Florida Senator Linda Stewart [D]

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
FL	S0612	Pass	Citing this act as the "Emily Adkins Prevention Act"; requiring the Secretary of Health Care Administration, in conjunction with the State Surgeon General, to establish a blood clot and pulmonary embolism policy workgroup; requiring the secretary to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-06-06 Chapter No. 2023-192
FL	S1002	Pass	Prohibiting motor vehicle repair shops or their employees from offering anything of value to a customer in exchange for making an insurance claim for motor vehicle glass replacement or repair, including offers made through certain persons; prohibitin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-26 Chapter No. 2023-136
FL	S0306	Pass	Designating the "Catalytic Converter Antitheft Act"; prohibiting a person from knowingly purchasing a detached catalytic converter unless he or she is a registered secondary metals recycler; prohibiting a person from knowingly importing, manufacturin... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-25 Chapter No. 2023-114
FL	S0130	Pass	Citing this act as "Greyson's Law"; requiring the court with jurisdiction over the proceeding to consider certain factors in deciding whether shared parental responsibility is detrimental to the child; providing additional conduct regarding domestic ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-25 Chapter No. 2023-112
FL	S0724	Pass	Establishing the Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative within the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying allowable uses of the funding; requiring the creation of a 10-year Florida Seagrass Restoration Plan; requiring the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-12 Chapter No. 2023-47
FL	S1458	Pass	Providing that an operator of a roller skating rink is not liable for damages or personal injury resulting from inherent risks of roller skating; providing exceptions; providing that certain persons assume the inherent risk of roller skating; providi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-12 Chapter No. 2023-56
FL	S0294	Fail	Requiring that the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders be taught in the public schools; requiring that instructional materials used in teaching this subject area include specified information, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Appropriations Committee on Education, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1537 (Ch. 2023-39)
FL	S0080	Fail	Repealing a provision relating to marriage between persons of the same sex; deleting a prohibition on the recognition of same-sex marriages; deleting a prohibition on the state and its agencies and subdivisions giving effect to a public act, record, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Judiciary
FL	S0114	Fail	Exempting the sale for human use of diapers, incontinence undergarments, incontinence pads, and incontinence liners from the sales and use tax, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7063 (Ch. 2023-157)
FL	S0498	Fail	Removing the preemption of local laws regarding the regulation of auxiliary containers, wrappings, or disposable plastic bags; removing the preemption of local laws regarding the use or sale of polystyrene products to the Department of Agriculture an... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Commerce and Tourism
FL	S0506	Fail	Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan for this state by a specified date, based on certain department recommendations; requiring the department to convene a technical assist... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Fiscal Policy
FL	S0476	Fail	Creating the program within the Department of Economic Opportunity; requiring that film, television, and digital media projects being produced in this state meet specified criteria to be eligible for rebates; requiring the Commissioner of Film and En... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Commerce and Tourism
FL	S0340	Fail	Specifying the authorized uses of funds from the Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
FL	S0326	Fail	Revising definitions and defining terms; revising criminal penalties to include fines of certain amounts for violations of specified offenses; requiring the Department of Education and Department of Health, in conjunction with the Statewide Council o... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Criminal Justice
FL	S0338	Fail	Creating the Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking within the Department of Legal Affairs; providing for the funding sources and purposes of the trust fund; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
FL	S0716	Fail	Requiring landlords or persons authorized to enter into rental agreements on behalf of landlords to make specified disclosures relating to flood zones before the commencement of a tenancy; requiring landlords to notify current tenants of a change in ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Judiciary
FL	S0788	Fail	Requiring an association to provide copies of the association's rules and covenants to every member before a specified date, and every new member thereafter; requiring an association to provide members with a copy of updated rules and covenants, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Regulated Industries
FL	S0288	Fail	Citing this act as the "Main Street Historic Tourism and Revitalization Act"; providing a credit against the state corporate income tax and the insurance premium tax for qualified expenses in rehabilitating certain historic structures; specifying eli... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Appropriations
FL	S0826	Fail	Adding a new requirement for the award of a standard high school diploma to Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning students; requiring students, beginning with those entering grade 9 in a specified school year, to submit a Free Appli... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Education Pre-K -12
FL	S0854	Fail	Revising the information that may be disclosed from hearings and records in adoption proceedings without a court order; removing a required fee for certain services and expenses; revising a requirement regarding the release of identifying information... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
FL	S0890	Fail	Providing a presumption of inadmissibility for confessions of certain minors which are made as a result of a custodial interrogation at a place of detention if deceptive tactics are used; specifying circumstances under which the presumption may be ov... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Criminal Justice
FL	S0884	Fail	Requiring the Department of Education, subject to legislative appropriation, to establish a program to provide vouchers for child care services to parents who meet a specified income requirement, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Education Pre-K -12
FL	S0886	Fail	Repealing a provision relating to tree pruning, trimming, or removal on residential property, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Community Affairs
FL	S0888	Fail	Specifying requirements for persons manufacturing or assembling a firearm in this state, beginning on a specified date; requiring a person who owns a firearm without an assigned serial number or other identifying mark to comply with certain requireme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Criminal Justice
FL	S0876	Fail	Requiring employers to provide a current employee with a copy of the employee's employment contract upon request; defining the term "employee", etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Commerce and Tourism
FL	S0928	Fail	Extending the retirement date of bonds issued to fund the Florida Forever Act; revising the distribution of proceeds from the Florida Forever Trust Fund for land acquisition and capital project expenditures under the Florida Forever Act; requiring a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Environment and Natural Resources, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1379 (Ch. 2023-169)
