Legislative Research: FL S0686 | 2016 | Regular Session

Other Sessions

SessionTitle/DescriptionLast Action
2026
Regular Session

(Passed)
Authorizing certain persons to apply to the governing body of the local government for certification of certain parcels as agricultural enclaves; requiring the local government to hold a public hearing within a specified timeframe to approve or deny ...
[S0686 2026 Detail][S0686 2026 Text][S0686 2026 Comments]
2026-04-21
Chapter No. 2026-34
2025
Regular Session

(Failed)
Directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a K9s for Warriors license plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plate, etc.
[S0686 2025 Detail][S0686 2025 Text][S0686 2025 Comments]
2025-06-16
Died in Transportation
2024
Regular Session

(Failed)
Citing this act as the "Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act" or "CROWN Act"; prohibiting discrimination based on protected hairstyle in the K-20 public education system; defining the terms "race" and "protective hairstyles" for ...
[S0686 2024 Detail][S0686 2024 Text][S0686 2024 Comments]
2024-03-08
Died in Judiciary
2023
Regular Session

(Failed)
Exempting charges for investigation and personal background check services, security guards and patrol services, and armored car services from the sales and use tax; defining the term "NAICS", etc.
[S0686 2023 Detail][S0686 2023 Text][S0686 2023 Comments]
2023-05-05
Died in Commerce and Tourism
2022
Regular Session

(Failed)
Creating the pilot program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing the purpose of the pilot program; providing for the issuance of grants to offset costs relating to onsite solar energy storage systems for certain facili...
[S0686 2022 Detail][S0686 2022 Text][S0686 2022 Comments]
2022-03-14
Died in Regulated Industries
2021
Regular Session

(Failed)
Authorizing parties to serve offers of judgment that make certain stipulations relating to attorney fees and costs; authorizing certain offerings of judgment relating to jointly owned property to require both individuals to either accept or reject th...
[S0686 2021 Detail][S0686 2021 Text][S0686 2021 Comments]
2021-04-30
Died in Rules
2020
Regular Session

(Failed)
Directing the water management districts, with Department of Environmental Protection oversight, to adopt rules for specified design and performance standards relating to new development and redevelopment projects; providing a rebuttable presumption ...
[S0686 2020 Detail][S0686 2020 Text][S0686 2020 Comments]
2020-03-14
Died in Environment and Natural Resources
2019
Regular Session

(Failed)
Revising the licensure requirements for dental therapists to include application and examination fees, etc.
[S0686 2019 Detail][S0686 2019 Text][S0686 2019 Comments]
2019-05-03
Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
2018
Regular Session

(Failed)
Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for the sale of certain clothing, wallets, bags, school supplies, and personal computers and related accessories during a specified period; providing exceptions to the exemption, etc.
[S0686 2018 Detail][S0686 2018 Text][S0686 2018 Comments]
2018-03-10
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
2017
Regular Session

(Failed)
Requiring that electronic mail addresses and Internet identifiers of sexual predators or sexual offenders reported pursuant to specified laws be exempt from public records requirements; providing for future review and repeal of the exemption; providi...
[S0686 2017 Detail][S0686 2017 Text][S0686 2017 Comments]
2017-05-05
Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 699 (Ch. 2017-170)
2016
Regular Session

(Failed)
Specifying that the Governor, the Commissioner of Education, or the designee of the Governor or of the Commissioner of Education may notify the Legislative Auditing Committee of an entity's failure to comply with certain auditing and financial report...
[S0686 2016 Detail][S0686 2016 Text][S0686 2016 Comments]
2016-03-11
Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 479 (Ch. 2016-22), CS/CS/CS/HB 651 (Ch. 2016-132), CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237), HB 7071 (Ch. 2016-151)
2015
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Providing that certain leasehold interests and improvements to land owned by the United States, a branch of the United States Armed Forces, or any agency or quasi-governmental agency of the United States are exempt from ad valorem taxation under spec...
[S0686 2015 Detail][S0686 2015 Text][S0686 2015 Comments]
2015-04-24
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 361 (Ch. 2015-80)
2014
Regular Session

(Passed)
Terminating specified trust funds within the Department of Economic Opportunity; providing for the disposition of balances in and revenues of such trust funds; prescribing procedures for the termination of such trust funds, etc.
[S0686 2014 Detail][S0686 2014 Text][S0686 2014 Comments]
2014-06-02
Chapter No. 2014-47
2013
Regular Session

(Passed)
Adopting the Florida Statutes 2013 and designating the portions thereof that are to constitute the official law of the state; providing that the Florida Statutes 2013 shall be effective immediately upon publication; providing that general laws enacte...
[S0686 2013 Detail][S0686 2013 Text][S0686 2013 Comments]
2013-04-11
Chapter No. 2013-13
2012
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Revising the factors that a property appraiser must use in deriving the just valuation of property for the purposes of ad valorem taxation; requiring the Department of Revenue to adopt policies and procedures by rule to be used by property appraisers...
[S0686 2012 Detail][S0686 2012 Text][S0686 2012 Comments]
2011-11-15
Withdrawn prior to introduction -SJ 58
2011
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Removes a provision that authorizes the AHCA to deny a license to an applicant or controlling interest of a facility when the applicant or controlling interest has a financial or ownership interest in another licensed facility upon which specified sa...
[S0686 2011 Detail][S0686 2011 Text][S0686 2011 Comments]
2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2010
Regular Session

(Failed)
Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to public records and meetings.
[S0686 2010 Detail][S0686 2010 Text][S0686 2010 Comments]
2010-04-30
Died in Committee on Regulated Industries

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Legislative Citation

APA
FL S0686 | 2016 | Regular Session. (2016, March 11). LegiScan. Retrieved July 20, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0686/2016
MLA
"FL S0686 | 2016 | Regular Session." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 11 Mar. 2016. Web. 20 Jul. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0686/2016>.
Chicago
"FL S0686 | 2016 | Regular Session." March 11, 2016 LegiScan. Accessed July 20, 2026. https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0686/2016.
Turabian
LegiScan. FL S0686 | 2016 | Regular Session. 11 March 2016. https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0686/2016 (accessed July 20, 2026).

Same As/Similar To

BillRelationshipDateTitleLast Action
H0479Similar To2016-03-09Special DistrictsChapter No. 2016-22
S0582Similar To2016-03-08Public CorruptionLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7071 (Ch. 2016-151)
H0593Same As2016-03-11Government AccountabilityDied in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 479 (Ch. 2016-22), CS/CS/CS/HB 651 (Ch. 2016-132), CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237), HB 7071 (Ch. 2016-151)
H0651Similar To2016-03-28Department of Financial ServicesChapter No. 2016-132, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 908 (Ch. 2016-165)
S0956Similar To2016-02-18Special DistrictsLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 479 (Ch. 2016-22)
S0992Similar To2016-03-04Department of Financial ServicesLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 651 (Ch. 2016-132), SB 908 (Ch. 2016-165)
H7071Similar To2016-03-28Public CorruptionChapter No. 2016-151
H0669Similar To2016-03-11Educational ChoiceDied in Education Pre-K - 12, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237)
S1360Similar To2016-03-11Student AssessmentsDied on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237)
S0524Similar To2016-03-11EducationDied on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 287 (Ch. 2016-223), CS/CS/HB 719 (Ch. 2016-58), CS/CS/HB 1365 (Ch. 2016-149), HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237)
S1166Similar To2016-03-04EducationLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 837 (Ch. 2016-137), HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237)
H7029Similar To2016-04-14EducationChapter No. 2016-237, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 837 (Ch. 2016-137), HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62)

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