S1666 - Veterans
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, Jay Collins
Last updated 10 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Creating the Florida Veterans' History Program within the Division of Arts and Culture of the Department of State as a Florida Folklife Program; revising the purpose of Florida Is For Veterans, Inc.; revising the duties of the corporation to require that it conduct specified activities directed toward its target market; revising the purpose of the Veterans Employment and Training Services Program; authorizing the use of grant funds to provide for a specified educational stipend; prohibiting the Department of State from charging veterans who reside in this state fees for the filing of specified documents, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0070 - Public Records and Meetings/Social Work Licensure Compact
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ana Maria Rodriguez
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Health or the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling pursuant to the Social Work Licensure Compact; authorizing the disclosure of such information under certain circumstances; providing an exemption from public records requirements for recordings, minutes, and records generated during the closed portions of such meetings; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1766 - Flood Damage Prevention
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Environment and Natural Resources, Ana Maria Rodriguez
Last updated 10 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Citing this act as the "Flood Damage Prevention Act of 2024"; providing specified maximum voluntary freeboard requirements for new construction and substantial improvements to existing construction; prohibiting voluntary freeboard from being used in the calculation of the maximum allowable height for certain construction; requiring the Florida Building Commission to develop and adopt by rule minimum freeboard requirements by a specified date and to incorporate such requirements into the next edition of the Florida Building Code, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0830 - Student Cardiac and Medical Emergencies
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Health Policy, Fiscal Policy, Jay Collins
Last updated about 1 year ago4 Co-Sponsors
Citing this act as the "HeartCharged Act"; requiring each public school to have at least one automated external defibrillator on school grounds; encouraging each public school to establish public and private partnerships and seek gifts, grants, and other donations for specified purposes; providing immunity from liability for school employees and students under the Good Samaritan Act and the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; revising the requirements for certain athletic coaches to include certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, and the use of an automatic external defibrillator, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S0568 - Coverage for Out-of-network Ground Ambulance Emergency Services
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Banking and Insurance, Ed Hooper
Last updated 10 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Defining the terms "ambulance service provider" and "nonparticipating ambulance service provider"; requiring certain health insurers to reimburse nonparticipating ambulance service providers at a specified rate for providing ground ambulance services; prohibiting certain cost-sharing responsibilities paid from exceeding a certain amount; requiring certain health maintenance contracts to require a health maintenance organization to reimburse out-of-network ambulance service providers at a specified rate for providing covered services, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1136 - Regulation of Water Resources
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Community Affairs, Rules, Jay Trumbull
Last updated 8 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Revising the qualification requirements a person must meet in order to take the water well contractor license examination; authorizing certain authorities who have been delegated enforcement powers by water management districts to apply disciplinary guidelines adopted by the districts; prohibiting a person or business entity from advertising water well drilling or construction services in specified circumstances; providing that the Department of Environmental Protection's variance review and advisory committee is not responsible for reviewing water well permitting, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S0736 - Services Provided by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or Its Agents
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Fiscal Policy, Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, Jay Trumbull
Last updated 6 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Providing that a certain affidavit establishes a presumption of ownership and right of possession to a motor vehicle or mobile home when the previous owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home died testate; prohibiting the department or a tax collector from charging a fee for reissuance of certain certificates of title; authorizing certain disabled veterans to be issued a military license plate or specialty license plate in lieu of a "DV" license plate; authorizing the department to design, issue, and regulate the use of temporary tags when the existing owner of a vehicle has submitted an application to transfer a valid out-of-state title that is subject to a lien, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S0600 - Hurricane Protections for Homeowners' Associations
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Regulated Industries, Blaise Ingoglia
Last updated about 1 year ago2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the board or a committee of a homeowners' association to adopt hurricane protection specifications; requiring that such specifications conform to applicable building codes; prohibiting the board or a committee of an association from denying an application for the installation, enhancement, or replacement of certain hurricane protection; authorizing the requirement to adhere to certain guidelines regarding the external appearance of a structure or an improvement on a parcel, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S0896 - Health Care Practitioners and Massage Therapy
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Fiscal Policy, Jonathan Martin
Last updated about 1 year ago2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that a certain annual report required of the Department of Health include specified data; requiring the department to immediately suspend the license of massage therapists and massage establishments under certain circumstances; revising quorum requirements for the Board of Massage Therapy; prohibiting sexual activity and certain related activities in massage establishments; revising advertising requirements and prohibitions for massage therapists and massage establishments; requiring the department's investigators to request valid government identification from all employees while in a massage establishment, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S7046 - Homeowners' Associations
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Regulated Industries, Jennifer E. Bradley
Last updated 10 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Providing criminal penalties for directors or members of the board or association who fail to maintain and make available specified records; providing criminal penalties for persons who knowingly and intentionally deface, destroy, or fail to maintain specified accounting records; prohibiting an association or any architectural, construction improvement, or other such similar committee of an association from enforcing or adopting certain covenants, rules, or guidelines; prohibiting a homeowners' association from restricting residents from installing certain vegetable gardens and clotheslines under certain circumstances, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1628 - Local Government Actions
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Community Affairs, Fiscal Policy, Jay Collins
Last updated 8 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that certain bond referenda called by a county, district, or municipality be held at a general election; revising applicability provisions for the enactment or adoption of county and municipal ordinances, respectively, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S1828 - 85th Anniversary of the Florida Highway Patrol
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Tommy A. Wright
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Recognizing and celebrating the 85th anniversary of the Florida Highway Patrol, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S0468 - Court Interpreter Services
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jennifer E. Bradley
Last updated about 1 year ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the state courts system to use state revenues, if available, to provide court-appointed interpreting services to nonindigent individuals; repealing the cost recovery requirement for court-appointed interpreting services, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S0374 - Human Trafficking
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Rosalind Osgood
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Revising the definition of the term "coercion"; authorizing the prosecution of specified offenses under the Florida RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) Act; requiring the Department of Education and Department of Health, in conjunction with the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking, to establish an awareness training program and community partnership on human trafficking, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and child trafficking; requiring the court to order restitution upon a defendant's conviction for specified offenses, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1354 - Indian River Lagoon Protection Program
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Tommy A. Wright
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Revising the percentages of funds to be distributed from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to various trust funds; requiring that a specified amount of funds be used for the Indian River Lagoon Protection Program; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, using data provided by identified entities, to identify commercial or residential properties that use onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems located within the Indian River Lagoon Protection Program, etc.
STATUS
Failed
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