Legislative Research: FL S0508 | 2014 | Regular Session

Other Sessions

SessionTitle/DescriptionLast Action
2026
Regular Session

(Failed)
Creating the "Landscape Irrigation Standards and Watering Restrictions Act"; prohibiting a person from taking certain actions regarding a landscape irrigation system unless such person is a licensed irrigation contractor or the property owner; specif...
[S0508 2026 Detail][S0508 2026 Text][S0508 2026 Comments]
2026-03-13
Died in Regulated Industries
2025
Regular Session

(Failed)
Requiring private schools participating in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to provide specified information in writing to certain parents before their student's initial enrollment in the school; providing private school requirements relati...
[S0508 2025 Detail][S0508 2025 Text][S0508 2025 Comments]
2025-06-16
Died in Messages
2024
Regular Session

(Failed)
Revising application requirements for forwarding agents when applying to the Department of Revenue for a certain certificate; requiring a forwarding agent that applies for and receives such certificate to notify the department within a specified time...
[S0508 2024 Detail][S0508 2024 Text][S0508 2024 Comments]
2024-03-08
Died in Finance and Tax
2023
Regular Session

(Passed)
Revising the responsibilities of coordinators of treatment-based drug court programs; requiring such programs to collect specified data and information for certain purposes; requiring such programs to annually report certain information and data to t...
[S0508 2023 Detail][S0508 2023 Text][S0508 2023 Comments]
2023-06-06
Chapter No. 2023-191
2022
Regular Session

(Failed)
Establishing standards for the fiduciary duty of care for appointed public officials and executive officers of specified governmental entities; requiring the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to contract for or approve a training pro...
[S0508 2022 Detail][S0508 2022 Text][S0508 2022 Comments]
2022-03-14
Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
2021
Regular Session

(Failed)
Revising the requirements for the Department of Education's annual report on apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; revising and providing additional duties for the department relating to apprenticeship programs; specifying that apprenticeshi...
[S0508 2021 Detail][S0508 2021 Text][S0508 2021 Comments]
2021-04-30
Died in Education
2020
Regular Session

(Failed)
Authorizing dealers, subject to certain conditions, to advertise or hold out to the public that they will pay sales tax on behalf of the purchaser, etc.
[S0508 2020 Detail][S0508 2020 Text][S0508 2020 Comments]
2020-03-14
Died in Appropriations
2019
Regular Session

(Failed)
Requiring ballots to use a uniform vote target throughout the state; defining the term "vote target"; requiring the Secretary of State to solicit certain votes from the supervisors of elections and to require the immediate implementation of a uniform...
[S0508 2019 Detail][S0508 2019 Text][S0508 2019 Comments]
2019-05-03
Died in Ethics and Elections
2018
Regular Session

(Failed)
Requiring CareerSource Florida, Inc., to submit in a detailed annual report certain information on individuals subject to mandatory work requirements who receive temporary cash or food assistance; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to w...
[S0508 2018 Detail][S0508 2018 Text][S0508 2018 Comments]
2018-03-10
Died in Commerce and Tourism
2017
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Defining the term "automatic tabulating equipment" for purposes of the Florida Election Code; revising procedures governing the canvassing of returns to specify usage of a voting system's automatic tabulating equipment; revising minimum requirements ...
[S0508 2017 Detail][S0508 2017 Text][S0508 2017 Comments]
2017-04-20
Unfavorable by Ethics and Elections, laid on Table; YEAS 2 NAYS 2
2016
Regular Session

(Failed)
Increasing the total amount of tax credits which may be granted to business enterprises during any calendar year, etc.
[S0508 2016 Detail][S0508 2016 Text][S0508 2016 Comments]
2016-03-11
Died in Commerce and Tourism
2015
Regular Session

