2018 Bill Summaries
The 2018 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 2018 Bill Summaries
- Agriculture (AG)
- Appropriations (AP)
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax (AFT)
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education (AHE)
- Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources (AEN)
- 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)
- 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)
Special Master on Claim Bills
- HB 6505 — Relief/Vonshelle Brothers/Department of Health (PDF)
- CS/HB 6509 — Relief/C.M.H./Department of Children and Families (PDF)
- CS/HB 6515 — Relief/Cathleen Smiley/Brevard County (PDF)
- CS/HB 6523 — Relief/Ashraf Kamel & Marguerite Dimitri/Palm Beach County School Board (PDF)
- CS/HB 6527 — Relief/Christopher Cannon/City of Tallahassee (PDF)
- CS/HB 6545 — Relief/Ramiro Companioni, Jr./City of Tampa (PDF)
Agriculture (AG)
- All 2018 Summaries for Agriculture (PDF)
- CS/CS/SB 740 — Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- CS/SB 872 — Young Farmers and Ranchers
- CS/CS/SB 1576 — Animal Welfare
- HB 7011 — OGSR/School Food and Nutrition Service Program
Appropriations (AP)
- All 2018 Summaries for Appropriations (PDF)
- SB 472 — National Statuary Hall
- HB 5001 — General Appropriations Act
- HB 5003 — Implementing the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act
- HB 5005 — Collective Bargaining
- CS/HB 7087 — Taxation
Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax (AFT)
- All 2018 Summaries for Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax (PDF)
- HJR 7001 — Supermajority Vote for State Taxes or Fees
- HB 7093 — Corporate Income Tax
Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education (AHE)
- All 2018 Summaries for Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education (PDF)
- CS/HB 7069 — Florida ABLE Program Trust Fund
Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources (AEN)
- All 2018 Summaries for Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources (PDF)
- HB 7051 — Trust Funds/Re-creation/Land Acquisition Trust Fund/DACS
Banking and Insurance (BI)
- All 2018 Summaries for Banking and Insurance (PDF)
- HB 37 — Direct Primary Care Agreements
- SB 220 — Bankruptcy Matters in Foreclosure Proceedings
- CS/CS/SB 376 — Workers’ Compensation Benefits for First Responders
- CS/SB 386 — Consumer Finance
- CS/HB 411 — Public Records and Public Meetings/Firesafety Systems
- CS/CS/HB 455 — Governance of Banks and Trust Companies
- CS/CS/HB 465 — Insurance
- CS/CS/HB 483 — Unfair Insurance Trade Practices
- CS/HB 529 — Florida Fire Prevention Code
- CS/HB 533 — Unfair Insurance Trade Practices
- SB 660 — Florida Insurance Code Exemption for Nonprofit Religious Organizations
- CS/CS/CS/SB 920 — Deferred Presentment Transactions
- CS/HB 935 — Mortgage Regulation
- HB 953 — Consumer Report Security Freezes
- CS/CS/HB 1011 — Homeowners' Insurance Policy Disclosures
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1073 — Department of Financial Services
- CS/CS/HB 1127 — Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
- HB 7075 — OGSR/Payment Instrument Transaction Information
- HB 7097 — OGSR/Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- All 2018 Summaries for Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (PDF)
- CS/CS/CS/SB 268 — Public Records/Public Guardians/Employees with Fiduciary Responsibility
- HB 281 — Incarcerated Parents
- CS/HB 417 — Pub. Rec./Child Advocacy Center Personnel and Child Protection Team Members
- HB 449 — Children’s Initiatives
- SB 498 — Office of Public and Professional Guardians Direct-Support Organization
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1059 — Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult
- CS/CS/HB 1079 — Child Welfare
- CS/CS/HB 1373 — Medication Administration
- CS/CS/HB 1435 — Child Welfare
- HB 6021 — Guardian Ad Litem Direct-Support Organization
Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- All 2018 Summaries for Commerce and Tourism (PDF)
- CS/SB 566 — Unlawful Detention by a Transient Occupant
- CS/CS/SB 568 — Telephone Solicitation
- CS/HB 661 — Business Filings
- CS/HB 1267 — Telephone Solicitation
- HB 1285 — Florida Business Entities
Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU)
- All 2018 Summaries for Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (PDF)
- HB 405 — Linear Facilities
- HB 7095 — OGSR/Local Government Electric Utility
Community Affairs (CA)
- All 2018 Summaries for Community Affairs (PDF)
- CS/SB 512 — Homestead Waivers
- HB 617 — Covenants and Restrictions
- HB 1013 — Daylight Saving Time
- CS/CS/HB 1151 — Developments of Regional Impact
- CS/CS/HB 1383 — Tax Deed Sales
- HB 6003 — Participant Local Government Advisory Council
Criminal Justice (CJ)
- All 2018 Summaries for Criminal Justice (PDF)
- CS/CS/CS/HB 165 — Written Threats to Conduct Mass Shootings or Acts of Terrorism
- CS/HB 361 — Persons Authorized to Visit Juvenile Facilities
- HB 491 — Theft
- HB 523 — Trespass on Airport Property
- CS/HB 547 — Reports Concerning Seized or Forfeited Property
- CS/HB 581 — Subpoenas in Investigations of Sexual Offenses
