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Legislative Bills Summary

2014 Legislative Session

No. Bill Number Title Summary Status

1 HB 7073Information Technology

Governance

Information Technology Governance; Creates Agency for State Technology (AST); provides for

appointment of executive director of AST, who shall serve as chief information officer; transfers

certain assets and authority of Agency for Enterprise Information Technology, Northwood

Shared Resource Center, & Southwood Shared Resource Center to AST; establishes single

state data center; revises schedules for consolidation of state agency data centers & computing

facilities into state data center; provides additional duties of FDLE Cybercrime Office; repeals

provisions for statewide e-mail service; provides appropriations. APPROPRIATION:

$4,810,994.00.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014

5/2/2014 House - Ordered

enrolled -HJ 1324

2 SB 1636Renaming the Parole

Commission

Renaming the Parole Commission; Renaming the Parole Commission as the "Florida

Commission on Offender Review"; providing a directive to the Division of Law Revision and

Information; conforming provisions to changes made by the act, etc.


4/30/2014 Senate - Ordered

enrolled -SJ 880

3 CS/SJR 1188Prospective Appointment of

Judicial Vacancies

Prospective Appointment of Judicial Vacancies; Proposing amendments to the State

Constitution to authorize the Governor to prospectively fill vacancies in certain judicial offices,

etc.

Effective Date: ?

5/9/2014 - Signed by Officers

and filed with Secretary of State

4 CS/HB 9 Legislative Session Dates

Legislature; Fixing the date for convening the regular session of the Legislature in the year 2016,

etc. as follows:

In accordance with subsection (b) of Section 3 of Article III of the State Constitution, and in lieu

of the date fixed therein, the 2016 Regular Session of the Legislature shall convene on January

12, 2016.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law


engrossed, then enrolled -HJ

977

Data Source: Florida Senate's website

Prepared by DMS Division of Human Resource Management

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5 CS/CS/HB 7015 Military and Veteran Support

Military and Veteran Support; Revises & creates provisions to benefit veterans &

servicemembers with regard to Educational Dollars for Duty program; Florida Veterans' Walk of

Honor & Florida Veterans' Memorial Garden; governmental & private employment preference;

employment & training services; waiver of fees by DBPR & DOH; residency in Florida State

Veterans' Domiciliary Home & admittance to state veterans' nursing home; drivers license &

learner's permit exemptions & extensions; physician certificate for practice in areas of critical

need; establishing certain charter schools; & waiver of certain state university, Florida College

System institution, & career center fees; establishes Florida Is For Veterans, Inc. & Veterans

Employment & Training Services Program in DVA; assigns various duties to Florida Is For

Veterans, Inc., and VISIT Florida for marketing; provides appropriations. APPROPRIATION:

$22,489,498.00


Chapter 2014-1, Laws of Florida

6 CS/CS/SB 1524Security of Confidential

Personal Information

Security of Confidential Personal Information; Citing this act as the "Florida Information

Protection Act of 2014"; repealing provisions relating to a breach of security concerning

confidential personal information in third-party possession; requiring specified entities to take

reasonable measures to protect and secure data containing personal information in electronic

form; requiring notice to individuals of data security breaches in certain circumstances, etc.



enrolled -SJ 880

7 CS/CS/HB 1385 Inspectors General

Inspectors General; Revises provisions relating to duties, appointment, & removal of Chief

Inspector General & agency inspectors general.



enrolled -HJ 960

8 CS/CS/CS/SB 846 Governmental Ethics

Governmental Ethics; Specifying the applicability of certain provisions of the Code of Ethics for

Public Officers and Employees to members of the executive council of the Florida Clerks of

Court Operations Corporation; requiring elected municipal officers to participate in annual ethics

training; prohibiting a person from lobbying a water management district before registering;

specifying the applicability of certain provisions of the Code of Ethics for Public Officers and

Employees to the president, senior managers, and members of the board of directors of

Enterprise Florida, Inc., etc.



engrossed, then enrolled -SJ

1102



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9 CS/SB 390

Public Records/Identifying

Information of Personnel of

Department of Health

Public Records/Identifying Information of Personnel of Department of Health; Providing an

exemption from public records requirements for certain identifying information of specific current

and former personnel of the Department of Health and the spouses and children of such

personnel, under specified circumstances; providing for future legislative review and repeal of

the exemption under the Open Government Sunset Review Act; providing a statement of public

necessity, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming law


enrolled -SJ 778

10 SB 1108

Open Government Sunset

Review/Children of Agency

Officers and

Employees/Identifying

Information

OGSR/Children of Agency Officers and Employees/Identifying Information; Amending provisions

relating to an exemption from public record requirements for personal identifying information of

certain dependent children of current or former agency officers or employees; removing the

scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.



