed with Secretary of State, companion bill(s) passed, see HR 8015 (Adopted)
S1768FailRevising an exemption from public records requirements to exempt certain information of insureds and former insureds held by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles regarding insurance policies providing any of specified coverages; provid...
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2017-05-05
Died in Appropriations
S1034FailDeleting a prohibition against wearing or displaying certain badges or indicia of authority of certain federal, state, county, or municipal agencies without authorization; deleting a requirement that the prosecuting attorney open the closing argument...
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2017-05-05
Died in Criminal Justice
S1746FailDeleting the cash build-up factor from the formula used by the State Board of Administration in determining reimbursement premiums to be paid into the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund; requiring, rather than authorizing under certain circumstances,...
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2017-05-05
Died in Banking and Insurance
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