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HB 155 - Tax on Sales, Use, and Other
Transactions
GENERAL BILL
by Bullard (CO-SPONSORS)
Williams, A.
Tax on Sales, Use, and
Other Transactions: Provides for
1-percent increase in sales tax rate;
revises brackets for calculating sales
tax amounts; provides for distribution
of revenues from additional 1-percent
increase in tax rate; provides for
future 1-percent decrease in sales tax
rate; provides for future revision of
brackets for calculating sales tax
amounts; provides for future deletion of
provision providing for distribution of
revenues from additional 1-percent
increase in tax rate. Effective Date:
July 1, 2010
HB 189 - Florida Commission on Human
Relations
GENERAL BILL
by Thompson, G. (CO-SPONSORS)
Williams, A.
Florida Commission on
Human Relations: Provides guidelines for
determining existence of impairment;
provides for administration of Florida
Civil Rights Act & Fair Housing Act;
permits commission to use any discovery
method authorized by civil procedure
rules; specifies persons & entities that
may receive technical assistance;
authorizes reasonable fees for products
or services; substitutes "sex" &
"disability" for terms "gender" &
"handicap," respectively; specifies when
unlawful employment practice occurs;
provides for relief for unlawful
employment practices; provides that
unlawful employment practice is
established when discrimination is
motivating factor, even if other factors
contributed; extends certain protections
to pregnant women; provides for
temporary relief; authorizes executive
director to reconsider final
determination of reasonable cause;
provides time limit for commencement of
certain actions; provides for mediation
& related services; provides for
computation of time; provides for
direct-support organization; tolls
statute of limitations for certain
actions during pendency of certain
administrative proceedings. Effective
Date: July 1, 2010
HB 517 - Reproductive Health Services
and Family Planning
GENERAL BILL
by Gibson (CO-SPONSORS) Abruzzo;
Brandenburg; Chestnut; Fitzgerald; Nehr;
Pafford; Rader; Rouson; Schwartz;
Skidmore; Steinberg
Reproductive
Health Services and Family Planning:
Creates "Prevention First Act"; provides
duties of licensed health care
practitioners & facilities relating to
treatment of rape survivors; requires
AHCA to provide for enforcement & impose
penalties; requires licensed pharmacies
to dispense certain forms of
contraception without delay; specifies
conditions under which pharmacy may
refuse to provide contraceptive.
Effective Date: July 1, 2010
HB
555 - Sale of Alcoholic Beverages
GENERAL BILL
by Homan (CO-SPONSORS) Anderson;
Chestnut; Culp; Plakon; Reagan; Troutman
Sale of Alcoholic Beverages: Creates
"Point-of-Purchase Messaging about
Alcohol and Pregnancy Act"; requires
certain warning signs to be displayed on
premises of alcoholic beverage vendors &
manufacturers; requires DBPR's Division
of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco to
produce & distribute signs; provides for
fee to cover costs of producing &
distributing signs; provides display
requirements; provides penalties;
provides for enforcement. Effective
Date: January 1, 2011
SB 468 - Child Abuse/False
Reports [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Hill
Child Abuse/False
Reports [SPSC]: Requires a child to be
returned to a parent or guardian within
3 days following a determination that an
order for shelter care was based on a
false report of child abuse,
abandonment, or neglect. Effective Date:
Upon becoming law
SB
478 - High School Graduation
Requirements/Health Ed. [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Sobel
High School
Graduation Requirements/Health Ed.
[SPSC]: Provides for a mandatory
one-half credit in health education,
independent of physical education credit
requirements, for high school students.
Provides a waiver for students who
request to take and successfully
complete a health education assessment
developed by the Department of
Education. Reduces the number of credits
in elective courses. Effective
Date: 07/01/2010
SB
524 - Student Voter Education [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Fasano (CO-SPONSORS) Bullard |
Student Voter Education [SPSC]: Provides
for a voter education program. Requires
that each district school board and
county supervisor of elections jointly
provide the program for high school
students who are eligible to register or
preregister to vote. Requires that such
education consist of a mandatory
presentation made by the supervisor of
elections to public high school students
who are eligible to register or
preregister to vote, etc. Effective
Date: 07/01/2010
CS/SB
532 - Food Service Inspections/Domestic
Violence Centers [SPSC]
GENERAL
BILL
by Health Regulation and Altman
Food Service Inspections/Domestic
Violence Centers [SPSC]: Requires the
Department of Health to conduct annual
food service inspections of certified
domestic violence centers. Provides
requirements for such food service
inspections. Provides that the
definition of the term "food service
establishment" does not include
certified domestic violence centers
under certain circumstances.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
HB
593 - Health Care
GENERAL BILL
by Adams
Health Care:
Establishes Office of Public Health
Nutrition within DOH; removes provision
limiting number of breast & cervical
cancer screenings based on Medicaid
expenditures; renames ch. 385, F.S., as
"Healthy & Fit Florida Act"; requires
DOH to support creation of public health
programs at state & community levels;
authorizes department to advance funds
for program startup; authorizes state
agencies to conduct employee wellness
programs & requires department, in
conjunction with DMS, to assist agencies
to develop those programs; provides
immunity from liability for facilities,
laboratories, & practitioners submitting
cancer reports to department; permits
department or contractual designee
operating statewide cancer registry
program to use or publish information
contained in registry for public health
surveillance; increases membership of
Diabetes Advisory Council; provides
requirements for contracts that provide
funding for Pediatric
Hematology-oncology Center Program;
authorizes State Surgeon General to seek
federal waivers necessary to implement
Arthritis Prevention & Education
Program; authorizes department to
establish direct-support organization;
requires annual audit. Effective Date:
July 1, 2010
HB 823 - Female Inmates Who Are Parents
of Minor Children
GENERAL BILL
by Clarke-Reed
Female Inmates
Who Are Parents of Minor Children:
Provides legislative findings & intent;
requires DOC to collect certain
information concerning children of
female inmates; requires DOC to analyze
institutional assignment of each female
inmate who is parent & determine
inmate's proximity to her minor child;
provides an exception; requires DOC to
consider female inmate's proximity to
minor child when transferring inmate;
requires that female inmate be assigned
to facility as near as possible to her
minor child; provides an exception.
Effective Date: July 1, 2010
HB
1023 - Prevention of Tobacco Use
GENERAL BILL
by Planas
Prevention of
Tobacco Use: Defines term "best
practices" for purposes of
comprehensive, statewide tobacco
education & use prevention program;
revises program components &
requirements; revises membership of
Tobacco Education & Use Prevention
Advisory Council; provides applicability
of public meetings & state ethics
requirements to council meetings;
revises council duties &
responsibilities; provides for direction
by DOH; provides for department, rather
than State Surgeon General to award
certain contracts & grants for program;
provides for peer review panel; exempts
grant award process from requirements
relating to procurement of personal
property & services & to protests over
contract solicitations or awards;
permits department to advance funds for
program startup & contracted services
under certain conditions.
