S1780 - Defamation, False Light, and Unauthorized Publication of Name or Likenesses
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Judiciary, Jason T. Brodeur
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring that certain articles or broadcasts be removed from the Internet within a specified period to limit damages for defamation; providing persons in certain positions relating to newspapers with immunity for defamation if such persons exercise due care to prevent publication or utterance of such a statement; providing venue for damages for a defamation or privacy tort based on material broadcast over radio or television; providing a rebuttable presumption that a publisher of a false statement acted with actual malice in certain circumstances, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1364 - Everglades Protection Area
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Agriculture, Rules, Alexis Maria Calatayud
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring that proposed plans and plan amendments that apply to certain lands within or near the Everglades Protection Area follow the state coordinated review process; providing duties of the Department of Environmental Protection relating to such plans and plan amendments; authorizing site-specific text changes for small-scale future land use map amendments; prohibiting the adoption of small-scale development amendments for properties located within or near the Everglades Protection Area; providing that certain comprehensive plan amendments are subject to the law in effect at the time of the original submission, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1452 - Compensation for Advising or Assisting in Veterans' Benefits
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, Victor M. Torres
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Citing this act as the "Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding (GUARD) VA Benefits Act"; prohibiting a person from receiving compensation for advising or assisting an individual with regard to a veterans' benefits matter except as authorized by law; providing requirements for advertising services related thereto; requiring a person who provides such services to an individual in return for compensation to enter into a written agreement with and provide a certain disclosure to such individual; providing disclosure requirements, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0994 - Student Transportation Safety
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Transportation, Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, Daniel Wright Burgess
Last updated 4 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Revising requirements for signage posted on the rear of a school bus indicating the use of a school bus infraction detection system; requiring a law enforcement agency to send a notice of violation to the registered owner involved in a violation within a specified timeframe after receiving certain information; prohibiting the use of school bus infraction detection systems for remote surveillance; requiring that certain civil penalties be remitted to a participating school district operating a school bus with a school bus infraction detection system to be used for certain purposes, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S0958 - Local Government Employees
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jonathan Martin, Keith Perry
Last updated 5 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Revising the base salary used to calculate the compensation of county tax collectors; defining the term "tax collector employee"; providing that tax collector employees are eligible to receive specified monetary benefits from the state for adopting children within the child welfare system; revising the base salary used to calculate the compensation of district school superintendents, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S1790 - Public Records/Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Erin K. Grall
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for information relating to investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs and law enforcement agencies of certain data privacy violations; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1534 - Sovereign Immunity
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Judiciary, Jennifer E. Bradley
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Revising applicability; requiring that contracts with such firms must, to the extent permitted by law, provide indemnity to the department, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S0094 - Cannabis Offenses
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Shevrin D. Jones
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Reducing criminal penalties for a first, second, or third violation if the offense is the possession of 20 grams or less of cannabis; prohibiting the possession of any drug paraphernalia discovered in connection with and intended for use with such violations from being considered a criminal act or being prosecuted as such, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1042 - Traffic Infraction Detectors
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ileana Garcia
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Proposing the creation of Section 33 of Article X of the State Constitution to prohibit the state or its political subdivisions from placing and operating traffic infraction detectors for specified purposes, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0288 - Designation of a Certain Diagnosis on Motor Vehicle Registrations
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Transportation, Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, Ana Maria Rodriguez
Last updated 11 months ago8 Co-Sponsors
Citing this act as the "Safeguarding American Families Everywhere (SAFE) Act"; requiring the application form for motor vehicle registration to include certain language allowing an applicant to indicate that he or she has been diagnosed with, or is the parent or legal guardian of a child or ward who has been diagnosed with, specified disabilities or disorders; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to allow specified persons to update a motor vehicle registration to include or remove the specified designation at any time, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S1660 - Translation Services
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Judiciary, Victor M. Torres
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing courts to contract with a third-party translation service provider to provide translation services; providing that such services may be made available to any party requesting them, regardless of whether represented by counsel; providing that a court is not required to provide translation services, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S1606 - Municipal Solid Waste-to-Energy Program
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Victor M. Torres
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Revising the state agency responsible for administering the Municipal Solid Waste-to-Energy Program; revising the requirements necessary for municipal solid waste-to-energy facilities to be eligible to receive financial assistance and incentive grant funding, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0576 - Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Community Affairs, Blaise Ingoglia
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing county sheriffs to establish civilian oversight boards to review the policies and procedures of the sheriff's office and its subdivisions; revising the definition of "political subdivision"; prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or attempting to enforce certain ordinances relating to the receipt, processing, or investigation of complaints against law enforcement officers or correctional officers, or relating to civilian oversight of law enforcement agency investigations of complaints of misconduct by such officers; authorizing the chief of a municipal police department to establish a civilian oversight board to review the policies and procedures of the chief's department and its subdivisions, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S0072 - Florida Statutes
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Debbie Mayfield
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Adopting the Florida Statutes 2024 and designating the portions thereof that are to constitute the official law of the state; providing that general laws enacted during the 2023 regular session and prior thereto and not included in the Florida Statutes are repealed; providing that general laws enacted during the November 6-9, 2023, special session through the 2024 regular session are not repealed by this adoption act, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S1284 - Health Care for Inmates
Florida - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jonathan Martin
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Providing for individual dignity and treatment; substantially rewording provisions concerning involuntary examinations of inmates and providing requirements therefor; substantially rewording provisions relating to placement and treatment of an inmate in a mental health treatment facility and providing requirements therefor; specifying purposes for which an inmate's mental health treatment records may be provided to the Florida Commission on Offender Review and the Department of Children and Families, etc.
STATUS
Failed