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2	Florida Legislature as of 2/17/24
3	Bill #	Sponsor	Title	Explanation	Committee Status	Floor Vote	Signed
4	ANTI-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
5	SCR 324	Ingoglia	Federal Balanced Budget	Proposes an amendment to the US Constitution that requires a balanced budget - if enough states pass this an “Article V” convention will be called to rewrite the US constitution - seems to be stalled in the Senate	Passed Judiciary 8-2. - Passed Rules 13-5 - Fiscal Policy
6	HCR 703	Sirois	Federal Balance Budget	Proposes an amendment to the US Constitution that requires a balanced budget - if enough state pass this an “Article V” convention will be called to rewrite the US constitution	Passed State Affairs	Passed 80-33
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8	SCR 326	Ingoglia	Congressional Term Limits	Constitutional amendment that Sets a limit on the number of terms a person can serve as a member of the US House of Representatives - prohibits incumbents from appearing on the ballot if they have held office for the preceding 8 years - if enough states pass this an “Article V” convention will be called to rewrite the US constitution -seems to be stalled in the Senate	Passed Judiciary 10-0. Passed Rules 11-5. - Fiscal Policy
9	HCR 693	Borrero	Congressional Term Limits	Constitutional amendment that Sets a limit on the number of terms a person can serve as a member of the US House of Representatives - prohibits incumbents from appearing on the ballot if they have held office for the preceding 8 years	Passed State Affairs.	Passed 80-33
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11	CHILDREN & FAMILY
12	HB 1	Sirois McFarland, Rayner	Social Media Use for Minors	Restricts access to social media accounts for children under 16. Prohibits children under 16 yrs. From creating a social media acct. Allows a parent to terminate a child’s acct. Requires websites and social media platforms to do age verification by a third party not affiliated with the platform. Provides for civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation. Fines put to $50,000- Exceptions for e-commerce, news, gaming, etc. sites - states that have passed similar legislation have had the laws blocked in court. This would be the most restrictive bill of any passed.	Passed Reg. Reform. - Passed Judiciary	Passed 106-13
13	HB 3	Tramont	Online access to Materials Harmful to Minors	Require age verification for anyone accessing an adult website	Passed Regulatory Reform, Passed judiciary	Passed 119-0
14	CS-HB1	Grall	Social Media Use for Minors	Senate version of HB1 - Combines HB1 & HB 3 into one bill - Restricts social media use for minors and requires age verification for adult websites for all users	Passed Judiciary.9-0 - Passed Fiscal Policy
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16	HB 49	Chaney	Employment and Curfew of Minors	Allows 16 & 17 year old children to work earlier in the day, more than 8 hrs per day on a school day, more than 6 days in a row during the school year, and without break time. - allows 16 & 17 year olds that drop out of high school to work full time	Passed Reg Reform, Passed Local Admin, Passed Commerce,	Passed 80-35
17	SB 1596	Burgess	Employment of Minors	Somewhat better than HB 49 - 16 & 17 years olds can’t work between midnight & 5:30am - can’t work more than 8 hours a day when school is scheduled the next day, except on holidays and Sundays	Passed Commerce 4-1 , Reg. Industries, Rules
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19	SB 460	Simon	Career and Technical Education	Revises rules governing career education - would allow 16 & 17 year old children to work on scaffolding and roofing sites under adult supervision up to 6 feet high	Passed Ed Pre K 9-2, Passed Appropriations Ed. 7-0. Fiscal Policy
20	HB 917	Snyder	Career and Technical Education	Revises rules governing career education - would allow 16 & 17 year old children to work on scaffolding and roofing sites under adult supervision	Passed Choice & Inn., Appropriation, Passed Education & Employment
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22	HB 385	Cassel, Rudman	Safe Exchange of Minor Children	Requires that in certain cases parents who share custody use a neutral, safe exchange locations part of the court ordered parenting plan. “Cassie Carli Law”.	Passed Civil Justice - Passed Judiciary -	Passed 115-0
23	SB 580	Yarborough	Safe Exchange of Minor Children	Requires that in certain cases parents who share custody use a neutral, safe exchange locations part of the court ordered parenting plan. “Cassie Carli Law”.	Passed Judiciary 10-0. - Passed Rules 19-0
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25	HB 1169	Committee - Hunchofsky	Coordinated Systems of Care for Children	Coordination of the treatment of children with behavior and mental health issues between DCF and school systems -	Passed Children, Family - Passed PreK Appropriation - Passed Education & Employment
26	SB 1340	Committee, Harrell	Coordinated Systems of Care for Children	Coordination of the treatment of children with behavior and mental health issues between DCF and school systems -	Passed Children & Family 7-0— Appropriations on Education - Fiscal Policy
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28	CRIMINAL JUSTICE
29	HB 549	Rommel	Retail Theft	Imposes long sentences for retail theft, so called “porch pirates” that steal packages from front doors, lowers the threshold for felonies to items as low as $40 for first time offenders, creates harsher sentences for “smash and grab” crimes,	Passed Criminal Just. Sub.15-3, Passed Justice Appropriations , Passed Judiciary
30	SB 1222	Trumbull	Theft	Similar to above	Passed Criminal Justice, 7-1 Passed Aprop. On Criminal & Civil Justice 8-1, Fiscal Policy
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32	HB 75	Rizo	Impeding, Threatening, or Harassing First Responders	Prohibits approaching a first responder when they are preforming their duties, sets a 20’ perimeter	Passed Criminal Justice, Passed Judiciary, Ready for House floor
33	SB 184	Avila	Impeding, Threatening, or Harassing First Responders	Prohibits approaching a first responder when they are preforming their duties, sets a 20’ perimeter. - amended to 14’	Passed Criminal Justice 5-2, Passed Community Affairs 8-0, Passed Rules 18-0 - Ready for Senate floor	Passed 39-0
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35	SB 258	Perry	Interstate Safety	Specifies that the leftmost lane in certain highways be used only for passing. Prohibits driving in the leftmost lane.	Passed Transportation 5-0, Passed Criminal Justice 8-0, Passed Rules 20-0 - Ready for Senate floor
36	HB 317	Persons-Mulicka	Interstate Safety	Specifies that the leftmost lane in certain highways be used only for passing. Prohibits driving in the leftmost lane.	Passed Transportation, Passed Infrastructure, Ready for House Floor	Passed 113-3
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38	HB 1389	Cassel	Digital Voyeurism	Enhances laws against video and digital voyeurism First degree misdemeanor if the violator is under 19 Third degree felony if the violator is older than 19 - Third degree felony for unknowingly record a person - each instance of viewing, broadcasting, disseminating or transferring the video is a separate crime - if a person of trust or a family member violates this law it is a higher degree crime	Passed Criminal Justice - Removed Justice Appropriations - Passed Judiciary
39	SB 1604	Book	Digital Voyeurism	Same as above	Passed Criminal Justice 8-0 - Passed Fiscal Policy 17-0
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41	SB 638	Grall	Lethality Assessments	Law enforcement must provide a a “lethality assessment” questionnaire to determine if the victim is in danger of death when investigating a domestic violence call - provides funding for the training of officers	Passed Criminal Justice 8-0, Passed Aprop. On Criminal & Civil Justice 10-0, Fiscal Policy
42	HB 729	Baker	Lethality Assessments	Law enforcement must provide a a “lethality assessment” questionnaire to determine if the victim is in danger of death when investigating a domestic violence call	Passed Criminal Justice, Passed Justice Approp., Judiciary
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44	ECONOMICS
45	HB 1289	Committee, Abbott	Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility	Additional restrictions on unemployment insurance for people laid off from their jobs- disqualifies a person from receiving benefits if they miss 3 consecutive job interviews or if the fail to respond to a job offer within 48 hours - no exceptions - unclear how this will be enforced	Passed Regulatory Reform, Passed Infrastructure & Tourism, Commerce
46	SB 1260	Trumbull	Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility	Similar to above	Passed Commerce & Tourism 4-2 - Appropriations, Fiscal Policy
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48	SB 28	Hooper	License Taxes	Increases fees for electric vehicles	Passed Transportation 6-0 - Appropriations
49	HB 107	Esposito	Electric and Hybrid Vehicle License Fees	Increases fees for electric vehicles	Passed Transportation - Passed Ways & Means - Passed Infrastructure Strat.
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51	HB 1021	Lopez	Community Associations	Updates and reforms comprehensive rules for Condo associations in the state - Surfside	Passed Reg. Reform, Passed State Admin, Commerce
52	SB 1178	Bradley	Condominium and Cooperative Associations	Updates and reforms comprehensive rules for Condo associations in the state - Surfside condo reforms - addresses HOA and condo assn fraud	Passed Reg. Industries 5-0. - Passed Appropriations on Agriculture 10-0 — Fiscal Policy
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54	HB 85	Barnaby	New State Banks & Trusts	Public Records Exemption for names of shareholders, directors, and officers of new banks or trust companies applying for state charters.	Passed Insurance & Banking. - Passed Ethics, Elections - Passed Commerce
55	SB 1014	Perry	New State Banks & Trusts	Public Records Exemption for names of shareholders, directors, and officers of new banks or trust companies applying for state charters.	Passed Banking & Insurance 10-0. - Passed Governmental Oversight.6-0 -Passed Rules 17-0
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57	EDUCATION
58	SB 1264	Collins	History of Communism Task Force	Requires school districts to begin teaching about communism as early as kindergarten	Passed Education Pre-K 10-0, Appropriations, Fiscal Policy
59	HB 1349	Committee	Required Instruction on History of Communism	Same as above	Passed Choice & Innovation, Passed Pre-k Appropriations, Education & Employment
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61	HB 1285	Committee, Canady	Education	Bill rewritten - addresses so called “classical education “ charter schools- authorizes the state Board of Education to issue Classical Education teaching certificates, gives favored status to classical education charter schools - sets minimum requirements for Classical Ed. teachers	Passed Choice and innovation, Passed Education & Employment - Ready for House Floor
62	SB 996	Burgess	Education	See above	Passed Ed PreK-12 11-0 — Passed AED 6- 2 — Passed Fiscal Policy 11-5
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64	HB 151	Busatta	Florida Retirement Systems	3% across the board raise for all Florida Retirement System retirees	Passed Constitutional Rights - Passed Appropriations - State Affairs	Passed 113-0
65	CS/HB 151	Hooper	Florida Retirement Systems	3% across the board raise for all Florida Retirement System retirees	Government Oversight - Community Affairs - Appropriations	Passed 38-0
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67	HB 931	McClain	School Chaplains	allows school districts and charter schools to have volunteer religious chaplains - these volunteer chaplains would be background checked, but no professional qualifications are stipulated	Passed Education Quality - Passed Education & Employment - Ready for House Floor
68	SB 1044	Grall	School Chaplains	allows school districts and charter schools to have volunteer religious chaplains - these volunteer chaplains would be background checked, but no professional qualifications are stipulated	Passed Education PreK-12 7-3, AED - Rules
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70	HB 1471	Black	Public Employees	Anti-union Bill - Union members must sign a membership form that contains anti-union language and propaganda.	Passed Constitutional Rights - State Affairs.
71	SB 1746	Ingoglia	Public Employees	Anti-union Bill - Union members must sign a membership form that contains anti-union language and propaganda. Contains carve outs for politically favored unions like the police	Passed Government Oversight 4-2 - Passed Rules 14-5
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73	CS/SB 7000	Committee	Deregulation of Public Schools/Instructional, Administrative, and Support Personnel	Bill to facilitate funding of the Learn Local program - Updates regulations regarding teacher contracts, personnel evaluation, collective bargaining, teacher certification, teacher apprenticeship programs, and school bus drivers	Passed Fiscal Policy 18-0	39-0
74	CS/SB 7002	Committee	Deregulation of Public Schools/School District Finance and Budgets, Facilities, and Administration and Oversight	Bill to facilitate funding of the Learn Local program - Updates regulations regarding school board meetings, delegates more authority to Superintendents, provides more flexibility for “lost days” due to emergencies, allows online meetings and email notices for student issues, simplifies process for students that need to carry medical supplies - simplifies financial requirements for school boards, provides more autonomy in long term financial planning	Passed Fiscal Policy 18-0	39-0
75	HB 7039	Committee	Education	House version of the Senate “deregulation package” - much different the the Senate bills - includes punitive consequences for testing - focuses mainly on administrative changes, bill favors private and corporate schools over public schools, publicly funded private schools don’t have to share test scores with the public and are not graded with the A-F scales per FEA	Passed Education Quality - Passed Ed. & Employment - Ready for House Floor
