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CS/CS/HB 1537: Executive Branch

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; State Affairs Committee ; Gregory

Executive Branch; Requires executive director of FDLE to be appointed subject to majority vote of Governor & Cabinet with Governor & Attorney General on prevailing side; requires executive director of DHSMV to be appointed by Governor, subject to majority vote of Governor & Cabinet with Governor on prevailing side, & confirmed by Senate; requires appointment of Secretary of Environmental Protection to be subject to majority vote of Governor & Cabinet with Governor on prevailing side; requires executive director of DVA to be appointed subject to majority vote of Governor & Cabinet with Governor on prevailing side; requires OPPAGA to contract for review of FDLE; providing requirements for review.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Rules
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/1/2021 House • Filed
    3/2/2021 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
    3/5/2021 House • Referred to State Affairs Committee
    • Referred to Judiciary Committee
    • Referred to Appropriations Committee
    • Now in State Affairs Committee
    3/22/2021 House • PCS added to State Affairs Committee agenda
    3/24/2021 House • Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
    3/25/2021 House • Reported out of State Affairs Committee
    • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
    • CS Filed
    • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
    3/29/2021 House • Original reference removed: Appropriations Committee
    • Referred to Judiciary Committee
    • Now in Judiciary Committee
    4/13/2021 House • Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
    4/15/2021 House • Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
    • Reported out of Judiciary Committee
    • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
    • CS Filed
    • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
    4/16/2021 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
    • Added to Second Reading Calendar
    4/18/2021 House • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/21/2021)
    4/21/2021 House • Read 2nd time
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    • Added to Third Reading Calendar
    4/22/2021 House • Read 3rd time
    • CS passed; YEAS 78, NAYS 36
    4/22/2021 Senate • In Messages
    4/22/2021 House • Message sent to senate
    4/22/2021 Senate • Referred to Rules -SJ 651
    • Received -SJ 651
    4/30/2021 Senate • Died in Rules

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  • CS/CS/HB 1537, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/15/2021 at 5:05 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1674 Executive Branch Bean Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/22/2021 12:27 PM House 78 Yeas - 36 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    20.201 Department of Law Enforcement. Page 2 (pdf)
    20.24 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Page 3 (pdf)
    20.255 Department of Environmental Protection. Page 3 (pdf)
    20.37 Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Page 4 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 1537, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/25/2021 at 3:27 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/15/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1674 Executive Branch Bean Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    856523 - Amendment
    Remove lines 59-350 and insert:
    Gregory 4/14/2021
    6:25 PM
    Adopted
    4/15/2021
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (12)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    20.201 Department of Law Enforcement. Page 2 (pdf)
    20.24 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Page 3 (pdf)
    20.255 Department of Environmental Protection. Page 3 (pdf)
    20.37 Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Page 4 (pdf)
    206.27 Records and files as public records. Page 4 (pdf)
    207.021 Informal conferences; settlement or compromise of taxes, penalties, or interest. Page 5 (pdf)
    316.545 Weight and load unlawful; special fuel and motor fuel tax enforcement; inspection; penalty; review. Page 6 (pdf)
    320.275 Automobile Dealers Industry Advisory Board. Page 8 (pdf)
    322.125 Medical Advisory Board. Page 11 (pdf)
    397.333 Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council. Page 12 (pdf)
    943.0313 Domestic Security Oversight Council. Page 13 (pdf)
    943.06 Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council. Page 14 (pdf)

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  • HB 1537, Original Filed Version Posted 3/1/2021 at 12:36 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/25/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1674 Executive Branch Bean Compare Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

