Florida Slavery Memorial [HB-27]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Establishes Florida Slavery Memorial; provides for administration of memorial by DMS; directs DMS to develop specified plan & submit such plan to Governor & Legislature.
HB-27: Florida Slavery Memorial
Sponsored by: Rep. Clovis Watson
Died In Governmental Oversight And Accountability on 05/05/2017
Public School Recess [HB-67]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Allows free-play recess to be part of physical education classes for specified grade levels; requires specified amount of free-play recess on days that physical education classes are not held.
HB-67: Public School Recess
Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn Harrison
Indefinitely Postponed And Withdrawn From Consideration on 05/05/2017
Pub. Rec./Identity of Witness to a Murder [HB-111]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Provides that personal identifying information of witness to murder remains confidential & exempt for specified period; authorizes specified entities & parties to receive information; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption.
HB-111: Pub. Rec./Identity of Witness to a Murder
Sponsored by: Rep. Clovis Watson
Chapter No. 2017-11 on 05/10/2017
Firefighters [HB-143]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Defines "firefighter"; establishes presumption as to firefighter's condition or impairment of health caused by certain types of cancer he or she contracts in line of duty; specifies criteria firefighter must meet to be entitled to presumption; requires employing agency to provide physical examination for firefighter; specifies circumstances under which presumption does not apply; provides for applicability; requires Legislature to review specified cancer research programs by certain date; provides for employer contribution rate increase to fund
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HB-143: Firefighters
Sponsored by: Rep. Clovis Watson
Indefinitely Postponed And Withdrawn From Consideration on 05/05/2017
State Work Opportunity Tax Credit [HB-275]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Economic Development ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Provides credit against corporate income tax for businesses hiring certain persons convicted of felony; provides requirements & limitations; requires DOR & DEO to adopt rules & authorizes certain guidelines.
HB-275: State Work Opportunity Tax Credit
Sponsored by: Rep. Ramon Alexander
Indefinitely Postponed And Withdrawn From Consideration on 05/05/2017
Sentencing for Sexual Offenses [HB-317]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibits grant of early release or suspension of execution or imposition of sentence if victim of offense was prevented from resisting offense due to intoxication or unconsciousness.
HB-317: Sentencing for Sexual Offenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Hardemon
Indefinitely Postponed And Withdrawn From Consideration on 05/05/2017
Discrimination in Labor and Employment [HB-319]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Creates "Helen Gordon Davis Fair Pay Protection Act"; revises provisions prohibiting discrimination on basis of sex to include discrimination on basis of gender identity; prohibits employer from providing less favorable employment opportunities to employees based on sex or gender identity; provides exceptions; specifies civil penalties; revises applicability; prohibits employer from taking certain employment actions against employees; prohibits employer from engaging in certain activities relating to employee wages & benefits or requiring employee
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HB-319: Discrimination in Labor and Employment
Sponsored by: Sen. Lori B. Berman
Indefinitely Postponed And Withdrawn From Consideration on 05/05/2017
Child Support [HB-341]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requires court to suspend order requiring parent to pay child support & to deny order of contempt under certain circumstances.
HB-341: Child Support
Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Hardemon
Indefinitely Postponed And Withdrawn From Consideration on 05/05/2017
Regulation of Health Care Practitioners [HB-543]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Removing a provision that requires a joint committee to determine standards for the content of advanced registered nurse practitioner protocols; removing an obsolete qualification that is no longer sufficient to satisfy certain nursing certification requirements; requiring an advanced registered nurse practitioner to enter into a supervisory protocol with a physician under certain circumstances; authorizing the board to conduct certain onsite evaluations; requiring the Florida Center for Nursing to evaluate program-specific data for each approved
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HB-543: Regulation of Health Care Practitioners
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Human Services Committee
Chapter No. 2017-134 on 06/26/2017
Prohibited Discrimination [HB-623]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Housing ]
Provides that sexual orientation & gender identity are impermissible grounds for discrimination in public lodging establishments & public food service establishments; revises provisions of Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 and Fair Housing Act to include sexual orientation & gender identity, provides exception for constitutionally protected free exercise of religion.
HB-623: Prohibited Discrimination
Sponsored by: Sen. Lori B. Berman
Indefinitely Postponed And Withdrawn From Consideration on 05/05/2017