2012 Bill Summaries
The 2012 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.
PDF of all 2012 Bill Summaries
- Agriculture (AG)
- Banking and Insurance (BI)
- Budget (BC)
- Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax (BFT)
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU)
- Community Affairs (CA)
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
- Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- Health Regulation (HR)
- Higher Education (HE)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- Reapportionment (RE)
- Regulated Industries (RI)
- Rules (RC)
- Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Transportation (TR)
Agriculture (AG)
- All 2012 Summaries for Agriculture (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 449 — Public Fairs and Expositions
- CS/HB 1197 — Agriculture
- CS/CS/HB 1237 — Department of Citrus
- HB 1239 — Public Records/Department of Citrus
- CS/CS/HB 7021 — Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Banking and Insurance (BI)
- All 2012 Summaries for Banking and Insurance (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 119 — Motor Vehicle Personal Injury Protection Insurance
- SB 140 — Repeal of Workers’ Compensation Reporting Requirement
- CS/CS/HB 643 — Title Insurance
- CS/CS/HB 645 — Public Record/Title Insurance Data/Office of Insurance Regulation
- CS/CS/CS/HB 725 — Insurance Agents and Adjusters
- SB 792 — Financial Institutions
- CS/HB 941 — Insurance
- CS/CS/HB 1011 — Warranty Associations
- CS/SB 1050 — Fiduciaries
- CS/CS/HB 1101 — Insurance
- HB 1127 — Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
- CS/HB 1277 — Money Services Businesses
- HB 4061 — Uniform Home Grading Scale
- HB 4139 — Repeal of Health Insurance Provisions
- HB 7033 — OGSR/Personal Injury Protection and Property Damage Liability Insurance Policies
- HB 7107 — OGSR/Consumer Complaints and Inquiries
- HB 7111 — Open Government Sunset Review/Unclaimed Property
Budget (BC)
- All 2012 Summaries for Budget (PDF)
- SB 1958 — Department of Health
- SB 1960 — State Judicial System
- SB 1964 — Court-related Assessments
- SB 1968 — Criminal Justice
- SB 1986 — Water Management Districts
- SB 1994 — Postsecondary Education
- SB 1996— Department of Economic Opportunity
- SB 1998 — Transportation
- HB 5001 — Appropriations
- HB 5003 — Implementing the 2012-2013 General Appropriations Act
- HB 5005 — Retirement
- HB 5007 — State Employees
- HB 5009 — Health Insurance Benefits for State Employees
- HB 5011 — State Information Technology
- HB 5101 — Prekindergarten through Grade 12 Education Funding
- CS/HB 5103 — School Readiness Program
- HB 5201 — Postsecondary Education Funding
- CS/HB 5203 — Reemployment Services
- HB 5301 — Medicaid Services
- HB 5303 — Department of Children and Family Services
- HB 5401 — Shared County and State Responsibility for Juvenile Detention
- HB 5403 — State Court Revenues
- HB 5501 — One-Stop Business Registration Portal
- HB 5503 — One-Stop Business Registration Clearing Trust Fund
- HB 5505 — Department of Financial Services
- HB 5507 — Department of Management Services
- CS/HB 5509 — State Data Center System
- HB 5511 — Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- HB 5601 — License to Carry a Concealed Weapon or Firearm
Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax (BFT)
- All 2012 Summaries for Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax (PDF)
- HB 5701 — Corporate Income Tax
- HB 7087 — Economic Development
- CS/HB 7097 — Administration of Property Taxes
- CS/HB 7099 — Tax Administration
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- All 2012 Summaries for Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 99 — Sexual Exploitation
- SB 446 — OGSR/Insurance Claim Data Exchange Information/Past Due Child Support
- CS/CS/HB 473 — Alzheimer’s Disease
- CS/CS/CS/SB 694 — Adult Day Care Centers
- CS/CS/HB 803 — Child Protection
- CS/CS/CS/HB 943 — Background Screening
- CS/CS/HB 1097 — Sexually Violent Predators
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1163 — Adoption
- CS/CS/HB 1229 — Reorganization of the Department of Children and Family Services
- CS/HB 1351 — Homeless Youth
- HB 7093 — Domestic Violence
Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- All 2012 Summaries for Commerce and Tourism (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 189 — Criminal Restitution
- CS/HB 483 — Uniform Commercial Code
- CS/CS/HB 749 —Consumer Services
- CS/HB 827 — Limited Agricultural Associations
- CS/CS/HB 885 —Transactions by Secondhand Dealers and Secondary Metals Recyclers
- HB 917 — Jurisdiction of the Courts
- HB 1015 — Tourist Development Tax
- CS/HB 1323 — Metal Theft
- CS/HB 7023 — Regional Workforce Boards
- CS/HB 7027 — Unemployment Compensation
- CS/HB 7041 — Governmental Reorganization
- HB 7103 — OGSR/Florida Opportunity Fund and Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research
- CS/HB 7115 — OGSR/Economic Development Agencies
- HB 7121 — Ratification of Rules
Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU)
- All 2012 Summaries for Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (PDF)
- CS/HB 809 — Communications Services Taxes
- CS/HB 945 — Broadband Internet Service
- HB 4001 — Florida Climate Protection Act
- HB 7037 — OGSR/Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc.