    Citations - Statutes (82)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    14.202 Administration Commission. Page 6 (pdf)
    20.201 Department of Law Enforcement. Page 7 (pdf)
    20.24 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Page 7 (pdf)
    20.255 Department of Environmental Protection. Page 8 (pdf)
    20.37 Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Page 8 (pdf)
    30.49 Budgets. Page 8 (pdf)
    110.112 Affirmative action; equal employment opportunity. Page 12 (pdf)
    110.161 State employees; pretax benefits program. Page 12 (pdf)
    110.201 Personnel rules, records, and reports. Page 13 (pdf)
    110.2035 Classification and compensation program. Page 15 (pdf)
    110.205 Career service; exemptions. Page 16 (pdf)
    110.21 Shared employment. Page 18 (pdf)
    110.219 Attendance and leave; general policies. Page 18 (pdf)
    110.227 Suspensions, dismissals, reductions in pay, demotions, layoffs, transfers, and grievances. Page 19 (pdf)
    110.403 Powers and duties of the department. Page 20 (pdf)
    112.175 Employee wages; withholding to repay educational loan. Page 22 (pdf)
    120.533 Coordination of the transmittal, indexing, and listing of agency final orders by Department of State. Page 22 (pdf)
    120.54 Rulemaking. Page 23 (pdf)
    120.542 Variances and waivers. Page 28 (pdf)
    120.63 Exemption from act. Page 29 (pdf)
    120.65 Administrative law judges. Page 31 (pdf)
    120.80 Exceptions and special requirements; agencies. Page 33 (pdf)
    161.55 Requirements for activities or construction within the coastal building zone. Page 34 (pdf)
    163.3164 Community Planning Act; definitions. Page 35 (pdf)
    163.3177 Required and optional elements of comprehensive plan; studies and surveys. Page 36 (pdf)
    163.3184 Process for adoption of comprehensive plan or plan amendment. Page 47 (pdf)
    163.3187 Process for adoption of small-scale comprehensive plan amendment. Page 54 (pdf)
    163.3213 Administrative review of land development regulations. Page 55 (pdf)
    163.3245 Sector plans. Page 56 (pdf)
    186.008 State comprehensive plan; revision; implementation. Page 58 (pdf)
    186.515 Creation of regional planning councils under chapter 163. Page 59 (pdf)
    190.005 Establishment of district. Page 59 (pdf)
    190.046 Termination, contraction, or expansion of district. Page 68 (pdf)
    195.087 Property appraisers and tax collectors to submit budgets to Department of Revenue. Page 70 (pdf)
    206.27 Records and files as public records. Page 71 (pdf)
    207.021 Informal conferences; settlement or compromise of taxes, penalties, or interest. Page 72 (pdf)
    212.055 Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent; authorization and use of proceeds. Page 73 (pdf)
    215.619 Bonds for Everglades restoration. Page 78 (pdf)
    215.95 Financial Management Information Board. Page 80 (pdf)
    216.182 Approval of fixed capital outlay program plan. Page 81 (pdf)
    216.192 Release of appropriations; revision of budgets. Page 81 (pdf)
    216.292 Appropriations nontransferable; exceptions. Page 81 (pdf)
    259.045 Purchase of lands in areas of critical state concern; recommendations by department and land authorities. Page 82 (pdf)
    282.709 State agency law enforcement radio system and interoperability network. Page 83 (pdf)
    288.975 Military base reuse plans. Page 85 (pdf)
    316.545 Weight and load unlawful; special fuel and motor fuel tax enforcement; inspection; penalty; review. Page 87 (pdf)
    320.275 Automobile Dealers Industry Advisory Board. Page 89 (pdf)
    322.125 Medical Advisory Board. Page 92 (pdf)
    331.353 Rulemaking authority. Page 93 (pdf)
    336.025 County transportation system; levy of local option fuel tax on motor fuel and diesel fuel. Page 93 (pdf)
    337.243 Notification of land use changes in designated transportation corridors. Page 94 (pdf)
    369.305 Review of local comprehensive plans, land development regulations, Wekiva River development permits, and amendments. Page 95 (pdf)
    373.114 Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission; review of district rules and orders; department review of district rules. Page 96 (pdf)
    373.139 Acquisition of real property. Page 102 (pdf)
    373.217 Superseded laws and regulations. Page 103 (pdf)
    373.2295 Interdistrict transfers of groundwater. Page 104 (pdf)
    373.4275 Review of consolidated orders. Page 105 (pdf)
    373.703 Water production; general powers and duties. Page 107 (pdf)
    377.2425 Manner of providing security for geophysical exploration, drilling, and production. Page 108 (pdf)
    380.031 Definitions. Page 109 (pdf)
    380.032 State land planning agency; powers and duties. Page 109 (pdf)
    380.045 Resource planning and management committees; objectives; procedures. Page 110 (pdf)
    380.05 Areas of critical state concern. Page 112 (pdf)
    380.055 Big Cypress Area. Page 124 (pdf)
    380.0552 Florida Keys Area; protection and designation as area of critical state concern. Page 127 (pdf)
    380.0555 Apalachicola Bay Area; protection and designation as area of critical state concern. Page 130 (pdf)
    380.06 Developments of regional impact. Page 132 (pdf)
    380.07 Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission. Page 133 (pdf)
    380.115 Vested rights and duties; changes in statewide guidelines and standards. Page 136 (pdf)
    381.0065 Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems; regulation. Page 137 (pdf)
    388.4111 Public lands; arthropod control. Page 142 (pdf)
    397.333 Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council. Page 143 (pdf)
    403.061 Department; powers and duties. Page 144 (pdf)
    581.217 State hemp program. Page 145 (pdf)
    624.509 Premium tax; rate and computation. Page 145 (pdf)
    943.0313 Domestic Security Oversight Council. Page 146 (pdf)
    943.06 Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council. Page 147 (pdf)
    945.6035 Dispute resolution. Page 148 (pdf)
    945.6036 Enforcement. Page 150 (pdf)
    1002.33 Charter schools. Page 151 (pdf)
    1002.36 Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. Page 153 (pdf)
    1013.25 When university or Florida College System institution board of trustees may exercise power of eminent domain. Page 155 (pdf)

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