Legislative Research: FL S0970 | 2026 | Regular Session
Other Sessions
| Session | Title/Description | Last Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Regular Session (Failed) | Enacting the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; requiring member states to meet certain requirements to join and participate in the compact; providing criteria that a respiratory therapist licensee must satisfy to practice under the compact; author... [S0970 2026 Detail][S0970 2026 Text][S0970 2026 Comments] | 2026-03-13 Died in Health Policy |
| 2025 Regular Session (Failed) | Authorizing a minor under 18 years of age to be an organ and tissue donor with informed parental consent; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide certain education on organ and tissue donation to a donor at a specifie... [S0970 2025 Detail][S0970 2025 Text][S0970 2025 Comments] | 2025-06-16 Died in Transportation |
| 2024 Regular Session (Failed) | Citing this act as the "Florida Educational Freedoms Act"; providing that faculty of state universities and Florida College System institutions have the right to engage in collective bargaining; requiring the State Board of Education to ensure that F... [S0970 2024 Detail][S0970 2024 Text][S0970 2024 Comments] | 2024-03-08 Died in Education Postsecondary |
| 2023 Regular Session (Failed) | Prohibiting the drilling or exploration for, or production of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products; prohibiting permitting and construction of certain structures intended to drill or explore for, or produce or transport, oil, gas, or other petroleu... [S0970 2023 Detail][S0970 2023 Text][S0970 2023 Comments] | 2023-05-05 Died in Environment and Natural Resources |
| 2022 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Recognizing November 2022, and each November thereafter, as "Family Court Awareness Month" in Florida, etc. [S0970 2022 Detail][S0970 2022 Text][S0970 2022 Comments] | 2022-03-14 Died, not introduced |
| 2021 Regular Session (Failed) | Expanding the rights of firefighters to include informal inquiries; prohibiting firefighters from being threatened with transfer, dismissal, or disciplinary action during an interrogation, etc. [S0970 2021 Detail][S0970 2021 Text][S0970 2021 Comments] | 2021-04-30 Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability |
| 2020 Regular Session (Failed) | Providing an application fee and a renewal fee for licenses relating to sports wagering, etc. [S0970 2020 Detail][S0970 2020 Text][S0970 2020 Comments] | 2020-03-14 Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology |
| 2019 Regular Session (Failed) | Requiring the principals of certain public elementary schools to take specified actions to facilitate communication and collaboration with private prekindergarten providers; requiring the Office of Early Learning and early learning coalitions to prov... [S0970 2019 Detail][S0970 2019 Text][S0970 2019 Comments] | 2019-05-03 Died in Education |
| 2018 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Prohibiting the arrest, charging, prosecution, or penalizing under specified provisions of a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an individual experiencing, or believed to be experiencing, an alcohol or a drug-related overdos... [S0970 2018 Detail][S0970 2018 Text][S0970 2018 Comments] | 2018-03-10 Died on Calendar |
| 2017 Regular Session (Failed) | Creating the Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking and Prevention within the Department of Legal Affairs; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc. [S0970 2017 Detail][S0970 2017 Text][S0970 2017 Comments] | 2017-05-05 Died in Appropriations |
| 2016 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Requiring unclaimed funds reported in the name of specified campaigns for public office to be deposited with the Chief Financial Officer to the credit of the State School Trust Fund; requiring certain persons claiming entitlement to unclaimed propert... [S0970 2016 Detail][S0970 2016 Text][S0970 2016 Comments] | 2016-03-04 Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 783 (Ch. 2016-90) |
| 2015 Regular Session (Failed) | Revising the requirement relating to background screening of instructional personnel in virtual instruction programs; providing background screening requirements for certain school district employees, contractual personnel, and instructional personne... [S0970 2015 Detail][S0970 2015 Text][S0970 2015 Comments] | 2015-05-01 Died in Education Pre-K - 12 |
| 2014 Regular Session (Failed) | Authorizing a private employer to give priority in its hiring practices to certain wartime veterans and spouses of service-disabled veterans, etc. [S0970 2014 Detail][S0970 2014 Text][S0970 2014 Comments] | 2014-05-02 Died in Commerce and Tourism, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7015 (Ch. 2014-1) |
| 2013 Regular Session (Failed) | Urging Congress to propose to the states an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that would limit the consecutive terms of office which a member of the United States Senate or the United States House of Representatives may serve, etc. [S0970 2013 Detail][S0970 2013 Text][S0970 2013 Comments] | 2013-05-03 Died in Rules |
| 2012 Regular Session (Failed) | Citing this act as the "Florida Property Preservation Act"; authorizing a financial institution or lender that institutes a foreclosure action to file a motion requesting that the circuit court issue a certificate of abandonment and preservation of p... [S0970 2012 Detail][S0970 2012 Text][S0970 2012 Comments] | 2012-03-09 Died in Judiciary |
| 2011 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead) | Repeals provisions relating to the 21st Century Technology, Research, and Scholarship Enhancement Act. Abrogates the repeal of provisions which created the 21st Century World Class Scholars Program. [S0970 2011 Detail][S0970 2011 Text][S0970 2011 Comments] | 2011-05-07 Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |
| 2010 Regular Session (Failed) | Requires persons who apply for licensure renewal as a dentist or dental hygienist to furnish certain information to the DOH in a dental workforce survey. Requires the Board of Dentistry to issue a nondisciplinary citation and a notice for failure to ... [S0970 2010 Detail][S0970 2010 Text][S0970 2010 Comments] | 2010-04-30 Died in Messages |
References Online
| Search Phrase | Web | News | Financial | Encylopedia | Biography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Florida S0970] | Google Web | Google News | |||
| [Senator Tommy Wright FL] | Google Web | Google News | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Legislative Citation
APA
FL S0970 | 2026 | Regular Session. (2026, March 13). LegiScan. Retrieved September 08, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0970/2026
MLA
"FL S0970 | 2026 | Regular Session." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 13 Mar. 2026. Web. 08 Sep. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0970/2026>.
Chicago
"FL S0970 | 2026 | Regular Session." March 13, 2026 LegiScan. Accessed September 08, 2026. https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0970/2026.
Turabian
LegiScan. FL S0970 | 2026 | Regular Session. 13 March 2026. https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/S0970/2026 (accessed September 08, 2026).
Same As/Similar To
| Bill | Relationship | Date | Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S972 | Related | 2026-03-13 | Public Records and Meetings/Respiratory Care Interstate Compact | Died in Health Policy |
| H1235 | Similar To | 2026-03-13 | Respiratory Care Interstate Compact | Died in Health & Human Services Committee |
| H1237 | Similar To | 2026-03-13 | Pub. Rec./Respiratory Care Interstate Compact | Died in Government Operations Subcommittee |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 456 | 076 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 468 | 353 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 468 | 355 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 468 | 361 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 468 | 371 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
| 768 | 28 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
Florida State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/970 |
| Text | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/970/BillText/Filed/HTML |