enrolled -SJ 717

11 SB 1678


Review/Agency Personnel

Information

OGSR/Agency Personnel Information; Amending provisions which provide an exemption from

public records requirements for social security numbers of current and former agency employees

held by an employing agency; saving the exemption from repeal under the Open Government

Sunset Review Act; authorizing an employing agency to disclose the social security number of a

current or former agency employee under certain circumstances, etc.



enrolled -SJ 717

12 CS/CS/HB 629 Charities

Charities; Revises provisions related to the solicitation of funds. APPROPRIATION: $415,528.00

The bill provides increased oversight of charitable organizations and sponsors, professional

fundraising consultants, and professional solicitors.



engrossed, then enrolled -HJ

943

13 SB 934 Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes; Deleting provisions that have expired, have become obsolete, have had their

effect, have served their purpose, or have been impliedly repealed or superseded; replacing

incorrect cross-references and citations; correcting grammatical, typographical, and like errors;

removing inconsistencies, redundancies, and unnecessary repetition in the statutes; improving

the clarity of the statutes and facilitating their correct interpretation; and confirming the

restoration of provisions unintentionally omitted from republication in the acts of the Legislature

during the amendatory process, etc.

Effective Date:7/2/2014

Chapter 2014-17, Laws of

Florida



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Florida Statutes; Amending and repealing provisions to delete those which have become

inoperative by noncurrent repeal or expiration and, pursuant to s. 11.242(5)(b) and (i), may be

omitted from the 2014 Florida Statutes only through a reviser’s bill duly enacted by the

Legislature, etc.



Florida


Florida Statutes; Amending provisions to conform references within the Florida Statutes to the

redesignation of the Department of Children and Family Services as the Department of Children

and Families by section 2 of chapter 2012-84, Laws of Florida, etc.

Effective Date: On the 60th day after adjournment sine die of the session of the Legislature in

which enacted


Florida

16 CS/CS HB 271 Worker's Compensation

Workers' Compensation; Revises powers of DFS relating to compliance with & enforcement of

workers' compensation coverage requirements; provides for stop-work order information to be

available on Division of Workers' Compensation's website; revises requirements for release of

stop-work orders; revises penalties; revises rate formulas related to determination of

compensation for disability & death; revises provisions relating to assessment rate of Special

Disability Trust Fund; reduces assessment rate limitation.



enrolled -HJ 1323



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1 HB 5001

2 HB 5003

3 HB 5005

4 HB 5007

BILLS THAT DIED OR LAID ON TABLE AND REFERRED TO ANOTHER BILL

Florida Retirement System

Florida Retirement System; Revises employer contribution rates for retiree health insurance subsidy; revises required employer contribution rates for

certain membership classes & subclasses of FRS; provides that act fulfills important state interest.


Last Action: 5/20/2014 - Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

APPROPRIATIONS BILLS

General Appropriations Act

General Appropriations Act; Provides moneys for annual period beginning July 1, 2014, & ending June 30, 2015, & supplemental appropriations for

period ending June 30, 2014, to pay salaries & other expenses, capital outlay—buildings & other improvements, & for other specified purposes of

various agencies of state government. APPROPRIATION: $75,288,017,232.00

Effective Date: July 1, 2014, or upon becoming law, whichever occurs later


Implementing 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act

Implementing 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act; Implements specific appropriations of the General Appropriations Act for the 2014-2015 fiscal

year.

Effective Date: July 1, 2014; or, if this act fails to become a law until after that date, it shall take effect


State Employees (Collective Bargaining)

Collective Bargaining; Provides for resolution of collective bargaining issues at impasse between State of Florida & certified bargaining units for state

employees pursuant to specified instructions.





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1 SB 222 State Technology

State Technology; Creating the Department of State Technology; requiring the department to

develop a long-range plan; establishing the Fletcher Shared Resource Center within the

Department of Financial Services to provide enterprise information technology services to the

department, to provide colocation services to the Department of Legal Services and the

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and to host the Legislative Appropriations

System/Planning and Budgeting Subsystem; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs and the

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to move data center equipment to the center,

etc. APPROPRIATION: $5,000,000.00.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, and except for this section,

which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2014

2 CS/SB 928 State Technology

State Technology; Repealing provisions relating to the Agency for Enterprise Information

Technology within the Executive Office of the Governor; creating the Agency for State

Technology; establishing the Technology Advisory Council; requiring the Department of Legal

Affairs, the Department of Financial Services, and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer

Services to adopt certain technical standards or alternatives to those standards and authorizing

such departments to contract with the Agency for State Technology for certain purposes; limiting

the terms of certain competitive solicitations for information technology commodities, etc.

APPROPRIATION: $4,810,994.00.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section,

which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2014

3 CS/HB 1383 Gaming

Gaming; Creates Gaming Control Commission & Department of Gaming Control to provide for

oversight of pari-mutuel facilities, slot machines, cardrooms, & gaming; transfers responsibilities

& resources for regulation of such facilities & enforcement of prohibitions against gambling to the

commission & department; creates Joint Legislative Gaming Control Nominating Committee; &

reorganizes & revises gaming provisions.

Effective Date: Upon Becoming a Law

4 HB 7125Renaming the Parole

Commission

Renaming of Parole Commission; Renames Parole Commission as "Florida Commission on

Offender Review"; renaming parole qualifications committee as "commissioner qualifications

committee"; provides legislative findings; conforms provisions.




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5 CS/SB 1628 Government Accountability

Government Accountability; Revising the responsibilities of department heads, the Supreme

Court as it relates to the state courts system, the Justice Administrative Commission, state

attorneys, public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, the Guardian Ad Litem

program, the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation, local governmental entities, and

governing bodies of charter schools to include the responsibility of establishing certain internal

controls; expanding the definition of the term “agency head”, etc.


6 CS/HB 1327 Government Accountability

Government Accountability; Revises various audit provisions to include district school boards or

exclude water management districts; revises responsibilities of department heads, Supreme

Court, Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation, Justice Administrative Commission, each

state attorney & public defender, criminal conflict & civil regional counsel, capital collateral

counsel, Guardian Ad Litem program, local governmental entities, & governing bodies of charter

schools to include responsibility of establishing certain internal controls; revises responsibilities

of district school board's internal auditor to permit certain audits & reviews; requires each Florida

College System institution to file certain annual financial statements with State Board of

Education; requires each school district, Florida College System institution, & state university to

establish certain internal controls.


7 HCR 8001Equal Rights for Men and

Women

Equal Rights for Men and Women; Ratifies proposed amendment to U.S. Constitution relating to

equal rights for men & women.

8 SCR 68Equal Rights for Men and

Women

Equal Rights for Men and Women; Ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the

United States relating to equal rights for men and women, etc.

9 CS/SB 324 Employment Practices

Employment Practices; Prohibiting an employer from using a job applicant’s credit report or

credit history to make certain hiring, compensation, or other employment decisions; providing

specific situations in which an employer may use such information; providing exemptions for

certain types of employers; providing remedies for an aggrieved person; providing for the award

of actual damages and court costs; providing for a plaintiff to post a bond to indemnify the

defendant for damages, including attorney fees, in certain situations, etc.




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10 HB 163 Employment Discrimination

Employment Discrimination; Designates act as "Helen Gordon Davis Fair Pay Protection Act";

provides legislative findings & intent relating to equal pay for equal work for women; recognizing

importance of DEO & FHRC in ensuring fair pay; provides for duties of department &

commission; creates Governor's Recognition Award for Pay Equity in Workplace.


11 HB 505Discrimination in

Employment Screening

Discrimination in Employment Screening; Prohibits employer from inquiring into or considering

applicant's criminal record on initial employment application unless required by law.


12 SB 234Discrimination in

Employment Screening

Discrimination in Employment Screening; Prohibiting an employer from inquiring into or

considering an applicant’s criminal record on an initial employment application unless required

by law, etc.


13 SB 348 Prohibited Discrimination

Prohibited Discrimination; Citing this act as the "Florida Competitive Workforce Act"; adding

sexual orientation and gender identity or expression and the perception of race, creed, color,

sex, physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or national origin as

impermissible grounds for discrimination in public lodging establishments and public food service

establishments; providing an exception for constitutionally protected free exercise of religion, etc.


14 HB 239 Prohibited Discrimination

Prohibited Discrimination; Creates "Florida Competitive Workforce Act"; prohibits discrimination

based on sexual orientation & gender identity or expression; defines terms; provides exceptions

for constitutionally protected free exercise of religion.


15 SB 206 Employment Discrimination

Employment Discrimination; Creating the Helen Gordon Davis Fair Pay Protection Act; providing

legislative findings and intent relating to equal pay for equal work for women; recognizing the

importance of the Department of Economic Opportunity and the Florida Commission on Human

Relations in ensuring fair pay; creating the Governor’s Recognition Award for Pay Equity in the

Workplace; requiring that the award be given annually to employers in this state which have

engaged in activities that eliminate the barriers to equal pay for equal work for women, etc.




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16 CS/SB 220 Florida Civil Rights Act

Florida Civil Rights Act; Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of pregnancy in public lodging and

food service establishments; prohibiting discrimination with regard to employment benefits;

prohibiting discrimination on the basis of pregnancy by labor organizations, joint labor-

management committees, and employment agencies; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of

pregnancy in occupational licensing, certification, and membership organizations, etc.


17 CS/HB 105 Florida Civil Rights Act

Florida Civil Rights Act; Prohibits discrimination on basis of pregnancy in specified

establishments; prohibits employment discrimination on basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related

medical conditions; prohibits discrimination on basis of pregnancy by labor organizations, joint

labor-management committees, employment agencies, or in licensing.


18 HB 251

Unemployment

Compensation

(Reemployment Assistance)

Unemployment Compensation; Revises definition of term "good cause"; revises provisions

relating to individual's disqualification for benefits for voluntarily leaving work; provides

exemption from such disqualification for certain victims of domestic violence.


19 HB 519

Unemployment

Compensation


Unemployment Compensation; Prohibits benefits from being charged to employment record of

employer that is forced to lay off workers for specified reasons.


20 SB 844

Unemployment

Compensation


Unemployment Compensation; Prohibiting benefits from being charged to the employment

record of an employer that is forced to lay off workers for specified reasons, etc.


21 SB 1056

Unemployment

Compensation


Unemployment Compensation; Revising the definition of the term “good cause”; revising

provisions relating to an individual’s disqualification for benefits for voluntarily leaving work;

providing an exemption from such disqualification for certain victims of domestic violence, etc.




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22 SJR 756Lieutenant Governor/Agency

or Department Head

Lieutenant Governor/Agency or Department Head; Proposing an amendment to the State

Constitution to require the Governor to assign the Lieutenant Governor the duty of serving as the

head of any one department or agency of the executive branch, etc.

23 HJR 1175

Commissioner of

Energy/Composition of

Cabinet

Commissioner of Energy/Composition of Cabinet; Proposes amendments to s. 4, Art. IV &

creation of new section in Art. XII of State Constitution to provide for statewide election of

Commissioner of Energy; provides for commissioner to serve as state's energy policy chief &

supervisor of energy matters & provide specific duties & includes commissioner as member of

Cabinet, Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund, & Land Acquisition Trust Fund

& as component of head of FDLE.

24 SJR 1612Restoration of Felons' Civil

Rights

Restoration of Felons' Civil Rights; Proposing an amendment to Section 4 of Article VI of the

State Constitution, relating to disqualifications from voting and holding public office, to

automatically restore the voting rights and right to hold public office of felons under certain

circumstances, etc.

25 CS/SB 72 Legislature

Legislature; Fixing the date for convening the regular session of the Legislature in the year 2016,

etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law

26 SJR 946State Senators and State

Representatives

State Senators and State Representatives; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to

revise terms of state senators and state representatives and revise limits on the period for which

a person may be elected as a state senator or state representative, etc.

27 HJR 613 Legislative Term Limits

Legislative Term Limits; Proposes amendments to s. 15, Art. III & s. 4, Art. VI & creation of new

section in Art. XII of State Constitution to revise terms of state senators & state representatives &

revise limits on period for which person may be elected as state senator or state representative.

28 HJR 1421Term Limits/Cumulative

Legislative Service

Term Limits/Cumulative Legislative Service; Proposes amendment to s. 4, Art. VI of State

Constitution to provide limits on cumulative period for which person may be elected as member

of the Legislature.



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29 SB 456 State Minimum Wage

State Minimum Wage; Increasing the state minimum wage; providing that an employer may not

pay an employee at a rate less than the state minimum wage; deleting the requirement that only

individuals entitled to receive the federal minimum wage are eligible to receive the state

minimum wage, etc.


30 HB 385 State Minimum Wage

State Minimum Wage; Increases state minimum wage; provides that an employer may not pay

employee at rate less than state minimum wage; deletes requirement that only individuals

entitled to receive federal minimum wage are eligible to receive state minimum wage.


31 HB 439 Florida Families Act

Florida Families Act; Designates act as "Florida Families Act"; authorizes clerk of circuit court to

collect filing fee for domestic partner registrations; establishes requirements for domestic

partnership; provides that act does not preempt authority of county or municipality to enact

domestic partnership ordinance unless in conflict with act.


32 SB 578 Domestic Partners

Domestic Partners; Requiring a facility providing mental health services to authorize access to a

patient by his or her domestic partner; adding “domestic partner” to the definition of the term

“patient representative” as it relates to the Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act;

establishing requirements for domestic partnership; identifying rights afforded to domestic

partners; providing for termination of a domestic partnership; providing that a domestic partner

may serve as a health care proxy, etc.


