2016 Bill Summaries
The 2016 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 2016 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 Pre-K - 12 (ED)
- Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
- Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- Health Policy (HP)
- Higher Education (HE)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- Regulated Industries (RI)
- Rules (RC)
- Transportation (TR)
Special Master on Claim Bills
Agriculture (AG)
- All 2016 Summaries for Agriculture (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 59 — Agritourism
- CS/HB 103 — Transactions in Fresh Produce Markets
- CS/CS/CS HB 153 — Healthy Food Financing Initiative Pilot Program
- CS/CS/HB 0749 — Agriculture
- HB 1205 — Fumigation
- CS/CS/SB 1318 — Shellfish Harvesting
- CS/CS/HB 7007 — Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Appropriations (AP)
- All 2016 Summaries for Appropriations (PDF)
- CS/SB 1322 — Juvenile Detention Costs
- HB 5001 — General Appropriations Act
- HB 5003 — Implementing the 2016-2017 General Appropriations Act
- HB 5007 — Collective Bargaining
- HB 5101 — Medicaid
- HB 5103 — Alzheimer’s Disease Research
- CS/CS/HB 7029 — School Choice
- HB 7091 — Trust Funds/Termination & Administration/Working Capital Trust Fund/DCF & Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund/DOH
- HB 7099 — Taxation
Banking and Insurance (BI)
- All 2016 Summaries for Banking and Insurance (PDF)
- SB 80 — Family Trust Companies
- CS/CS/HB 145 — Financial Transactions
- CS/CS/SB 286 — Merger and Acquisition Brokers
- SB 340 — Vision Care Plans
- CS/CS/HB 413 — Title Insurance
- SB 422 — Health Insurance Coverage For Opioids
- CS/CS/HB 431 — Fire Safety
- CS/SB 592 — Public Records/Department of Financial Services/Emergency Medical Technicians or Paramedics
- CS/HB 613 — Workers’ Compensation System Administration
- CS/SB 626 — Consumer Credit
- CS/CS/CS/HB 651 — Department of Financial Services
- CS/CS/HB 659 — Automobile Insurance
- CS/HB 695 — Title Insurance
- CS/CS/CS/HB 783 — Unclaimed Property
- SB 812 — Reciprocal Insurers
- CS/CS/SB 828 — Insurance Guaranty Association Assessments
- CS/CS/SB 854 — Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services
- CS/HB 875 — Motor Vehicle Service Agreement Companies
- SB 908 — Organization of the Department of Financial Services
- CS/CS/HB 931 — Operations of the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
- CS/CS/HB 965 — Firesafety
- CS/SB 966 — Unclaimed Property
- CS/CS/SB 1104 — Service of Process on Financial Institutions
- CS/SB 1106 — International Trust Entities
- CS/CS/SB 1170 — Health Plan Regulatory Administration
- CS/HB 1233 — Federal Home Loan Banks
- CS/CS/SB 1274 — Limited Sinkhole Coverage Insurance
- CS/CS/SB 1386 — Insurance Agents
- SB 1402 —Ratification of Department of Financial Services Rules
- CS/CS/SB 1416 — Public Records/Own-risk and Solvency Assessment/ Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure
- CS/CS/SB 1422 — Insurer Regulatory Reporting
- HB 7035 — OGSR/Office of Financial Regulation
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- All 2016 Summaries for Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (PDF)
- CS/SB 12 — Mental Health and Substance Abuse
- CS/CS/SB 202 — Florida Association of Centers for Independent Living
- CS/CS/CS/SB 232 — Guardianship
- HB 241 — Children and Youth Cabinet
- CS/CS/CS/SB 590 — Adoption
- SB 628 — Fees for Records
- CS/SB 860 — Foster Families
- CS/HB 977 — Behavioral Health Workforce
- CS/CS/HB 1083 — Agency for Persons with Disabilities
- CS/CS/HB 1125 — Eligibility for Employment as Child Care Personnel
- SB 7048 — OGSR/Client Records and Donor Information Collected by Regional Autism Centers
Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- All 2016 Summaries for Commerce and Tourism (PDF)
- CS/SB 180 — Trade Secrets
- CS/CS/SB 182 — Public Records and Meetings/Trade Secrets
- CS/CS/HB 739 — Secondhand Dealers
- CS/SB 754 — Public Records/Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Criminal or Civil Intelligence or Investigative Information
- CS/CS/SB 772 — Regulated Service Providers
- CS/SB 7040 — Workforce Development
Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU)
- All 2016 Summaries for Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (PDF)
- CS/SB 90 — Natural Gas Rebate Program
- CS/HJR 193 — Solar or Renewable Energy Source Devices/Exemption from Certain Taxation and Assessment
- CS/HB 195 — Special Election
- CS/HB 347 — Utility Projects
- CS/CS/HB 1025 — Public Records/Utility Security Information
Community Affairs (CA)
- All 2016 Summaries for Community Affairs (PDF)
- CS/SB 124 — Public-private Partnerships
- CS/SB 126 — Public Records and Public Meetings/Public-private Partnerships
- CS/SB 190 — Conservation Easements
- SB 194 — Redevelopment Trust Fund
- CS/HJR 275 — Homestead Tax Exemption/Senior, Low-Income, Long-Term Residents
- CS/HB 277 — County and Municipality Homestead Tax Exemption
- CS/SB 416 — Location of Utilities
- CS/CS/HB 447 — Local Government Environmental Financing
- CS/HB 479 — Special Districts
- CS/CS/HB 499 — Ad Valorem Taxation
- HB 525 — Small Community Sewer Construction Assistance Act
- CS/CS/CS/HB 535 — Building Codes
- CS/HB 627 — Community Contribution Tax Credits
- CS/HB 773 — Special Assessments on Agricultural Lands
- CS/HB 971— Community Development Districts
- CS/SB 1004 — Public Records/Security System Plans
- CS/HJR 1009 — Tax Exemption for Totally and Permanently Disabled First Responders
- CS/SB 1174 — Residential Facilities
- CS/HB 1297 — Discretionary Sales Surtaxes
- CS/CS/HB 1361 — Growth Management
- CS/SB 1534 — Housing Assistance
- SB 7002 — OGSR/Audit Report and Certain Records/Local Government
- HB 7023 — Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Deployed Servicemembers
- HB 7033 — OGSR/Emergency Notification Information
Criminal Justice (CJ)
- All 2016 Summaries for Criminal Justice (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 75 — Electronic Monitoring Devices
- HB 93 — Law Enforcement Officer Body Cameras
- CS/CS/SB 130 — Discharging a Firearm
- CS/CS/HB 131 — Unattended Persons and Animals in Motor Vehicles
- CS/SB 218 — Offenses Involving Electronic Benefits Transfer Cards
- CS/SB 228 — Mandatory Minimum Sentences
- CS/SB 230 — Missing Persons with Special Needs
- CS/CS/HB 293 — Public Records/Juvenile Criminal History Records
- CS/SB 380 — Violation of an Injunction for Protection
- CS/SB 386 — Expunction of Records of Minors
- HB 387 — Offenses Evidencing Prejudice
- CS/CS/SB 436 — Crime of Making Threats of Terror or Violence
- SB 498 — Repeal of a Prohibition on Cohabitation
- CS/CS/HB 545 — Human Trafficking
- HB 549 — Offenses Concerning Racketeering and Illegal Debts
- CS/CS/SB 636 — Evidence Collected in Sexual Offense Investigations
- CS/CS/HB 769 — Mental Health Treatment
- CS/CS/CS/SB 912 — Fraudulent Activities Associated with Payment Systems
- CS/CS/SB 936 — Persons with Disabilities
- CS/CS/SB 1044 — Contraband Forfeiture
- CS/HB 1149 — Alternative Sanctioning
- CS/SB 1294 — Victim and Witness Protection
- CS/HB 1333 — Sexual Offenders
- HB 4009 — Slungshot
- SB 7022 — OGSR/Depictions or Recordings of the Killing of a Law Enforcement Officer
- HB 7101 — Sentencing for Capital Felonies
Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
- All 2016 Summaries for Education Pre-K - 12 (PDF)
- CS/HB 189 — Teacher Certification
- CS/HB 229 — Bullying and Harassment Policies in Schools
- CS/CS/CS/HB 287 — Principal Autonomy Pilot Program Initiative
- HB 585 — Instruction for Homebound and Hospitalized Students
- SB 672 — Educational Options
- CS/HB 701 — Art in the Capitol Competition
- CS/CS/HB 719 — Education Personnel
- CS/HB 837 — Education Programs for Individuals with Disabilities
- CS/HB 1147 — Character-development Instruction
- CS/HB 1305 — Emergency Allergy Treatment in Schools
- CS/CS/HB 1365 — Competency-Based Education Pilot Program
- CS/HB 7053 — Early Childhood Development
Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
- All 2016 Summaries for Environmental Preservation and Conservation (PDF)
- CS/SB 100 — Pollution Discharge Removal and Prevention
- SB 288 — State Designations
- CS/CS/CS/HB 491 — Water and Wastewater
- CS/CS/SB 552 — Environmental Resources
- CS/CS/HB 561— Organizational Structure of the Department of Environmental Protection
- CS/CS/CS/HB 589 — Environmental Control
- CS/HB 703 — Vessels
- CS/SB 846 — Divers-down Warning Devices
- CS/SB 922 — Solid Waste Management
- HB 989 — Implementation of Water and Land Conservation Constitutional Amendment
- CS/CS/HB 1051 — Anchoring Limitation Areas
- CS/CS/HB 1075 — State Areas
- CS/SB 1176 — Dredge and Fill Activities
- CS/SB 1470 — Crustaceans
- HB 7013 — Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- HB 7025 — At-risk Vessels
Ethics and Elections (EE)
- All 2016 Summaries for Ethics and Elections (PDF)
- SB 112 — Absentee Voting
- CS/CS/SB 514 — Supervisor of Elections Salaries
- HB 541 — Addresses of Legal Residence
- SB 666 — Voter Identification
- SB 7076 — Legislature
Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- All 2016 Summaries for Governmental Oversight and Accountability (PDF)
- CS/CS/SB 86 — Scrutinized Companies
- CS/HB 273 — Public Records
- CS/SB 310 — National Statuary Hall
- CS/SB 350 — Procurement Procedures for Educational Institutions
- CS/SB 624 — Public Records/State Agency Information Technology Security Programs
- CS/CS/SB 708 — Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys
- SB 716 — Florida Holocaust Memorial
- CS/CS/SB 752 — Public Records/Agency Inspector General Personnel
- HB 981 — Administrative Procedures
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1033 — Information Technology Security
- HB 5005 — State-administered Retirement Systems
- CS/HB 7003 — Individuals with Disabilities
- SB 7012 — Death Benefits Under the Florida Retirement System
- SB 7028 — State Board of Administration
- SB 7030 — OGSR/Competitive Solicitation or Negotiation Strategies
- HB 7071 — Public Corruption
Health Policy (HP)
- All 2016 Summaries for Health Policy (PDF)
- CS/HB 127 — Continuing Care Facilities
- CS/CS/HB 139 — Dental Care
- CS/HB 173 — Medical Faculty Certification
- CS/CS/CS/HB 221 — Health Care Services
- SB 238 — Medical Assistant Certification
- CS/CS/SB 242 — Infectious Disease Elimination Pilot Program
- CS/CS/CS/HB 307 — Medical Use of Cannabis
- CS/HB 373 — Mental Health Counseling Interns
- CS/HB 375 — Physician Assistants
- HB 423 — Access to Health Care Services
- SB 450 — Physical Therapy
- CS/SB 580 — Reimbursement to Health Access Settings for Dental Hygiene Services for Children
- SB 586 — Responsibilities of Health Care Providers
- HB 633 — Public Food Service Establishments
- HB 819 — Sunset Review of Medicaid Dental Services
- CS/CS/SB 938 — Retail Sale of Dextromethorphan
- CS/CS/HB 941 — Department of Health
- CS/CS/SB 964 — Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
- HB 1061 — Nurse Licensure Compact
- HB 1063 — Public Records and Meetings/Nurse Licensure Compact
- CS/CS/HB 1175 — Transparency in Health Care
- HB 1241 — Ordering of Medication
- CS/HB 1245 — Medicaid Provider Overpayments
- CS/HB 1335 — Long-term Care Managed Care Prioritization
- CS/CS/HB 1411 — Termination of Pregnancies
- CS/CS/SB 1604 — Drugs, Devices, and Cosmetics
- SB 7020 — OGSR/Florida Health Choices Program/Florida Health Choices, Inc.
