Legislative Bills Summary
2014 Legislative Session
No.
1
Bill Number
HB 7073
Title
Information Technology
Governance
Summary
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.
Status
5/2/2014 House - Ordered
enrolled -HJ 1324
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
2
SB 1636
Renaming 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
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
3
CS/SJR 1188
Prospective Appointment of Judicial Vacancies; Proposing amendments to the State
Constitution to authorize the Governor to prospectively fill vacancies in certain judicial offices,
Prospective Appointment of
etc.
Judicial Vacancies
5/9/2014 - Signed by Officers
and filed with Secretary of State
Effective Date: ?
Legislature; Fixing the date for convening the regular session of the Legislature in the year 2016,
etc. as follows:
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CS/HB 9
Legislative Session Dates
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.
5/2/2014 House - Ordered
engrossed, then enrolled -HJ
977
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
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Legislative Bills Summary
2014 Legislative Session
No.
5
Bill Number
CS/CS/HB 7015
Title
Summary
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
Military and Veteran Support 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
Status
Chapter 2014-1, Laws of Florida
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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CS/CS/SB 1524
Security 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.
4/30/2014 Senate - Ordered
enrolled -SJ 880
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
7
CS/CS/HB 1385
Inspectors General
Inspectors General; Revises provisions relating to duties, appointment, & removal of Chief
Inspector General & agency inspectors general.
5/1/2014 House - Ordered
enrolled -HJ 960
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
5/2/2014 Senate - Ordered
engrossed, then enrolled -SJ
1102
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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Legislative Bills Summary
2014 Legislative Session
No.
9
Bill Number
CS/SB 390
Title
Summary
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.
Status
4/28/2014 Senate - Ordered
enrolled -SJ 778
Effective Date: Upon becoming law
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SB 1108
SB 1678
Open Government Sunset
Review/Children of Agency
Officers and
Employees/Identifying
Information
Open Government Sunset
Review/Agency Personnel
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.
4/25/2014 Senate - Ordered
enrolled -SJ 717
Effective Date: 10/1/2014
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.
4/25/2014 Senate - Ordered
enrolled -SJ 717
Effective Date: 10/1/2014
Charities; Revises provisions related to the solicitation of funds. APPROPRIATION: $415,528.00
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CS/CS/HB 629
Charities
The bill provides increased oversight of charitable organizations and sponsors, professional
fundraising consultants, and professional solicitors.
5/1/2014 House - Ordered
engrossed, then enrolled -HJ
943
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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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.
Chapter 2014-17, Laws of
Florida
Effective Date:7/2/2014
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Legislative Bills Summary
2014 Legislative Session
No.
14
Bill Number
SB 936
Title
Florida Statutes
Summary
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.
Status
Chapter 2014-18, Laws of
Florida
Effective Date: 7/2/2014
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.
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SB 938
Florida Statutes
Effective Date: On the 60th day after adjournment sine die of the session of the Legislature in
which enacted
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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.
Chapter 2014-19, Laws of
Florida
4/30/2014 House - Ordered
enrolled -HJ 1323
Effective Date: 7/2/2014
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Legislative Bills Summary
2014 Legislative Session
No.
Bill Number
Title
Summary
Status
APPROPRIATIONS BILLS
General Appropriations Act
1
HB 5001
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
Last Action: 5/20/2014 - Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
Implementing 2014-2015 General Appropriations Act
2
HB 5003
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
Last Action: 5/20/2014 - Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
Florida Retirement System
3
HB 5005
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
Last Action: 5/20/2014 - Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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.
4
HB 5007
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
Last Action: 5/20/2014 - Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
BILLS THAT DIED OR LAID ON TABLE AND REFERRED TO ANOTHER BILL
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Legislative Bills Summary
2014 Legislative Session
No.
1
Bill Number
SB 222
Title
State Technology
Summary
Status
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 7125
Renaming 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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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Legislative Bills Summary
2014 Legislative Session
No.
5
Bill Number
CS/SB 1628
Title
Government Accountability
Summary
Status
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
7
HCR 8001
Equal Rights for Men and
Women
8
SCR 68
Equal Rights for Men and
Women
9
CS/SB 324
Employment Practices
Equal Rights for Men and Women; Ratifies proposed amendment to U.S. Constitution relating to
equal rights for men & 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.
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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Legislative Bills Summary
2014 Legislative Session
No.
10
Bill Number
HB 163
Title
Summary
Status
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 &
Employment Discrimination
commission; creates Governor's Recognition Award for Pay Equity in Workplace.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
11
HB 505
Discrimination 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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
12
SB 234
Discrimination 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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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SB 206
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
Employment Discrimination
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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2014 Legislative Session
No.
