2011 Bill Summaries
The 2011 Bill Summaries are reports created by committee staff that give brief explanations of legislation that passed this session in both the House and Senate. These summaries are created by committee staff and do not represent the opinion of any Senator, Senate Officer, or Senate Office.
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- Agriculture
- Banking and Insurance
- Budget
- Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
- Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations
- Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
- Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
- Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
- Budget Subcommittee on Higher Education Appropriations
- Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- Commerce and Tourism
- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
- Community Affairs
- Criminal Justice
- Education Pre-K - 12
- Environmental Preservation and Conservation
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- Health Regulation
- Higher Education
- Judiciary
- Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
- Reapportionment
- Regulated Industries
- Rules
- Transportation
Agriculture
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- CS/CS/HB 421 — Agricultural-related Exemptions to Water Management Requirements
- SB 722 — Saving Dogs
- CS/CS/CS/HB 949 — Pest Control
- CS/CS/SB 1312 — School Nutrition Programs
- CS/CS/HB 7215 — Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Banking and Insurance
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- CS/CS/HB 99 — Commercial Insurance Rates
- HB 331 — Firesafety
- CS/CS/CS/SB 408 — Property and Casualty Insurance
- HB 469 — Individual Retirement Accounts
- CS/HB 677 — Public Records/Office of Financial Regulation
- CS/HB 723 — Reciprocity of Workers' Compensation Claims
- CS/HB 1007 — Insurer Insolvency
- CS/HB 1087 — Insurance
- CS/HB 1121 — Financial Institutions
- CS/HB 1125 — Health and Human Services
- CS/HB 1193 — Health Insurance
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1816 — Surplus Lines Insurance
- HB 4081 — Repeal of Obsolete Insurance Provisions (Chapter 2011-11)
- HB 4129 — Residential Property/Evaluation Grant Program (Chapter 2011-12, L.O.F.)
- HB 4181 — Prohibited Activities of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
Budget
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- CS/HB 143 — Economic Development
- CS/HB 641 — Tax Administration
- CS/CS/SB 1292 — Chief Financial Officer
- CS/CS/SB 1314 — State Financial Matters
- CS/SB 1738 — State Financial Information
- SB 2002 — Implementing 2011-2012 General Appropriations Act
- SB 2094 — State Employees
- SB 2096 — State Financial Information
- SB 2098 — Consolidation of State Information Technology Services
- SB 2100 — Retirement
- SB 2104 — Governmental Reorganization
- SB 2106 — Florida Energy and Climate Commission
- SB 2110 — Auditor General
- SB 2112 — Juvenile Detention Facilities
- SB 2114 — Juvenile Justice
- SB 2116 — State Judicial System
- SB 2118 — Criminal Justice
- SB 2120 — K-12 Education Funding
- SB 2122 — State Government Operations
- SB 2128 — Public Employees Relations Commission
- SB 2130 — Pollution Control
- SB 2132 — Department of Financial Services
- SB 2136 — Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- SB 2142 — Water Management Districts
- CS/SB 2144 — Medicaid
- SB 2146 — Allocation of Funds for Community-Based Care Lead Agencies
- SB 2150 — Postsecondary Education Funding
- SB 2152 — Transportation
- SB 2154 — Florida Housing Finance Corporation; Federal Grants Trust Fund
- SB 2156 — Governmental Reorganization
- SB 2160 — Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- SB 2162 — Welfare Transition Trust Fund
- HB 5011 — Commission on Capital Cases
- HB 5303 — Biomedical Research
- HB 5305 — Correctional Medical Authority
- HB 5401 — Cybercrime Office
- HB 5405 — Trust Funds of the State Courts System
- HB 7205 — State Economic Enhancement and Development Trust Fund
- HB 7207 — Trust Funds; Growth Management
Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
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- SB 1012 — State Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund/Justice Administrative Commission
- SB 1014 — Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund/Justice Administrative Commission
- SB 1016 — Indigent Civil Defense Trust Fund/Justice Administrative Commission
- SB 1018 — State Courts Revenue Trust Fund
- SB 1020 — Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Legal Affairs
- SB 1022 — Operating Trust Fund/Department of Legal Affairs
- SB 1024 — Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Juvenile Justice
Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations
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- SB 1026 — Operating Trust Fund/Department of Education
- SB 1028 — Administrative Trust Fund/Department of Education
Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
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- CS/SJR 958 — State Revenue Limitation
- CS/HB 7185 — Corporate Income Tax
Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
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- SB 1030 — Trust Funds/Department of Financial Services
- SB 1032 — Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Environmental Protection
- SB 1034 — Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Revenue
- SB 1036 — Operations Trust Fund/Department of Revenue
- SB 1038 — Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Financial Services
- SB 1040 — Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund/Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
- No Summaries
Budget Subcommittee on Higher Education Appropriations
- No Summaries
Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations
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- SB 1042 — Federal Grants Trust Fund/Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- SB 1044 — International Registration Clearing Trust Fund/Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
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- CS/CS/HB 139 — Child Care Facilities
- CS/HB 279 — Training/Certification/Child Welfare Personnel
- SB 404 — Transition to Adulthood Services
- CS/SB 504 — Child Visitation
- CS/HB 579 — Public Records for Regional Autism Centers
- CS/HB 843 — Teaching Agency for Home and Community-based Care
- CS/CS/HB 1037 — Continuing Care Retirement Communities
- CS/CS/SB 1366 — Child Welfare/Mental Health/Substance Abuse
- CS/SB 1992 — Background Screening
- CS/HB 4045 — Assisted Living Facilities
Commerce and Tourism
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- CS/HB 253 — Limited Liability Companies
- CS/CS/CS/HB 399 — Infrastructure Investment
- CS/CS/CS/HB 599 — Corporations Not For Profit
- CS/CS/HB 879 — Targeted Economic Development
- CS/HB 901 — Household Moving Services
- CS/SB 926 — Liability/Employers of Developmentally Disabled
- CS/CS/SB 1346 — Obsolete References and Programs
- CS/SB 1884 — Consumer Protection
- CS/HB 4013 — Television Picture Tubes
- HB 4023 — Sales Representative Contracts/Commissions
- HB 4033 — Florida Industrial Development Corporation
- CS/CS/HB 7005 — Unemployment Compensation
- CS/HB 7209 — Consumer Services Functions/DOACS
Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
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- CS/CS/CS/HB 887 — Communications Services Tax
- CS/CS/HB 1231 — Telecommunications
Community Affairs
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- HB 19 — Compensation of County Officials
- CS/CS/CS/SB 88 — Public Employee Compensation
- HB 93 — Security Cameras
- CS/SB 224 — Local Government Accountability
- CS/CS/CS HB 281 — Value Adjustment Boards
- CS/CS/HB 287 — Economic Development
- SB 298 — Municipal Governing Body Meetings
- CS/CS/CS/HB 311 — Local Business Taxes
- CS/CS/CS/CS/CS/HJR 381 — Property Assessment/Homestead Exemption
- HB 407 — Residential Building Permits
- SB 410 — Impact Fees
- CS/SB 478 — Property Taxation
- HB 597 — Public Records/Agency Emergency Notification Information
- HB 639 — Affordable Housing
- CS/HB 667 — Public Records/Local Government Inspector General
- CS/CS/HB 701 — Property Rights
- HB 767 — Local Government
- CS/HB 811 — Florida Endowment Foundation for Vocational Rehabilitation
- CS/CS/CS/HB 849 — Building Construction and Inspection
- CS/HB 913 — Public Records/Records Held by Public Airports
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1163 — Ad Valorem Taxation
- HB 4031 — Local Government Services
- HB 7001 — Growth Management
- HB 7003 — Affordable Housing
Criminal Justice
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- CS/HB 3 — Assault or Battery of a Law Enforcement Officer
- CS/CS/HB 39 — Controlled Substances
- CS/CS/CS/HB 45 — Regulation of Firearms and Ammunition
- CS/CS/HB 75 — Offense of Sexting
- CS/CS/HB 155 — Privacy of Firearm Owners
- CS/CS/SB 234 — Firearms
- SB 240 — Violations of Injunctions for Protection
- CS/CS/CS/HB 251 — Sexual Offenses
- CS/CS/HB 339 — Possession of Stolen Credit or Debit Cards
- SB 344 — Animal Cruelty
- HB 347 — Vehicle Crashes Involving Death
- CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 353 — Drug Screening/Beneficiaries of TANF
- CS/CS/HB 369 — Faith- and Character-Based Correctional Programs
- CS/SB 400 — Treatment-based Drug Court Programs
- CS/HB 409 — Public Records/Intelligence/Investigative Information
- CS/HB 411 — Public Records/Photos and Recordings/Killing of Person
- CS/CS/HB 563 — Injunctions for Protection Against Violence
- CS/SB 618 — Juvenile Justice
- CS/SB 664 — Missing Person Investigations/Silver Alert
- CS/SB 844 — Violations/Probation/Community Control/Widman Act
- CS/HB 997 — Juvenile Civil Citations
- HB 1029 — Interstate Compact for Juveniles
- CS/HB 1039 — Controlled Substances
- HB 4159 — State Attorneys
- HB 7075 — OGSR/DJJ Employees and Family Members
- HB 7077 — OGSR/Biometric Identification Information
- HB 7161 — OGSR/Concealed Weapons or Firearms
Education Pre-K - 12