- CS/SB 7024 — OGSR/Information Held by the Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research
- CS/CS/HB 7087 — Health Care
Higher Education (HE)
- All 2016 Summaries for Higher Education (PDF)
- SB 576 — Public Educational Facilities
- CS/HB 793 — Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
- HB 799 — Out-of-State Fee Waivers for Active Duty Servicemembers
- CS/HB 1157 — Postsecondary Education for Veterans
- CS/HB 7019 — Education Access and Affordability
Judiciary (JU)
- All 2016 Summaries for Judiciary (PDF)
- HB 43 — Churches or Religious Organizations
- CS/CS/CS/HB 91 — Severe Injuries Caused by Dogs
- HB 111 — Jury Service
- CS/CS/CS/HB 183 — Administrative Procedures
- SB 396 — Nonresident Plaintiffs in Civil Actions
- CS/CS/CS/HB 439 — Mental Health Services in the Criminal Justice System
- CS/SB 458 — Transfers of Structured Settlement Payment Rights
- CS/CS/SB 494 — Digital Assets
- CS/CS/CS/SB 540 — Estates
- CS/CS/SB 668 — Family Law
- CS/HB 821 — Reimbursement of Assessments
- HB 967 — Family Law
- CS/SB 1042 — Judgments
- CS/CS/HB 1181 — Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement
- SB 1412 — Orders of No Contact
- CS/CS/SB 1432 — Service of Process
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- All 2016 Summaries for Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (PDF)
- CS/SB 184 — Military and Veterans Affairs
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1133 — Applicability of Revenue Laws to Out-of-state Businesses During Disaster-Response Periods
- SB 1202 — Discounts on Public Park Entrance Fees and Transportation Fares
- CS/HB 1219 — Veterans’ Employment
- CS/SB 1288 — Emergency Management
- SB 7016 — Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Regulated Industries (RI)
- All 2016 Summaries for Regulated Industries (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 249 — Culinary Education Programs
- HB 303 — Unlicensed Activities Fees
- CS/HB 381 — Public Records/Florida State Boxing Commission
- CS/CS/SB 698 — Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco
- CS/CS/SB 826 — Mobile Homes
- CS/CS/HB 1347 — Illicit Drugs
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1602 — Elevators
Rules (RC)
- All 2016 Summaries for Rules (PDF)
- HM 417 — Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits
- CS/HM 601 — Promotion of Economic Recovery in Puerto Rico
Transportation (TR)
- All 2016 Summaries for Transportation (PDF)
- SB 88 — Gold Star License Plates
- CS/SB 158 — Identification Cards and Driver Licenses
- CS/CS/SB 196 — Public Records/State-Funded Infrastructure Bank
- SB 222 — Parking for Disabled Veterans
- CS/CS/HB 231 — Motor Vehicle Manufacturer Licenses
- CS/HB 299 — Expressway Authorities
- CS/CS/HB 427 — Recreational Vessel Registration
- CS/SB 1046 — Farm Vehicles
- SB 1110 — Central Florida Expressway Authority
- CS/SB 1508 — Airport Zoning Law of 1945
- HB 7027 — Department of Transportation
- CS/CS/HB 7061 — Transportation