33 SB 1322Law Enforcement and

Corrections Officers

Law Enforcement and Corrections Officers; Specifying the exclusivity of procedures governing

the investigation of law enforcement officers and correctional officers; authorizing an interrogated

officer’s representative or legal counsel to obtain a recording of an interrogation session upon

request; requiring that an officer subject to disciplinary action or the officer’s representative or

legal counsel have an opportunity to address findings in a final investigative report before

imposition of discipline; specifying the length of application of investigative procedures of a law

enforcement agency or correctional agency, etc.




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34 HB 1323Law Enforcement and

Correctional Officers

Law Enforcement Officers and Correctional Officers; Provides exclusive procedures for

investigating law enforcement officers & correctional officers for internal & external complaints;

provides requirements for investigators; provides that officer under investigation must be

informed of specific nature of investigation; prohibits certain practices during an investigation;

requires copy of any recording of interrogation session be made available to interrogated

officer's representative or legal counsel; revises applicability; authorizes officer's representative

or legal counsel to address findings in report before imposing disciplinary action; revises

applicability of procedures relating to failure to comply with certain requirements; requires

investigation of officer to cease under certain conditions; authorizes an officer to seek injunctive

relief.


35 CS/CS/SB 782 Government Data Practices

Government Data Practices; Requiring the Division of Library and Information Services of the

Department of State to adopt rules providing procedures for an agency to establish schedules for

the physical destruction or other disposal of records containing personal identification

information; requiring an agency that collects and maintains personal identification information to

post a privacy policy on the agency’s website; requiring the Agency for Health Care

Administration to provide specified data on assisted living facilities by a certain date, etc.


36 CS/HB 1231 Government Data Practices

Government Data Practices; Requires DOS to adopt procedures for agency to establish

schedules for disposal of records containing personal identification information; requires agency

that collects & maintains personal identification information to post privacy policy on website;

provides requirements & exceptions for use of cookies on agency websites; requires that

contracts with public agencies specify privacy policies; specifies that violations do not create

cause of action; requires AHCA to provide specified information on assisted living facilities;

dissolves Center for Health Information & Policy Analysis; requires AHCA to coordinate certain

health information data system & establishes conditions for funding; requires OPPAGA to

monitor agency's implementation of health information system; requires OPPAGA reports to

Legislature.

Effective Date:7/1/2014

37 CS/SB 990Public Officers and

Employees

Public Officers and Employees; Removing an exception from prohibited employment or a

prohibited contractual relationship for an officer or employee of certain special tax districts or an

agency organized pursuant to ch. 298, F.S., etc.




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38 HB 1357Public Officers and

Employees

Public Officers & Employees; Removes exception from prohibited employment or prohibited

contractual relationship for officer or employee of certain special tax districts or agency organized

pursuant to ch. 298, F.S.


39 CS/CS/CS/SB 602Residency of Candidates and

Public Officers

Residency of Candidates and Public Officers; Requiring a candidate or public officer required to

reside in a specific geographic area to have only one domicile at a time; providing factors that

may be considered when determining residency; providing exceptions for active duty military

members; specifying the applicability of residency requirements on the Governor and Cabinet

officers; specifying that the act does not apply to members of the Legislature, etc.


40 HB 571Residency of Candidates and

Public Officers

Residency of Candidates and Public Officers; Requires candidate or public officer required to

reside in specific geographic area to have only one domicile at a time; provides factors that may

be considered when determining residency; provides exceptions for active duty military

members; preempting certain local residency requirements for candidates & public officers.


41 HB 997 Military Affairs

Military Affairs; Prohibits public employer from compelling employee who is spouse of military

servicemember to work extended work hours during active duty deployment of his or her

spouse; prohibits imposition of sanction or penalty upon such employee for failure or refusal to

work extended work hours during period of his or her spouse's active duty deployment; requires

public employer to grant request by such employee for unpaid leave for specified purposes

during active duty deployment; provides limitation on such unpaid leave; authorizes DMS to

adopt certain rules; declaring that act fulfills important state interest.


42 CS/SB 1120 Military Affairs

Military Affairs; Prohibiting an employing agency from compelling an employee who is the

spouse of a military servicemember to work extended work hours during active duty deployment

of his or her spouse; prohibiting the imposition of a sanction or penalty upon such employee for

failure or refusal to work extended work hours during the period of his or her spouse’s active

military deployment under specified circumstances; requiring an employing agency to grant a

request by such employee for unpaid leave for specified purposes during the active military

service deployment under specified circumstances, etc.




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43 SB 1110 Deferred Compensation

Deferred Compensation; Requiring that state employees be automatically enrolled in the

deferred compensation program by specified dates; requiring the Chief Financial Officer to notify

state employees of automatic enrollment by a specified date; establishing contribution levels for

participating state employees by specified dates; requiring a state agency to match employer

contributions up to a specified amount, etc.


44 CS/HB 7085Security of Confidential

Personal Information

Security of Confidential Personal Information; Designates act as "Florida Information Protection

Act of 2014"; requires specified entities to take reasonable measures to protect & secure data

containing personal information in electronic form & notify DLA of data security breaches;

requires DLA to report annually to Legislature; provides requirements for disposal of customer

records; providing for enforcement actions by DLA; providing civil penalties.


45 HB 7157 State Group Insurance

State Group Insurance Program; Revises applicability of certain definitions regarding state group

insurance program; defines term "plan year"; authorizes program to include additional benefits;

authorizes employee to use certain portion of state's contribution to purchase additional &

supplemental benefits; provides for program to offer health plans in specified benefit coverage

levels; provides for DMS to develop plan for implementation of benefit levels; provides reporting

requirements; provides for expiration of implementation plan; authorizes additional benefits to be

included in program; provides that DMS shall contract with at least one entity that provides

comprehensive pricing & inclusive services for surgery & other medical procedures; provides

contract & reporting requirements; provides for DMS to establish 3-year price transparency pilot

project in certain areas of state; provides project & reporting requirements; directs DMS to

contract with independent benefits consultant; provides requirements for & duties of consultant;

provides reporting requirements; requires DMS to adjust certain health plan contribution rates;

provides requirements for such adjustments.


46 SB 1361State Employees'

Prescription Drug Program

State Employees' Prescription Drug Program; Reenacts & amends provisions relating to state

employees' prescription drug program; deletes requirement that DMS base its decision as to

whether to implement certain 90-day supply limit on determination that it would be in best

financial interest of state; revises pharmacy dispensing fee; authorizes retail pharmacy to fill 90-

day supply of certain drugs; repeals reversion of provisions relating to state employees'

prescription drug program.




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47 CS/SB 1266State Employees'

Prescription Drug Program

State Employees’ Prescription Drug Program; Reenacting and amending provisions relating to

the state employees’ prescription drug program; establishing a 90-day supply limit for retail and

mail order prescription drug purchases for maintenance drugs; removing a provision authorizing

the Department of Management Services to implement a 90-day supply limit program under

specified circumstances; providing for the reversion of provisions relating to the state employees’

prescription drug program, etc.


48 CS/CS/SB 1328 Inspectors General

Inspectors General; Requiring that the Chief Inspector General be confirmed by the Senate;

requiring the Chief Inspector General to provide independent legal counsel for specified state

agencies; revising provisions relating to the duties, appointment, and removal of agency

inspectors general, etc.


49 SB 604Florida State Employees'

Charitable Campaign

Florida State Employees’ Charitable Campaign; Providing an exception to the requirement that

state officers and employees designate a charitable organization to receive contributions from

the Florida State Employees’ Charitable Campaign; providing for the distribution of undesignated

funds by the fiscal agent; removing the requirement that a local steering committee be

established in each fiscal agent area, etc.


50 HB 1435Drug Testing of Public

Officers

Drug Testing of Public Officers; Designates act as "Drug-Free Public Officers Act"; requires

certain public officers to undergo drug testing; provides procedures for drug testing & challenging

results of drug tests; provides that Commission on Ethics shall review & investigate positive drug

tests & refer public officers with positive test results to employee assistance or drug rehabilitation

programs; requires public officer who refuses to undergo drug testing to resign from office;

provides that public official is subject to removal from office for failure to undergo drug testing;

provides that public official convicted or found guilty of, or entering plea of nolo contendere to,

felony drug offense is subject to removal from office; requires AHCA to adopt rules.


51 HB 1437Public Records/ Drug Testing

of Public Officers

Pub. Rec./Drug Testing of Public Officers; Provides exemption from public records requirements

for personal medical information collected pursuant to Drug-Free Public Officers Act; provides for

future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity; provides

for contingent effect.

Effective Date: on the same date that HB 1435 takes effect



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52 SB 444 Workers' Compensation

Workers’ Compensation; Revising powers of the Department of Financial Services relating to

compliance with and enforcement of workers’ compensation coverage requirements; revising

requirements for the release of stop-work orders; revising rate formulas related to the

determination of compensation for disability and death, etc.


53 SB 1214 Workers' Compensation

Workers’ Compensation; Clarifying factors to be considered in determining major contributing

cause; authorizing the collection and testing of blood and urine samples upon employer or

carrier request; providing for payment of resulting medical bills regardless of test results;

providing for post-accident drug testing; revising the period within which a carrier must authorize

an alternative physician; providing that permanent total disability benefits shall not be awarded if

an employee is capable of performing light-duty work; authorizing the advance payment of

compensation only for compensable injuries, etc.


54 CS/CS/SB 1580Workers' Compensation Cost

Task Force

Workers’ Compensation Cost Task Force; Creating the Workers’ Compensation Cost Task

Force; providing for membership; providing duties; requiring the task force to submit a report to

the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by

a specified date; providing an expiration date, etc.

Effective Date: upon becoming law

55 HB 1007 Workers' Compensation

Workers' Compensation; Clarifies factors considered in determining major contributing cause;

authorizes collection & testing of blood & urine samples upon request; provides immunity;

provides for payment of medical bills regardless of test results; provides for post-accident drug

testing; authorizes use of drug test results by employers that comply with material provisions of

drug-free workplace requirements; revises time within which carriers must authorize an

alternative physician; revises requirements related to treatment reassessment when controlled

substances are proscribed; provides that certain benefits shall not be awarded when an

employee is capable of performing light-duty work; provides that all preexisting conditions &

injuries are subject to apportionment; authorizes advance payment of compensation only for

compensable injuries; provides methodology for repayment of advances made by self-insured

employers.




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56 SB 748 Special Risk Class

Special Risk Class; Adding certified 911 public safety telecommunicators to the class; providing

that such telecommunicators are not eligible for a certain adjustment in his or her monthly

retirement benefit, etc.


57 HB 1037 Retirement

Retirement; Revises criteria for membership in special risk class to include members employed

as 911 public safety telecommunicator; requires member to have his or her benefits calculated in

accordance with provisions for Regular Class members; provides declaration of important state

interest.


58 HB 7181 Public Retirement Plans

Public Retirement Plans; Provides that certain members enrolled in FRS are vested in pension

plan after 10 years of creditable service; revises provisions relating to compulsory membership

in FRS Investment Plan, membership in Elected Officers' Class & Senior Management Service

Class, elected official membership eligibility, & Senior Management Service Optional Annuity

Program; closes Senior Management Service Optional Annuity Program to new members;

revises provisions relating to disability benefits; provides certain members with specified time to

choose participation in pension plan or investment plan; revises provisions related to firefighters'

& police officers' pension trust fund & pension plans; revises provisions relating to benefits

funded from premium tax revenues & defined contribution plans; provides declaration of

important state interest.


59 CS/SB 1114 Retirement

Retirement ; Revising the definition of “vested” or “vesting” to provide that a member initially

enrolled in the Florida Retirement System after a certain date is vested in the pension plan after

completing 10 years of creditable service; providing for compulsory membership in the Florida

Retirement System Investment Plan for certain members of the Elected Officers’ Class initially

enrolled after a certain date; authorizing renewed membership in the retirement system for

retirees who are reemployed in a position eligible for the Elected Officers’ Class under certain

circumstances, etc.


60 CS/SB 1198 Florida Retirement System

Florida Retirement System; Revising criteria for employment eligible for purchase of retirement

credit, etc.




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61 HB 1379 Florida Retirement System

Florida Retirement System; Revises criteria for employment eligible for purchase of retirement

credit.


62 SB 1692 Florida Retirement System

Florida Retirement System; Authorizing renewed membership in the retirement system for

retirees who are reemployed in a position eligible for the Elected Officers’ Class under certain

circumstances; authorizing renewed membership in the retirement system for retirees of the

Senior Management Service Optional Annuity Program who are reemployed on or after a

specified date; requiring that certain retirees who are employed on or after a specified date be

renewed members in the investment plan; redefining the term “eligible employee”, etc.


63 HB 7173 Florida Retirement System

Florida Retirement System; Provides that certain member enrolled in FRS is vested in the

pension plan after 10 years of creditable service; provides for compulsory membership in FRS

Investment Plan for certain employees; prohibits members of Elected Officers' Class from joining

Senior Management Service Class after specified date; prohibits an elected official eligible for

membership in Elected Officers' Class from enrolling in Senior Management Service Class or in

Senior Management Service Optional Annuity Program; closing Senior Management Optional

Annuity Program to new members after specified date; increases service time required to qualify

for disability benefits to 10 years for certain members; requires certain employees initially

enrolled in FRS on or after specified date to be compulsory members of investment plan;

provides certain members with specified time to choose participation in pension plan or

investment plan.