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- SB 228 — Code of Student Conduct
- CS/CS/SB 736 — Educational Personnel
- HB 797 — Interscholastic and Intrascholastic Sports
- CS/CS/HB 965 — Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program
- CS/CS/HB 1255 — Public School Accountability
- CS/HB 1329 — McKay Scholarships/Students With Disabilities
- CS/HB 1331 — School Choice
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1546 — School Choice
- CS/HB 7087 — Education Law Repeals
- CS/CS/HB 7197 — Digital Learning
Environmental Preservation and Conservation
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- CS/CS/SB 512 — Vessels
- CS/SB 960 — Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Governmental Oversight and Accountability
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- CS/SB 146 — Ex-Offenders/Licensing and Employment
- CS/SB 444 — Scrutinized Companies
- SB 898 — Executive Office of the Governor
- CS/CS/CS/HB's 993 and 7239 — Rulemaking
- CS/CS/SB 1128 — Local Government Retirement Plans
- CS/SB 1970 — Public Records/OPPAGA
- HB 7155 — State Financial Matters
- CS/HB 7223 — OGSR/Competitive Solicitations
- HB 7225 — OGSR/SBA Alternative Investments
Health Regulation
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- CS/SJR 2 — Health Care Services
- CS/HB 97 — Health Insurance
- CS/CS/HB 137 — Prostate Cancer Awareness Program
- CS/CS/HB 395 — University of Florida J. Hillis Miller Health Center
- CS/CS/HB 445 — Wellness or Health Improvement Programs
- CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 479 — Medical Malpractice
- SB 702 — Umbilical Cord Blood Banking
- CS/CS/HB 935 — Health Care Price Transparency
- CS/HB 1085 — Women's Health
- CS/HB 1127 — Abortions
- CS/HJR 1179 — Abortion/Public Funding/Construction of Rights
- HB 1247 — Parental Notice of Abortion
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1319 — Certificates/Licenses/Health Care Practitioners
- CS/HB 1463 — Crisis Stabilization Units
- CS/HB 1473 — Public Records/Florida Health Choices Program
- CS/SB 1676 — Sovereign Immunity
- HB 4027 — Obsolete Health Care Provisions
- HB 4121 — Clove Cigarettes
- HB 7079 — OGSR/Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research
- CS/CS/HB 7095 — Prescription Drugs
- CS/HB 7107 — Medicaid Managed Care
- CS/HB 7109 — Medicaid
Higher Education
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- CS/SB 84 — Community College Names
- CS/SM 1654 — Memorial to the U.S. Department of Education Regarding Postsecondary Programs
- CS/HB 7151 — Postsecondary Education
Judiciary
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- CS/HB 59 — Service of Process
- CS/SB 142 — Negligence
- CS/CS/SB 170 — Electronic Filing and Receipt of Legal Documents
- CS/CS/HB 277 — Sovereign Immunity
- CS/HB 325 — Estates
- CS/HB 567 — Judgment Interest
- CS/HB 621 — Child Custody
- CS/CS/HB 647 — Protection of Volunteers
- CS/SB 670 — Powers of Attorney
- HB 951 — Recording of Real Property Documents
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1111 — Family Law
- SB 1142 — Adverse Possession
- CS/HJR 1471 — Religious Freedom
- HB 4067 — Residence of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
- HB 7081 — Open Government Sunset Review/Statewide Public Guardianship Office
- HB 7083 — Open Government Sunset Review/Interference with Custody
- HB 7085 — Open Government Sunset Review/Court Monitors in Guardianship Cases
- CS/HJR 7111 — Judiciary
Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
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- CS/CS/HB 95 — State Parks
- CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 283 — Seaports
- HB 431 — Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards
- CS/CS/SB 450 — Emergency Management
- CS/HB 465 — Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame
- CS/SJR 592 — Veteran's Property Tax Discount
- SB 652 — Liability of Spaceflight Entities
- CS/HB 663 — State Forests
- CS/CS/HB 1141 — Ad Valorem Tax Exemption/Deployed Servicemembers
- HB 1165 — Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards
Reapportionment
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Regulated Industries
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- CS/HB 105, 1st Eng. — Open House Parties
- SB 462 — Beverage Law
- CS/SB 650 — Mobile Home Park Lot Tenancies
- CS/CS/CS/HB 883, 2nd Eng. — Public Lodging Establishments and Public Food Service Establishments
- CCS/CS/CS/HB 1195, 1st Eng. — Condominium, Cooperative, and Homeowners' Associations
- CS/CS/SB 1196 — Construction Liens
- CS/CS/SB 1430 — Regulation of Smoking
Rules
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- SB 1204 — Joint Legislative Organizations
- Memorials
Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections
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- CS/HB 227 — Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB)
- SB 330 — Violations of the Florida Election Code
- CS/CS/HB 1355 — Elections
- HB 7159 — OGSR; Commission on Ethics Audits and Investigations