Joint Legislative Organizations [WPSC] [HB-5709]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Ethics ]
Consolidates joint legislative functions; provides for Legislative Accountability Office, to assume certain duties & obligations of Auditor General & OPPAGA; revises duties of JAPC, Legislative Auditing Committee, & EDR; repeals provisions relating to Auditor General, OPPAGA, JAPC, LCIR, Joint Legislative Committee on Everglades Oversight, Florida Government Accountability Act, interstate cooperation, etc.
HB-5709: Joint Legislative Organizations [WPSC]
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Eisnaugle
Died In Conference Committee, Companion Bill(s) Passed, See Hb 5001 (ch. 2010-152), Cs/cs/sb 1412 (ch. 2010-102) on 04/30/2010
Unemployment Compensation [CPSC] [HB-7033]
[Unemployment ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishes temporary state extended benefits for weeks of unemployment; provides for state extended benefits for certain weeks & for periods of high unemployment; reduces amount of exempt wages beginning January 1, 2010; increases amount of exempt wages beginning January 1, 2012; suspends exempt wages adjustment when repayment of federal advance is owed, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,547,504.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kelli Stargel
Chapter No. 2010-1; Companion Bill(s) Passed, See Cs/cs/sb 1736 (ch. 2010-90) on 03/08/2010
Education Accountability [HB-7053]
[Education ]
Revises statewide student achievement testing program; discontinues administration of certain FCAT assessments in specified school years; requires end-of-course assessments in certain subjects beginning with students entering grade 9 in specified school years; requires use of scaled scores & achievement levels for measuring student's knowledge & skills; provides for waiver of assessment requirements for certain students, etc.
HB-7053: Education Accountability
Sponsored by: Rep. Debbie Mayfield
Placed On Special Order Calendar; Substituted Cs/cs/sb 4; Laid On Table, Companion Bill(s) Passed, See Cs/cs/sb 4 (ch. 2010-22), Hb 7037 (ch. 2010-70) -hj 00615 on 04/07/2010
Military Support [EPSC] [HB-7129]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
Provides applicability of provisions governing compatibility of land development with military installations under Local Government Comprehensive Planning & Land Development Regulation Act to specified local governments & associated military installations, etc.
HB-7129: Military Support [EPSC]
Sponsored by: Sen. Dorothy L. Hukill
Approved By Governor; Chapter No. 2010-182; Companion Bill(s) Passed, See Cs/cs/cs/hb 713 (ch. 2010-106), Cs/sb 464 (ch. 2010-79) on 06/01/2010
Reorganization of the Public Service Commission [HB-7209]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
Revises requirements for nomination by Public Service Commission Nominating Council for appointment to commission; prohibits attempts by certain persons to sway judgment of commissioners; provides for Commission on Ethics to receive & investigate complaints of violations pursuant to specified procedures; provides requirements for nomination by said nominating council for appointment to commission, etc.
HB-7209: Reorganization of the Public Service Commission
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Eisnaugle
Died On Calendar on 04/30/2010
Capital Formation for Infrastructure Projects [HB-7213]
[Infrastructure ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Investments ]
Provides for creation of Florida Infrastructure Fund Partnership; provides partnership's purpose & duties; provides for management of partnership by Florida Opportunity Fund; authorizes fund to lend moneys to partnership; requires partnership to raise funds from investment partners; provides for commitment agreements with & issuance of certificates to investment partners; authorizes partnership to invest in certain infrastructure projects, etc.
HB-7213: Capital Formation for Infrastructure Projects
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Eisnaugle
Died In Messages on 04/30/2010
Medicaid Managed Care [HB-7223]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Creates pt. IV, ch. 409, F.S., entitled Medicaid Managed Care; designates AHCA as single state agency to administer Medicaid program; establishes Medicaid program as statewide, integrated managed care program for all covered services; authorizes agency to apply for & implement waivers; provides related & conforming provisions to reorganization of Medicaid managed care.
HB-7223: Medicaid Managed Care
Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Grimsley
Died In Messages on 04/30/2010