2015 Bill Summaries
The 2015 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 2015 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)
- Finance and Tax (FT)
- 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
- CS/HB 3505 — Relief of the Estate of Lazaro Rodriguez by the City of Hialeah (PDF)
- CS/HB 3511 — Relief of Carl Abbott by the Palm Beach County School Board (PDF)
- CS/HB 3513 — Relief/Estate of Victor Guerrero/Pasco County (PDF)
- CS/HB 3519 — Relief of Joseph and Audrey Stewart on Behalf of Their Son Aubrey Stewart, by the City of Jacksonville (PDF)
- CS/HB 3521 — Relief of Ronald Miller by the City of Hollywood (PDF)
- CS/HB 3523 — Relief of Mark T. Sawicki and Sharon L. Sawicki/City of Tallahassee (PDF)
- CS/HB 3527 — Relief of Asia Rollins/Public Health Trust Miami-Dade County (PDF)
- CS/HB 3533 — Relief/Estate of Manuel Antonio Matute/Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PDF)
- CS/HB 3543 — Relief of Roy Wright and Ashley Wright by the North Brevard County Hospital District (PDF)
- CS/HB 3547 — Relief of Javier Soria/Palm Beach County (PDF)
- CS/HB 3549 — Relief of Monica Cantillo Acosta and Luis Alberto Cantillo Acosta by Miami-Dade County (PDF)
- CS/HB 3555 — Relief/Michael and Patricia Rardin/North Broward Hospital District (PDF)
- CS/HB 3557 — Relief/Maricelly Lopez/City of North Miami (PDF)
Agriculture (AG)
- All 2015 Summaries for Agriculture (PDF)
- SB 158 — Civil Liability of Farmers
- CS/CS/SB 420 — Animal Control
Appropriations (AP)
- All 2015 Summaries for Appropriations (PDF)
- CS/SB 426 — Trust Funds of the Department of Education and the Board of Governors of the State University System
- CS/SB 428 — Trust Funds Administered by the Department of Environmental Protection
- SB 430 — Central Florida Beltway Trust Fund/Department of Transportation
Banking and Insurance (BI)
- All 2015 Summaries for Banking and Insurance (PDF)
- CS/CS/CS/HB 165 — Property and Casualty Insurance
- CS/HB 189 — Insurance Guaranty Associations
- CS/CS/CS/SB 252 — Insurance
- CS/HB 273 — Insurer Notifications
- CS/CS/CS/HB 275 — Intrastate Crowdfunding
- SB 520 — Long-Term Care Insurance
- CS/SB 642 — Individuals with Disabilities
- CS/CS/SB 644 — Florida ABLE Program Trust Fund/State Board of Administration
- CS/CS/SB 646 — Public Records/Information Held by the Florida Prepaid College Board, the Florida ABLE, Inc., and the Florida ABLE program
- CS/HB 715 — Eligibility for Coverage by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
- CS/CS/HB 731 — Employee Health Care Plans
- CS/HB 749 — Continuing Care Communities
- CS/CS/SB 806 — Regulation of Financial Institutions
- CS/SB 836 — Florida Insurance Guaranty Association
- HB 887 — Unclaimed Property
- CS/CS/HB 893 — Blanket Health Insurance Eligibility
- CS/HB 927 — Title Insurance
- CS/HB 961 — Electronic Noticing of Trust Accounts
- CS/CS/HB 1087 — Operations of the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1094 — Peril of Flood
- CS/CS/HB 1127 — Insurance Fraud
- CS/CS/HB 1133 — Division of Insurance Agent and Agency Services
- CS/HB 4011 — Motor Vehicle Insurance
- SB 7008 — OGSR/Licensure Examination Questions/Board of Funeral, Cemetary, and Consumer Services
- SB 7010 — OGSR/Examination Techniques or Procedures/Office of Financial Regulation
- SB 7012 — OGSR/Credit History Information and Credit Scores/Office of Financial Regulation
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- All 2015 Summaries for Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (PDF)
- CS/HB 7 — Public Records/Claim Settlement on Behalf of Minor or Ward
- CS/CS/HB 21 — Substance Abuse Services
- CS/HB 79 — Crisis Stabilization Services
- CS/CS/HB 437 — Guardians for Dependent Children who are Developmentally Disabled or Incapacitated
- CS/SB 682 — Transitional Living Facilities
- CS/CS/HB 1055 — Child Protection
- CS/HB 7013 — Adoption and Foster Care
- CS/SB 7018 — State Ombudsman Program
- CS/SB 7078 — Child Welfare
Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- All 2015 Summaries for Commerce and Tourism (PDF)
- CS/HB 71 — Service Animals
- SB 222 — Electronic Commerce
- SB 456 — Labor Pools
- CS/SB 526 — Notaries Public
- CS/CS/CS/HB 531 — Limited Liability Companies
- CS/SB 604 — Consumer Protection
- HB 755 — Convenience Business Security
- SB 982 — Florida Civil Rights Act
- CS/CS/HB 997 — Public Records/Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- CS/HB 7019 — Workforce Services
Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU)
- All 2015 Summaries for Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (PDF)
- CS/HB 7109 — Florida Public Service Commission
Community Affairs (CA)
- All 2015 Summaries for Community Affairs (PDF)
- CS/HB 105 — Publicly Funded Retirement Programs
- CS/SB 200 — Public Records
- CS/CS/HB 209 — Emergency Fire Rescue Services and Facilities Surtax
- HB 213 — Property Appraisers
- HB 225 — All-American Flag Act
- HB 257 — Freight Logistics Zones
- CS/CS/SB 278 — Downtown Development Districts
- CS/HB 489 — Value Adjustment Board Proceedings
- CS/CS/SB 766 — Surveillance by a Drone
- CS/CS/SB 778 — Local Government Construction Preferences
- CS/HB 1151 — Residential Master Building Permit Programs
- CS/CS/SB 1216 — Community Development
- HB 7011 — OGSR/Public Transit Providers
Criminal Justice (CJ)
- All 2015 Summaries for Criminal Justice (PDF)
- HB 115 — Sentencing
- CS/HB 133 — Sexual Offenses
- HB 193 — Crime Stoppers Trust Fund
- CS/CS/HB 197 — Tracking Devices or Tracking Applications
- CS/HB 201 — Diabetes Awareness Training for Law Enforcement Officers
- CS/CS/CS/SB 248 — Public Records/Body Camera Recording Made by a Law Enforcement Officer
- CS/CS/SB 290 — Carrying a Concealed Weapon or a Concealed Firearm
- CS/SB 378 — Juvenile Justice
- CS/CS/HB 465 — Human Trafficking
- HB 467 — Public Records/Human Trafficking Victims
- HB 469 — Public Records/Residential Facilities Serving Victims of Sexual Exploitation
- CS/CS/SB 538 — Disclosure of Sexually Explicit Images
- CS/HB 897 — Controlled Substances
- SB 1010 — False Personation
- HB 7001 — Intercepting and Recording Oral Communications
- HB 7061 — Public Records/Florida RICO Act
Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
- All 2015 Summaries for Education Pre-K - 12 (PDF)
- CS/CS/CS/HB 41 — Hazardous Walking Conditions
- CS/HB 153 — Literacy Jump Start Pilot Project
- CS/SB 954 — Involuntary Examinations of Minors
- CS/HB 7069 — Education Accountability
Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
- All 2015 Summaries for Environmental Preservation and Conservation (PDF)
- CS/HB 359 — Miami-Dade Lake Belt Area
- CS/CS/CS/HB 383 — Private Property Rights
- CS/HB 787 — Recycled and Recovered Materials
- CS/HB 7021 — Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- HB 7081 — Ratification of Rules/Minimum Flows and Levels for the Lower Santa Fe and Ichetucknee Rivers and Associated Priority Springs
- HB 7083 — Ratification of Rules/Construction and Demolition Debris Disposal and Recycling
Ethics and Elections (EE)
- All 2015 Summaries for Ethics and Elections (PDF)
- SB 184 — Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot
- CS/CS/SB 228 — Online Voter Registration
- SB 984 — Exemption from Legislative Lobbying Requirements
- CS/SB 7034 — OGSR/Stalking Victims Identifying Information
- HB 7035 — Presidential Preference Primary Date
Finance and Tax (FT)
Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- All 2015 Summaries for Governmental Oversight and Accountability (PDF)
- CS/SB 172 — Local Government Pension Reform
- CS/CS/CS/HB 371 — Agency Inspectors General
- CS/CS/SB 396 — Florida Historic Capitol
- SB 522 — Division of Bond Finance
- HB 553 — Public Libraries
- CS/HB 565 — Retirement
- SB 694 — Florida State Employees’ Charitable Campaign
- CS/HB 985 — Maintenance of Agency Final Orders
- CS/CS/HB 1309 — Publicly Funded Retirement Plans
- HB 7023 — Administrative Procedures
- SB 7024 — State Board of Administration
Health Policy (HP)
- All 2015 Summaries for Health Policy (PDF)
- Closing the Gap Grant Program
- Public Records/Impaired Practitioner Consultants
- Vital Statistics
- Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions
- Pharmacy
- Diabetes Advisory Council
- Patient Admission Status Notification
- HIV Testing
- Nursing Home Facility Pneumococcal Vaccination Requirements
- Psychiatric Nurses
- Regulation of Health Care Facilities and Services
- Pain Management Clinics
- Athletic Trainers
- Informed Patient Consent
- Clinical Laboratories
- Public Health Emergencies
- Emergency Treatment for Opioid Overdose
- Home Health Services
- Dietetics and Nutrition
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Practice of Pharmacy
- Home Medical Equipment Providers
- Public Records/Reports of a Deceased Child
Higher Education (HE)
- All 2015 Summaries for Higher Education (PDF)
- SB 446 — Florida College System Boards of Trustees
- HB 461 — Independent Nonprofit Higher Educational Facilities Financing
- HB 7005 — OGSR/Commission for Independent Education
Judiciary (JU)
- All 2015 Summaries for Judiciary (PDF)
- CS/CS/CS HB 5 — Guardianship Proceedings
- CS/CS/HB 149 — Rights of Grandparents
- CS/CS/CS/HB 157 — Fraud
- HB 283 — Transfers to Minors
- CS/CS/HB 305 — Unlawful Detention by a Transient Occupant
- CS/CS/CS/SB 342 — No Contact Orders
- SB 408 — Designated Areas for Skateboarding, Inline Skating, Paintball, or Freestyle or Mountain and Off-roading Bicycling
- CS/CS/CS/HB 435 — Administrative Procedures
- CS/CS/CS/HB 439 — Department of Legal Affairs
- SB 570 — Service of Process of Witness Subpoenas
- SB 672 — Service of Process
- CS/CS/CS/HB 775 — Appointment of an Ad Litem
- CS/CS/HB 779 — Rental Agreements
- CS/CS/SB 872 — Estates
- CS/CS/CS/HB 889 — Health Care Representatives
- CS/CS/HB 1069 — Defendants in Specialized Courts
- CS/SB 1312 — Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
- SB 7016 — OGSR/Minor Identifying Information
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- All 2015 Summaries for Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (PDF)
- CS/SB 132 — Disabled Parking Permits
- CS/CS/CS/HB 185 — Public Records/Active Duty Servicemembers and Families
- CS/CS/HB 329 — Special License Plates
- CS/CS/HB 361 — Military Housing Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions
- CS/SB 620 — Emergency Management
- CS/CS/SB 801 — The Beirut Memorial
- SB 7028 — Educational Opportunities for Veterans
Regulated Industries (RI)
- All 2015 Summaries for Regulated Industries (PDF)
- CS/CS/CS/HB 87 — Construction Defect Claims
- CS/CS/SB 186 — Alcoholic Beverages
- CS/CS/HB 217 — Engineers
- CS/HB 239 — Medication and Testing of Racing Animals
- CS/CS/HB 277— Public Lodging Establishments
- CS/CS/HB 307 — Mobile Homes
- CS/CS/HB 373 — Public Accountancy
- CS/HB 401 — Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments
- CS/CS/HB 453 — Timeshares
- CS/SB 466 — Low-voltage Alarm Systems
- CS/CS/SB 596 — Craft Distilleries
- CS/CS/SB 608 — Real Estate Brokers and Appraisers
- CS/HB 641 — Amusement Games or Machines
- CS/CS/CS/HB 643 — Termination of a Condominium Association
- CS/CS/SB 716 — Public Records/Animal Medical Records
- CS/CS/HB 791 — Residential Properties
Rules (RC)
- All 2015 Summaries for Rules (PDF)
- SM 866 — Diplomatic Relations with Cuba
- SM 1422 — Iran/Economic Sanctions
Transportation (TR)
- All 2015 Summaries for Transportation (PDF)
- CS/HB 27 — Driver Licenses and Identification Cards
- CS/HB 145 — Commercial Motor Vehicle Review Board
- CS/SB 160 — Rural Letter Carriers
- CS/SB 264 — Traffic Enforcement Agencies and Traffic Citations
- CS/CS/HB 369 — Human Trafficking
- CS/HB 471 — Disabled Parking
- SB 676 — Voluntary Contributions to End Breast Cancer
- CS/CS/SB 7040 — Public Records/E-mail Addresses/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- CS/HB 7055 — Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles