Florida 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0234
Introduced
2/6/23
Refer
2/9/23
Engrossed
3/24/23
Refer
5/1/23
Enrolled
5/3/23
Passed
5/11/23
Chaptered
5/12/23
Revising the procedure for filing statutorily required or authorized reports; requiring state entities to redact exempt or confidential and exempt information from reports before filing; providing that the Division of Library and Information Services of the Department of State or the department, or any contractor thereof, is not responsible for redaction and may not be held liable for the failure of a state entity to redact exempt or confidential and exempt information from its reports; requiring the division to compile and annually update a list of all statutorily required reports and their submission dates, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0236
Introduced
3/2/23
Refer
3/2/23
Creating a rebuttable presumption that a lodestar fee is a sufficient and reasonable attorney fee in most civil actions; reducing the statute of limitations for negligence actions; providing standards for bad faith actions; providing for the distribution of proceeds when two or more third-party claims arising out of a single occurrence exceed policy limits; providing standards for the admissibility of evidence to prove the cost of damages for medical expenses in certain civil actions; requiring the trier of fact to consider the fault of certain persons who contribute to an injury, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0238
Introduced
3/3/23
Refer
3/6/23
Engrossed
4/27/23
Refer
5/1/23
Enrolled
5/3/23
Passed
5/11/23
Chaptered
5/12/23
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Legal Affairs or the Department of Health relating to complaints or investigations regarding violations of provisions protecting from discrimination based on health care choices; authorizing the disclosure of such information under certain circumstances; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0240
Introduced
2/23/23
Refer
2/23/23
Engrossed
4/26/23
Refer
5/1/23
Enrolled
5/3/23
Passed
5/15/23
Chaptered
5/16/23
Requiring the Office of Reimagining Education and Career Help to develop certain criteria and display public information; providing a tax credit for eligible businesses that employ an apprentice or preapprentice under certain conditions; authorizing specified employers to apply to the Department of Financial Services for reimbursement of workers' compensation premiums paid for students participating in work-based learning opportunities; encouraging the district school board to adopt policies and procedures to consult with certain entities to determine how to expose students to industries, businesses, and careers; providing admissions policies for career centers that offer certain science degree programs; revising requirements for the Florida Pathways to Career Opportunities Grant Program, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0242
Introduced
2/17/23
Refer
2/23/23
Engrossed
3/24/23
Refer
5/1/23
Enrolled
5/3/23
Passed
6/12/23
Chaptered
6/16/23
Requiring state entities to post any documents submitted on the contract tracking system which indicate the use of state funds as remuneration under certain contracts, beginning on a specified date; deleting a provision requiring state entities to publish payments on the contract tracking system; requiring that contracts for services executed, amended, or extended beginning on a specified date require contractors to provide specified documentation to be included in the contract tracking system and posted to the contractor's website, if applicable, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0244
Introduced
2/24/23
Refer
2/24/23
Authorizing the Office of Inspector General within the Department of Education to investigate allegations and reports of suspected violations of certain persons' rights; establishing the Dual Enrollment Educator Scholarship Program; establishing the Teacher Apprenticeship Program; providing an additional means of demonstrating mastery of subject area knowledge, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0246
Introduced
2/22/23
Refer
2/23/23
Increasing the income eligibility threshold for coverage under the Medikids program component; increasing the income eligibility threshold for coverage under the Florida Kidcare program; requiring an applicant seeking coverage under the program to provide certain documentation if eligibility cannot be verified using reliable data sources; requiring that premiums for certain enrollees under the Florida Kidcare program be based on a tiered system of uniform premiums, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0248
Introduced
2/24/23
Refer
2/24/23
Engrossed
4/5/23
Failed
5/5/23
Defining the term "victim"; exempting from public records requirements the personal identifying information of certain victims held by the Division of Emergency Management for a specified timeframe; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0250
Introduced
2/24/23
Refer
2/24/23
Engrossed
4/5/23
Refer
4/20/23
Enrolled
5/1/23
Passed
6/28/23
Chaptered
6/29/23
Prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from prohibiting temporary shelters on residential property for a specified timeframe under certain circumstances; requiring the Division of Emergency Management to post a model contract for debris removal on its website by a specified date; requiring the model contract to be annually updated by a specified date; requiring the division to administer a revolving loan fund for certain local government projects; increasing the timeframe to exercise rights under a permit or other authorization, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0252