Effective
Date: July 1, 2010
HB 1097 - Abortion
GENERAL BILL
by Van Zant (CO-SPONSORS)
Dorworth; Drake; Horner; Plakon;
Renuart; Tobia Abortion: Creates
"Florida for Life Act"; provides
legislative findings; prohibits induced
abortions; prohibits operation of
facility for purpose of providing
abortion services; prohibits termination
of pregnancy unless specified conditions
are met; requires consent; provides
exception; provides standard of care if
fetus is viable; provides that woman's
life is superior to concern for life of
fetus; requires that fetal remains be
disposed of according to specified
standards; provides that provisions do
not apply to specified procedures;
provides civil cause of action for
violations; repeals provisions relating
to termination of pregnancies & abortion
referral or counseling agencies; repeals
Partial-Birth Abortion Act; requires
statewide list of attorneys providing
pro bono adoption services for women
with unwanted pregnancies who would have
selected abortion, if lawful, rather
than adoption; provides that all federal
moneys received by state as result of
efforts made by Office of Adoption &
Child Protection shall only be spent by
that office; provides certain provisions
only take effect if other provisions are
declared unconstitutional or had
enforcement enjoined; provides that
certain repeals & amendments in act may
be void in other such circumstances.
Effective Date: July 1, 2010
HB 1125 - Medicaid Postpartum Benefits
GENERAL BILL
by Williams, A.
Medicaid
Postpartum Benefits: Provides for
continuation of Medicaid coverage for
women eligible for prenatal care
benefits under certain circumstances &
for specified period postpartum;
requires AHCA to electronically enroll
eligible women; authorizes agency to
seek waiver authority.
Effective
Date: January 1, 2011
HB 1203 - Early Learning
GENERAL
BILL
by Nelson
Early Learning:
Deletes or updates obsolete references
to former subsidized child care program,
former prekindergarten early
intervention program, Florida First
Start Program, & former State
Coordinating Council for School
Readiness Programs; transfers various
provisions relating to early learning to
ch. 411, F.S.; authorizes county
agencies responsible for licensure or
approval of child care providers to be
granted access to certain confidential
reports & records in cases of child
abuse or neglect; requires that DCF
consult with AWI regarding approval of
accrediting associations for Gold Seal
Quality Care program; revises procedures
for child care market rate reimbursement
& child care grants; directs AWI to
adopt prevailing market rate schedule
for child care services; prohibits
schedule from interfering with parental
choice; revises provisions relating to
fees collected for child care
facilities; directs DOH to consult with
AWI regarding certain training provided
for contractors of community resource
mother or father program; clarifies that
licensed foster home may be dually
licensed as child care facility &
receive certain payments for same child;
revises School Readiness Act, AWI's
duties & responsibilities, &
requirements for parental choice;
directs AWI to establish formula for
allocating school readiness funds to
each county; revises requirements for
services provided by statewide child
care resource & referral network;
revises eligibility requirements for
private prekindergarten providers.
Effective Date: July 1, 2010
HB 1283 - Health Care
GENERAL
BILL
by Braynon (CO-SPONSORS) Brisé;
Pafford
Health Care: Creates "Florida
Hospital Patient Protection Act";
provides minimum staffing level
requirements for health care facility;
prohibits mandatory overtime; prohibits
use of video cameras or monitors by
facility as substitute for required
level of care; requires facility to
annually evaluate staffing levels &
update staffing plan; prohibits facility
from assigning unlicensed personnel to
perform tasks performed by licensed or
registered nurses; prohibits facility
from using technology that limits
certain care provided by direct care
registered nurse; provides for direct
care registered nurse to act as
patient's advocate; provides that direct
care registered nurse has right of
action against health care facility;
requires AHCA to establish toll-free
telephone hotline; specifies information
to be provided to patients admitted to
facility; prohibits facility from
interfering with nurses who organize or
bargain collectively; authorizes agency
to impose fines; requires agency to post
names of violators of act on its
website. Effective Date: July 1, 2010
HB 1383 - Pregnant Children and Youth in
Out-of-Home Care
GENERAL BILL
by Weinstein
Pregnant
Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care:
Requires courts to appoint by specified
time pro bono attorney or guardian ad
litem for all children or youth in
out-of-home care who are pregnant;
establishes Specialty Guardian Ad Litem
Pilot Program in Fourth Judicial Circuit
to serve specified children & youth who
are pregnant; provides for supervision
of pilot program by executive director
of Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office;
requires that pro bono attorney or
guardian ad litem be appointed if
specialty guardian ad litem is not
available; limits specialty guardian ad
litem's representation to certain
proceedings upon request of child or
youth; provides that specialty guardian
ad litem does not have authority to
accept notice of termination of
pregnancy; provides that funding is
contingent upon specific appropriation
in GAA; requires children & families
client & management information system
to include information concerning status
& outcomes of pregnant children & youth
in licensed care; requires
community-based providers &
subcontractors to report specified
pregnancy & outcome data to DCFS;
specifies reporting procedures.
Effective Date: July 1, 2010
HB 1413 - Premarital Preparation
GENERAL BILL
by Murzin and Plakon
(CO-SPONSORS) Ambler; Burgin; Flores;
Van Zant Premarital Preparation:
Provides for creation & revision of
Florida Marriage Handbook; creates
Marriage Education Committee; provides
for membership on committee; specifies
content for handbook; requires committee
to be reconstituted once every 10 years
for purpose of reviewing & updating
content in handbook; requires committee
to submit report to Legislature by
specified date. Effective Date: July 1,
2010
HM 1459 - Military Readiness
MEMORIAL
by Kriseman (CO-SPONSORS)
Bullard; Nehr; Pafford; Porth; Rehwinkel
Vasilinda; Saunders; Steinberg
Military Readiness: Urges Congress to
adopt, & President of United States to
sign into law, H.R. 1283, Military
Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009, or
similar legislation, that institutes
policy of nondiscrimination based on
sexual orientation with respect to
service in U.S. military & repeals
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
Effective Date: Not Specified
HB 1515 - Elderly Inmates
GENERAL BILL
by Bush (CO-SPONSORS) Reed;
Rouson
Elderly Inmates: Creates
Elderly Rehabilitated Inmate Program to
authorize Parole Commission to approve
early release of certain elderly
inmates; provides eligibility
requirements for inmate to participate
in program; requires that petition to
participate in program include certain
documents; requires DOC to notify victim
or victim's family within specified
period that petition has been filed;
details criteria that must be satisfied
before petition to participate in
program may be approved; requires that
inmate participate in community service
& submit to electronic monitoring as
conditions for participating in program;
requires DOC to implement pilot programs
patterned on restorative justice
programs in one female & two male
correctional institutions; provides that
any proposed programs be developed after
consultation with specified persons;
authorizes DOC to conduct programs using
DOC employees or private agencies;
requires that Elderly Rehabilitated
Inmate Program include comprehensive
victim services to ensure safety of
victims after release of inmate under
program. Effective Date: July 1, 2010
HB 1623 - Employment Discrimination
GENERAL BILL
by Cruz
Employment
Discrimination: Creates "Helen Gordon
Davis Equal Pay Protection Act";
requires AWI to conduct studies &
provide information to employers, labor
organizations & public concerning means
available to eliminate pay disparities
between men & women; designates FCHR as
primary enforcement agency for claims
under federal Equal Pay Act; requires
FCHR to adopt rules & issue guidance on
federal act; creates Governor's
Recognition Award for Pay Equity in
Workplace; requires that award be made
annually to businesses in this state
which have engaged in activities that
eliminate barriers to equal pay for
equal work for women; requires director
of Workforce Innovation & chairperson of
FCHR to work cooperatively with
Governor's office to create eligibility
criteria for employers to receive award.
Effective Date: July 1, 2010
HCR 8003 - Equal Rights for Men and
Women
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
by Jenne (CO-SPONSORS)
Brandenburg; Braynon; Culp; Fitzgerald;
Garcia; Heller; Kriseman; Long; Pafford;
Planas; Robaina; Saunders; Schwartz;
Skidmore; Steinberg
Equal Rights for
Men and Women: Ratifies proposed
amendment to U.S. Constitution relating
to equal rights for men & women.
Effective Date: Not Specified
HJR 37 - Health Care Services
JOINT RESOLUTION
by Plakon and Workman and Ray
(CO-SPONSORS) Adams; Adkins; Ambler;
Bovo; Burgin; Carroll; Coley;
Crisafulli; Culp; Domino; Dorworth;
Drake; Eisnaugle; Evers; Flores; Ford;
Fresen; Frishe; Glorioso; Grady; Hays;
Holder; Hooper; Horner; Hudson; Kelly;
Kreegel; Legg; Mayfield; McBurney;
Murzin; Nehr; Nelson; O'Toole; Patronis;
Poppell; Precourt; Proctor; Renuart;
Robaina; Roberson, K.; Schenck; Snyder;
Stargel; Tobia; Troutman; Van Zant;
Weinstein; Williams, T.; Wood
Health
Care Services: Proposes creation of s.
28, Art. X of State Constitution to
prohibit laws or rules from compelling
any person, employer, or health care
provider to participate in any health
care system; permit person or employer
to purchase lawful health care services
directly from health care provider;
permit health care provider to accept
direct payment from person or employer
for lawful health care services; exempt
persons, employers, & health care
providers from penalties & fines for
paying or accepting direct payment for
lawful health care services; permit
purchase or sale of health insurance in
private health care systems; & specifies
what amendment does not affect or
prohibit. Effective Date: Not Specified
SJR 2 - Class Size Requirements for
Public Schools [WPSC]
JOINT
RESOLUTION
by Gaetz (CO-SPONSORS) Thrasher;
Detert; Wise; Bennett; Fasano; Richter;
Haridopolos; Baker; Negron; Dean;
Gardiner; Constantine; Oelrich; Ring;
Siplin; Alexander; Peaden; Storms; Lynn
Class Size Requirements for Public
Schools [WPSC]: Proposes amendments to
the State Constitution to revise class
size requirements for public schools and
to provide an effective date. Effective
Date: Not Specified
HB 3 - Adoption
GENERAL BILL
by Brandenburg (CO-SPONSORS)
Bullard; Clarke-Reed; Culp; Fitzgerald;
Garcia; Gibbons; Heller; Jenne; Kiar;
Kriseman; Pafford; Porth; Rader;
Randolph; Rehwinkel Vasilinda; Roberson,
Y.; Rouson; Sachs; Saunders; Schwartz;
Skidmore; Soto; Steinberg; Waldman
Adoption: Repeals provision relating to
prohibition against adoption by
homosexual. Effective Date: July
1, 2010
HB 7 - Coverage for Mental and Nervous
Disorders
GENERAL BILL
by Homan (CO-SPONSORS) Adkins;
Anderson; Brandenburg; Bullard;
Chestnut; Culp; Fitzgerald; Frishe;
Heller; Jenne; Kiar; Kriseman; Nehr;
Pafford; Porth; Reagan; Rehwinkel
Vasilinda; Sachs; Troutman; Van Zant;
Zapata
Coverage for Mental and
Nervous Disorders: Revises requirements
& limitations for optional coverage for
mental & nervous disorders; repeals
provisions relating to optional coverage
required for substance abuse impaired
persons; provides for application.
Effective Date: January 1, 2011, and
shall apply to policies and contracts
issued or renewed on or after that date
SM 74 - National Universal Health Care
Program [SPSC]
MEMORIAL
by
Aronberg
National Universal Health
Care Program [SPSC]: Urges the Congress
of the United States to enact
legislation that establishes a national
universal health care program having a
comprehensive range of benefits.
Effective Date: Not Specified
SR 78 - Women's History Month
RESOLUTION
by Joyner (CO-SPONSORS) Dockery;
Storms; Wilson; Sobel; Rich; Detert;
Lynn; Bullard
Women's History Month:
Recognizes the month of March 2010 as
"Women's History Month." Effective Date:
Not Specified
SR 108 - Fathers
RESOLUTION
by Bullard
Fathers: Expresses
affection for and gratitude to all
fathers. Effective Date: Not Specified
SR 110 - Mothers
RESOLUTION
by Bullard
Mothers: Expresses
gratitude and affection to all mothers.
Effective Date: Not Specified
SB 116 - Debtors and Collectors [CPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Bullard
Debtors and
Collectors [CPSC]: Requires lenders or
creditors to verify the identity of
persons applying for a loan, credit
card, or extension of credit. Provides
that the knowing and willful use of
personal identifying information of
another individual creates a rebuttable
presumption. Provides for the forfeiture
of indebtedness for failure of the
lender or creditor to verify an
applicant's identity. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 124 - School Entry
Requirements/Swimming Life Skills [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Bullard
School Entry
Requirements/Swimming Life Skills
[SPSC]: Requires that children who enter
public or private schools in the state
present evidence of having completed a
class in swimming life skills conducted
by a certified instructor. Provides for
certain exemptions from the requirement.
Amends specified provisions relating to
student and parent rights and
requirements for private schools, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 150 - Sports Coaches/Criminal History
Records Checks [SPSC]
GENERAL
BILL
by Ring
Sports
Coaches/Criminal History Records Checks
[SPSC]: Requires the sanctioning
authority of an independent youth
athletic team to screen an applicant for
sports coach through designated public
websites maintained by the Department of
Law Enforcement and the United States
Department of Justice. Requires the
sanctioning authority to disqualify any
applicant from acting as a sports coach
if that applicant appears on either
registry. Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 174 - Domestic, Repeat, Sexual and
Dating Violence [SPSC]
GENERAL
BILL
by Joyner
Domestic, Repeat,
Sexual and Dating Violence [SPSC]:
Provides that a court may order a
respondent to wear a global positioning
monitoring device if it appears to the
court that the petitioner is the victim
of domestic violence, repeat violence,
sexual violence, or dating violence or
has reasonable cause to believe that he
or she is in imminent danger of becoming
a victim of such violence. Provides that
the petitioner be provided a telephone
contact of a law enforcement agency,
etc. Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 190 - Breast Cancer Treatment [WPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Joyner
Breast Cancer
Treatment [WPSC]: Includes lymph node
dissections under provisions prescribing
the length of hospital stay relating to
a mastectomy and the outpatient
postsurgical followup care that
specified health insurers and health
maintenance organizations must cover.
Limits application. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 214 - Autism [SPSC]
GENERAL
BILL
by Ring
Autism [SPSC]:
Requires that a physician refer a minor
to an appropriate specialist for
screening for autism spectrum disorder
under certain circumstances. Requires
certain insurers and HMOs to provide
direct patient access to an appropriate
specialist for a minimum number of
visits per year for the screening,
evaluation, or diagnosis of autism
spectrum disorder, etc.
Effective
Date: 07/01/2010
SB 222 - Childhood Vaccinations [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Ring
Childhood
Vaccinations [SPSC]: Requires a
pediatrician or attending physician to
discuss the risks, benefits, and
alternatives of each vaccination before
a child is vaccinated. Provides
requirements for the administration of
certain vaccines required for school
entry. Requires licensed health care
providers to provide certain vaccine
information statements to parents, legal
guardians, and legal representatives
before administering certain vaccines to
children, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 238 - Procuring a Person for
Prostitution [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Fasano
Procuring a Person
for Prostitution [SPSC]: Provides that a
person who is 18 years of age or older
commits a felony of the first degree if
the victim of such offense is 16 years
of age or younger and is 5 or more years
younger than the person committing the
violation. Provides criminal penalties,
etc. Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 244 - Heather's Law/Cellular
Telephone Use in Vehicles [CPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson (CO-SPONSORS) Smith;
Hill; Lawson; Sobel; Gelber; Siplin
Heather's Law/Cellular Telephone Use in
Vehicles [CPSC]: Prohibits the use of a
cellular telephone while operating a
motor vehicle except when using a
headset or hands-free device. Provides
for enforcement only as a secondary
offense, etc. Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 290 - Florida Unborn Victims of
Violence Act [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Fasano
Florida Unborn
Victims of Violence Act [SPSC]: Defines
the term "unborn child" for purposes of
vehicular homicide. Revises terminology
to refer to "unborn child" rather than
"viable fetus." Provides that certain
offenses relating to the killing of an
unborn child by injury to the mother do
not require specified knowledge or
intent, etc. Effective Date: 10/01/2010
SB 316 - Child-restraint
Requirements/Motor Vehicles [CPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Transportation and Altman
Child-restraint Requirements/Motor
Vehicles [CPSC]: Provides
child-restraint requirements for certain
children ages 4 through 7. Provides
certain exceptions. Redefines the term
"motor vehicle" to exclude certain
vehicles from such requirements.
Provides a grace period. Effective Date:
07/01/2010 except as otherwise provided
SB 324 - Motor Vehicle Operators/Text
Messaging [CPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Baker
Motor Vehicle
Operators/Text Messaging [CPSC]:
Prohibits a person from writing or
sending a text message on an electronic
communications device while operating a
motor vehicle. Provides for enforcement.
Provides exceptions. Provides penalties.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
CS/SB 334 - Child Custody/Temporary and
Concurrent Custody [SPSC]
GENERAL
BILL
by Judiciary and Storms
Child
Custody/Temporary and Concurrent Custody
[SPSC]: Revises provisions relating to
petitions and court orders awarding the
temporary custody of a child to an
extended family member, to also provide
for concurrent custody with the parents
of the child. Provides that if a parent
objects to a petition for concurrent
custody, the court may not grant the
petition and must give the petitioner
the option of converting the petition to
one for temporary custody, etc.
Effective Date: 01/01/2011
SB 400 - Rape Crisis Programs/Court Cost
or Surcharge [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Fasano (CO-SPONSORS) Gaetz
Rape Crisis Programs/Court Cost or
Surcharge [SPSC]: Requires that an
additional court cost or surcharge be
assessed against a defendant who pleads
guilty or nolo contendere to, or is
found guilty of, regardless of
adjudication, certain specified criminal
offenses. Provides for proceeds of the
additional court cost or surcharge to be
deposited into the Rape Crisis Program
Trust fund, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 404 - Children of Incarcerated
Parents [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Joyner
Children of
Incarcerated Parents [SPSC]: Provides
legislative findings and purpose.
Provides guiding principles to be used
by state agency personnel when dealing
with children of incarcerated parents.
Provides for applicability. Effective
Date: 07/01/2010
SB 418 - Cell Phones/Motor Vehicle
Operators/School Zones [CPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Bullard
Cell Phones/Motor
Vehicle Operators/School Zones [CPSC]:
Prohibits the use of a cellular
telephone while operating a motor
vehicle in a school zone. Provides an
enhanced penalty. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
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CS/SB 430 - Tanning Facilities/Use by
Minors [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Judiciary and Sobel Tanning
Facilities/Use by Minors [SPSC]:
Requires that the operator or proprietor
of a tanning facility witness the
signing of a written statement by the
parent or legal guardian of a minor
before the minor is allowed to use a
tanning device. Deletes provisions
authorizing the use of a tanning device
by certain minors if accompanied by a
parent or legal guardian. Allows use of
a tanning device by certain minors as
treatment prescribed by a health care
provider, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 582 - Grandparent Visitation [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Fasano
Grandparent
Visitation [SPSC]: Provides additional
grounds for awarding a grandparent
visitation with a grandchild. Effective
Date: 07/01/2010
GENERAL BILL
by Smith (CO-SPONSORS) Sobel
Public K-12 Education/Teen Dating
Violence & Abuse [SPSC]: Provides that
comprehensive health education taught in
the public schools shall include a
component on teen dating violence and
abuse for students in grades 7 through
12. Requires district school boards to
adopt and implement a dating violence
and abuse policy. Provides policy
requirements. Requires the Department of
Education to develop a model policy.
Requires school personnel training.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 652 - Reproductive Health
Services/Rape Survivors [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Rich
Reproductive Health
Services/Rape Survivors [SPSC]: Creates
the "Prevention First Act." Provides
duties of licensed health care
practitioners and facilities relating to
the treatment of rape survivors.
Requires the Agency for Health Care
Administration to provide for
enforcement and impose penalties.
Requires licensed pharmacies to dispense
certain forms of contraception without
delay. Specifies conditions under which
a pharmacy may refuse to provide a
contraceptive, etc.
Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SR 766 - Budd Bell Day
RESOLUTION
by Sobel
Budd Bell Day:
Recognizes June 16, 2010, as "Bud Bell
Day" in the State of Florida. Effective
Date: Not Specified
SB 794 - School Food
Services/Nutritional Awareness [WPSC]GENERAL
BILL
by Sobel
School Food
Services/Nutritional Awareness [WPSC]:
Cites this act as the "Cafeteria
Nutritional Awareness Act." Provides
that district school board policies for
the operation of school food service
programs include the requirement that
schools provide and post nutritional
information for daily meals. Requires
each school district with a summer
nutrition program to provide and post
nutritional information for daily meals.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SR
800 - Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
RESOLUTION
by Hill
Fibromyalgia
Awareness Day: Recognizes May 12, 2010,
as "Fibromyalgia Awareness Day" in
Florida. Effective Date: Not Specified
SB 848 - Voluntary Prekindergarten
Education Program [SPSC]
GENERAL
BILL
by Rich
Voluntary
Prekindergarten Education Program
[SPSC]: Provides that prekindergarten
instructors in school-year
prekindergarten programs delivered by
private providers and public schools
must meet new professional credentialing
requirements beginning July 1, 2013.
Deletes provisions relating to alternate
educational credentials, to conform.
Repeals a specified provision relating
to aspirational goals for the
professional credentials of
prekindergarten instructors, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 918 - Newborns/Screening [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Detert
Newborns/Screening
[SPSC]: Authorizes the DOH to charge a
fee for each live birth to cover the
administrative costs incurred in
providing for followup evaluation of
abnormal screening results. Deletes a
requirement that the DOH certify the
annual costs of the newborn screening
program in its legislative budget
requests. Requires that the DOH be
reimbursed by Medicaid for newborn
screening tests and followup
reevaluations, etc.
Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 928 - Low-income and Moderate-income
Homeowners [EPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
Low-income and
Moderate-income Homeowners [EPSC]:
Provides for counties to establish a
fund for providing no-interest loans to
assist low-income and moderate-income
homeowners in paying homeowners'
insurance premiums. Provides for the
program to be adopted initially by the
governing authority of certain
constitutional charter counties and for
later adoption in the remaining counties
of the state, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010 except as otherwise provided
SB 932 - Sexual Offenses Involving the
Internet [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
Sexual Offenses
Involving the Internet [SPSC]: Prohibits
persons convicted of certain sexual
offenses involving the Internet from
accessing the Internet or maintaining or
contracting for access to the Internet.
Provides an employment exception.
Provides criminal penalties. Effective
Date: 10/01/2010
SB 936 - Breast Cancer Early Detection
and Treatment [SPSC]
GENERAL
BILL
by Aronberg (CO-SPONSORS) Sobel
Breast Cancer Early Detection and
Treatment [SPSC]: Revises certain
criteria of the breast cancer early
detection and treatment referral program
by requiring that the public education
and outreach initiative and professional
education programs use guidelines
established by the American Cancer
Society rather than the United States
Preventive Services Task Force.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 946
-Injunctions/Domestic/Repeat/Sexual/Dating
Violence [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Hill
Injunctions/Domestic/Repeat/Sexual/Dating
Violence [SPSC]: Requires the court,
under certain circumstances, to order
the sheriff to take into custody and to
keep in custody for a specified period
the respondent of a petition for an
injunction for protection against
domestic violence or for an injunction
for protection against repeat violence,
sexual violence, or dating violence,
etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 948 - Domestic Violence/Surrender
Weapon [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Hill
Domestic
Violence/Surrender Weapon [SPSC]:
Provides that a respondent may be
ordered, as part of a domestic violence
injunction, to surrender any weapon
identified in the injunction order.
Provides requirements for such an order.
Provides for consequences of failure to
comply with such an order, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 976 - Public School Students/Grades
1-3/Reading [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
Public School
Students/Grades 1-3/Reading [SPSC]:
Requires that certain students who are
enrolled in a public elementary school
and reading below grade level be placed
into an intensive reading lab. Provides
for oversight of the progress of
students assigned to a reading lab.
Encourages the principal of a school
where reading labs are required to
solicit donations to secure
instructional materials. Specifies
requirements for training teachers to
teach reading, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1040 - Domestic Violence Trust Fund
[SPSC]
GENERAL
BILL
by Rich Domestic Violence Trust
Fund [SPSC]: Requires the court to
impose a surcharge of $301, rather than
the formerly imposed surcharge of $201,
for violations of certain specified
provisions of law and for other offenses
of domestic violence. Requires the clerk
of court to deposit the sum of $185,
rather than the formerly required
deposit of $85, into the Domestic
Violence Trust Fund. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1194 - Alimony [SPSC]
GENERAL
BILL
by Altman
Alimony [SPSC]:
Allows for award of more than one type
of alimony. Revises factors to be
considered in whether to award alimony
or maintenance. Provides for award of
bridge-the-gap alimony. Provides that
such an award is not modifiable.
Provides for award of rehabilitative
alimony in certain circumstances.
Provides for award of durational alimony
in certain circumstances. Provides for
award of permanent alimony in certain
circumstances, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1220 - Infectious Disease
Testing/Juvenile Centers [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
Infectious Disease
Testing/Juvenile Centers [SPSC]:
Requires each juvenile assessment center
or juvenile detention facility to have a
written procedure regarding the testing
of juveniles for infectious diseases.
Requires the DOH to designate certain
counties, if approved by the county's
governing body, to participate in a
program to test each juvenile for HIV
who is referred to or who is under
supervision of the DJJ. Provides that
informed consent is not required for an
HIV test, etc.
Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1262 - School-entry
Requirements/Vision Examinations [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
School-entry
Requirements/Vision Examinations [SPSC]:
Requires children who enter public or
private schools in the state to present
evidence of having received a
comprehensive vision examination.
Provides an exemption. Requires the
imposition of a fee on the retail sale
of nonprescription eyeglasses. Provides
for the fee to be used by the Department
of Health to assist parents in paying
for school-entry comprehensive vision
examinations, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010 except as otherwise provided
SB 1284 - Sexual Offenders and Predators
[SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Crist and Aronberg
Sexual
Offenders and Predators [SPSC]:
Prohibits loitering or prowling by
certain offenders within a specified
distance of places where children
regularly congregate. Preempts certain
local ordinances relating to residency
limitations for sexual predators and
offenders and providing for repeal of
such ordinances. Provides additional
address reporting requirements for
sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent,
etc. Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 1294 - School Wellness and Physical
Education Policies [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
School Wellness and
Physical Education Policies [SPSC]:
Revises each school district's
requirement for reviewing its wellness
and physical education policies.
Provides specific guidelines for a
school district's wellness and physical
education policies with regard to
nutrition education, physical activity,
school-based activities, and nutritional
guidelines for food and beverages sold
or served on campus, etc. Effective
Date: 07/01/2010
SB 1302 - Victim
Advocate/Postsecondary Educ. Institute
[SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Storms (CO-SPONSORS) Fasano
Victim Advocate/Postsecondary Educ.
Institute [SPSC]: Requires that each
postsecondary educational institution
provide an advocate to assist students
who are victims of violent crime.
Requires that the advocate complete a
specified number of hours in victim
advocacy training and enlist the
assistance of public and voluntary
health, education, welfare, and
rehabilitation agencies or groups and
law enforcement agencies. Requires that
an advocate be available on any campus
that provides student housing, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2011
SB 1314 - Sexually Violent Predators
[SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Storms
Sexually Violent
Predators [SPSC]: Clarifies the
definition of the term "sexually violent
offense" to include a felony criminal
act that has been determined beyond a
reasonable doubt to have been sexually
motivated. Revises the period within
which the DCFS's multidiciplinary team
is required to provide an assessment to
the state attorney regarding certain
offenders and file a petition with the
circuit court alleging that an offender
is a sexually violent predator, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 1322 - HIV Testing/Health
Care/Routine Annual Examination [SPSC]GENERAL
BILL
by Wilson
HIV Testing/Health
Care/Routine Annual Examination [SPSC]:
Requires HIV testing to be offered as a
routine part of a patient's annual
physical examination. Requires a health
care provider to provide the patient
with certain information concerning HIV
testing. Requires the Department of
Health to adopt rules, etc. Effective
Date: 07/01/2010
SB 1324 - School-based AIDS Education
[SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
School-based AIDS
Education [SPSC]: Requires the DOE to
award grants to public school districts
to implement school-based AIDS education
activities. Provides for the grant
awards to be made from funds
appropriated by the Legislature.
Specifies requirements for grant
proposals by school districts. Requires
that the department consider specified
factors in awarding grants. Requires
each school district that receives a
grant to file an annual report with the
department. Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 1334 - Sexual
Misconduct/Students/Authority Figures
[SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Lynn
Sexual
Misconduct/Students/Authority Figures
[SPSC]: Provides definitions. Provides
for reclassification of specified sexual
offenses committed against students by
authority figures. Provides for severity
ranking of offenses. Provides for
application of the severity ranking
chart of the Criminal Punishment Code.
Effective Date: 10/01/2010
SB 1354 - Florida Civil Rights Hall of
Fame [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Hill (CO-SPONSORS) Joyner
Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame
[SPSC]: Provides for the establishment
and location of the hall of fame.
Provides for the selection of
hall-of-fame members by the Governor
upon recommendations by the Florida
Commission on Human Relations. Provides
criteria for such recommendations.
Authorizes the commission to set time
periods for the nomination and selection
of hall-of-fame members. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1358 - Infant Eye Care [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
Infant Eye Care
[SPSC]: Requires certain eye
examinations for all infants born in
hospitals in the state. Revises an
exception to the applicability of
certain requirements concerning infant
eye care. Clarifies the application of a
penalty. Provides that coverage for
children under health insurance policies
and HMO contracts must include certain
eye examinations for infants and
children. Provides that the act fulfills
an important state interest. Provides
for application. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1360 - Corporal
Discipline/Inappropriate/Excessive
[SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Detert
Corporal
Discipline/Inappropriate/Excessive
[SPSC]: Includes inappropriate or
excessively harsh corporal discipline in
the definition of "criminal conduct" for
purposes of protective investigations.
Prohibits parents, legal custodians, or
caregivers from inflicting such corporal
discipline. Provides penalties and
applicability. Includes offenses
involving inappropriate or excessively
harsh corporal discipline within the
offense severity ranking chart of the
Criminal Punishment Code, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 1382 - Child Care Facilities [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Rich
Child Care Facilities
[SPSC]: Provides that certain child care
facilities, large family child care
homes, and family day care homes that
are accredited by a nationally
recognized accrediting association may
apply to the DCFS to receive a "Gold
Seal Quality Care" designation.
Prohibits a person under the age of 18
from being employed at a child care
facility. States the minimum educational
standards for child care facility
employees, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1502 - Public Schools/Human Sexuality
Education [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Deutch
Public
Schools/Human Sexuality Education
[SPSC]: Cites this act as the "Florida
Healthy Teens Act." Requires public
schools that provide certain information
or programs to students concerning human
sexuality to provide information that
meets specified criteria. Provides an
exemption for certain students. Provides
a process to review compliance with such
requirements. Authorizes parents and
guardians to seek review of a school's
compliance, etc.
Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1700 - Sexual Exploitation [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Ring
Sexual Exploitation
[SPSC]: Requires delivery of children
alleged to be dependant and sexually
exploited to short-term safe houses.
Requires assessment of certain children
for placement in a safe house. Provides
requirements for safe houses receiving
such children. Provides requirements
relating to appropriations for safe
houses. Requires districts of the DCFS
to address child welfare service needs
of sexually exploited children as a
component of their master plans, etc.
Effective Date: Not Specified
CS/SB 430 - Tanning Facilities/Use by
Minors [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Judiciary and Sobel
Tanning Facilities/Use by Minors [SPSC]:
Requires that the operator or proprietor
of a tanning facility witness the
signing of a written statement by the
parent or legal guardian of a minor
before the minor is allowed to use a
tanning device. Deletes provisions
authorizing the use of a tanning device
by certain minors if accompanied by a
parent or legal guardian. Allows use of
a tanning device by certain minors as
treatment prescribed by a health care
provider, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 582 - Grandparent Visitation [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Fasano
Grandparent
Visitation [SPSC]: Provides additional
grounds for awarding a grandparent
visitation with a grandchild. Effective
Date: 07/01/2010
GENERAL BILL
by Smith (CO-SPONSORS) Sobel
Public K-12 Education/Teen Dating
Violence & Abuse [SPSC]: Provides that
comprehensive health education taught in
the public schools shall include a
component on teen dating violence and
abuse for students in grades 7 through
12. Requires district school boards to
adopt and implement a dating violence
and abuse policy. Provides policy
requirements. Requires the Department of
Education to develop a model policy.
Requires school personnel training.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 652 - Reproductive Health
Services/Rape Survivors [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Rich
Reproductive Health
Services/Rape Survivors [SPSC]: Creates
the "Prevention First Act." Provides
duties of licensed health care
practitioners and facilities relating to
the treatment of rape survivors.
Requires the Agency for Health Care
Administration to provide for
enforcement and impose penalties.
Requires licensed pharmacies to dispense
certain forms of contraception without
delay. Specifies conditions under which
a pharmacy may refuse to provide a
contraceptive, etc.
Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SR 766 - Budd Bell Day
RESOLUTION
by Sobel
Budd Bell Day:
Recognizes June 16, 2010, as "Bud Bell
Day" in the State of Florida.
Effective Date: Not Specified
SB 794 - School Food
Services/Nutritional Awareness [WPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Sobel
School Food
Services/Nutritional Awareness [WPSC]:
Cites this act as the "Cafeteria
Nutritional Awareness Act." Provides
that district school board policies for
the operation of school food service
programs include the requirement that
schools provide and post nutritional
information for daily meals. Requires
each school district with a summer
nutrition program to provide and post
nutritional information for daily meals.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SR 800 - Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
RESOLUTION
by Hill
Fibromyalgia
Awareness Day: Recognizes May 12, 2010,
as "Fibromyalgia Awareness Day" in
Florida. Effective Date: Not Specified
SB 848 - Voluntary Prekindergarten
Education Program [SPSC]
GENERAL
BILL
by Rich
Voluntary
Prekindergarten Education Program
[SPSC]: Provides that prekindergarten
instructors in school-year
prekindergarten programs delivered by
private providers and public schools
must meet new professional credentialing
requirements beginning July 1, 2013.
Deletes provisions relating to alternate
educational credentials, to conform.
Repeals a specified provision relating
to aspirational goals for the
professional credentials of
prekindergarten instructors, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 918 - Newborns/Screening [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Detert
Newborns/Screening
[SPSC]: Authorizes the DOH to charge a
fee for each live birth to cover the
administrative costs incurred in
providing for followup evaluation of
abnormal screening results. Deletes a
requirement that the DOH certify the
annual costs of the newborn screening
program in its legislative budget
requests. Requires that the DOH be
reimbursed by Medicaid for newborn
screening tests and followup
reevaluations, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 928 - Low-income and Moderate-income
Homeowners [EPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
Low-income and
Moderate-income Homeowners [EPSC]:
Provides for counties to establish a
fund for providing no-interest loans to
assist low-income and moderate-income
homeowners in paying homeowners'
insurance premiums. Provides for the
program to be adopted initially by the
governing authority of certain
constitutional charter counties and for
later adoption in the remaining counties
of the state, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010 except as otherwise provided
SB 932 - Sexual Offenses Involving the
Internet [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
Sexual Offenses
Involving the Internet [SPSC]: Prohibits
persons convicted of certain sexual
offenses involving the Internet from
accessing the Internet or maintaining or
contracting for access to the Internet.
Provides an employment exception.
Provides criminal penalties. Effective
Date: 10/01/2010
SB 936 - Breast Cancer Early Detection
and Treatment [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Aronberg (CO-SPONSORS) Sobel
Breast Cancer Early Detection and
Treatment [SPSC]: Revises certain
criteria of the breast cancer early
detection and treatment referral program
by requiring that the public education
and outreach initiative and professional
education programs use guidelines
established by the American Cancer
Society rather than the United States
Preventive Services Task Force.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 946 -
Injunctions/Domestic/Repeat/Sexual/Dating
Violence [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Hill
Injunctions/Domestic/Repeat/Sexual/Dating
Violence [SPSC]: Requires the court,
under certain circumstances, to order
the sheriff to take into custody and to
keep in custody for a specified period
the respondent of a petition for an
injunction for protection against
domestic violence or for an injunction
for protection against repeat violence,
sexual violence, or dating violence,
etc. Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 948 - Domestic Violence/Surrender
Weapon [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Hill
Domestic
Violence/Surrender Weapon [SPSC]:
Provides that a respondent may be
ordered, as part of a domestic violence
injunction, to surrender any weapon
identified in the injunction order.
Provides requirements for such an order.
Provides for consequences of failure to
comply with such an order, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 976 - Public School Students/Grades
1-3/Reading [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
Public School
Students/Grades 1-3/Reading [SPSC]:
Requires that certain students who are
enrolled in a public elementary school
and reading below grade level be placed
into an intensive reading lab. Provides
for oversight of the progress of
students assigned to a reading lab.
Encourages the principal of a school
where reading labs are required to
solicit donations to secure
instructional materials. Specifies
requirements for training teachers to
teach reading, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1040 - Domestic Violence Trust Fund
[SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Rich
Domestic Violence
Trust Fund [SPSC]: Requires the court to
impose a surcharge of $301, rather than
the formerly imposed surcharge of $201,
for violations of certain specified
provisions of law and for other offenses
of domestic violence. Requires the clerk
of court to deposit the sum of $185,
rather than the formerly required
deposit of $85, into the Domestic
Violence Trust Fund.
Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1194 - Alimony [SPSC]
GENERAL
BILL
by Altman
Alimony [SPSC]:
Allows for award of more than one type
of alimony. Revises factors to be
considered in whether to award alimony
or maintenance. Provides for award of
bridge-the-gap alimony. Provides that
such an award is not modifiable.
Provides for award of rehabilitative
alimony in certain circumstances.
Provides for award of durational alimony
in certain circumstances. Provides for
award of permanent alimony in certain
circumstances, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1220 - Infectious Disease
Testing/Juvenile Centers [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
Infectious Disease
Testing/Juvenile Centers [SPSC]:
Requires each juvenile assessment center
or juvenile detention facility to have a
written procedure regarding the testing
of juveniles for infectious diseases.
Requires the DOH to designate certain
counties, if approved by the county's
governing body, to participate in a
program to test each juvenile for HIV
who is referred to or who is under
supervision of the DJJ. Provides that
informed consent is not required for an
HIV test, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1262 - School-entry
Requirements/Vision Examinations [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
School-entry
Requirements/Vision Examinations [SPSC]:
Requires children who enter public or
private schools in the state to present
evidence of having received a
comprehensive vision examination.
Provides an exemption. Requires the
imposition of a fee on the retail sale
of nonprescription eyeglasses. Provides
for the fee to be used by the Department
of Health to assist parents in paying
for school-entry comprehensive vision
examinations, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010 except as otherwise provided
SB 1284 - Sexual Offenders and Predators
[SPSC] GENERAL BILL
by Crist and Aronberg
Sexual
Offenders and Predators [SPSC]:
Prohibits loitering or prowling by
certain offenders within a specified
distance of places where children
regularly congregate. Preempts certain
local ordinances relating to residency
limitations for sexual predators and
offenders and providing for repeal of
such ordinances. Provides additional
address reporting requirements for
sexual offenders adjudicated delinquent,
etc. Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 1294 - School Wellness and Physical
Education Policies [SPSC]
GENERAL
BILL
by Wilson
School Wellness and
Physical Education Policies [SPSC]:
Revises each school district's
requirement for reviewing its wellness
and physical education policies.
Provides specific guidelines for a
school district's wellness and physical
education policies with regard to
nutrition education, physical activity,
school-based activities, and nutritional
guidelines for food and beverages sold
or served on campus, etc. Effective
Date: 07/01/2010
SB 1302 - Victim Advocate/Postsecondary
Educ. Institute [SPSC]
GENERAL
BILL
by Storms (CO-SPONSORS) Fasano
Victim Advocate/Postsecondary Educ.
Institute [SPSC]: Requires that each
postsecondary educational institution
provide an advocate to assist students
who are victims of violent crime.
Requires that the advocate complete a
specified number of hours in victim
advocacy training and enlist the
assistance of public and voluntary
health, education, welfare, and
rehabilitation agencies or groups and
law enforcement agencies. Requires that
an advocate be available on any campus
that provides student housing, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2011
SB 1314 - Sexually Violent Predators
[SPSC] GENERAL BILL
by Storms
Sexually Violent
Predators [SPSC]: Clarifies the
definition of the term "sexually violent
offense" to include a felony criminal
act that has been determined beyond a
reasonable doubt to have been sexually
motivated. Revises the period within
which the DCFS's multidiciplinary team
is required to provide an assessment to
the state attorney regarding certain
offenders and file a petition with the
circuit court alleging that an offender
is a sexually violent predator, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 1322 - HIV Testing/Health
Care/Routine Annual Examination [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
HIV Testing/Health
Care/Routine Annual Examination [SPSC]:
Requires HIV testing to be offered as a
routine part of a patient's annual
physical examination. Requires a health
care provider to provide the patient
with certain information concerning HIV
testing. Requires the Department of
Health to adopt rules, etc. Effective
Date: 07/01/2010
SB 1324 - School-based AIDS
Education[SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
School-based AIDS
Education [SPSC]: Requires the DOE to
award grants to public school districts
to implement school-based AIDS education
activities. Provides for the grant
awards to be made from funds
appropriated by the Legislature.
Specifies requirements for grant
proposals by school districts. Requires
that the department consider specified
factors in awarding grants. Requires
each school district that receives a
grant to file an annual report with the
department. Effective Date: 07/01/2010
SB 1334 - Sexual
Misconduct/Students/Authority Figures
[SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Lynn
Sexual
Misconduct/Students/Authority Figures
[SPSC]: Provides definitions. Provides
for reclassification of specified sexual
offenses committed against students by
authority figures. Provides for severity
ranking of offenses. Provides for
application of the severity ranking
chart of the Criminal Punishment Code.
Effective Date: 10/01/2010
SB 1354 - Florida Civil Rights Hall of
Fame [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Hill (CO-SPONSORS) Joyner
Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame
[SPSC]: Provides for the establishment
and location of the hall of fame.
Provides for the selection of
hall-of-fame members by the Governor
upon recommendations by the Florida
Commission on Human Relations. Provides
criteria for such recommendations.
Authorizes the commission to set time
periods for the nomination and selection
of hall-of-fame members. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1358 - Infant Eye Care [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Wilson
Infant Eye Care
[SPSC]: Requires certain eye
examinations for all infants born in
hospitals in the state. Revises an
exception to the applicability of
certain requirements concerning infant
eye care. Clarifies the application of a
penalty. Provides that coverage for
children under health insurance policies
and HMO contracts must include certain
eye examinations for infants and
children. Provides that the act fulfills
an important state interest. Provides
for application. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1360 - Corporal
Discipline/Inappropriate/Excessive
[SPSC] GENERAL BILL
by Detert
Corporal
Discipline/Inappropriate/Excessive
[SPSC]: Includes inappropriate or
excessively harsh corporal discipline in
the definition of "criminal conduct" for
purposes of protective investigations.
Prohibits parents, legal custodians, or
caregivers from inflicting such corporal
discipline. Provides penalties and
applicability. Includes offenses
involving inappropriate or excessively
harsh corporal discipline within the
offense severity ranking chart of the
Criminal Punishment Code, etc. Effective
Date: 07/01/2010
SB 1382 - Child Care Facilities [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Rich
Child Care Facilities
[SPSC]: Provides that certain child care
facilities, large family child care
homes, and family day care homes that
are accredited by a nationally
recognized accrediting association may
apply to the DCFS to receive a "Gold
Seal Quality Care" designation.
Prohibits a person under the age of 18
from being employed at a child care
facility. States the minimum educational
standards for child care facility
employees, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1502 - Public Schools/Human Sexuality
Education [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Deutch
Public
Schools/Human Sexuality Education
[SPSC]: Cites this act as the "Florida
Healthy Teens Act." Requires public
schools that provide certain information
or programs to students concerning human
sexuality to provide information that
meets specified criteria. Provides an
exemption for certain students. Provides
a process to review compliance with such
requirements. Authorizes parents and
guardians to seek review of a school's
compliance, etc. Effective Date:
07/01/2010
SB 1700 - Sexual Exploitation [SPSC]
GENERAL BILL
by Ring
Sexual Exploitation
[SPSC]: Requires delivery of children
alleged to be dependant and sexually
exploited to short-term safe houses.
Requires assessment of certain children
for placement in a safe house. Provides
requirements for safe houses receiving
such children. Provides requirements
relating to appropriations for safe
houses. Requires districts of the DCFS
to address child welfare service needs
of sexually exploited children as a
component of their master plans, etc.
Effective Date: Not Specified
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