(Failed)
Directing that agencies avoid contract bundling under certain circumstances; requiring certain agencies to award a percentage of contracts to small businesses; prohibiting agencies, general contractors, or prime contractors from requiring certain bon...
[S0508 2015 Detail][S0508 2015 Text][S0508 2015 Comments]
2015-05-01
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government
2014
Regular Session

(Failed)
Deleting references to ombudsman councils and transferring their responsibilities to representatives of the Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; revising the duties and authority of the state ombudsman; revising duties and membership of the Stat...
[S0508 2014 Detail][S0508 2014 Text][S0508 2014 Comments]
2014-05-02
Died in Appropriations
2013
Regular Session

(Failed)
Prohibiting any utility from terminating a senior citizen's or low-income family's gas or electric service for nonpayment on any day, or on the following 2 calendar days, during which the National Weather Service forecasts extreme temperatures in the...
[S0508 2013 Detail][S0508 2013 Text][S0508 2013 Comments]
2013-05-03
Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
2012
Regular Session

(Failed)
Revising certain requirements for operating personal watercraft; providing penalties; revising requirements relating to the boating safety course required for leasing or renting a personal watercraft from a livery, etc.
[S0508 2012 Detail][S0508 2012 Text][S0508 2012 Comments]
2012-03-09
Died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation
2011
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Specifies a period during this year when the sale of clothing, wallets, bags, and school supplies are exempt from the tax. Provides definitions and exceptions. Authorizes the Department of Revenue to adopt emergency rules. APPROPRIATION:
[S0508 2011 Detail][S0508 2011 Text][S0508 2011 Comments]
2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2010
Regular Session

(Failed)
Requires that an electrical journeyman be present on any industrial or commercial new construction site when certain electrical work is being performed.
[S0508 2010 Detail][S0508 2010 Text][S0508 2010 Comments]
2010-04-30
Died in Committee on Regulated Industries

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Legislative Citation

APA
FL S0508 | 2014 | Regular Session. (2014, May 02). LegiScan. Retrieved July 17, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0508/2014
MLA
"FL S0508 | 2014 | Regular Session." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 02 May. 2014. Web. 17 Jul. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0508/2014>.
Chicago
"FL S0508 | 2014 | Regular Session." May 02, 2014 LegiScan. Accessed July 17, 2026. https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0508/2014.
Turabian
LegiScan. FL S0508 | 2014 | Regular Session. 02 May 2014. https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0508/2014 (accessed July 17, 2026).

Same As/Similar To

BillRelationshipDateTitleLast Action
H0091Similar To2014-05-02State Ombudsman ProgramDied in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
S0248Similar To2014-05-02Assisted Living FacilitiesDied on Calendar
H0573Similar To2014-05-02Health of ResidentsDied on Calendar
S1354Similar To2014-05-02Health CareDied in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 323 (Ch. 2014-113)

Code Citations

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2041Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000060Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000061Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000063Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000065Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000067Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000069Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000070Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000071Amended CodeSee Bill Text
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4000078Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000079Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000081Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000083Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000087Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000089Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000091Amended CodeSee Bill Text
400021Amended CodeSee Bill Text
400022Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4000255Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4001413Amended CodeSee Bill Text
400162Amended CodeSee Bill Text
40019Amended CodeSee Bill Text
400191Amended CodeSee Bill Text
40023Amended CodeSee Bill Text
400235Amended CodeSee Bill Text
415102Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4151034Amended CodeSee Bill Text
415104Amended CodeSee Bill Text
4151055Amended CodeSee Bill Text
415106Amended CodeSee Bill Text
415107Amended CodeSee Bill Text
42902Amended CodeSee Bill Text
42907Amended CodeSee Bill Text
42919Amended CodeSee Bill Text
42926Amended CodeSee Bill Text
42928Amended CodeSee Bill Text
42934Amended CodeSee Bill Text
42935Amended CodeSee Bill Text
42967Amended CodeSee Bill Text
42985Amended CodeSee Bill Text
744444Amended CodeSee Bill Text

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