2013 Bill Summaries
The 2013 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 2013 Bill Summaries
- Agriculture (AG)
- Appropriations (AP)
- Banking and Insurance (BI)
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU)
- Community Affairs (CA)
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Education (ED)
- Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
- Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Gaming (GM)
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- Health Policy (HP)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- Regulated Industries (RI)
- Rules (RC)
- Transportation (TR)
Agriculture (AG)
- All 2013 Summaries for Agriculture (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 203 — Agricultural Lands
- CS/SB 298 — Department of Citrus
- CS/HB 633 — Biodiesel Fuel
- CS/CS/SB 674 — Animal Shelters and Animal Control Agencies
- CS/CS/SB 1106 — Agritourism
- CS/CS/HB 1393 — Agricultural Storage and Shipping Containers
- SB 1700 — Agricultural Lands
- CS/HB 7087 — Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- HB 7089 — Public Records Exemption/School Food and Nutrition Service Program Participants
Appropriations (AP)
- All 2013 Summaries for Appropriations (PDF)
- SB 200 — Transportation Revenue Bond Trust Fund/Department of Transportation
- SB 202 — Transportation Governmental Bond Trust Fund/Department of Transportation
- SB 204 — Termination of Trust Funds with the Department of Transportation
- SB 206 — Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of State
- SB 208 — Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Economic Opportunity
- SB 210 — Clearing Funds Trust Funds/Department of State
- SB 212 — Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Trust Funds
- CS/SB 214 — Florida Forever Program Trust Fund/Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- SB 216 — Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Management Services
- SB 218 — Mortgage Guaranty Trust Fund/Office of Financial Regulation
- SB 220 — Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund/Justice Administrative Commission
- SB 1500 — Appropriations
- SB 1502 — Implementing the 2013-2014 General Appropriations Act
- SB 1504— State Employees
- SB 1512 - Clerks of Court
- SB 1514 - Education Funding
- SB 1516 — Internal Revenue Code
- SB 1518— Department of Children and Families
- SB 1520— Medicaid
- SB 1522 — Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- SB 1830 —Ad Valorem Taxation
- SB 1852 — National Mortgage Settlement
- HB 5501 — Weights and Measures Instruments and Devices
- HB 5503 — Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Banking and Insurance (BI)
- All 2013 Summaries for Banking and Insurance (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 87 — Mortgage Foreclosures
- CS/HB 95 — Charitable Contributions
- CS/HB 157 —Delivery of Insurance Policies
- CS/CS/SB 166 — Annuities
- CS/CS/HB 217 — Money Services Businesses
- CS/HB 223 — Insurance
- SB 282 — Consumer Finance Charges
- CS/HB 341 — Uninsured Motorist Insurance Coverage
- SB 356 — Mutual Insurance Corporations
- CS/CS/HB 383 — Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact
- CS/CS/HB 457 — Collection of Worthless Payment Instruments
- CS/SB 464 — Disposition of Unclaimed Property
- CS/CS/SB 468 — Property and Casualty Insurance Rates, Fees, and Forms
- CS/CS/HB 553 — Workers’ Compensation System Administration
- SB 558 — Letters of Credit Issued by a Federal Home Loan Bank
- CS/CS/CS/HB 573 — Manufactured and Mobile Homes
- CS/SB 648 — Health Insurance Marketing Materials
- CS/SB 662 — Workers’ Compensation
- CS/CS/HB 665 — Licensure by the Office of Financial Regulation
- CS/CS/SB 810 — Wrap-Up Insurance Policies
- HB 913 — Holocaust Victims Assistance Act
- CS/HB 1191 — Captive Insurance
- CS/CS/SB 1410 — Fire Safety and Prevention
- CS/SB 1770 — Property Insurance
- CS/SB 1842 — Health Insurance
- SB 1850 — Public Records/Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Clearinghouse
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- All 2013 Summaries for Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (PDF)
- CS/HB 93 — Homelessness
- CS/SB 142 — Developmental Disabilities
- CS/HB 215 — Dependent Children
- CS/CS/HB 411 — Children’s Initiatives
- HB 725 — Public Records and Public Meetings Exemptions
- CS/SB 964 — Termination of Parental Rights
- CS/SB 1036 — Independent Living
- CS/CS/HB 1325 — Victims of Human Trafficking
- CS/HB 7129 — Residential Services for Children
Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- All 2013 Summaries for Commerce and Tourism (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 55 — Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices
- CS/SB 186 — Jurisdiction of the Courts
- CS/CS/SB 336 — Tourist Development Tax
- CS/HB 357 — Manufacturing Development
- CS/SB 406 — Economic Development
- CS/HB 423 — Tax on Sales, Use & Other Transactions
- CS/HB 705 — Targeted Economic Development
- HB 4013 — Tax Refund Programs
- CS/CS/HB 7007 — Economic Development
- CS/CS/HB 7023 — Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU)
- All 2013 Summaries for Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (PDF)
- SB 338 — Theft of Utility Services
- CS/HB 649 — Public Records/Proprietary Confidential Business Information
- CS/CS/SB 1472 — Nuclear and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power Plants
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1594 — Guaranteed Energy, Water, and Wastewater Performance Savings Contracting Act
- HB 4001 — Florida Renewable Fuel Standard Act
Community Affairs (CA)
- All 2013 Summaries for Community Affairs (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 85 — Public-Private Partnerships
- CS/CS/HB 269 — Public Construction Projects
- CS/CS/HB 277 — Assessment of Residential and Nonhomestead Real Property
- CS/CS/CS/HB 319 — Community Transportation Projects
- SB 342 — Rental of Homestead Property
- CS/SB 354 — Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions
- CS/CS/HB 437 — Community Development
- CS/CS/HB 537 — Growth Management
- CS/HB 655 — Employment Benefits
- CS/HB 837 — Tax Deeds
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1122 — Florida Fire Prevention Code
- CS/HB 1193 — Taxation of Property
Criminal Justice (CJ)
- All 2013 Summaries for Criminal Justice (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 49 — Drug Paraphernalia
- CS/CS/SB 92 — Searches and Seizures
- CS/SB 294 — Controlled Substances
- CS/HB 311 — Costs of Prosecution, Investigation, and Representation
- CS/HB 361 — Public Meetings/Criminal Justice Commissions
- HB 407 — Criminal Gang Prevention
- CS/HB 585 — Law Enforcement
- CS/HB 611 — False Reports to Law Enforcement Officers
- CS/CS/HB 617 — Juvenile Justice Circuit Advisory Boards and Juvenile Justice County Councils
- HB 685 — Parole Interview Dates for Certain Inmates
- CS/CS/HB 691 — Personal Identification Theft
- CS/HB 731 — Public Records/Spouses and Children of Law Enforcement and Agency Personnel
- CS/HB 851 — Animal Cruelty
- HB 875 — Licensed Security Officers
- CS/HB 1173 — Florida Communications Fraud Act
- CS/HB 1327 — Public Records/Victims of Human Trafficking
- CS/CS/HB 1355 — Purchase of Firearms by Mentally Ill Persons
- HB 7079 — OGSR/Certain Personal Identifying Information of Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims
Education (ED)
- All 2013 Summaries for Education (PDF)
- HB 21 — Background Screening for Noninstructional Contractors on School Grounds
- CS/CS/HB 113 —Distribution of Materials Harmful to Minors
- HB 209 — Lake-Sumter Community College Name Change
- CS/SB 284 — School Emergencies
- CS/SB 454 — Florida College System Institution Police Officers
- CS/HB 461 — Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
- CS/CS/HB 609 — Bullying in the Public School System
- CS/CS/HB 801 — Certified School Counselors
- CS/CS/SB 1076 — Career and Professional Education
- CS/SB 1096 —Repeal of Education Provisions
- CS/SB 1108 — Exceptional Student Education
- CS/CS/SB 1388— Instructional Materials
- CS/CS/SB 1664 — Education Personnel
- CS/CS/SB 1720 — Education
- CS/CS/HB 7009 — K-12 Education
- CS/HB 7029 — Education regarding Digital Learning
- CS/HB 7165 — Early Learning
Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
- All 2013 Summaries for Environmental Preservation and Conservation (PDF)
- SB 244 — Water Management Districts
- SB 326 — Powers and Duties of the Department of Environmental Protection
- CS/CS/CS/HB 333 — Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- CS/SB 364 — Consumptive Use Permits for Development of Alternative Water Supplies
- CS/SB 444 —Domestic Wastewater Discharged Through Ocean Outfalls
- CS/CS/SB 682 — Fossil Fuel Combustion Products
- CS/CS/HB 713 — Water Quality Credit Trading
- CS/SB 934 — Stormwater Management Permits
- CS/SB 948 — Water Supply
- CS/CS/CS/HB 999 — Environmental Regulation
- CS/CS/CS/HB/1083 — Underground Natural Gas Storage
- CS/CS/HB 1085 — Public Records/Natural Gas Storage Facility Permit
- SB 1806 — Total Maximum Daily Loads
- CS/SB 1808 — Numeric Nutrient Criteria
- CS/HB 7065 — Everglades Improvement and Management
- HB 7157 — Ratification of Rules Implementing Total Maximum Daily Loads for Impaired Water Bodies
Ethics and Elections (EE)
- All 2013 Summaries for Ethics and Elections (PDF)
- CS/SB 2 — Ethics
- CS/SB 4 — Public Records and Meetings/Commission on Ethics
- CS/CS/HB 247 — Paper Reduction
- CS/HB 249 — Public Records Exemption
- CS/CS/CS/HB 569 — Campaign Finance
- CS/HB 1075 — Public Records
- CS/HB 7013 — Florida Election Code
Gaming (GM)
Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- All 2013 Summaries for Governmental Oversight and Accountability (PDF)
- CS/CS/SB 50 — Public Meetings
- SB 230 — Flag Etiquette
- CS/CS/CS/SB 534 — Publicly-funded Defined Benefit Retirement Plans
- CS/HB 975 — Archaeological Sites and Specimens
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1145 — State-Owned or State-Leased Space
- CS/CS/HB 1309 — Procurement of Commodities and Contractual Services
- SB 1802 — State Employee Health Insurance
- SB 1810 — Florida Retirement System
- HB 5401 — Transparency in State Contracting
- CS/HB 7135 — Public Records/Money Services Businesses
- HB 7145 — OGSR/Employment Discrimination Complaints
Health Policy (HP)
- All 2013 Summaries for Health Policy (PDF)
- CS/SB 56 — Infant Death
- CS/CS/HB 239 — Practice of Optometry
- CS/SB 248 — Treatment Programs for Impaired Licensees and Applicants
- CS/CS/HB 365 — Pharmacy
- CS/CS/CS/HB 375 — Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems
- CS/CS/SB 398 — Physician Assistants
- CS/HB 413 — Physical Therapy
- SB 452 — OGSR/Joshua Abbot Organ and Tissue Donor Registry/Donor Information
- SB 520 — Emergency Medical Services
- SB 604 — Practitioners
- CS/CS/HB 939 — Medicaid Recoveries
- CS/HB 969 — Recreational Vehicle Parks
- CS/HB 1071 — Health Care Accrediting Organizations
- CS/CS/HB 1093 — Volunteer Health Services
- CS/CS/SB 1094 — Home Health Agencies