Introduced
3/3/23
Refer
3/6/23
Engrossed
4/27/23
Refer
5/1/23
Enrolled
5/3/23
Passed
5/11/23
Chaptered
5/12/23
Prohibiting business entities and governmental entities from requiring a person to provide certain documentation or requiring a COVID-19 test to gain access to, entry upon, or service from such entities or as a condition of contracting, hiring, promotion, or continued employment; prohibiting business and governmental entities from refusing to hire persons, discharging persons, depriving or attempting to deprive persons of employment opportunities, adversely affecting persons with respect to employment, or otherwise discriminating against any person based on knowledge or belief of a person's vaccination or COVID-19 postinfection recovery status or failure to take a COVID-19 test; requiring such entities to provide exemptions and reasonable accommodations for religious and medical reasons, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0254
Introduced
3/3/23
Refer
3/6/23
Engrossed
4/3/23
Engrossed
4/5/23
Refer
4/13/23
Engrossed
5/4/23
Enrolled
5/4/23
Passed
5/17/23
Chaptered
5/18/23
Granting courts of this state temporary emergency jurisdiction over a child present in this state if the child has been subjected to or is threatened with being subjected to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; providing that, for purposes of warrants to take physical custody of a child in certain child custody enforcement proceedings, serious physical harm to the child includes, but is not limited to, being subjected to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; prohibiting certain public entities from expending state funds for the provision of sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures; prohibiting sex-reassignment prescriptions and procedures for patients younger than 18 years of age; requiring the department to immediately suspend the license of a health care practitioner who is arrested for committing or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit specified violations related to sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures for a patient younger than 18 years of age, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0256
Introduced
2/28/23
Refer
3/1/23
Engrossed
3/23/23
Engrossed
3/31/23
Refer
4/20/23
Enrolled
4/26/23
Passed
5/9/23
Chaptered
5/10/23
Requiring a public employee who desires to be a member of an employee organization to sign a membership authorization form beginning on a specified date; requiring an employee organization to revoke a public employee's membership upon receipt of his or her written request for revocation; prohibiting certain employee organizations from having dues and uniform assessments deducted and collected by the employer from certain salaries; revising requirements for applications for initial registrations and renewals of registration of employee organizations; revising prohibitions for employee organizations and certain persons and entities relating to employee organizations, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0258
Introduced
2/22/23
Refer
2/23/23
Engrossed
4/12/23
Refer
5/1/23
Enrolled
5/3/23
Passed
5/8/23
Chaptered
5/9/23
Requiring public employers to take certain actions relating to prohibited applications; prohibiting employees and officers of public employers from downloading or accessing prohibited applications on government-issued devices; providing exceptions; providing a deadline by which specified employees must remove, delete, or uninstall a prohibited application; requiring the Department of Management Services to compile a specified list and establish procedures for a specified waiver, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0262
Introduced
3/3/23
Refer
3/6/23
Engrossed
4/28/23
Refer
5/1/23
Engrossed
5/4/23
Enrolled
5/4/23
Passed
6/6/23
Chaptered
6/7/23
Prohibiting officers or salaried employees of governmental entities from using their positions or state resources to make certain requests of social media platforms; prohibiting certain conduct by an online platform that provides online services, products, games, or features likely to be predominantly accessed by children; creating the "Florida Digital Bill of Rights"; providing that a consumer may submit requests to controllers to exercise specified rights; requiring controllers to limit the collection of personal data according to certain parameters, etc.
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Florida 2023 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0264
Introduced
3/2/23
Refer
3/6/23
Engrossed
4/12/23
Refer
5/1/23
Engrossed
5/4/23
Enrolled
5/4/23
Passed
5/8/23
Chaptered
5/9/23
Prohibiting governmental entities from knowingly entering into certain contracts; authorizing the Attorney General to bring a civil action; providing penalties; requiring government entities to require an affidavit from applicants before providing any economic incentive; prohibiting foreign principals from purchasing agricultural land, or having more than a de minimus indirect interest in such land, and certain real property in this state, respectively; authorizing foreign principals to continue to own or hold such land or property under certain circumstances, etc.