- CS/CS/HB 7117 — Energy
Community Affairs (CA)
- All 2012 Summaries for Community Affairs (PDF)
- HB 103 — Transfer of Tax Liability
- CS/CS/CS/HB 107 — Special Districts
- CS/HJR 169 — Additional Homestead Tax Exemption for Seniors
- HB 231 — Intergovernmental Cooperation
- CS/HB 357 — Homestead Exemptions for Seniors
- SB 368 — Financial Emergencies
- CS/HB 377 — Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Mitigation Plan
- CS/HB 387 — Electronic Filing of Construction Plans
- CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 503 — Environmental Regulation
- CS/CS/HB 521 — State Preemption of the Regulation of Hoisting Equipment
- SB 570 — Public Records/Donor Identity/Publicly Owned Performing Arts Center
- CS/SB 692 — Local Government
- CS/CS/SB 704 — Building Construction and Inspection
- CS/SB 800 — County Boundary Lines
- CS/CS/HB 801 — Emergency 911 Service
- CS/CS/HB 937 — Legal Notices
- CS/CS/HB 979 — Developments of Regional Impact
- CS/HJR 1003 — Tangible Personal Property Tax Exemptions
- CS/HB 1013 — Residential Construction Warranties
- CS/HB 1227 — Certification of 911 Public Safety Telecommunicators
- SB 1724 — Mosquito Control Districts
- HB 4003 — Growth Policy
- HB 4027 — Community-Based Development Organizations
- CS/HB 7081 — Growth Management
- HB 7125 — Exemptions from Local Business Taxes
Criminal Justice (CJ)
- All 2012 Summaries for Criminal Justice (PDF)
- CS/HB 37 — Knowingly and Willfully Giving False Information to a Law Enforcement Officer
- CS/HB 173 — Department of Juvenile Justice
- CS/CS/CS/HB 177 — Inmate Reentry
- CS/SB 186 — Misdemeanor Pretrial Substance Abuse Programs
- CS/CS/HB 233 — Substance Abuse Education and Intervention Programs
- SB 278 — Preventing Deaths from Drug-related Overdoses
- SB 436 — Video Voyeurism
- CS/HB 437 — Protection of Minors
- SB 524 — Restraint of Incarcerated Pregnant Women
- CS/HB 629 — Public Records/Personal Identifying Information/Certain Current and Former Public Employees, Spouses, and Children
- CS/CS/HB 667 — Murder
- CS/CS/HB 729 — Hiring, Leasing, or Obtaining Personal Property or Equipment with the Intent to Defraud
- HB 777 — Criminal Penalties for Violations of Securities Laws
- CS/CS/HB 947 — Possession of a Firearm or Destructive Device During the Commission of an Offense
- CS/CS/HB 1099 — Stalking
- CS/CS/HB 1175 — Controlled Substances
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1355 — Protection of Vulnerable Persons
- HB 7049 — Human Trafficking
Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
- All 2012 Summaries for Education Pre-K - 12 (PDF)
- CS/SB 98 — Education
- CS/HB 285 — Sick Leave for School District Employees
- CS/HB 291 — Youth Athletes
- CS/HB 465 — District School Board Bonds
- CS/CS/CS/HB 859— Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program
- CS/HB 1037 — Eminent Domain
- CS/HB 1357 — District School Boards
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1403— High School Athletics
- CS/CS/HB 7059— Acceleration Options in Public Education
- CS/CS/HB 7063 — Digital Learning
- HB 7127 —School Improvement and Education Accountability
Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
- All 2012 Summaries for Environmental Preservation and Conservation (PDF)
- HB 13 — Sovereignty Submerged Lands
- CS/CS/HB 313 — Premises Liability
- CS/HB 639 — Reclaimed Water
- CS/HB 691— Beach Management
- CS/SB 924 — Special Observances
- CS/HB 1117 — Conservation of Wildlife
- CS/CS/HB 1383 — Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- CS/HB 1389 — Water Storage and Water Quality Improvements
- HB 4039 — Recreation and Parks
- HB 4123 — Federal Environmental Permitting
- CS/HB 7003 — Environmental Resource Permitting
- HB 7015 — OGSR/Donor Information/Publicly Owned House Museums
- CS/HB 7025 — Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- HB 7051 — Rules Establishing Numeric Nutrient Criteria
Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- All 2012 Summaries for Governmental Oversight and Accountability (PDF)
- SB 326 — State Symbols/State Flagship
- SB 374 — Public Records/Donor Information/Florida Historic Capitol/Legislative Research Center and Museum
- HB 541 — Administrative Procedures
- SB 638 — Florida Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Authority
- CS/CS/HB 959 — State and Local Government Relations with Cuba or Syria
- CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 1261 — State Employment
- CS/HB 1305 — Public Records/Officers-Elect
- CS/HB 1417 — State Investments
- HB 7013 — OGSR/U.S. Census Bureau Address Information
- HB 7029 — Nullification and Repeal of Administrative Rules
- CS/HB 7043 — Obsolete or Outdated Programs and Requirements
- CS/HB 7055 — Administrative Authority
- CS/HB 7079 — State Retirement
- HB 7105 — OGSR/Florida Workers' Compensation Joint Underwriting Association, Inc.
- HB 7109 — OGSR/Lifeline Assistance Plan
Health Regulation (HR)
- All 2012 Summaries for Health Regulation (PDF)
- CS/HB 171 — Osteopathic Physicians
- CS/CS/HB 227 — Prescription Drug Abuse
- CS/HB 309 — Radiological Personnel
- CS/CS/CS/HB 363 — Physician Assistants
- CS/SB 364 — Blood Establishments
- CS/HB 413 — Chiropractic Medicine
- CS/CS/HB 509 — Pharmacy
- SB 608 — Florida Healthy Kids Corporation
- CS/CS/HB 653 — Health Care Fraud
- CS/HB 655 — Biomedical Research
- CS/CS/CS/HB 711 — Sale or Lease of a County, District, or Municipal Hospital
- CS/SB 730 — Medicaid Managed Care
- CS/CS/HB 787 — Health Care Facilities
- CS/CS/CS/HB 799 — Physical Therapy
- SB 1040 — Practice of Dentistry
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1205 — Drug-Free Workplaces
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1263 — Department of Health
- CS/SB 1856 — Public Records and Public Meetings/Peer Review Panels/Biomedical Research Grants
- HB 4163 — Continuing Education for Athletic Trainers and Massage Therapists
- HB 7035 — OGSR/Physician Workforce Surveys
Higher Education (HE)
- All 2012 Summaries for Higher Education (PDF)
- CS/SB 198 — State University System Optional Retirement Program
- SB 878 — Florida College System Personnel Records
- CS/HJR 931 — Board of Governors/Student Member Selection Process
- HB 7017 — OGSR/Donor Information/Historic Preservation of City of St. Augustine.
- HB 7129 — State Universities of Academic and Research Excellence and National Preeminence
- HB 7135 — Higher Education/Economic Security Report
Judiciary (JU)
- All 2012 Summaries for Judiciary (PDF)
- CS/HB 401 — Effect of Dissolution or Annulment of Marriage on Certain Designations
- SB 520 — Veteran’s Guardianship
- CS/HB 701 — Florida Evidence Code
- HB 733 — Probate
- CS/CS/HB 897 — Construction Contracting
- SB 990 — Natural Guardians
- CS/CS/HB 1193 — Public Records/Victims of Violence
- HB 4047 — Judicial Census Commissions
- HB 4077 — Actions for Damages
Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- All 2012 Summaries for Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (PDF)
- CS/HB 45 — Postsecondary Education Course Registration for Veterans
- CS/HB 59 — Spaceport Territory
- CS/HJR 93 — Homestead Property Tax Exemption for Surviving Spouse of Military Veteran or First Responder
- CS/HB 95 — Homestead Property Tax Exemptions
- SB 276 — Recognition of Military Personnel and Veterans
- HB 347 — College Credit for Military Training and Education Courses
- CS/HB 463 — Concealed Weapons or Firearms
- SB 634 — Spaceport Facilities
- CS/CS/SB 922 — Current and Former Military Personnel
- CS/HB 1165 — Identification Cards and Driver Licenses
- HB 7075 — Military Installations
Reapportionment (RE)
- All 2012 Summaries for Reapportionment (PDF)
- CS/SB 1174 — Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State
- CS/SJR 1176 — Joint Resolution of Apportionment
Regulated Industries (RI)
- All 2012 Summaries for Regulated Industries (PDF)
- CS/HB 249 — Public Lodging Establishments
- CS/HB 479 — Animal Control
- CS/HB 517 — Reducing and Streamlining Regulations
- HB 693 — Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- CS/HB 715 — Self-service Storage Facilities
- CS/CS/HB 769 — Public Accountancy
- CS/HB 843 — Department of the Lottery
- CS/CS/HB 887 — Business and Professional Regulation
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1001 — Timeshares
- CS/CS/HB 1089 — Public Records/Agency Personnel Information
- CS/HB 7095 — Clerks of Court
Rules (RC)
- All 2012 Summaries for Rules (PDF)
- CS/SB 2 — Relief of William Dillon by State of Florida
- CS/SB 4 — Relief of Eric Brody by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office
- HM 83 — Congressional Term Limits
- CS/HB 457 — Relief of Denise Gordon Brown & David Brown/North Broward Hospital
- CS/HB 579 — Relief of Lopez, Guzman, Lopez, Jr., Lopez-Velasquez and Guzman/Miami-Dade County
- HM 611 — Kings Bay
- CS/HB 697 — Relief of Donald Brown/District School Board of Sumter County
- CS/HB 877 — Relief of Odette Acanda and Alexis Rodriguez/Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County
- CS/HB 909 — Relief of Anais Cruz Peinado/School Board of Miami-Dade County
- CS/CS/HB 965 — Relief of Aaron Edwards/Lee Memorial Health System/Lee County
- CS/HB 967 — Relief of Kristi Mellen/North Broward Hospital District
- CS/HB 1039 — Relief of James Feurtado/Miami-Dade County
- SM 1080 — Vietnam Veterans
- CS/SM 1486 — Taiwan Policy Act of 2011
- SM 1778 — Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
- SM 1822 — Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- SB 2058 — Office of Legislative Services
- HB 7131 — Relief of Irving Hoffman and Marjorie Weiss/City of Tallahassee
Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections (EE)
- All 2012 Summaries for Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections (PDF)
- CS/SB 116 — Freeholder Voting
Transportation (TR)
- All 2012 Summaries for Transportation (PDF)
- CS/SB 226 — Disabled Parking Permits
- CS/CS/CS/SB 268 — Sponsorship of State Greenways and Trails
- HB 393 — Recreational Vehicle Dealers
- CS/CS/CS/HB 599 — Transportation and Mitigation Programs
- HB 763 — Motor Vehicle Registration
- CS/HB 1207 — Vehicles with Autonomous Technology
- CS/CS/HB 1223 — Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- CS/HB 1287 — Voluntary Contributions on Registration, Driver License, and Identification Card Forms
- CS/HB 7039 — Transportation Facility Designations