2011 Bill Summaries
The 2011 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.
- Agriculture (AG)
- Banking and Insurance (BI)
- Budget (BC)
- Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations (BJA)
- Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations (BEA)
- Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax (BFT)
- Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (BGA)
- Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations (BTA)
- 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)
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- Health Regulation (HR)
- Higher Education (HE)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- Regulated Industries (RI)
- Rules (RC)
- Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Transportation (TR)
Agriculture (AG)
- All 2011 Summaries for Agriculture (PDF)
- CS/CS/SB 1312 - School Nutrition Programs
- CS/CS/HB 7215 - Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Banking and Insurance (BI)
- All 2011 Summaries for Banking and Insurance (PDF)
- CS/HB 1007 - Insurer Insolvency
- CS/HB 1087 - Insurance
- CS/HB 1121 - Financial Institutions
- CS/HB 1125 - Health and Human Services
- CS/HB 1193 - Health Insurance
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1816 - Surplus Lines Insurance
- HB 4081 - Repeal of Obsolete Insurance Provisions (Chapter 2011-11)
- HB 4129 - Residential Property/Evaluation Grant Program (Chapter 2011-12, L.O.F.)
- HB 4181 - Prohibited Activities of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
Budget (BC)
- All 2011 Summaries for Budget (PDF)
- CS/CS/SB 1292 - Chief Financial Officer
- CS/CS/SB 1314 - State Financial Matters
- CS/SB 1738 - State Financial Information
- SB 2002 - Implementing 2011-2012 General Appropriations Act
- SB 2094 - State Employees
- SB 2096 - State Financial Information
- SB 2098 - Consolidation of State Information Technology Services
- SB 2100 - Retirement
- SB 2104 - Governmental Reorganization
- SB 2106 - Florida Energy and Climate Commission
- SB 2110 - Auditor General
- SB 2112 - Juvenile Detention Facilities
- SB 2114 - Juvenile Justice
- SB 2116 - State Judicial System
- SB 2118 - Criminal Justice
- SB 2120 - K-12 Education Funding
- SB 2122 - State Government Operations
- SB 2128 - Public Employees Relations Commission
- SB 2130 - Pollution Control
- SB 2132 - Department of Financial Services
- SB 2136 - Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- SB 2142 - Water Management Districts
- SB 2144 - Medicaid
- SB 2146 - Allocation of Funds for Community-Based Care Lead Agencies
- SB 2150 - Postsecondary Education Funding
- SB 2152 - Transportation
- SB 2154 - Florida Housing Finance Corporation; Federal Grants Trust Fund
- SB 2156 - Governmental Reorganization
- SB 2160 - Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- SB 2162 - Welfare Transition Trust Fund
- HB 5011 - Commission on Capital Cases
- HB 5303 - Biomedical Research
- HB 5305 - Correctional Medical Authority
- HB 5401 - Cybercrime Office
- HB 5405 - Trust Funds of the State Courts System
- HB 7205 - State Economic Enhancement and Development Trust Fund
- HB 7207 - Trust Funds; Growth Management
Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations (BJA)
- All 2011 Summaries for Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations (PDF)
- SB 1012 - State Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund/Justice Administrative Commission
- SB 1014 - Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund/Justice Administrative Commission
- SB 1016 - Indigent Civil Defense Trust Fund/Justice Administrative Commission
- SB 1018 - State Courts Revenue Trust Fund
- SB 1020 - Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Legal Affairs
- SB 1022 - Operating Trust Fund/Department of Legal Affairs
- SB 1024 - Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Juvenile Justice
Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations (BEA)
- All 2011 Summaries for Budget Subcommittee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations (PDF)
- SB 1026 - Operating Trust Fund/Department of Education
- SB 1028 - Administrative Trust Fund/Department of Education
Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax (BFT)
- All 2011 Summaries for Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax (PDF)
- CS/HB 7185 - Corporate Income Tax
Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (BGA)
- All 2011 Summaries for Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (PDF)
- SB 1030 - Trust Funds/Department of Financial Services
- SB 1032 - Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Environmental Protection
- SB 1034 - Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Revenue
- SB 1036 - Operations Trust Fund/Department of Revenue
- SB 1038 - Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Financial Services
- SB 1040 - Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund/Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations (BTA)
- All 2011 Summaries for Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations (PDF)
- SB 1042 - Federal Grants Trust Fund/Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- SB 1044 - International Registration Clearing Trust Fund/Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- All 2011 Summaries for Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 1037 - Continuing Care Retirement Communities
- CS/CS/SB 1366 - Child Welfare/Mental Health/Substance Abuse
- CS/SB 1992 - Background Screening
- CS/HB 4045 - Assisted Living Facilities
Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- All 2011 Summaries for Commerce and Tourism (PDF)
- CS/CS/SB 1346 - Obsolete References and Programs
- CS/SB 1884 - Consumer Protection
- CS/HB 4013 - Television Picture Tubes
- HB 4023 - Sales Representative Contracts/Commissions
- HB 4033 - Florida Industrial Development Corporation
- CS/CS/HB 7005 - Unemployment Compensation
- CS/HB 7209 - Consumer Services Functions/DOACS
Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU)
- All 2011 Summaries for Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 1231 - Telecommunications
Community Affairs (CA)
- All 2011 Summaries for Community Affairs (PDF)
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1163 - Ad Valorem Taxation
- HB 4031 - Local Government Services
- HB 7001 - Growth Management
- HB 7003 - Affordable Housing
Criminal Justice (CJ)
- All 2011 Summaries for Criminal Justice (PDF)
- HB 1029 - Interstate Compact for Juveniles
- CS/HB 1039 - Controlled Substances
- HB 4159 - State Attorneys
- HB 7075 - OGSR/DJJ Employees and Family Members
- HB 7077 - OGSR/Biometric Identification Information
- HB 7161 - OGSR/Concealed Weapons or Firearms
Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
- All 2011 Summaries for Education Pre-K - 12 (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 1255 - Public School Accountability
- CS/HB 1329 - McKay Scholarships/Students With Disabilities
- CS/HB 1331 - School Choice
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1546 - School Choice
- CS/HB 7087 - Education Law Repeals
- CS/CS/HB 7197 - Digital Learning
Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- All 2011 Summaries for Governmental Oversight and Accountability (PDF)
- CS/CS/SB 1128 - Local Government Retirement Plans
- CS/SB 1970 - Public Records/OPPAGA
- HB 7155 - State Financial Matters
- CS/HB 7223 - OGSR/Competitive Solicitations
- HB 7225 - OGSR/SBA Alternative Investments
Health Regulation (HR)
- All 2011 Summaries for Health Regulation (PDF)
- CS/HB 1085 - Women's Health
- CS/HB 1127 - Abortions
- CS/HJR 1179 - Abortion/Public Funding/Construction of Rights
- HB 1247 - Parental Notice of Abortion
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1319 - Certificates/Licenses/Health Care Practitioners
- CS/HB 1463 - Crisis Stabilization Units
- CS/HB 1473 - Public Records/Florida Health Choices Program
- CS/SB 1676 - Sovereign Immunity
- HB 4027 - Obsolete Health Care Provisions
- HB 4121 - Clove Cigarettes
- HB 7079 - OGSR/Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research
- CS/CS/HB 7095 - Prescription Drugs
- CS/HB 7107 - Medicaid Managed Care
- CS/HB 7109 - Medicaid
Higher Education (HE)
- All 2011 Summaries for Higher Education (PDF)
- CS/SM 1654 - CS/SM 1654 - Memorial to the U.S. Department of Education Regarding Postsecondary Programs
- CS/HB 7151 - Postsecondary Education
Judiciary (JU)
- All 2011 Summaries for Judiciary (PDF)
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1111 - Family Law
- SB 1142 - Adverse Possession
- CS/HJR 1471 - Religious Freedom
- HB 4067 - Residence of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
- HB 7081 - Open Government Sunset Review/Statewide Public Guardianship Office
- HB 7083 - Open Government Sunset Review/Interference with Custody
- HB 7085 - Open Government Sunset Review/Court Monitors in Guardianship Cases
- CS/HJR 7111 - Judiciary
Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- All 2011 Summaries for Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 1141 - Ad Valorem Tax Exemption/Deployed Servicemembers
- HB 1165 - Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards
Regulated Industries (RI)
- All 2011 Summaries for Regulated Industries (PDF)
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1195 - Condominium, Cooperative, and Homeowners' Associations
- CS/CS/SB 1196 - Construction Liens
- CS/CS/SB 1430 - Regulation of Smoking
Rules (RC)
Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections (EE)
- All 2011 Summaries for Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 1355 - Elections
- HB 7159 - OGSR; Commission on Ethics Audits and Investigations