16
Bill Number
CS/SB 220
Title
Florida Civil Rights Act
Summary
Status
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 labormanagement committees, and employment agencies; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of
pregnancy in occupational licensing, certification, and membership organizations, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
Unemployment Compensation; Revises definition of term "good cause"; revises provisions
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HB 251
Unemployment
relating to individual's disqualification for benefits for voluntarily leaving work; provides
exemption from such disqualification for certain victims of domestic violence.
Compensation
(Reemployment Assistance)
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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HB 519
Unemployment Compensation; Prohibits benefits from being charged to employment record of
Unemployment
employer that is forced to lay off workers for specified reasons.
Compensation
(Reemployment Assistance) Effective Date: 7/1/2014
SB 844
Unemployment Compensation; Prohibiting benefits from being charged to the employment
Unemployment
record of an employer that is forced to lay off workers for specified reasons, etc.
Compensation
(Reemployment Assistance) Effective Date: 7/1/2014
SB 1056
Unemployment
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.
Compensation
(Reemployment Assistance)
Unemployment Compensation; Revising the definition of the term “good cause”; revising
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Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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Legislative Bills Summary
2014 Legislative Session
No.
Bill Number
Title
Summary
Status
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
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24
25
SJR 756
HJR 1175
SJR 1612
CS/SB 72
Lieutenant Governor/Agency
head of any one department or agency of the executive branch, etc.
or Department Head
Commissioner of
Energy/Composition of
Cabinet
Restoration of Felons' Civil
Rights
Legislature
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.
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.
Legislature; Fixing the date for convening the regular session of the Legislature in the year 2016,
etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
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28
State 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.
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.
HJR 1421
Term 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.
SJR 946
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2014 Legislative Session
No.
29
Bill Number
SB 456
Title
State Minimum Wage
Summary
Status
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.
Effective Date: 1/1/2015
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.
Effective Date: 1/1/2015
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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SB 1322
Law 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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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2014 Legislative Session
No.
34
Bill Number
HB 1323
Title
Law Enforcement and
Correctional Officers
Summary
Status
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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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
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CS/SB 990
Public 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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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2014 Legislative Session
No.
38
Bill Number
Title
HB 1357
Public Officers and
Employees
Summary
Status
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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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
Residency of Candidates and
members; specifying the applicability of residency requirements on the Governor and Cabinet
CS/CS/CS/SB 602
Public Officers
officers; specifying that the act does not apply to members of the Legislature, etc.
Effective Date: 1/1/2015
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HB 571
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
Residency of Candidates and be considered when determining residency; provides exceptions for active duty military
members; preempting certain local residency requirements for candidates & public officers.
Public Officers
Effective Date: 1/1/2015
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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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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Legislative Bills Summary
2014 Legislative Session
No.
43
Bill Number
SB 1110
Title
Deferred Compensation
Summary
Status
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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CS/HB 7085
Security 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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
46
SB 1361
State 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 90day supply of certain drugs; repeals reversion of provisions relating to state employees'
prescription drug program.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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2014 Legislative Session
No.
47
Bill Number
CS/SB 1266
Title
State Employees'
Prescription Drug Program
Summary
Status
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
49
SB 604
Florida 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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
50
HB 1435
Drug 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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
51
HB 1437
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
Public Records/ Drug Testing future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity; provides
for contingent effect.
of Public Officers
Effective Date: on the same date that HB 1435 takes effect
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Legislative Bills Summary
2014 Legislative Session
No.
52
Bill Number
SB 444
Title
Workers' Compensation
Summary
Status
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
54
CS/CS/SB 1580
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
Workers' Compensation Cost the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
a specified date; providing an expiration date, etc.
Task Force
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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2014 Legislative Session
No.
56
Bill Number
SB 748
Title
Special Risk Class
Summary
Status
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
60
CS/SB 1198
Florida Retirement System
Florida Retirement System; Revising criteria for employment eligible for purchase of retirement
credit, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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2014 Legislative Session
No.
61
Bill Number
HB 1379
Title
Florida Retirement System
Summary
Status
Florida Retirement System; Revises criteria for employment eligible for purchase of retirement
credit.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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2014 Legislative Session
No.
65
Bill Number
SB 606
Title
Governmental Ethics
Summary
Status
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
67
SB 1648
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;
Public Records and Meetings
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
68
CS/HB 1151
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
Public Records and Meetings 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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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2014 Legislative Session
No.
69
70
Bill Number
Title
Summary
HB 7049
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.
HB 7143
Open Government Sunset
Review/Social Security
Numbers
Status
Effective Date: 10/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 10/1/2014
71
SB 1196
Public 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.
Effective Date: 10/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
74
HB 701
Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time; Requires that State of Florida & its political subdivisions observe daylight
saving time year-round.
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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2014 Legislative Session
No.
75
Bill Number
CS/CS/SB 638
Title
Charities
Summary
Status
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
Effective Date: 7/1/2014
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