FL	S0930	Fail	Creating part III of ch. 211, F.S., entitled "Tax on Water Extracted for Commercial or Industrial Use"; imposing an excise tax upon persons extracting water from waters of the state for commercial or industrial use, except under certain circumstances... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Environment and Natural Resources
FL	S0934	Fail	Directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop an Orlando United license plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plate, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Transportation
FL	S1028	Fail	Providing a period of time when a conviction, or any other adjudication, for a crime may not be grounds for denial of licensure as a barber or cosmetologist; requiring the applicable board to approve certain educational program credits offered to inm... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Criminal Justice
FL	S1022	Fail	Prohibiting sexual battery upon a person who is involuntarily or voluntarily mentally incapacitated, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Criminal Justice
FL	S1026	Fail	Citing this act as the "Senator Helen Gordon Davis Fair Pay Protection Act"; prohibiting an employer from providing less favorable employment opportunities to employees based on their sex or from paying employees at rates less than those paid to the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Commerce and Tourism
FL	S1024	Fail	Defining the terms "purchaser" and "qualified liability insurance policy"; requiring specified purchasers of firearms to be covered by a qualified liability insurance policy; prohibiting a private seller or transferor, licensed importer, licensed man... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Criminal Justice
FL	S1186	Fail	Citing this act as "Nancy's Law"; requiring the Department of Health to establish by rule standards to streamline medical testing of living organ donors and the transfer of medical records between the physicians of organ donors and recipients, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Health Policy
FL	S1282	Fail	Requiring the Florida Building Commission to adopt certain requirements in the Florida Building Code for certain public restroom facilities newly constructed or renovated after a specified date, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Rules
FL	S1354	Fail	Specifying the minimum amount of the factor used to calculate the cost-of-living adjustment of benefits for certain retirees and beneficiaries of the Florida Retirement System, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
FL	S1348	Fail	Revising requirements that private schools participating in certain educational scholarship programs must meet; revising parent and student responsibilities for participating in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; revising school district obl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Education Pre-K -12
FL	S1566	Fail	Requiring each district school board to adopt an anaphylactic policy; providing Department of Education responsibilities; providing requirements for such policy; requiring a certain percentage of specified school personnel to receive certain training... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Education Pre-K -12
FL	S1546	Fail	Prohibiting an operator of a public lodging establishment from offering an hourly rate or a fraction of an hourly rate, or any combination thereof, for less than 3 hours for an accommodation; requiring the employer at an athletic venue, an entertainm... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 1690 (Ch. 2023-85), SB 7064 (Ch. 2023-86)
FL	S1528	Fail	Increasing the minimum surplus requirement for certain new insurers transacting residential property insurance; increasing, during specified intervals, the minimum surplus requirement for certain current residential property insurers, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Banking and Insurance
FL	S1558	Fail	Authorizing tutoring provided through the tutoring program within the Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program to be provided after the school day; authorizing school districts that participate in the tutoring program to provi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Education Pre-K -12
FL	S1538	Fail	Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to assess certain projects; providing requirements for the assessments, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Fiscal Policy
FL	S1536	Fail	Requiring mortgagees or assignees holding certain insurance proceeds pending completion of all or part of damage repairs to notify insureds of requirements to release the proceeds; providing requirements for the notice, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Banking and Insurance
FL	S1656	Fail	Providing that certain low-income, female students who are pregnant as a result of rape, incest, domestic violence, or human trafficking and who decide to carry the pregnancy to term are exempt from paying specified postsecondary tuition and fees; es... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Education Postsecondary
FL	S0880	Fail	Establishing a biosolids grant program within the Department of Environmental Protection; authorizing the department, subject to appropriation, to provide biosolid grants for certain projects that convert wastewater residuals to Class AA biosolids; p... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1405 (Ch. 2023-293)
FL	S1030	Fail	Establishing the statewide Covered Electronic Device Recovery Program within the Department of Environmental Protection; authorizing the department to use specified funds to administer the program; specifying requirements for a statewide plan for the... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-05 Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
FL	S1564	Intro 25%	Creating the Year-round School Pilot Program for a period of 4 school years beginning with a specified school year; providing an application process for school districts seeking to participate in the program; requiring the Commissioner of Education t... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-03 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 891 (Ch. 2023-66), CS/CS/CS/HB 1537 (Ch. 2023-39)
FL	S0858	Intro 25%	Requiring the Economic Development Programs Evaluation to include a periodic analysis of the Veterans Employment and Training Services Program; revising the duties of the Department of Veterans' Affairs and Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., respectively... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-02 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 139 (Ch. 2023-161)
FL	S1266	Intro 25%	Revising the penalty for certain release or escape of nonnative venomous reptiles; providing a penalty for specified activities involving venomous reptiles without a special permit or license issued by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, e... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-01 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1161 (Ch. 2023-129)
FL	S0670	Intro 25%	Authorizing life insurers to transact paid family leave insurance; specifying circumstances under which family leave benefits may be provided under a paid family leave insurance policy; specifying requirements for policies relating to benefit periods... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-05-01 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 721 (Ch. 2023-149)
FL	S0136	Intro 25%	Creating the "Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act"; prohibiting processors from selling, preparing, distributing, or exposing for sale certain kratom products; prohibiting processors from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a kratom produc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2023-04-27 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 179 (Ch. 2023-182)