Legislative Research: FL S0712 | 2020 | Regular Session

Other Sessions

SessionTitle/DescriptionLast Action
2026
Regular Session

(Failed)
Citing this act as the "Direct Sales Consumer Protection Act"; prohibiting a person from establishing, promoting, operating, or participating in a pyramid promotional scheme; requiring the Department of Legal Affairs to issue and serve a complaint an...
[S0712 2026 Detail][S0712 2026 Text][S0712 2026 Comments]
2026-03-13
Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
2025
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt minimum standards for the installation of synthetic turf on specified properties; requiring that, for certain contracts entered into on or after a specified date, local governmental entiti...
[S0712 2025 Detail][S0712 2025 Text][S0712 2025 Comments]
2025-04-30
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 683 (Ch. 2025-140)
2024
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current county attorneys, assistant county attorneys, deputy county attorneys, city attorneys, assistant city attorneys, and deputy city ...
[S0712 2024 Detail][S0712 2024 Text][S0712 2024 Comments]
2024-03-04
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 103
2023
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Prohibiting an applicant or a licensee from certain actions in the allocation or distribution of motor vehicles to franchised motor vehicle dealers; prohibiting applicants and licensees from engaging in certain activities; revising provisions prohibi...
[S0712 2023 Detail][S0712 2023 Text][S0712 2023 Comments]
2023-05-02
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 637 (Ch. 2023-233)
2022
Regular Session

(Failed)
Defining the term "small business"; providing that small businesses are not required to collect the sales and use tax on the retail sale of certain items of tangible personal property during a specified timeframe; authorizing certain dealers to opt o...
[S0712 2022 Detail][S0712 2022 Text][S0712 2022 Comments]
2022-03-14
Died in Commerce and Tourism
2021
Regular Session

(Failed)
Requiring applicants for a certificate of eligibility of expunction for certain criminal history records to pay a specified fee to the Department of Law Enforcement for placement in a specified trust fund; providing an exception, etc.
[S0712 2021 Detail][S0712 2021 Text][S0712 2021 Comments]
2021-04-30
Died in Health Policy
2020
Regular Session

(Passed)
Citing this act as the "Clean Waterways Act"; requiring the Department of Health to provide a specified report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; requiring the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Protection ...
[S0712 2020 Detail][S0712 2020 Text][S0712 2020 Comments]
2020-07-01
Chapter No. 2020-150
2019
Regular Session

(Failed)
Specifying distribution requirements for certain safe schools allocation funds for the 2019-2020 fiscal year; requiring each district school superintendent to remit specified unused funds from the 2018-2019 fiscal year to the Department of Education;...
[S0712 2019 Detail][S0712 2019 Text][S0712 2019 Comments]
2019-05-03
Died in Education
2018
Regular Session

(Failed)
Exempting an autonomous vehicle being operated in autonomous mode from a certain prohibition on the operation of a motor vehicle if the vehicle is actively displaying certain content that is visible from the driver's seat while the vehicle is in moti...
[S0712 2018 Detail][S0712 2018 Text][S0712 2018 Comments]
2018-03-10
Died in Banking and Insurance
2017
Regular Session

(Failed)
Revising provisions related to the setting of Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes; requiring that an increase in a nursing home facility's Medicaid rate be allocated proportionately in accordance with a certain quality matrix, etc.
[S0712 2017 Detail][S0712 2017 Text][S0712 2017 Comments]
2017-05-05
Died in Health Policy
2016
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Prescribing the annual salaries for members of the Legislature; providing for future adjustment of salaries, etc.
[S0712 2016 Detail][S0712 2016 Text][S0712 2016 Comments]
2016-02-16
Unfavorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability, laid on Table; YEAS 1 NAYS 3
2015
Regular Session

(Failed)
Exempting all aircraft sales or leases, rather than the sales or leases of certain aircraft, from the sales and use tax, etc.
[S0712 2015 Detail][S0712 2015 Text][S0712 2015 Comments]
2015-05-01
Died in Finance and Tax
2014
Regular Session

(Failed)
Revising the definition of "prepaid calling arrangement" to clarify and update which services are included under that definition and subject to a sales tax, etc.
[S0712 2014 Detail][S0712 2014 Text][S0712 2014 Comments]
2014-05-02
Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5601 (Ch. 2014-38)
2013
Regular Session

(Failed)
Creating a Fallen Law Enforcement Officers license plate; establishing an annual use fee for the plate; providing for the distribution of use fees received from the sale of such plates, etc.
[S0712 2013 Detail][S0712 2013 Text][S0712 2013 Comments]
2013-05-03
Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
2012
Regular Session

(Failed)
Creating the Destination Resort Trust Fund within the Department of Gaming Control; providing for the purpose of the trust fund; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc.
[S0712 2012 Detail][S0712 2012 Text][S0712 2012 Comments]
2012-03-09
Died in Budget
2011
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Specifies common elements for which right of use may be suspended by a condominium association if a unit owner is delinquent in paying a monetary obligation.
[S0712 2011 Detail][S0712 2011 Text][S0712 2011 Comments]
2011-05-07
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2010
Regular Session

(Introduced - Dead)
Prohibits the Department of Legal Affairs of the Office of the Attorney General from entering into a contingency fee contract with a private attorney unless the Attorney General makes a written determination prior to entering into such a contract tha...
[S0712 2010 Detail][S0712 2010 Text][S0712 2010 Comments]
2010-03-25
Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -SJ 00339; Amendment(s) failed -SJ 00340; Substituted CS/HB 437 -SJ 00340; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 437 (Ch. 2010-7) -SJ 00340

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Legislative Citation

APA
FL S0712 | 2020 | Regular Session. (2020, July 01). LegiScan. Retrieved October 06, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0712/2020
MLA
"FL S0712 | 2020 | Regular Session." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 01 Jul. 2020. Web. 06 Oct. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0712/2020>.
Chicago
"FL S0712 | 2020 | Regular Session." July 01, 2020 LegiScan. Accessed October 06, 2026. https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0712/2020.
Turabian
LegiScan. FL S0712 | 2020 | Regular Session. 01 July 2020. https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0712/2020 (accessed October 06, 2026).

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H1091Similar To2020-07-01Environmental AccountabilityChapter No. 2020-158
H1199Similar To2020-03-14Environmental Protection ActDied on Calendar
S1450Similar To2020-03-11Environmental AccountabilityLaid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1091
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Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
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373707Amended CodeSee Bill Text
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381006Amended CodeSee Bill Text
3810061Amended CodeSee Bill Text
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403121Amended CodeSee Bill Text
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403412Amended CodeSee Bill Text
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59002Amended CodeSee Bill Text

Florida State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712
Texthttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/BillText/Filed/HTML
Texthttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/BillText/c1/HTML
Texthttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/BillText/c2/HTML
Texthttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/BillText/e1/HTML
Texthttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/BillText/er/HTML
Amendmenthttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/Amendment/832916/HTML
Amendmenthttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/Amendment/733210/HTML
Amendmenthttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/Amendment/584284/HTML
Amendmenthttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/Amendment/707762/HTML
Amendmenthttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/Amendment/674648/HTML
Amendmenthttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/Amendment/811418/HTML
Amendmenthttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/Amendment/338610/HTML
Amendmenthttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/Amendment/500250/HTML
Roll Callhttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/Vote/SenateVote_s00712e1024.PDF
Roll Callhttps://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/712/Vote/HouseVote_s00712e1690.PDF

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