64 HB 719 Florida Ethics Center

Florida Ethics Center; Creates Florida Ethics Center; establishes mission & duties of center;

creates center within Office of Chief Inspector General in EOG; requires that center be located in

Capitol Complex; provides for appropriations.




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65 SB 606 Governmental Ethics

Governmental Ethics; Requiring elected municipal officials to participate in annual ethics training;

deleting the requirement that each reporting individual or procurement employee file a quarterly

statement disclosing certain gifts with the Commission on Ethics; authorizing a reporting

individual or procurement employee to request an advisory opinion regarding application of the

section; requiring the commission to impose a civil penalty on a person who has filed a

complaint with malicious intent under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July

1, 2014

66 HB 655 Governmental Ethics

Governmental Ethics; Requires elected municipal officials to participate in annual ethics training;

revises format for disclose of abstentions & conflicts by state, local, and appointed public

officers; provides for issuance of advisory opinions upon request of reporting individual or

procurement employee regarding honoraria & prohibited gifts; requires Commission on Ethics to

impose civil penalty on person who has filed complaint with malicious intent; requires

commission to dismiss complaint against state, county, municipal, or school district officer or

employee if certain circumstances are met; prohibits political subdivision from imposing

additional standards of conduct upon officers & employees of another political subdivision.


67 SB 1648 Public Records and Meetings

Public Records and Meetings; Revising the general state policy on public records; providing that

public records requests need not be in writing unless otherwise required by law; revising contract

requirements between a public agency and a contractor; requiring each agency to provide

training on the requirements of ch. 119, F.S.; specifying a reasonable cost of enforcement;

providing that a party filing an action against certain agencies is not required to serve a copy of a

pleading claiming attorney fees on the Department of Financial Services, etc.


68 CS/HB 1151 Public Records and Meetings

Public Records and Meetings; Provides that public records requests need not be in writing

unless otherwise required by law; requires custodian of public records to provide statutory

citation to requester if written request is required; restricts charge assessed by agency in

producing records; revises contract requirements between public agency & contractor; requires

agencies to provide training on requirements of ch. 119, F.S.; specifies reasonable cost of

enforcement; provides that party filing action against certain agencies, boards, or commissions is

not required to serve copy of pleading claiming attorney fees on DFS; requires agency, board, or

commission to provide notice of such pleading to DFS; authorizes DFS to join agency, board, or

commission in defense of such suit; conforms cross-references.




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69 HB 7049


Review/Children of Agency

Officers and

Employees/Identifying

Information

OGSR/Children of Agency Officers and Employees/Identifying Information; Amending provisions

relating to an exemption from public record requirements for personal identifying information of

certain dependent children of current or former agency officers or employees; removing the

scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.


70 HB 7143


Review/Social Security

Numbers

OGSR/Social Security Numbers; Saves from repeal under Open Government Sunset Review

Act a public records exemption for social security numbers of current or former agency

employees; provides exceptions to exemption.


71 SB 1196Public Records/Victim of a

Domestic Violence Offense

Public Records/Victim of a Domestic Violence Offense; Providing an exemption from public

records requirements for intelligence or investigative information that may reveal the address or

place of employment of a person who is a victim of a domestic violence offense; providing for

future review and repeal of the exemption under the Open Government Sunset Review Act;

providing a statement of public necessity, etc.


72 HB 721

Public Records/ Exemption

for Domestic Violence

Victims

Pub. Rec./ Exemption for Domestic Violence Victims; Provides exemption from public records

requirements for investigative information that may reveal address or place of employment of

person who is victim of domestic violence offense; provides for future review & repeal; provides

for notice to court of an intent to maintain confidentiality of investigative information that may

reveal address or place of employment of person who is victim of domestic violence offense;

provides for defense motions for disclosure of victim's address or place of employment provides

statement of public necessity.


73 SB 74 Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Saving Time; Citing this act as the "Sunshine Protection Act"; requiring that the State of

Florida and its political subdivisions observe daylight saving time year-round, etc.


74 HB 701 Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Saving Time; Requires that State of Florida & its political subdivisions observe daylight

saving time year-round.




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75 CS/CS/SB 638 Charities

Charities; Excluding charitable organizations or sponsors disqualified by the Department of

Agriculture and Consumer Services from receiving certain tax exemptions; requiring that the

financial statements of certain charitable organizations or sponsors be audited or reviewed;

requiring each officer, director, trustee, or owner of a professional solicitor and any employee of

a professional solicitor that conducts telephone solicitations to obtain a solicitor license from the

department; increasing administrative fines for violations of the Solicitation of Contributions Act,

etc. APPROPRIATION: $474,709.00




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