76	CS/SB 7004	Committee	Deregulation of Public Schools/Assessment and Accountability, Instruction, and Education Choice	Bill to facilitate funding of the Learn Local program - Provides school districts more autonomy over determining student’s progression, implementing new programs, providing instructional materials, and providing early learning programs	Passed Fiscal Policy 18-0	39-0
77	HB 7025	Committee	Education	House version of the Senate “deregulation package” - much different the the Senate bills - includes punitive consequences for testing - focuses on administrative changes rather than students and teachers	Passed Choice & Innovation - Passed Education & Employ. Ready for House Floor
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79	HB 1403	Tomkow	School Choice	Revise and refines the school universal voucher laws passed last session. Limits how school voucher money can be spent by parents. “Needs work”	Passed Choice & Innovation - Passed PreK Appropriation - Passed Education & Employment - Ready for House Floor	Passed 109-1
80	SB 7048	Committee	Education	Addresses how voucher money can be spent	Passed Education Prek-12, Appropriations
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82	HB 109	Andrade	Charter Schools	Makes it easier for a Municipality to convert a public school to a charter school. Removes the requirement that a majority of the teachers must vote in favor of the conversion, would force school districts to make vacant land available to charter schools.	Passed Choice & Innovation - PreK-12 Appropriation. - Education & Employment
83	SB 246	Harrell	Conversion to Charter Schools	Makes it easier for a Municipality to convert a public school to a charter school. Removes the requirement that a majority of the teachers must vote in favor of the conversion, would force school districts to make vacant land available to charter schools.	Education PreK-12 - Appropriation On Education - Fiscal Policy
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85	SB 1372	Ingoglia	Educator Preparation Programs	“Stop Woke” act for teacher preparation courses - can’t mention racism, sexism, etc.	Passed Education Post secondary 5-3 — Passed Appropriations on Education 4-1- Rules
86	HB 1291	Snyder, Jacques	Educator Preparation Programs	“Stop Woke” act for teacher preparation courses - can’t mention racism, sexism, etc.	Passed Post secondary education - Passed Employment & Education
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88	ELECTIONS & VOTING
89	SB 850	DiCeglie	Use of Artificial Intelligence in Political Advertising	Requires political ads that use AI generated images, video, etc to post a disclaimer. Could face civil penalties	Passed ethics & Elections 5-3. - Passed Rules 20-0 Ready for Senate floor
90	HB 919	Rizo	Artificial Intelligence Use in Political Advertising	Requires political ads that use AI generated images, video, etc to post a disclaimer. Could face civil penalties	Passed Ethics & Elections - Passed Justice Appropriations. - Passed State Affairs
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92	HB 721	Committee, Casello	Harassment of Election Workers	Prohibits a person from intimidating, harassing, or coercing election workers, This includes poll workers and canvassing board members. First degree misdemeanor.	Passed Criminal Justice - Passed State Affairs - Judiciary
93	SB 562	Rouson	Harassment of Election Workers	Same as above but violation would be a third degree felony	Passed Ethics & Elections 8-0 - Removed Criminal Justice - Rules
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95	ENVIRONMENT
96	HB 1645	Payne	Energy Resources	A bad environmental bill that also preempts local authority. Deletes the majority of the references to “climate Change” in FL statutes. Members of both parties have voted against this bill. Removes a local governments authority over natural gas pipelines and storage facilities. Favors the natural gas industry bans offshore wind production	Passed Energy Sub, Passed Appropriations, Passed Commerce
97	SB 1624	Collins	Energy Resources	Similar to above	Passed Regulated Industries 4-2, Appropriations, Fiscal Policy
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99	SB 738	Burgess	Environmental Management	“Protect the Polluters” Bill - Makes it more difficult to sue industrial polluters that release contaminants. Contains language that would prohibit an individual from suing for environmental damages caused by oil spills or other discharge of pollution, such as polluted water from gypstacks. (Piney Point). Individuals may only sue for damages to real and personal property caused the discharge of pollutants.	Passed Environment & Nat. Resources 5-2 - Passed Judiciary 7-2. - Passed Fiscal Policy 13-3
100	HB 789	Committee	Environmental Management	Nearly identical to above.	Passed water Quality, Passed Agriculture & Natural Resources, Passed Infrastructure Strategies