- CS/HB 1065 — Expunction of Criminal History Records
- CS/HB 1177 — Joint Task Force on State Agency Law Enforcement Communications
- HB 1201 — Education for Prisoners
- CS/HB 1301 — Sexual Offenders and Predators
- CS/CS/SB 1392 — Criminal Justice
- CS/SB 1552 — Juvenile Justice
- HB 6059 — Department of Corrections’ Direct-Support Organization
- HB 7029 — OGSR/Human Trafficking Expunction
- HB 7031 — OGSR/Criminal Justice Commission
Education (ED)
- All 2018 Summaries for Education (PDF)
- CS/SB 4 — Higher Education
- CS/HB 495 — K-12 Public Education
- CS/HB 565 — Excess Credit Hour Surcharges
- HB 577 — High School Graduation Requirements
- CS/CS/HB 591 — Missing Persons
- CS/CS/HB 731 — Home Education
- CS/CS/HB 1091 — Early Learning
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1279 — School District Accountability
- SB 1712 — Postsecondary Revenue Bonds and Debt
- CS/HB 7055 — Education
Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
- All 2018 Summaries for Environmental Preservation and Conservation (PDF)
- HB 53 — Coral Reefs
- SB 168 — Nonnative Animals
- SR 550 — Gulf of Mexico Range Complex
- CS/HB 703 — Water Management District Surplus Lands
- CS/CS/CS/HB 705 — Public Records/Water Management District Surplus Lands
- CS/SB 1132 — Vessel Safety Inspection Decal
- CS/CS/HB 1149 — Environmental Regulation
- CS/CS/HB 1173 — Lands Used for Governmental Purposes
- CS/CS/HB 1211 — Airboat Regulation
- HB 7033 —Trust Funds/Re-creation/Land Acquisition Trust Fund/DOS
- HB 7035 — Ratification of St. Johns River Water Management District Rules
- HB 7043 — State Assumption of Federal Section 404 Dredge and Fill Permitting Authority
Ethics and Elections (EE)
- All 2018 Summaries for Ethics and Elections (PDF)
- CS/HB 85 — Voter Registration List Maintenance
- CS/HB 87 — Public Records/Statewide Voter Registration System
- SB 186 — Resign to Run
- HB 6009 — Write-In Candidate Qualifying Date
- HB 7041 — OGSR/Ethics Complaints and Investigations
- HB 7077 — OGSR/Agency Employee Misconduct Complaints
Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- All 2018 Summaries for Governmental Oversight and Accountability (PDF)
- HB 67 — Florida Slavery Memorial
- HB 155 — State Symbols
- HB 359 — State Investments
- CS/SB 394 — Fire Safety
- HB 545 — Prohibition Against Contracting with Scrutinized Companies
- HB 651 — State Employment
- CS/HB 755 — Public Records/Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network
- HB 1437 — Employment Services for Persons with Disabilities
- HB 5007 — State-Administered Retirement Systems
- HB 6033 — Volunteer Florida, Inc.
- HB 7053 — Public Records/United States Census Bureau
Health Policy (HP)
- All 2018 Summaries for Health Policy (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 21 — Controlled Substances
- CS/HB 41 — Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services
- HB 283 — Cardiac Programs
- CS/CS/HB 351 — Prescription Drug Pricing Transparency
- CS/CS/HB 429 — Donation and Transfer of Human Tissue
- CS/CS/SB 510 — Reporting of Adverse Incidents in Planned out-of-hospital Births
- HB 513 — Distributing Pharmaceutical Drugs and Devices
- CS/CS/HB 551 — Public Records/Health Care Facilities
- CS/CS/SB 622 — Health Care Facility Regulation
- CS/HB 675 — Pharmacies
- CS/CS/HB 735 — Mammography
- CS/CS/HB 937 — Perinatal Mental Health
- HB 1009 — Closing the Gap Grant Program
- CS/HB 1055 — Public Records/Addiction Treatment Facility Personnel
- CS/CS/HB 1165 — Trauma Services
- CS/CS/HB 1337 — Nursing
- HB 6049 — Medical Marijuana Growers
- HB 7059 — Optometry
Judiciary (JU)
- All 2018 Summaries for Judiciary (PDF)
- CS/HB 55 — Sale of Firearms
- CS/CS/SB 140 — Marriage Licenses
- SB 146 — Appointment of Attorneys for Dependent Children with Special Needs
- HB 413 — Trusts
- HB 623 — Out-of-Country Foreign Money Judgments
- CS/HB 631 — Possession of Real Property
- HB 639 — Equitable Distribution of Marital Assets and Liabilities
- CS/CS/HB 875 — Limitations of Actions Other Than for the Recovery of Real Property
- CS/HB 1187 — Guardianship
- CS/CS/HB 1217 — Deployed Parent Custody and Visitation
- HB 7013 — OGSR/False Claims
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- All 2018 Summaries for Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (PDF)
- CS/HB 29 — Military and Veterans Affairs
- HB 75 — Postsecondary Fee Waivers
- SB 100 — Taxes and Fees for Veterans and Low Income Persons
- CS/HB 333 — Minimum Officer Qualifications
Regulated Industries (RI)
- All 2018 Summaries for Regulated Industries (PDF)
- HB 193 — Mortgage Brokering
- CS/HB 539 — Alarm Confirmation
- CS/HB 667 — Beverage Law
- CS/CS/CS/HB 841 — Community Associations
- CS/HB 961 — Beverage Law
- CS/HB 1265 — Alcoholic Beverages
Rules (RC)
- All 2018 Summaries for Rules (PDF)
- CS/HM 147 — Status of Puerto Rico
- SB 1940 — Public Records and Public Meetings/School Safety
- SB 7024 — Public Records/Victim of an Incident of Mass Violence
- CS/SB 7026 — Public Safety
- SB 7028 — Ratification of Department of Elderly Affairs Rules
- HB 7045 — The Legislature/Date for Convening 2020 Regular Session
- HB 7099 — Ratification of Agency for Health Care Administration Rules