Florida 2024 2024 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S0076 Analysis / Analysis

Filed 12/13/2023

                    The Florida Senate 
BILL ANALYSIS AND FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT 
(This document is based on the provisions contained in the legislation as of the latest date listed below.) 
Prepared By: The Professional Staff of the Committee on Rules  
 
BILL: SB 76 
INTRODUCER:  Senator Mayfield 
SUBJECT:  Florida Statutes 
DATE: December 12, 2023 
 
 ANALYST STAFF DIRECTOR  REFERENCE  	ACTION 
1. Pollitz (DLR) Twogood RC Favorable 
 
I. Summary: 
The Division of Law Revision of the Office of Legislative Services is required, by statute, to 
conduct a systematic and continuing study of the Florida Statutes. The purpose of this study is to 
recommend to the Legislature changes that will remove inconsistencies, redundancies, and 
unnecessary repetition from the statutes; improve clarity and facilitate correct interpretation; 
correct grammatical and typographical errors; and delete obsolete, repealed, or superseded 
provisions. These recommendations are submitted to the Legislature in the form of technical, 
nonsubstantive reviser’s bills. A reviser’s bill cannot be amended except to delete a bill section. 
 
SB 76 deletes statute provisions that have been repealed by a noncurrent (past-year) session of 
the Legislature where that repeal or expiration date has now occurred, rendering the provision of 
no effect (an example would be a repeal set for October 1, 2023, by the 2022 Regular Session of 
the Legislature). 
 
This bill substantially amends the following sections of the Florida Statutes: ss. 14.2019, 
119.071, 194.032, 216.181, 288.860, 327.4109, 338.165, 381.00318, 409.908, 420.0005, 
627.749, 796.07, 1001.10, 1001.212, 1002.351, 1002.82, 1003.25, 1006.07, and 1006.1493, F.S., 
and repeals ss. 112.0441, 193.1557, 197.3181, 197.3182, 197.3195, 220.27, 381.00317, 766.105, 
and 943.0433, F.S. 
II. Present Situation: 
The Division of Law Revision, under the authority and requirements of s. 11.242(5)(b) and (i), 
Florida Statutes, must remove repealed statutory provisions from the statutes text where the 
repeal was voted by the Legislature sitting in the current year; sections effectively repealed but 
where that repeal was passed by a past-year session of the Legislature can only be omitted from 
the statutes text through a reviser’s bill pursuant to s. 11.242(5)(i). 
REVISED:   BILL: SB 76   	Page 2 
 
III. Effect of Proposed Changes: 
This bill removes provisions that have already been repealed by the Legislature by substantive 
legislation that the Division of Law Revision could not remove from the statutes without the 
required inclusion in a reviser’s bill. 
IV. Constitutional Issues: 
A. Municipality/County Mandates Restrictions: 
None. 
B. Public Records/Open Meetings Issues: 
None. 
C. Trust Funds Restrictions: 
None. 
D. State Tax or Fee Increases: 
None. 
E. Other Constitutional Issues: 
None. 
V. Fiscal Impact Statement: 
A. Tax/Fee Issues: 
None. 
B. Private Sector Impact: 
None. 
C. Government Sector Impact: 
None. 
VI. Technical Deficiencies: 
None. 
VII. Related Issues: 
None.  BILL: SB 76   	Page 3 
 
VIII. Statutes Affected: 
This bill substantially amends the following sections of the Florida Statutes: ss. 14.2019, 
119.071, 194.032, 216.181, 288.860, 327.4109, 338.165, 381.00318, 409.908, 420.0005, 
627.749, 796.07, 1001.10, 1001.212, 1002.351, 1002.82, 1003.25, 1006.07, and 1006.1493, F.S., 
and repeals ss. 112.0441, 193.1557, 197.3181, 197.3182, 197.3195, 220.27, 381.00317, 766.105, 
and 943.0433, F.S.    
IX. Additional Information: 
A. Committee Substitute – Statement of Changes: 
(Summarizing differences between the Committee Substitute and the prior version of the bill.) 
None. 
B. Amendments: 
None. 
This Senate Bill Analysis does not reflect the intent or official position of the bill’s introducer or the Florida Senate.