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1129 — Infants Born Alive
- HB 1157 — Health Flex Plans
- CS/CS/HB 1159 — Health Care
- CS/SB 1302 — Temporary Certificates for Visiting Physicians
- CS/SB 1420 — Mental Health Treatment
- CS/CS/SB 1660 — Quality Cancer Care and Research
- CS/SB 1844 — Florida Health Choices Program
Judiciary (JU)
- All 2013 Summaries for Judiciary (PDF)
- CS/HB 77 — Landlords and Tenants
- CS/CS/CS/SB 112 — Filing False Documents Against Real or Personal Property
- CS/HB 179 — Eminent Domain Proceedings
- CS/CS/HB 229 — Land Trusts
- CS/HB 267 — Real Property Liens and Conveyances
- CS/CS/SB 492 — Estates
- CS/SB 530 — Dispute Resolution
- CS/CS/CS/SB 556 — Clerks of the Court
- CS/HB 571 — Marshal of the Supreme Court
- CS/SB 592 — Garnishment
- SB 628 — Driver Licenses
- CS/CS/SB 718 — Family Law
- SB 736 — Limitations Relating to Deeds and Wills
- CS/CS/HB 833 — General Assignments
- CS/HB 841 — Powers of Attorney
- CS/HB 903 — Adverse Possession
- CS/CS/HB 935 — Florida False Claims Act
- CS/HB 953 — Warrants
- CS/CS/HB 1147 — Office of Attorney General
- HB 1297 — Public Records/Florida False Claims Act
- CS/CS/SB 1300 — Limited Liability Companies
- SB 1792 — Medical Negligence Actions
- HB 7015 — Expert Testimony
- HB 7017 — Terms of Courts
- HB 7035 — Pretrial Detention
- CS/CS/HB 7083 — Death Penalty
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- All 2013 Summaries for Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (PDF)
- CS/HB 135 — Spaceport Territory
- CS/CS/SB 160 — Licensure Fee Exemptions for Military Veterans
- CS/CS/CS/SB 390 — Veterans’ Organizations
- CS/CS/HB 1223 — Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices
- SB 1784 — Military Installations
- CS/HB 7003 — Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
- CS/HB 7019 — Development Permits
- HB 7143 — OGSR Direct-support Organization for Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Regulated Industries (RI)
- All 2013 Summaries for Regulated Industries (PDF)
- HB 15 — Funerals and Burials
- CS/CS/HB 57 — Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- CS/CS/CS/HB 73 — Residential Properties
- CS/CS/SB 120 — Condominiums
- CS/HB 171 — Disposition of Human Remains
- CS/SB 286 — Design Professionals
- CS/CS/SB 328 — Public Accountancy
- CS/CS/HB 347 — Alcoholic Beverages
- CS/CS/SB 372 — Vehicle Permits for the Transportation of Alcoholic Beverages
- CS/HB 623 — Wine
- CS/CS/HB 667 — Real Estate Brokers and Appraisers
- CS/HB 695 — Tied House Regulation
- CS/CS/CS/HB 701 — Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards
- CS/HB 795 —Premises Inspections
- CS/CS/CS/HB 973 — Low-Voltage Systems
- CS/SB 1398 — Real Estate Appraisers
- CS/CS/CS/HB 7005 — Massage Establishments
- CS/HB 7025 — Timeshares
- CS/HB 7119 — Homeowners’ Associations
Rules (RC)
- All 2013 Summaries for Rules (PDF)
- SM 1266 - United States 65th Infantry Regiment, the Boriqueneers
- SM 1478 - Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program
Transportation (TR)
- All 2013 Summaries for Transportation (PDF)
- CS/CS/CS/SB 52 — Use of Wireless Communications Devices While Driving
- CS/CS/SB 62 — Low-speed Vehicles
- HB 235 — Identification Requirements for Driver Licenses
- HB 265 — Florida Wildflower License Plate
- CS/CS/CS/HB 487 — Freemasonry License Plates
- CS/CS/CS/HB 489 — Railroad Police Officers
- CS/HB 579 — Natural Gas Motor Fuel
- CS/SB 606 — Northeast Florida Regional Transportation Commission
- SB 954 — Technology Research and Development Authority
- CS/SB 1768 — OGSR/Personal Information/Paratransit Services
- HB 7059 — International Driving Permits
- CS/CS/HB 7125 — Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles