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> Bill Keyword Alert for 3/19/08
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> HB 7043 Relating to Maximum Class Size
> Maximum Class Size: Revises implementation schedule
> by providing compliance calculations for specified
> fiscal years; revises accountability provisions to
> require DOE to reduce class size reduction operating
> categorical funds for noncompliance; creates school
> district flexibility exception; revises requirements
> for use of class size reduction operating
> categorical funds; deletes certain transfer of
> appropriations relating to class size reduction;
> deletes provisions relating to school district
> eligibility to deliver VPK education program based
> on class size. Effective Date: July 1, 2008
>
> HB 7045 Relating to Public School Curricular
> Standards
> Public School Curricular Standards: Requires State
> Board of Education to review Sunshine State
> Standards & replace them with enhanced curricular
> standards; provides for adoption, review, & revision
> of standards; restricts expenditure of
> appropriations for FCAT preparation; revises
> requirements for statewide assessment program &
> Commissioner of Education duties; requires FCAT to
> assess social studies & provides for end-of-course
> assessments; exempts certain schools from receiving
> school grades or improvement ratings. Effective
> Date: July 1, 2008

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> Bills and PCBs Filed Thursday (2/28/08)
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> SB 2486 - Relating to Dependent Children (Posey)
> Dependent Children; Redefines the term "harm" to
> provide that a mother harms her child's health or
> welfare by using a controlled substance during
> pregnancy without regard to whether using the
> controlled substance adversely affected the child.
> Reenacts provisions relating to child abuse
> prevention training in the district school system
> and grounds for appointment of a guardian advocate,
> respectively, to incorporate the amendments made in
> references thereto, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 2478 - Relating to Sex Trafficking (Lynn)
> Sex Trafficking; Increases penalties for procuring a
> minor for prostitution. Provides enhanced penalties
> for forcing, compelling, or coercing another to
> become a prostitute. Increases penalties for selling
> or buying minors into sex trafficking or
> prostitution. Provides additional prostitution
> offenses that may subject a place to being declared
> a public nuisance by a county or municipality and
> abated pursuant to specified provisions, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 2472 - Relating to Florida Kidcare Program (Rich)
> Florida Kidcare Program; Expands application of the
> Florida Kidcare program to include all uninsured,
> low-income children. Revises provisions relating to
> enrollment in such program. Removes a restriction on
> participation in the Florida Healthy Kids program.
> Revises age and income limitations for Title
> XXI-funded Florida Kidcare coverage. Requires notice
> to health plans and providers when a child is no
> longer eligible for certain coverage, etc. EFFECTIVE
> DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 2468 - Relating to School Food Service Programs
> (Siplin)
> School Food Service Programs; Creates the Florida
> Farm Fresh Schools Program within the Department of
> Agriculture and Consumer Services (DOACS). Requires
> the DOACS to work with the Department of Education
> to recommend policies and rules to the State Board
> of Education relating to school food services which
> encourage schools and school districts in this state
> to buy fresh and local food, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 2448 - Relating to Sexual Offenders (Posey)
> Sexual Offenders; Prohibits certain specified sexual
> offenders whose victim was under the age of 18 from
> entering a public library without immediately
> notifying an employee of the public library of the
> sex offender's presence and intent to use the
> resources of the library. Prohibits the sex offender
> from entering the library until the employee
> acknowledges the presence of the sex offender, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.

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> Bills Filed Wednesday (2/27/08)
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> SB 2372 - Relating to Nutrition Services/Public
> Schools (Dawson)
> Nutrition Services/Public Schools; Requires each
> public school to make the nutritional value of meals
> served in the cafeteria available to the public.
> Provides nutritional standards for food that is
> available to school children on school campuses.
> Requires the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness
> to study the effects of high-fructose corn syrup on
> school children. Requires the council to submit an
> annual report to the Governor and Legislature, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 2370 - Relating to Newborn Screening Program Task
> Force (Rich)
> Newborn Screening Program Task Force; Creates the
> task force and provides the purpose of the task
> force. Requires the task force to prepare a gap
> analysis study. Requires the task force to submit a
> review and recommended plan to the Governor, the
> Legislature, and the State Surgeon General by a
> specified date, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 2364 - Relating to Delinquency Prevention Funding
> (Dawson)
> Delinquency Prevention Funding; Provides for the
> Department of Juvenile
> Justice to allocate certain moneys to identified
> high-crime or
> high-delinquency areas. Provides for the updating
> and distribution of
> data, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 2358 - Relating to Immunizations (Haridopolos)
> Immunizations; Requires the Department of Health to
> adopt an update to
> specified immunization requirements before the
> 2008-2009 school year,
> etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> HB 1181 - Relating to Human Trafficking (Thompson
> (G))
> Human Trafficking: Creates Florida Statewide Task
> Force on Human Trafficking; prescribes membership;
> invites participation by federal agencies; provides
> for meetings; requires that specified agencies
> provide staff support; provides specific
> responsibilities & duties; requires that task force
> file preliminary & final reports & recommendations;
> requires cooperation by state agencies; abolishes
> task force on specified date. Effective Date: upon
> becoming a law

Bill Keyword Alert for 2/26/08

HB 1139 Relating to Discipline of Students with
> Disabilities
> Discipline of Students with Disabilities: Requires
> training of school personnel in procedures for
> safely restraining students with disabilities in
> case of emergency; prohibits restraint except in
> specified circumstances; authorizes time-out in
> certain circumstances; prohibits forced seclusion of
> students; requires preparation, submission, & review
> of incident reports. Effective Date: July 1, 2008
>
> HB 1151 Relating to Sex Trafficking
> Sex Trafficking: Increases penalties for specified
> offenses involving minors & forcing, compelling, or
> coercing another to become prostitute; revises
> provisions relating to sex trafficking; increases
> penalties; revises provisions prohibiting deriving
> support or maintenance from earnings of
> prostitution; revises provisions prohibiting rental
> of certain facilities for prohibited activities;
> revises provisions prohibiting prostitution,
> lewdness, & assignation; revises provisions
> providing civil action against persons who coerce or
> induce certain activities; provides that business
> entity convicted of certain violations may be
> subject to specified sanctions & forfeiture of
> property; provides that place used for specified
> violations relating to prostitution may be may be
> declared public nuisance & abated or enjoined;
> provides additional prostitution offenses that may
> subject place to being declared public nuisance by
> county or municipality & abated; redefines
> "racketeering activity" to revise offenses included
> for purposes of Florida RICO Act. Effective Date:
> July 1, 2008
>
> HB 1157 Relating to Student Discipline and School
> Safety
> Student Discipline and School Safety: Requires
> district school boards to provide access to suicide
> prevention education for instructional &
> administrative personnel; requires use of resources
> approved by Statewide Office for Suicide Prevention.
> Effective Date: July 1, 2008
>
> HB 1163 Relating to Public School Physical Education
> Public School Physical Education: Requires specified
> physical education instruction for students in
> kindergarten through grade 5 & for certain grade 6
> students; provides appropriation for middle school
> students enrolled in certain physical education
> courses. Effective Date: July 1, 2008

> HB 1137 Relating to Parole for Adolescent Offenders
> Parole for Adolescent Offenders: Creates "Children
> in Prison Rehabilitation Act of 2008"; provides that
> child younger than specified age who is sentenced to
> life or more than 10 years in prison is eligible for
> parole if child has been incarcerated for minimum
> period & has not previously been adjudicated for
> certain offenses; requires initial eligibility
> interview to determine whether adolescent offender
> has been sufficiently rehabilitated for parole;
> provides criteria to determine sufficient
> rehabilitation; provides that child be incarcerated
> in adolescent offender facility; provides that, if
> child is not granted parole by specified age, child
> must be transferred from adolescent offender
> facility to appropriate adult facility; provides for
> retroactive application. Effective Date: upon
> becoming a law and shall apply retroactively
>

Bill Keyword Alert for 2/25/08
>
> HB 1103 Relating to Sexual Offenses Involving Minors
> Sexual Offenses Involving Minors: Increases age
> limit of victim with regard to criminal offense of
> luring or enticing child; increases upper age limit
> of victim with regard to various lewd & lascivious
> offenses; conforms & reenacts provisions. Effective
> Date: July 1, 2008
>
> HB 1107 Relating to Sexual Offenders and Predators
> Sexual Offenders and Predators: Prohibits loitering
> or prowling by certain offenders within specified
> distance of places where children regularly
> congregate; provides exceptions; revises provisions
> relating to reporting of transient addresses or
> locations for sexual predators & offenders; requires
> search in specified sex offender registry regarding
> sexual predators & offenders when persons are placed
> on misdemeanor probation; requires additional
> registration information from sex offenders who are
> under supervision of DOC but not incarcerated;
> revises provisions relating to polygraph
> examinations of specified conditional releasees,
> probationers, & community controllees who have
> committed specified sexual offenses; provides
> additional restrictions for such persons who
> committed sexual offenses with minors under age of
> 16; deletes requirement for diagnosis of certain
> sexual predators & offenders on community control;
> revises provisions relating to treatment for such
> offenders & predators. Effective Date: July 1, 2008
>
> HB 1121 Relating to Supervision of Public School
> Students
> Supervision of Public School Students: Clarifies
> provisions concerning supervision of students en
> route to or from school; requires district school
> board policy for protection of certain students;
> provides penalties for student violation of policy;
> provides that certain actions do not constitute
> assumption of legal duty. Effective Date: July 1,
> 2008
> SB 2266 Relating to Juvenile Proceedings/Mental
> Competency Evaluation
> Juvenile Proceedings/Mental Competency Evaluation;
> Requires an evaluation of mental competency to
> proceed for every child 10 years of age or younger
> who is the subject of a court hearing, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.

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> Monday's Full Agenda Calendar (February 25, 2008)
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> 08:30 AM Events

> Event available live on WFSU-TV - The FLORIDA
> Channel webcast.
>
> (M) - Governmental Services Committee (TBRC), 301 S
> (8:30AM-12:00PM)

> 4) CP0030 - Constitutional Proposal by Governmental
> Services Committee to
> modify the Class Size Amendment
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> Bills and PCBs Filed Friday (2/22/08)
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> SB 2252 - Relating to Public Educational Instruction
> (Siplin)
> Public Educational Instruction; Requires the
> Commissioner of Education to create designations to
> be applied to standard high school diplomas and to
> establish guidelines for passage of exams or
> coursework options related to accelerated college
> credit. Deletes the monetary limitation on bonuses
> awarded to teachers when education funding is not
> determined in the annual appropriations act or the
> implementing bill, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 2236 - Relating to Sexual Offenders and Sexual
> Predators (Aronberg)
> Sexual Offenders and Sexual Predators; Requires a
> landlord who knowingly solicits, rents, or leases a
> dwelling unit to a sexual offender or sexual
> predator to verify that individual's address.
> Requires that the landlord notify the sheriff of the
> county in which the dwelling is located if the
> address of a tenant identified as a sexual offender
> or sexual predator is not correctly reflected on the
> sexual offender database, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 2232 - Relating to Protection of Minors Online
> (Fasano)
> Protection of Minors Online; Requires Internet
> access providers to make available to customers in
> this state a product or service that enables the
> subscriber to regulate the minor's Internet access
> if certain conditions exist. Provides requirements
> for such a product or service. Requires interactive
> computer services to preserve records and evidence
> upon request of law enforcement agencies
> investigating specified crimes involving minor
> victims, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008.
>
HB 1075 - Relating to Child Custody and Support
> (Frishe)
> Child Custody and Support: Revises definitions
> applicable to child custody & support; revises
> provisions relating to presumption of good faith for
> psychologists making specified determinations;
> revises provisions relating to modification of
> support; revises provisions relating to development
> of parenting plan; provides for orders of temporary
> support for children whose custody is temporarily
> modified due to military service; provides for
> motions for temporary child support adjustment when
> changes in circumstances or financial ability have
> not yet been established as permanent; revises
> provisions relating to imputation of income; revises
> child support guidelines schedule; revises
> provisions relating to determining of total minimum
> child support need & total minimum child support
> award; provides for adjustments of child support in
> light of the time-sharing plan; revises provisions
> relating to presumption of parent's income for
> purpose of establishing support obligation; provides
> for time-sharing & parental responsibility in
> paternity judgments.
> Effective Date: October 1, 2008

Bill Keyword Alert for 2/20/08
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> HB 1015 Relating to Child Nutrition
> Child Nutrition: Designates act "Florida Child Care
> and School Nutrition Act"; provides requirements for
> foods served in child care facilities & school food
> service programs; provides for exceptions &
> substitutions in certain circumstances; requires
> study by DACS & DOE of fiscal impact of establishing
> statewide Farm-to-School Program. Effective Date:
> July 1, 2008
>
> SB 2094 Relating to Sales Tax
> Exemption/Books/Clothing/School Supplies
> Sales Tax Exemption/Books/Clothing/School Supplies;
> Provides for an exemption from the sales tax on
> books, clothing, and school supplies during the
> period from 12:01 a.m., August 2, 2008, through
> midnight, August 12, 2008, etc. APPROPRIATION:
> $224,110. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 2154 Relating to Juvenile Justice
> Juvenile Justice; Provides that confidential
> information obtained during an official's service
> with juvenile delinquents may be shared with
> authorized personnel of the Department of Children
> and Family Services
> Transfers the responsibility for the juvenile
> justice training program from the Juvenile Justice
> Standards and Training Commission to the Department
> of Juvenile Justice, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.
>
> HB 1021 Relating to Prekindergarten Education Pilot
> Program
> Prekindergarten Education Pilot Program: Establishes
> pilot program to enhance quality of Voluntary
> Prekindergarten Education Program; specifies
> counties & provides requirements for individual
> participants; provides for voluntary participation
> by prekindergarten providers; provides duties of
> Early Learning Coalition of Big Bend Region &
> community colleges; authorizes application for
> funding. Effective Date: July 1, 2008

Bill Action Report for 2/19/08

> Foster Care

> HB 0625 Relating to Independent Living Transition
> Services (Glorioso)
> HOUSE Favorable by Healthy Families; 7 Yeas,
> 0 Nays; Now in Healthcare Council
>
>
> HB 0663 Relating to Termination of Parental Rights
> (Cannon)
> HOUSE Favorable by Healthy Families; 7 Yeas,
> 0 Nays; Now in Healthcare Council
> Guardian ad Litem

> SB 0622 Relating to Orders of No Contact With
> Victims of Crimes (Dockery)
> SENATE Now in Judiciary

Bill Keyword Alert for 2/19/08
>
> HB 0981 Relating to Juvenile Justice
> Juvenile Justice: Provides that it is violation of
> law for juvenile to fail to appear as required
> before court or judicial officer; revises provisions
> relating to detention of juvenile for failure to
> appear; provides for holding child charged with
> failure to appear in secure detention for specified
> period; provides exceptions to specified detention
> time limits; requires that juveniles held pending
> specified placements or commitments be held in
> secure detention.
> Effective Date: October 1, 2008
>

> SB 2072 Relating to Motor Vehicles/Minor in Bed of
> Truck
> Motor Vehicles/Minor in Bed of Truck; Prohibits the
> operator of a pickup or flatbed truck from allowing
> a minor to ride in the open body of the pickup or
> flatbed truck while on a public road unless the
> minor is restrained in safety restraints or secure
> seating, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.

The Source on Women's issues in Congress

Volume 11, No. 81 -- ISSN 1526-8713 February 15, 2008

Bills Introduced

Child Protection
H.R. 5466----Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) / Ways and
Means (02/14/08)---A bill to improve outcomes for
vulnerable children by investing in families,
improving accountability in the child welfare system,
and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for
foster children.

H.R. 5464----Rep. Ron Klein (D-FL) / Judiciary
(02/14/08)---A bill to direct the attorney general to
make an annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert
and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies
in the rapid recovery of missing children.

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> Monday's Full Agenda Calendar (February 11, 2008)
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>
> 08:30 AM Events
> 10:00 AM Events

> 01:00 PM Events
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> Bills and PCBs Filed Friday (2/8/08)
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> SB 1670 - Relating to Early Learning (Gaetz)
> Early Learning: Authorizes the use of
> telecommunication methods in conducting early
> learning coalition board meetings. Transfers
> requirements for the establishment of a statewide
> child care resource and referral network by the
> Department of Children and Family Services to the
> Agency for Workforce Innovation. Amends provisions
> relating to the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education
> Program, etc. Effective Date: 07/01/2008
>
> HB 885 - Relating to Criminal History Record Checks
> (Gibbons)
> Criminal History Record Checks: Requires sanctioning
> authority of independent youth athletic team to
> screen any coach; requires authority to screen
> coaches through designated public websites of FDLE &
> Department of Justice; requires authority to
> disqualify any coach appearing on registry; requires
> authority to notify coach of right to obtain copy of
> screening & to challenge screening report; requires
> each authority to sign annual affidavit stating that
> all coaches under its jurisdiction have been
> screened or are newly hired & awaiting screening;
> allows coach to be placed on probation pending
> compliance with screening requirement; creates
> rebuttable presumption that coach was not
> negligently hired if authority completed required
> screening; creates rebuttable presumption that coach
> was negligently hired if authority did not complete
> required screening. Effective Date: July 1, 2008
>
> HB 879 - Relating to Early Learning (Kelly)
> Early Learning: Authorizes use of telecommunication
> methods by early learning coalition boards;
> transfers requirements for establishment of
> statewide child care resource & referral network by
> DCFS to AWI; provides for use of early learning
> coalitions as child care resource & referral
> agencies; transfers duties of DCFS with respect to
> Child Care Executive Partnership Program to AWI &
> early learning coalitions; revises VPK accreditation
> standards & background screening requirements;
> provides requirements for assignment of substitute
> instructors.

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> Thursday's Full Agenda Calendar (January 31, 2008)
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> 12:30 PM Events

> (M) - 2008 Budget Priorities Press Conference, The
> Capitol (12:30PM-N/A)
> Governor Charlie Crist's 2008 Budget Priorities
> Press Conference
>
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> (H)=House (S)=Senate (M)=Misc (J)=Joint

> Bill Keyword Alert for 1/30/08
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> HB 0793 Relating to Transitional Services for Young
> Adults with Disabilities
> Transitional Services for Young Adults with
> Disabilities: Creates Health Care Transition
> Services Task Force for Youth & Young Adults with
> Disabilities within DOH; requires task force to
> assess need for health care transition services &
> provide report to Governor & Legislature; creates
> Don Davis Health & Transition Services Program of
> Jacksonville; describes participating service
> providers & services provided; provides
> appropriation. Effective Date: July 1, 2008
>
> SB 1458 Relating to School Breakfast Programs
> School Breakfast Programs; Requires the expansion of
> school district breakfast programs to middle and
> high schools. Specifies requirements for the
> provision of universal free school breakfast.
> Provides procedures for school breakfast programs
> and requires information to be communicated to
> students and parents. Authorizes the Department of
> Education to develop an incentive program to
> encourage student participation, etc. EFFECTIVE
> DATE: 07/01/2008.

> HB 0779 Relating to Florida Prepaid Tuition
> Scholarship Endowment
> Florida Prepaid Tuition Scholarship Endowment:
> Creates endowment within State Board of
> Administration for purpose of funding scholarships
> for economically disadvantaged youth; provides for
> moneys from taxes on slot machines to be transferred
> from Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to endowment
> as provided in GAA; provides for transfer of
> earnings from endowment to Educational Enhancement
> Trust Fund; provides requirements for expenditure &
> use of distributions from endowment. Effective Date:
> July 1, 2008

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> Bills and PCBs Filed Tuesday (1/29/08)
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> SB 1442 - Relating to Exploited Children (Dockery)
> Exploited Children; Provides specified protections
> to victims in any civil or criminal proceeding
> involving the production, possession, or promotion
> of child pornography where the victim depicted in
> the image or images is a party to the case or a
> witness in the case, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.

> HCC13 - Relating to Infant Abandonment (Healthcare
> Council)
> PCB HCC 08-13 -- Infant Abandonment

Bill Action Report for 1/29/08
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SPAC
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Adoption
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No activity in this folder

Anti Bullying
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No activity in this folder

Car & Bicycle Safety
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HB 0619 Relating to Child-Restraint Requirements (Gelber)
        HOUSE Referred to Committee on Infrastructure by Economic Expansion
        & Infrastructure Council

Child Abuse
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No activity in this folder

Child Care Personnel
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No activity in this folder

Childhood Obesity
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No activity in this folder

Controlled Substances
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Dating Violence
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Domestic Violence
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Education
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HB 0185 Relating to Public K-12 Education (Heller)
        HOUSE On Committee agenda - K-12, 02/05/08, 9:45 am, 212 K

HB 0213 Relating to Education (Legg)
        HOUSE On Committee agenda - Education Innovation & Career Preparation,
        02/05/08, 9:30 am, 116 K

HB 0251 Relating to Public Secondary Schools (Jordan)
        HOUSE On Committee agenda - K-12, 02/05/08, 9:45 am, 212 K

HB 0335 Relating to Indecent Wearing of Below-Waist Underwear (Bullard (E))
        HOUSE On Committee agenda - K-12, 02/05/08, 9:45 am, 212 K

HB 0529 Relating to Driver Licenses (Porth)
        HOUSE Referred to Committee on Infrastructure by Economic Expansion
        & Infrastructure Council

Foster Care
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Gang Activity
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Guardian ad Litem
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HPV
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Human Trafficking
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Immunizations
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Internet Predators
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Juvenile Justice
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Miami
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HB 0431 Relating to Affordable Housing (Fitzgerald)
        HOUSE Referred to Committee on Economic Development by Economic
        Expansion & Infrastructure Council

HB 0561 Relating to Affordable Senior Housing (Vana)
        HOUSE Referred to Committee on Economic Development by Economic
        Expansion & Infrastructure Council

HB 0699 Relating to Affordable Housing (Aubuchon)
        HOUSE Referred to Committee on Economic Development by Economic
        Expansion & Infrastructure Council

Palm Beach
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No activity in this folder

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> Bill Action Report for 1/28/08

> SPAC
> Car & Bicycle Safety

> HB 0619 Relating to Child-Restraint Requirements
> (Gelber)
> HOUSE Referred to Economic Expansion &
> Infrastructure Council

> Child Abuse

> HB 0605 Relating to Exploited Children (Rivera)
> HOUSE Referred to Safety & Security Council;
> Policy & Budget Council
>
>
> SB 1044 Relating to Child Abuse, Abandonment, or
> Neglect Reporting (Children, Families, and Elder
> Affairs)
> SENATE On Committee agenda - Children, Families, and
Elder Affairs, 02/06/08, 9:00 am, 412 K
>
>
> Child Care Personnel

> HB 0627 Relating to Child Care (Ausley)
> HOUSE Referred to Schools & Learning
> Council; Policy & Budget Council
>

> Education

> SB 0526 Relating to Private School
> Students/Interscholastic Activities (Wise)
> SENATE On Committee agenda - Education Pre-K
> - 12, 02/06/08, 8:00 am, 110 S
>
>
> HB 0629 Relating to Early Learning (Ausley)
> HOUSE Referred to Schools & Learning
> Council; Policy & Budget Council
>
>
> HB 0659 Relating to Service Learning in the Public
> School System (Kriseman)
> HOUSE Referred to Schools & Learning
> Council; Policy & Budget Council
>
>
> HB 0669 Relating to School Safety (Thompson (N))
> HOUSE Referred to Schools & Learning
> Council; Policy & Budget Council
>
>
> Foster Care

> HB 0625 Relating to Independent Living Transition
> Services (Glorioso)
> HOUSE Referred to Healthcare Council; Policy
> & Budget Council
>
>
> HB 0663 Relating to Termination of Parental Rights
> (Cannon)
> HOUSE Referred to Healthcare Council
>
> SB 1046 Relating to OGSR/Foster Parents/DCFS
> (Children, Families, and Elder Affairs)
> SENATE On Committee agenda - Children,
> Families, and Elder Affairs,
> 02/06/08, 9:00 am, 412 K
>
> Guardian ad Litem

> HB 0145 Relating to Court Actions Involving Families
> (Planas)
> HOUSE Now in Safety & Security Council
>
> SB 0622 Relating to Orders of No Contact With
> Victims of Crimes (Dockery)
> SENATE On Committee agenda - Criminal
> Justice, 02/06/08, 3:30pm, 401 S
>
> Human Trafficking

> SB 0624 Relating to Human Smuggling (Dockery)
> SENATE On Committee agenda - Military
> Affairs and Domestic Security,
> 02/06/08, 3:30 pm, 301 S
>
> Miami

> HB 0699 Relating to Affordable Housing (Aubuchon)
> HOUSE Referred to Economic Expansion &
> Infrastructure Council; Policy & Budget Council

HB 0769 Relating to Education for Children in Shelter
Care or Foster Care Education for Children in Shelter
Care or Foster Care: Provides conditions for court or
district school board appointment of surrogate parent
for educational decisionmaking for child who has or is
suspected of having disability; provides conditions
for access to educational records; revises definition
relating to homeless child; provides access to free
public education for certain children in foster care.
Effective Date: July 1, 2008

SB 7038 Relating to Education
Education; Cites this act as the "Ethics in Education
Act." Prohibits the Division of Retirement from paying
benefits to a member who has committed certain felony
offenses against a minor. Requires the Commissioner
of Education to assist school districts, the Florida
School for the Deaf and the Blind, and a private
provider in developing policies and procedures
governing educator ethics and employment, etc.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.

SB 1408 Relating to Residential Tenancies
Residential Tenancies; Prohibits a landlord from
terminating, failing to renew, or refusing to enter
into a residential rental agreement because the
tenant, applicant, or family or household member is a
victim of domestic violence, dating violence, repeat
violence, or sexual violence, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
07/01/2008.

> HB 0757 Relating to Physical Education in the Public
> Schools
> Physical Education in the Public Schools: Requires
> district school boards to provide physical education
> for students in grades 6 through 8; specifies weekly
> hour requirements. Effective Date: July 1, 2008
>
> SB 1404 Relating to Child Care/Early Learning
> Programs/Pre-K Education
> Child Care/Early Learning Programs/Pre-K Education;
> Provides for the Office of Early Learning within the
> Agency for Workforce Innovation to establish
> Florida's Sunshine State Stars Quality Rating
> System, subject to specific appropriation, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law.

Bill Action Report for 1/24/08
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SPAC
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Adoption
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No activity in this folder

Anti Bullying
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HB 0091 Relating to Disability History and Awareness (Richardson)
        HOUSE Referred to Committee on K-12 by Schools & Learning Council

SB 0790 Relating to School Safety/Bullying and Harassment (Baker)
        SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Criminal Justice; Education
        Pre-K - 12 Appropriations

SB 1346 Relating to School Board Policies/Crime and Victimization (Hill)
        SENATE Filed

Car & Bicycle Safety
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No activity in this folder

Child Abuse
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SB 0638 Relating to Sexual Battery/Termination of Parental Rights (Jones)
        SENATE Committee Substitute (C1) Text Filed

SB 1044 Relating to Child Abuse, Abandonment, or Neglect Reporting (Children, Families, and Elder Affairs)
        SENATE Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Criminal
        Justice

Child Care Personnel
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No activity in this folder

Childhood Obesity
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No activity in this folder

Controlled Substances
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No activity in this folder

Dating Violence
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No activity in this folder

Domestic Violence
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SB 0870 Relating to Pub. Rec./Injunction/Domestic Violence (Fasano)
        SENATE Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary;
        Governmental Operations; Rules

SB 0994 Relating to Employee Leave/Victims of Sexual Violence (Fasano)
        SENATE Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Commerce;
        Governmental Operations; Judiciary

SB 1082 Relating to Stalking (Ring)
        SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and
        Civil Justice Appropriations

Education
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HB 0185 Relating to Public K-12 Education (Heller)
        HOUSE Referred to Committee on K-12 by Schools & Learning Council

HB 0213 Relating to Education (Legg)
        HOUSE Referred to Committee on Education Innovation & Career
        Preparation by Schools & Learning Council

HB 0251 Relating to Public Secondary Schools (Jordan)
        HOUSE Referred to Committee on K-12 by Schools & Learning Council

HB 0265 Relating to Health Education (Long)
        HOUSE Referred to Committee on K-12 by Schools & Learning Council

HB 0335 Relating to Indecent Wearing of Below-Waist Underwear (Bullard (E))
        HOUSE Referred to Committee on K-12 by Schools & Learning Council

HB 0519 Relating to Public School Utilization (Jordan)
        HOUSE Referred to Committee on K-12 by Schools & Learning Council

HB 0741 Relating to Prekindergarten Education (Long)
        HOUSE Filed

SB 0848 Relating to Public Schools/Human Sexuality Education (Deutch)
        SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Children, Families,
        and Elder Affairs; Health Policy; Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations

SB 0886 Relating to Children's Toys Safety Act (Justice)
        SENATE Referred to Commerce; Judiciary; General Government Appropriations

SB 0978 Relating to Ad Valorem Taxation for District School Operations (Jones)
        SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Finance and Tax; Education
        Pre-K - 12 Appropriations

SB 0990 Relating to Gifted/Academically Talented Student Education (Wise)
        SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Education Pre-K - 12
        Appropriations

SB 1028 Relating to Public Schools/Starting Date (Saunders (B))
        SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Education Pre-K - 12
        Appropriations

SB 1068 Relating to Public School Required Instruction (Siplin)
        SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Education Pre-K - 12
        Appropriations

SB 1320 Relating to Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program (Ring)
        SENATE Filed

SB 1340 Relating to Public School Student Discipline (Wise)
        SENATE Filed

Foster Care
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SB 0178 Relating to Motor Vehicle Insurance/Foster Children (Wilson)
        SENATE Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs;
        Health and Human Services Appropriations; Withdrawn prior to
        introduction

SB 0786 Relating to Homelessness (Crist)
        SENATE Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Community
        Affairs; Health and Human Services Appropriations

SB 0988 Relating to Transitional Services/Young Adults/Disabilities (Wise)
        SENATE Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder
        Affairs; Health and Human Services Appropriations

SB 1046 Relating to OGSR/Foster Parents/DCFS (Children, Families, and Elder Affairs)
        SENATE Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Judiciary;
        Governmental Operations; Rules

Gang Activity
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HB 0043 Relating to Criminal Activity (Snyder)
        HOUSE Favorable with CS by Safety & Security Council on 01/23/08;
        16 Yeas, 0 Nays

SB 0472 Relating to DNA Testing (Dean)
        SENATE Now in Judiciary

Guardian ad Litem
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SB 0766 Relating to Pub. Rec./Judicial Officials (Rich)
        SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Operations; Rules

HPV
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No activity in this folder

Human Trafficking
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SB 0624 Relating to Human Smuggling (Dockery)
        SENATE Now in Military Affairs and Domestic Security

Immunizations
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No activity in this folder

Internet Predators
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No activity in this folder

Juvenile Justice
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SB 0792 Relating to Juvenile Justice (Baker)
        SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and
        Civil Justice Appropriations

SB 0832 Relating to Juvenile Justice (Dockery)
        SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and
        Civil Justice Appropriations; Rules

SB 0846 Relating to Medicaid/Psychiatric Disabilities (Rich)
        SENATE Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder
        Affairs; Health and Human Services Appropriations

SB 1334 Relating to Relating to Inmates/Substance Abuse Treatment Services (Siplin)
        SENATE Filed

SB 1336 Relating to Relating to Juvenile Proceedings (Siplin)
        SENATE Filed

Miami
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HB 0735 Relating to Affordable Housing Property Tax Exemptions (Fitzgerald)
        HOUSE Filed

HB 0739 Relating to Guardian Advocates for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (Ambler)
        HOUSE Filed

SB 0796 Relating to Affordable Housing (Bennett)
        SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; General
        Government Appropriations

SB 0856 Relating to Disability History and Awareness Pilot Project (Fasano)
        SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Children, Families,
        and Elder Affairs; Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations

SB 0862 Relating to Developmental Disabilities Institutions (Fasano)
        SENATE Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Health
        and Human Services Appropriations

SB 1020 Relating to Affordable Housing for Veterans (Geller)
        SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Military Affairs and Domestic
        Security; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic
        Development Appropriations

Palm Beach
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No activity in this folder

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Generated 24-Jan-08 07:17 PM
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> Bills Filed Thursday (1/24/08)
> ====================================================

> SB 1362 - Relating to Florida Housing Preservation
> Program (Fasano)
> Florida Housing Preservation Program; Creates the
> Florida Housing Preservation Program. Directs the
> Florida Housing Finance Corporation to use state
> funds for loans and financing to preserve and
> rehabilitate affordable housing, etc. APPROPRIATION:
> $50,000,000. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.

Place in the EDUCATION folder:

> SB 1352 - Relating to Early Learning (Rich)
> Early Learning; Creates the Agency for Early
> Learning. Provides for type two transfer of the
> Office of Early Learning in the Agency for Workforce
> Innovation, the Office of Early Learning in the
> Department of Education, child care facility
> licensing responsibilities of the Department of
> Children and Family Services, and the Department of
> Health Florida Infants and Toddlers Early
> Intervention Program to the Agency for Early
> Learning, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
PLACE IN THE ANTI-BULLYING FOLDER:

> SB 1346 - Relating to School Board Policies/Crime
> and Victimization (Hill)
> School Board Policies/Crime and Victimization;
> Requires that a district school board adopt a policy
> of zero tolerance in addressing crime and substance
> abuse and victimization of students, etc. EFFECTIVE
> DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
Place in the KIDCARE folder:

> SB 1344 - Relating to Health Care for Children
> (Siplin)
> Health Care for Children; Creates the Universal
> Health Access Plan for Children, etc. EFFECTIVE
> DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
Place in EDUCATION folder:

> SB 1340 - Relating to Public School Student
> Discipline (Wise)
> Public School Student Discipline; Revises
> disciplinary actions that may be taken against a
> student who is charged with a felony, or a
> delinquent act that would be a felony if committed
> by an adult, for an incident that allegedly occurred
> on property other than public school property, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
Place in JUVENILE JUSTICE folder:
>
> SB 1336 - Relating to Relating to Juvenile
> Proceedings (Siplin)
> Juvenile Proceedings; Requires the Department of
> Juvenile Justice to
> adopt rules governing the procedures that may be
> used to restrain a
> child upon his or her arrival at the courthouse,
> etc.
>

Place in EDUCATION folder:

> SB 1320 - Relating to Florida Bright Futures
> Scholarship Program (Ring)
> Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; Revises
> the amounts of the
> awards available to a student qualifying as a
> Florida Academic Scholar,
> a Florida Medallion Scholar, or a Florida Gold Seal
> Vocational Scholar, etc.
>

Place in GANG folder:

> HB 749 - Relating to Civil Causes of Action Under
> the Criminal Street Gang Prevention Act of 1996
> (Vana)
> Civil Causes of Action Under the Criminal Street
> Gang Prevention Act of 1996: Provides for recovery
> of costs of investigation & litigation; authorizes
> municipalities & state or its agencies or
> subdivisions to bring civil action for certain
> violations; provides that prevailing plaintiff has
> claim to property or proceeds superior to that of
> state or its agencies or subdivisions. Effective
> Date: July 1, 2008
>
Place in EDUCATION folder and tag it HIGH PRIORITY

> HB 741 - Relating to Prekindergarten Education
> (Long)
> Prekindergarten Education: Provides requirements for
> increased levels of professional education for
> prekindergarten instructors in future years.
> Effective Date: July 1, 2008
>
Place in MIAMI folder:

> HB 735 - Relating to Affordable Housing Property
> Tax Exemptions (Fitzgerald)
> Affordable Housing Property Tax Exemptions: Provides
> additional criteria for determining whether
> affordable housing property owned by exempt
> organizations is exempt from ad valorem taxation;
> specifies criteria & requirements for revoking
> affordable housing property exemption; subjects
> organizations owning specified property to ad
> valorem taxation under specified circumstances;
> provides for tax liens; provides for penalties &
> interest; provides notice requirements. Effective
> Date: upon becoming a law

====================================================
> Wednesday's Full Agenda Calendar (January 23, 2008)
> ====================================================
> 09:00 AM Events
>
> (S) - Criminal Justice, 401 S (9:00AM-11:30AM)
> Presentation by Florida Department of Law
> Enforcement on:
> - Juvenile and adult criminal history records and
> how those arrest and conviction records are
> available to potential public and private employers
> - The process for sealing and expunging criminal
> history records and the availability of such records
> to potential employers
> - The effectiveness of the process in preventing
> potential employers who are not permitted under law
> to receive sealed and expunged criminal history
> records from receiving such records
>
> S 0624 - Human Smuggling by Sen. Dockery
>
> 02:30 PM Events

> ====================================================
> (H)=House (S)=Senate (M)=Misc (J)=Joint
>
> ====================================================
> Bills Filed Tuesday (1/22/08)
> ====================================================
> SB 1280 - Relating to Criminal Conduct/Child Abuse
> and Neglect (Aronberg)
> Criminal Conduct/Child Abuse and Neglect; Defines
> "mental injury." Exempts acts protected by the First
> Amendment of the U.S. Constitution or s. 4, Art. I
> of the State Constitution from prohibitions on child
> abuse, aggravated child abuse, and neglect.
> Redefines the term "crime" for purposes of crime
> victims compensation to include felonies or
> misdemeanors committed by an adult or juvenile which
> result in psychiatric or psychological injury to a
> person of less than 18 years of age, etc. EFFECTIVE
> DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 1238 - Relating to Driver Licenses/Minors
> (Deutch)
> Driver Licenses/Minors; Provides that a minor who is
> not in compliance with certain education
> requirements is disqualified from operating a motor
> vehicle until certain conditions are met, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 1216 - Relating to Public K-12 Students/Hazardous
> Walking Conditions (Constantine)
> Public K-12 Students/Hazardous Walking Conditions;
> Requires that school transportation be provided to
> K-12 public school students who are subject to
> hazardous walking conditions. Revises the criteria
> of a hazardous walkway to include roads in a 35
> miles per hour zone, roads that have six or more
> lanes, and roads that include residents that are
> designated sexual predators and sexual offenders,
> who are required to register with the FDLE and whose
> victims include a minor, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.

> HB 699 - Relating to Affordable Housing (Aubuchon)
> Affordable Housing: Removes provision requiring FHFC
> to transfer certain funds to General Revenue Fund;
> revises definitions; revises frequency with which
> local housing distributions are to be made by
> corporation; revises calculations used to determine
> guaranteed distribution amounts; provides & revises
> powers & duties of corporation; provides
> requirements for counties & eligible municipalities;
> provides requirements for local housing assistance
> plans; increases threshold amount used to determine
> which counties & municipalities may use specified
> percentage of program income for administrative
> costs; requires corporation to provide training for
> certain purposes; revises membership criteria for
> affordable housing advisory committees; revises
> notice requirements for public hearings of advisory
> committee; requires committees final report,
> evaluation, & recommendations to be submitted to
> corporation; repeals provision relating to state
> administration of remaining local housing
> distribution funds. Effective Date: July 1, 2008
>
> HB 669 - Relating to School Safety (Thompson (N))
> School Safety: Creates "Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up
> for All Students Act"; prohibits bullying &
> harassment of any student or employee of public K-12
> educational institution; requires school district to
> adopt policy prohibiting bullying & harassment;
> provides immunity; provides restrictions with
> respect to defense of action & application of
> provisions; requires DOE approval of school district
> policy & school district compliance with reporting
> procedures as prerequisites to receipt of safe
> schools funds. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
>
> HB 663 - Relating to Termination of Parental Rights
> (Cannon)
> Termination of Parental Rights: Requires petition
> for adoption to be accompanied by statement signed
> by prospective adoptive parents acknowledging
> receipt of all information required to be disclosed;
> provides for service of process by publication for
> termination of parental rights under Adoption law;
> requires adoption entity to provide adoption
> disclosure statements to all persons whose consent
> is required for adoption, etc. Effective Date: July
> 1, 2008

> ==================================================
> Bills Filed Monday (1/21/08)
> ==================================================
> HB 0629 Relating to Early Learning
> Early Learning: Creates Agency for Early Learning &
> provides responsibilities; provides type two
> transfer of Office of Early Learning in AWI, Office
> of Early Learning in DOE, child care facility
> licensing responsibilities of DCFS, & DOH Infants &
> Toddlers Early Intervention Program to Agency for
> Early Learning; provides for continued validity of
> child care facility licenses & registrations;
> requires Division of Statutory Revision to make
> necessary conforming changes to Florida Statutes.
> Effective Date: July 1, 2008

> HB 0627 Relating to Child Care
> Child Care: Establishes Florida's Sunshine State
> Stars Quality Rating System; provides quality rating
> system requirements for early learning programs,
> child care facilities, & facilities participating in
> Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program;
> establishes voluntary pilot program in specified
> counties; provides financial incentives for
> advancement in quality rating; provides technical
> support; requires Office of Early Learning to
> develop workforce development plan. Effective Date:
> upon becoming a law
>

> ==================================================
> Bills Filed Friday (1/18/08)
> ==================================================
> HB 625 - Relating to Independent Living Transition
> Services (Glorioso)
> Independent Living Transition Services: Provides for
> family foster homes, residential child-caring
> agencies, or other authorized caregivers to be
> included in development of plans for activities for
> certain children; requires specified information to
> be included in report to Legislature by Independent
> Living Services Advisory Council. Effective Date:
> July 1, 2008
>
> HB 619 - Relating to Child-Restraint Requirements
> (Gelber)
> Child-Restraint Requirements: Changes age
> requirement of children from 5 to 7 years of age or
> younger who must use crash-tested, federally
> approved child restraint device that is appropriate
> for height & weight of child; adds child booster
> seat as option for children aged 4 through 7;
> provides that court may dismiss first violation
> against motor vehicle operator upon proof of
> purchase of restraint device; redefines term "motor
> vehicle" to exclude certain vehicles from such
> requirements; provides grace period; provides
> exceptions to such requirements. Effective Date:
> July 1, 2008
>

> ===================================================
> Bills and PCBs Filed Wednesday (1/16/08)
> ===================================================
> HB 561 - Relating to Affordable Senior Housing
> (Vana)
> Affordable Senior Housing: Authorizes local
> governments to include affordable senior housing
> element in comprehensive plans; specifies element
> requirements. Effective Date: July 1, 2008
>
> HB 555 - Relating to Domestic Violence (Long)
> Domestic Violence: Adds circumstances that violate
> injunction for protection against repeat violence,
> sexual violence, or dating violence. Effective Date:
> July 1, 2008
>
> HB 553 - Relating to Local Government
> Infrastructure Surtax (Heller)
> Local Government Infrastructure Surtax: Redefines
> term "infrastructure" to allow proceeds of local
> government infrastructure surtax to be used to
> purchase land for construction of affordable or
> workforce housing units. Effective Date: July 1,
> 2008

> ====================================================
> (H)=House (S)=Senate (M)=Misc (J)=Joint
>
> ====================================================
> Bills Filed Tuesday (1/15/08)
> ====================================================

> HB 541 - Relating to Student Loans (Meadows)
> Student Loans: Provides for financial assistance
> program administered by Justice Administrative
> Commission & Office of Attorney General to assist
> career assistant state attorneys, assistant public
> defenders, assistant attorneys general, or assistant
> statewide prosecutors in repayment of eligible
> student loans; requires administering body to make
> payment of certain amount; provides for funding.
> Effective Date: July 1, 2008

> HB 537 - Relating to Offense of Voyeurism
> (Dorworth)
> Offense of Voyeurism: Increases penalties for
> specified video voyeurism offenses committed by
> certain persons who are responsible for welfare of
> child younger than 16 years of age or employed at
> school; provides enhanced penalties for specified
> video voyeurism offenses committed by persons who
> have committed previous violations. Effective Date:
> July 1, 2008
>
> HB 529 - Relating to Driver Licenses (Porth)
> Driver Licenses: Provides that minor who is not in
> compliance with education requirements is
> disqualified from operating motor vehicle until
> certain conditions are met; provides for revocation
> of driving privileges & driver's license or
> learner's driver's license; provides for hardship
> waiver of requirements; prohibits DHSMV from issuing
> or reissuing license to person who is disqualified
> from operating motor vehicle. Effective Date: July
> 1, 2008

> ===================================================
> Bills and PCBs Filed Thursday (12/20/07)
> ===================================================
> SB 7008 - Relating to Child Welfare (Children,
> Families, and Elder Affairs)
> Child Welfare; Authorizes the Department of Children
> and Family Services (DCFS) to adopt rules providing
> for locating and recovering missing children who are
> involved with the DCFS. Requires that the DCFS, the
> community-based care provider, or the sheriff's
> office file a report following a determination that
> a child involved with the DCFS is missing, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 7004 - Relating to OGSR/Foster Parents/DCFS
> (Children, Families, and Elder Affairs)
> OGSR/Foster Parents/DCFS; Revises the public-records
> exemption provided for information held by the
> Department of Children and Family Services regarding
> foster parent applicants, foster parents, and
> persons providing character or neighbor references
> regarding such applicants or parents. Removes an
> exemption provided for social security numbers, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 7002 - Relating to Child Abuse, Abandonment, or
> Neglect Reporting (Children, Families, and Elder
> Affairs)
> Child Abuse, Abandonment, or Neglect Reporting;
> Requires the Department of Children and Family
> Services to annually report to the Legislature
> information concerning reports, investigations, and
> prosecutions involving child abuse, abandonment, or
> neglect, investigations and fines imposed for false
> reports, and reports resulting in prosecution, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 856 - Relating to Disability History and
> Awareness Pilot Project (Fasano)
> Disability History and Awareness Pilot Project;
> Creates the Pilot Project for Disability History and
> Awareness in Hillsborough, Leon, Pasco, and Pinellas
> Counties to be administered by each county's school
> board. Requires that during Disability History and
> Awareness Weeks, each public school in these
> counties provide instruction in disability history,
> people with disabilities, and the disability rights
> movement and strive to raise disability awareness,
> etc. APPROPRIATION: $40,000. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.

> SB 0848 Relating to Public Schools/Human Sexuality
> Education
> Public Schools/Human Sexuality Education; Creates
> the "Florida Healthy Teens Act." Requires that any
> public school that receives state funding, directly
> or indirectly, and that provides information, offers
> programs, or contracts with third parties to provide
> information or offer programs regarding family
> planning, pregnancy, or sexually transmitted
> infections, including HIV and AIDS, shall provide
> comprehensive, medically accurate, and factual
> information, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.

======================================================
> Wednesday's Full Agenda Calendar (December 19, 2007)
>
======================================================
>
> 10:00 AM Events
> (M) - Gang Reduction Strategy Summit Opening General
> Session, 212 K (10:00AM-12:00PM)
> Welcome Remarks - Simone Marstiller
>
> Keynote - Attorney General Bill McCollum
>
> Executive Group Remarks
> Secretary James McDonough, DOC
> Commissioner Gerald Bailey, FDLE
> Commissioner Eric Smith, DOE
> Secretary Walter A. McNeil, DJJ
> Colonel Bill Janes, Director, Office of Drug Control
> Colonel Jon Czernis, Director, Florida Highway
> Patrol
> Sheriff Joey Dobson, President, Florida Sheriffs
> Association
> Leon County Sheriff Larry Campbell
> Willie Meggs, State Attorney for the Second Judicial
> Circuit
>
> Summit Objectives - Simone Marstiller
>
> Event available live on WFSU-TV - The FLORIDA
> Channel webcast.
>
======================================================
> Bills and PCBs Filed Tuesday (12/18/07)
>
======================================================
> SB 832 - Relating to Juvenile Justice (Dockery)
> Juvenile Justice; Expresses the legislative intent
> to revise laws relating to juvenile justice.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 828 - Relating to Motorcycles or Mopeds/Young
> Riders (Bennett)
> Motorcycles or Mopeds/Young Riders; Prohibits a
> person from operating a motorcycle or moped while
> carrying a rider younger than 12 years of age, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> HB 393 - Relating to Education (McBurney)
> Education: Specifies student performance standards
> that must be used for civics education; establishes
> Florida Joint Center for Citizenship to promote
> civic learning & engagement; requires Commissioner
> of Education to include social studies as part of
> FCAT. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
>

Federal legislation:
>
> December 14, 2007
> Bills Introduced
>
> Child Protection
> H.R. 4498----Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) / (12/12/07)---A
> bill to modify the standards for the issuance of
> alerts through the AMBER Alert communications network
> to assist in facilitating the recovery of abducted
> newborns.
>
> H.R. 4688----Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) / Ways and
> Means
> (12/13/07)---A bill to provide equitable access for
> foster care and adoption services for Indian children
> in tribal areas.
>
>

SB 0702 Relating to Prekindergarten Education
> Prekindergarten Education: Makes mandatory the
> requirements for increased levels of education for
> prekindergarten instructors in future years, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.

==================================================
Friday's Full Agenda Calendar (November 30, 2007)
==================================================
> 12:30 PM Events

> (M) - Planning and Budgetary Processes Committee
> (TBRC), 401 S (12:30PM-3:30PM)
> 1) Call to Order
> 2) Roll Call
> 3) Chair's Remarks
> 4) Consideration of CP0003 by Commissioner Les
> Miller - A resolution proposing
> an amendment to Section 3 of Article III of the
> State Constitution to change the
> commencement dates of regular session of the
> Legislature to the second Tuesday
> in January from commencement dates in March and
> permit the Legislature to
> establish alternative commencement dates by law.
> 5) Discussion of Future Meetings
> 6) Adjourn

> ==================================================
> (H)=House (S)=Senate (M)=Misc (J)=Joint
>
> ==================================================
> Bills Filed Thursday (11/29/07)
> ==================================================
> SB 700 - Relating to Juvenile Justice and
> Correctional Facilities (Crist)
> Juvenile Justice and Correctional Facilities;
> Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws
> relating to the findings or recommendations from the
> Blueprint Commission on Juvenile Justice. EFFECTIVE
> DATE: Upon becoming law.

> HB 313 - Relating to Dating Violence (Kelly)
> Dating Violence: Designates act "Barwick-Ruschak
> Act"; revises provisions relating to dating violence
> incidents to provide requirements for
> investigations, notice to victims, & reporting
> similar to those for incidents of domestic violence
> & to apply certain immunity provisions thereto;
> prohibits certain willful violations of pretrial
> release conditions; provides for warrantless arrest
> of violators. Effective Date: October 1, 2008

> HB 309 - Relating to Student Voter Education
> (Bendross-Mindingall)
> Student Voter Education: Requires district school
> boards & county supervisors of elections to
> cooperate to provide program of voter education for
> high school seniors. Effective Date: July 1, 2008

==================================================
Bills Filed Friday (11/16/07)
==================================================
> SB 668 - Relating to Child-restraint Requirements
> (Posey)
> Child-restraint Requirements; Provides
> child-restraint requirements for children ages 4
> through 7, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008 except as
> otherwise provided.
> SB 650 - Relating to Sex Trafficking (Lynn)
> Sex Trafficking; Requires that an offender who
> pleads guilty to or who is convicted of sex
> trafficking and sentenced to a term of imprisonment
> serve not less than two-thirds of the term of
> incarceration, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 646 - Relating to HIV and AIDS Educational
> Requirements (Margolis)
> HIV and AIDS Educational Requirements; Revises the
> requirements relating to educational courses on HIV
> and AIDS for certain employees and clients of
> specified licensed health care facilities. Revises
> requirements with respect to educational courses on
> HIV and AIDS for nurse registries, etc. EFFECTIVE
> DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 642 - Relating to Public K-12 Education (Siplin)
> Public K-12 Education; Authorizes the parent of
> multiple birth siblings to request certain classroom
> placement. Provides exceptions to implementation of
> the requested placement. Authorizes appeal of
> placement, etc.` EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 638 - Relating to Sexual Battery/Termination of
> Parental Rights (Jones)
> Sexual Battery/Termination of Parental Rights;
> Provides grounds for terminating parental rights
> based on sexual battery. Authorizes restitution to
> the victim of sexual battery to pay for the expenses
> of the child, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 636 - Relating to Domestic Violence (Fasano)
> Domestic Violence; Adds circumstances that violate
> an injunction for protection against repeat
> violence, sexual violence, or dating violence, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 628 - Relating to Court Actions Involving
> Families (Rich)
> Court Actions Involving Families; Provides
> legislative intent with respect to implementing a
> unified family court program. Revises qualifications
> for guardians ad litem, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon
> becoming law.

Bill Keyword Alert for 11/8/07
> HB 0241 Relating to Homelessness
> Homelessness: Revises definitions applicable to
> homelessness; increases & revises membership on
> Council on Homelessness; removes member from
> obsolete organization & corrects name of member
> organization on council; revises date of annual
> report; creates Housing First program; provides
> methodology & components of program; creates 3-year
> Youth Housing Continuum Pilot Program; provides
> eligibility requirements & design of pilot program;
> requires Connected by 25 in Hillsborough County to
> provide administrative support; provides Connected
> by 25 with specified duties; provides appropriation.
> Effective Date: July 1, 2008.

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> Wednesday's Full Agenda Calendar (October 31, 2007)
=====================================================
>
> 09:00 AM Events
>
------------------------------------------------------
> (M) - Health & Human Services Legislative Budget
> Request Public Hearing, 117 K (9:00AM-11:00AM)
> Health and Human Services - Agency for Health Care
> Administration, Agency for Persons with
> Disabilities, Department of Children and Family
> Services, Department of Elder Affairs, Department of
> Health, and Department of Veterans' Affairs
>
> General Subject Matter to be Considered:
> Representatives from the departments listed below
> will present an overview of the agency's Legislative
> Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 and
> Long-Range Program Plan for Fiscal Year 2008-2009
> through Fiscal Year 2012-2013, and will be available
> for public questions and comments.
> Event available live on WFSU-TV - The FLORIDA
> Channel webcast.
>
>
> (M) - Public Safety Legislative Budget Request
> Public Hearing, 116 K (9:00AM-12:00PM)
> Public Safety - Department of Corrections,
> Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles,
> Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of Law
> Enforcement, Department of Legal Affairs, Department
> of Military Affairs, Justice Administration
> Commission, and Parole Commission
>
> General Subject Matter to be Considered:
> Representatives from the departments listed below
> will present an overview of the agency's Legislative
> Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 and
> Long-Range Program Plan for Fiscal Year 2008-2009
> through Fiscal Year 2012-2013, and will be available
> for public questions and comments.
> Event available live on WFSU-TV - The FLORIDA
> Channel webcast.
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> 2008 Bills and PCBs Filed Tuesday (10/30/07)
=====================================================
> SB 610 - Relating to Physical Education/Grades 6-8
> (Constantine)
> Physical Education/Grades 6-8; Requires district
> school boards to provide 225 minutes of physical
> education each week for students in grade 6 through
> grade 8, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
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> http://www.lobbytools.com/

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Monday's Full Agenda Calendar (October 22, 2007)
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>
> 06:30 PM Events
> -------------------------------------------------
> (S) - Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Tampa,
> FL (6:30PM-9:00PM)
> Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Public
> Hearings on Foster Care and Adoption
> Tentative Locations and Times
> Monday, October 22, 2007
> 6:30-9:00 p.m.
> Hillsborough Community College, Dale Mabry Campus
> Tampa

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2008 Bills Filed Thursday (10/18/07)
==================================================
> SB 538 - Relating to Sexual
> Predators/Fees/Supervision and Registration (Baker)
> Sexual Predators/Fees/Supervision and Registration;
> Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to set
> and charge a fee to sexual predators who are
> financially able to pay for all or part of the costs
> of supervision. Authorizes a sheriff to charge a fee
> to a sexual predator to help defray the expense of
> registering the sexual predator at the sheriff's
> office, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 528 - Relating to Sexual Battery Involving Minor
> Victims/Prosecution (Aronberg)
> Sexual Battery Involving Minor Victims/Prosecution;
> Revises the time limitations for prosecution of
> second degree felony sexual battery offenses
> involving victims under 18 years of age at the time
> the offense was committed, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 10/01/2008.

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> 2008 Bills Filed Monday (10/15/07)
> ===================================================
> SB 510 - Relating to Vision
> Examinations/School-entry (Wilson)
> Vision Examinations/School-entry; Requires children
> who enter public or private schools in the state to
> present evidence of having received a comprehensive
> vision examination, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008
> except as otherwise provided.
>
> SB 506 - Relating to Juveniles/Records (Wilson)
> Juveniles/Records; Revises provisions requiring each
> clerk of the court to submit information concerning
> juvenile arrest records to the Department of Law
> Enforcement. Revises the criteria for dissemination
> of criminal justice information for minors and
> adults. Revises provisions that provide for agents
> of the Department of Juvenile Justice to administer
> oaths and affirmations, confidentiality for certain
> information, authorized disclosures, etc. EFFECTIVE
> DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 504 - Relating to Motor Vehicles/Wireless
> Communications Devices (Baker)
> Motor Vehicles/Wireless Communications Devices;
> Prohibits a person who has not attained 18 years of
> age from using an electronic wireless communications
> device while operating a motor vehicle. Provides
> that this offense must be a secondary action when a
> driver has been detained for a violation of another
> noncriminal traffic infraction. Provides that the
> driver shall receive a one point assessment against
> their driver's license, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 10/01/2008.
>
> SB 502 - Relating to Missing
> Persons/Investigation/Reporting (Constantine)
> Missing Persons/Investigation/Reporting; Requires
> law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies
> and procedures to be used when investigating missing
> persons reports. Requires the law enforcement agency
> receiving a credible report, within 2 hours of
> receiving the information, to transmit the report
> for entry into the Florida Crime Information Center
> and the National Crime Information Center databases.
> Provides immunity from civil liability for certain
> persons, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> HB 193 - Relating to Use of an Electronic Wireless
> Communications Device While Driving (Legg)
> Use of an Electronic Wireless Communications Device
> While Driving: Prohibits person under 18 years of
> age from using electronic wireless communications
> device while operating motor vehicle, except under
> certain circumstances. Effective Date: October 1,
> 2008.
>

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Friday's Full Agenda Calendar (October 5, 2007)
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> 09:00 AM Events
> (H) - SESSION, (9:00AM-N/A)
> Special Orders
>      HB 5001C Appropriations
>      HB 5003C Implementing the Act Making
> Appropriations and Reductions in Appropriations for
> the 2007-2008 State Fiscal Year
>      HB 5019C Employee Incentive Programs for
> Public School Personnel

>
> (S) - SESSION, (9:00AM-11:00AM)
> Special order as determined by the Committee on
> Rules and Calendar
>      SB 0006C Adjustments to Education
> Appropriations/Pre K-12
>
> ================================================
> (H)=House (S)=Senate (M)=Misc (J)=Joint
>
>
> ================================================
> 2007C Bills and PCBs Filed Thursday (10/4/07)
> ================================================
> HB 5019C - Relating to Employee Incentive Programs
> for Public School Personnel (Policy & Budget
> Council)
> Employee Incentive Programs for Public School
> Personnel: Provides requirements for appropriation,
> release, & distribution of funds for Merit Award
> Program for Instructional Personnel and School-Based
> Administrators; revises dates relating to
> administration of program; provides for proration of
> monetary incentives & bonuses for teaching
> excellence in certain circumstances under Dale
> Hickam Excellent Teaching Program. Effective Date:
> upon becoming a law.
>
> HB 5003C - Relating to Implementing the Act Making
> Appropriations and Reductions in Appropriations for
> the 2007-2008 State Fiscal Year (Policy & Budget
> Council)
> Implementing the Act Making Appropriations and
> Reductions in Appropriations for the 2007-2008 State
> Fiscal Year: Provides legislative intent; removes
> requirements for transfer of certain funds for
> aschool district that is not in compliance with
> class size reduction requirements; authorizes
> district school board to delay instructional
> materials adoption schedule; authorizes certain
> expenditures from categorical funds as determined by
> district school board under certain conditions;
> revises reporting requirements; revises requirements
> under which school districts qualify to use capital
> outlay funds for certain purposes; specifies
> calculations for budget adjustments to FEFP for FY
> 2007-2008; provides for reversion of certain
> provisions, effect of veto of specific appropriation
> or proviso to which implementing language refers,
> applicability to other legislation, & severability.
> Effective Date: upon becoming a law.
>

> HB   23C - Relating to State Children's Health
> Insurance Program (Gelber)
> State Children's Health Insurance Program: Urges
> Congress to override President's veto of State
> Children's Health Insurance Program to ensure
> federal funding for Florida Kidcare program.
> Effective Date: Not Specified
>
>
> ================================================
> 2008 Bills Filed Thursday (10/4/07)
> ================================================
> SB 446 - Relating to Bicycle Safety (Bullard (L))
> Bicycle Safety; Revises safety standard requirements
> for bicycle helmets for riders or passengers who are
> under 16 years of age. Provides for enforcement of
> nighttime bicycle equipment requirements, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008.
>
> SB 440 - Relating to High School Graduation
> Requirements/Health Ed. (Justice)
> High School Graduation Requirements/Health Ed.;
> Provides for a mandatory one-half credit in health
> education, independent of physical education credit
> requirements, for all high school students beginning
> with those entering the first year of high school in
> 2007-2008. Provides a waiver for students who
> request to take and successfully complete a health
> assessment created by the Department of Education.
> Reduces, by one-half credit, the number of elective
> courses chosen by students, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.

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Bills and PCBs Filed Thursday (9/27/07)
===================================================
> SB 372 - Relating to Florida Prepaid Tuition
> Scholarship Endowment (Wise)
> An act relating to the Florida Prepaid Tuition
> Scholarship Endowment; creating s. 215.5605, F.S.;
> creating the endowment within the State Board of
> Administration for the purpose of funding
> scholarships for economically disadvantaged youth;
> providing for moneys from the tax on slot machines
> to be transferred from the Educational Enhancement
> Trust Fund to the endowment as provided in the
> General Appropriations Act; ...
>
> SB 370 - Relating to Personal Care Attendant
> Program (Wise)
> Personal Care Attendant Program; Requires the
> Florida Endowment Foundation for Vocational
> Rehabilitation to enter into an agreement with the
> Florida Association of Centers for Independent
> Living to administer a program to provide personal
> care attendants to persons who have severe and
> chronic disabilities. Names the program the "James
> Patrick Memorial Work Incentive Personal Attendant
> Services Program." Revises eligibility requirements
> for participation, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 366 - Relating to Elderly Persons & Disabled
> Adults/Abuse & Neglect (Margolis)
> Elderly Persons & Disabled Adults/Abuse & Neglect;
> Reclassifies the offense of aggravated abuse of an
> elderly person or disabled adult from a
> second-degree felony to a first-degree felony.
> Requires certified law enforcement officers to
> complete training in identifying and investigating
> elder abuse and neglect before June 30, 2011, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 362 - Relating to Equal Rights for Men and Women
> (Margolis)
> Equal Rights for Men and Women; Ratifies the
> proposed amendment to the United States Constitution
> relating to equal rights for men and women, etc.
>
> SB 350 - Relating to Repeat Sexual
> Offenders/Electronic Monitoring (Ring)
> Repeat Sexual Offenders/Electronic Monitoring;
> Requires that a person designated as a repeat sexual
> offender be electronically monitored for the
> duration of the person's supervision following
> conditional release. Requires that a sexual predator
> or repeat sexual offender be monitored by an
> electronic monitoring system meeting certain
> designated specifications following release on
> probation, community control, or conditional
> release, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 348 - Relating to Stalking (Ring)
> Stalking; Redefines "harass," "credible threat," and
> "cyberstalk." Defines "electronic communication,"
> "electronic communication device," and "immediate
> family." Provides that a person who willfully,
> maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or
> cyberstalks a person 65 years of age or older
> commits the offense of aggravated stalking, a felony
> of the second degree, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 346 - Relating to Sure Futures Postgraduate
> Scholarship Program (Ring)
> Sure Futures Postgraduate Scholarship Program;
> Creates the Sure Futures Postgraduate Scholarship
> Program to match private-sector businesses with
> students who are seeking advanced degrees and
> employment. Provides for a better-educated workforce
> by offering students greater access to advanced
> degrees and to recruit and retain the best and
> brightest graduate students by offering them
> comprehensive financial assistance and employment,
> etc. APPROPRIATION: $200,000. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 344 - Relating to Sports Coaches/Youth Athletic
> Teams/Screening (Ring)
> Sports Coaches/Youth Athletic Teams/Screening;
> Requires any person who is a sports coach of an
> independent youth athletic team to meet level 2
> screening requirements as described in the
> Employment Screening law, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.

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Thursday's Full Agenda Calendar (September 27, 2007)
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>
> 09:00 AM Events
> ----------------------------------------------------
> (H) - Policy & Budget Council, 212 K
> (9:00AM-12:00PM)
> Budget workshop in anticipation of special session
> Event available live on WFSU-TV - The FLORIDA
> Channel webcast.
>
(S) - Health and Human Services Appropriations, 110
> S (9:00AM-6:00PM)
> Review and discussion of FY 2007-08 budget reduction
> issues
> Review and discussion of associated proviso,
> implementing bill and conforming bill language
>
>
> 09:30 AM Events
> ----------------------------------------------------
> (S) - Higher Education Appropriations, 117 K
> (9:30AM-1:30PM)
> Review and discussion of FY 2007-08 budget reduction
> issues
> Review and discussion of associated proviso,
> implementing bill and conforming bill language
> Event available live on WFSU-TV - The FLORIDA
> Channel webcast.
>
> 02:00 PM Events
> ----------------------------------------------------
> (S) - Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations, 37
> S (2:00PM-6:00PM)
> Review and discussion of FY 2007-08 budget reduction
> issues
> Review and discussion of associated proviso,
> implementing bill and conforming bill language
> Event available live on WFSU-TV - The FLORIDA
> Channel webcast.
>
> (S) - Education Pre-K-12 Appropriations, 412 K
> (2:00PM-6:00PM)
> Review and discussion of FY 2007-08 budget reduction
> issues
> Review and discussion of associated proviso,
> implementing bill and conforming bill language
> Event available live on WFSU-TV - The FLORIDA
> Channel webcast.
>
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Bill Keyword Alert for 9/26/07

> HB 0159 Relating to Enforcement of Immigration Laws
> Enforcement of Immigration Laws: Creates ch. 986,
> F.S., the "Florida Security and Immigration
> Compliance Act"; prohibits public employers from
> entering into contracts for physical performance of
> services with contractors not registered &
> participating in federal work authorization program;
> provides for parallel requirements & procedures with
> respect to such contracts with DOT; requires Chief
> of Domestic Security to negotiate terms of
> memorandum of understanding concerning enforcement
> of federal immigration & customs laws & related
> matters; provides requirements & procedures with
> respect to determination of lawful immigration
> status of persons charged with crime & confined to
> jail; requires agencies & political subdivisions of
> state to verify lawful presence in U.S. of persons
> who have applied for state or local public benefits,
> or for federal public benefits, that are
> administered by agency or political subdivision; ...
> Effective Date: July 1, 2008, except that subsection
> (2) of section 986.05, Florida Statutes, as created
> by this act, shall take effect only if funding under
> the federal Homeland Security Appropriation Act of
> 2008 or any subsequent source of federal funding is
> provided to fund the provisions of that subsection.

Bill Keyword Alert for 9/24/07
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> SB 0298 Relating to Blind Children/Literacy
> Education
> Blind Children/Literacy Education; Requires that
> instruction in Braille be part of the individualized
> education program for a child who is blind or
> visually impaired based on an evaluation of the
> child's reading and writing skills and needs and of
> appropriate reading and writing media, including,
> but not limited to, an evaluation of the child's
> future needs for instruction in braille, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> HB 0145 Relating to Court Actions Involving Families
> Court Actions Involving Families: Provides
> additional purposes relating to implementing unified
> family court program in circuit courts. Effective
> Date: July 1, 2008.
>
> SB 0302 Relating to Public School Dress Requirements
> Public School Dress Requirements; Prohibits a
> student from wearing and exposing below-waist
> underwear in a specified manner while on the grounds
> of a public school, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.

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Bills Filed Tuesday (9/18/07)
======================================================
> HB 133 - Relating to Sexual Battery Time
> Limitations (Porth)
> Sexual Battery Time Limitations: Revises language
> concerning time limitations for prosecution of
> certain sexual battery offenses involving minor
> victims. Effective Date: October 1, 2008.

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> Monday's Full Agenda Calendar (September 17, 2007)
> ===================================================
>
> 09:00 AM Events
> --------------------------------------------------
> (M) - Sales Tax Base Review Workgroup of the
> Taxation and Budget Reform Commission, Tampa, FL
> (9:00AM-11:30AM)
> Tampa International Airport
> Hillsborough County Aviation Authority Board Room
> Tampa, Florida
>
> 1) Call to Order
> 2) Roll Call
> 3) Opening Remarks by Workgroup Facilitator
> 4) Continuation of discussion regarding
> implementation of sales and use taxes,
> impacts of exemptions and exclusions, implications
> of changes to the current laws relative to sales and
> use taxes, and related issues.
> 5) Announcements
> 6) Adjourn
>
> ===================================================
> Bills Filed Friday (9/14/07)
> ===================================================
> SB 266 - Relating to Cellular Telephones/Use in a
> Motor Vehicle (Wilson)
> Cellular Telephones/Use in a Motor Vehicle;
> Prohibits the use of a cellular telephone while
> operating a motor vehicle except when using a
> headset or hands-free device, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 264 - Relating to Kidcare Outreach Program
> Study/Uninsured Children (Wilson)
> Kidcare Outreach Program Study/Uninsured Children;
> Requires the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
> Government Accountability to perform a study of the
> outreach efforts of the Kidcare program, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law.
>
> SB 260 - Relating to Gold Seal Quality Care/Child
> Care Placement (Wilson)
> Gold Seal Quality Care/Child Care Placement;
> Provides legislative intent that children meeting
> certain requirements be given first priority for
> placement into the Gold Seal Quality Care Program,
> etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 252 - Relating to Compulsory School
> Attendance/Age Requirement (Wilson)
> Compulsory School Attendance/Age Requirement;
> Changes the ending age for compulsory school
> attendance from 16 years to 18 years, etc. EFFECTIVE
> DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 250 - Relating to Criminal Records (Wilson)
> Criminal Records; Requires the Department of Law
> Enforcement to notify certain specified agencies of
> the criminal records of a minor which are expunged.
> Prohibits certain criminal records from being
> sealed, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 248 - Relating to Juvenile Sentencing (Wilson)
> Juvenile Sentencing; Authorizes the court to
> sentence a juvenile using juvenile sanctions, adult
> sanctions, or a blend of both sanctions, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008.
>
> SB 244 - Relating to Disabled/Statewide Educational
> Assessment Program (Wilson)
> Disabled/Statewide Educational Assessment Program;
> Requires that the Commissioner of Education receive
> input as to the statewide educational assessment
> program from a minimum of two persons recommended by
> the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind and
> from a minimum of two persons recommended by the
> Americans with Disabilities Working Group, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 242 - Relating to Schools/Single Gender Classes
> (Wise)
> Schools/Single Gender Classes; Authorizes district
> school boards to establish a school, class, or
> educational program in which enrollment is limited
> to pupils of a single gender, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 234 - Relating to Governor's School for Science
> and Technology (Wise)
> Governor's School for Science and Technology;
> establishes the school within the Florida K-20
> public education system and the Department of
> Education, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> HB 121 - Relating to Special Observances (Brisé)
> Special Observances: Designates second Monday in May
> as "Child Welfare Professionals Recognition Day."
> Effective Date: upon becoming a law.

The Source on Women's Issues in Congress
>
> Volume 11, No. 61 -- ISSN 1526-8713 September 14,
> 2007
>
> Bills Introduced
>
> Child Protection
S. Res. 316----Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) / (09/11/07)---A
resolution designating the week of October 21 through
October 27, 2007 as "National Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention Week."

S. 2038----Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) / Commerce,
Science, and Transportation (09/11/07)---A bill to
prohibit the introduction or delivery for
introduction into interstate commerce of children's
products that contain lead.

S. 2045----Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) / Commerce, Science,
and Transportation (09/12/07)---A bill to reform the
Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater
protection for children's products, to improve the
screening of noncompliant consumer products, to
improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall
programs.

Employment
H.R. 3514----Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) /
Armed Services, Education and Labor, Science and
Technology (09/10/07)---A bill to authorize workshops
to eliminate gender bias for women in careers in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Health
S. 2049----Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Finance
(09/12/07)---A bill to prohibit the implementation
of policies to prohibit states from providing quality
health coverage to children in need under the State
Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

H.R. 3536----Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY) / Energy and
Commerce (09/14/07)---A bill to provide for an
awareness program, and a study, on a rare form of
breast cancer.

FEDERAL BILLS FILED

Child Protection
> H.R. 3477----Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) / Energy and
> Commerce (09/05/07)---A bill to amend the Consumer
> Product Safety Act to require third-party
> verification
> of compliance of children's products with consumer
> product safety standards promulgated by the Consumer
> Product Safety Commission.
>

Bills Filed Tuesday (9/11/07)
>
======================================================
> SB 224 - Relating to Luring or Enticing a Child
> (Fasano)
> Luring or Enticing a Child; Increases the age limit
> of a victim from under the age of 12 to under the
> age of 18 with regard to the criminal offense of
> luring or enticing a child. Reenacts provisions
> relating to sexual predator criteria, mandatory
> sentencing for sexual felony offenders, the
> registration requirement of sexual offenders,
> notification upon release of sexual offenders, and
> other provisions, to incorporate the amendments in
> reference thereto, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008.
>

======================================================
Bills Filed Tuesday (9/11/07)
======================================================
> SB 224 - Relating to Luring or Enticing a Child
> (Fasano)
> Luring or Enticing a Child; Increases the age limit
> of a victim from under the age of 12 to under the
> age of 18 with regard to the criminal offense of
> luring or enticing a child. Reenacts provisions
> relating to sexual predator criteria, mandatory
> sentencing for sexual felony offenders, the
> registration requirement of sexual offenders,
> notification upon release of sexual offenders, and
> other provisions, to incorporate the amendments in
> reference thereto, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008.
>

FEDERAL BILLS - FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 7

Child Protection
H.R. 3477----Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) / Energy and
Commerce (09/05/07)---A bill to amend the Consumer
Product Safety Act to require third-party
verification of compliance of children's products with consumer
product safety standards promulgated by the Consumer
Product Safety Commission.

H.R. 3499----Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR) / Energy and
Commerce (09/07/07)---A bill to amend the Consumer
Product Safety Act to require third-party verification of compliance of children's products with
consumer product safety standards promulgated by the
Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Health
S. Res. 307----Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) / Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/05/07)---A
resolution supporting efforts to increase childhood
cancer awareness, treatment, and research.

H.R. 3503----Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) /
Energy and Commerce (09/07/07)---A bill to amend the
Public Health Service Act to provide for a national
program to conduct and support activities toward the
goal of significantly reducing the number of cases
of overweight and obesity among individuals in the
United States.

S. Res. 311----Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) /
(09/07/07)---A resolution supporting the goals and
ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

Miscellaneous
H. Con. Res. 205----Rep. Stephen Cohen (D-TN) /
Oversight and Government Reform (09/06/07)---A
resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National
Women's Friendship Day.

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Bills Filed Thursday (9/6/07)
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> SB 210 - Relating to STOP Day/April 18, 2008
> (Wilson)
> STOP Day/April 18, 2008; Realizes the importance of
> stopping violence in schools and recognizes April
> 18, 2008, as "STOP Day" in the State of Florida.

> SB 204 - Relating to Health Insurance for Dependent
> Children (Lynn)
> Health Insurance for Dependent Children; Revises the
> criteria governing mandatory coverage of a dependent
> child under group, blanket, or franchise health
> insurance policies covering residents of this state.
> Provides for a dependent child to make a written
> election to extend coverage or restore previously
> terminated coverage. Provides guidelines for
> extended coverage and limitations on additional
> premiums. Provides duties of OIR. Provides
> applicability, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 200 - Relating to Adoption (Rich)
> Adoption; Provides that a homosexual is eligible to
> adopt a child if the child's parents are deceased,
> the person proposing to adopt the child is the
> guardian of the child, and certain additional
> specified conditions have been met. Provides that
> certain provisions of the act apply only with
> respect to a petition, declaration, or will or
> codicil that is filed or executed on or after July
> 1, 2008, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 196 - Relating to Independent Living (Wilson)
> Independent Living; Requires the DCFS to create a
> pilot program in Miami-Dade County to provide
> continued foster care until participants reach the
> age of 21 years. Provides eligibility requirements
> and requires that the circuit court select
> participants. Requires the periodic assessment of
> participants in the program. Requires the selection
> of a cohort group for the purpose of comparing
> results. Requires reports to the Legislature, etc.
> APPROPRIATION: $500,000. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 194 - Relating to Students Withdrawing From
> School (Wilson)
> Students Withdrawing From School; Requires that a
> student who is withdrawing from school to be
> assigned a counselor or other school personnel to
> provide educational information until the student is
> 18 years old. Requires 9th graders and students who
> are withdrawing from school to receive instruction
> about the effects of withdrawing from high school,
> etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law.
>
> SB 180 - Relating to Public School
> Teachers/Cost-of-Living Increase (Wilson)
> Public School Teachers/Cost-of-Living Increase;
> Requires the Legislature to fund a cost-of-living
> increase in the General Appropriations Act for
> teachers who teach prekindergarten through grade 12
> in the public school system, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 178 - Relating to Motor Vehicle Insurance/Foster
> Children (Wilson)
> Motor Vehicle Insurance/Foster Children; Creates a
> pilot program to reimburse foster parents,
> residential facilities, or foster children who live
> independently for a portion of the increased costs
> of motor vehicle insurance for a foster child who
> has a driver's license. Directs the Department of
> Children and Family Services to establish the pilot
> program in Miami-Dade County. Requires that foster
> children be encouraged to pay the remaining portion
> of the increase in costs, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 176 - Relating to One School, One Nurse
> Act/School Health Services (Wilson)
> One School, One Nurse Act/School Health Services;
> Creates specified provision relating to
> public-private partnerships for the provision of
> school nurse services. Provides duties of the
> Department of Health and the Department of
> Education. Provides a process for proposal
> submission and review. Provides for the scope of
> services to be provided. Provides for review and
> selection criteria. Provides legislative intent
> relating to funding of the act, etc. APPROPRIATION:
> $75,000. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 174 - Relating to Infant Eye Care (Wilson)
> Infant Eye Care; Requires certain eye examinations
> for all infants born in hospitals in the state.
> Revises an exception to the applicability of certain
> requirements concerning infant eye care. Provides
> that coverage for children under health insurance
> policies and HMO contracts must include certain eye
> examinations for infants and children. Provides for
> application, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 172 - Relating to Teacher Salaries (Wilson)
> Teacher Salaries; Requires that, by 2011, the
> beginning salary for full-time public school
> teachers shall be no less that the national average
> beginning salary for full-time public school
> teachers, as provided by law. Requires that, by
> 2011, the average salary for full-time public school
> teachers shall be no less than the national average
> salary for full-time public school teachers, as
> provided by law. Provides for the amendment to take
> effect July 1, 2009, etc.
>
> SB 168 - Relating to Minority Cancer Awareness Week
> (Wilson)
> Minority Cancer Awareness Week; Recognizes April
> 13-19, 2008, as "Minority Cancer Awareness Week"
> urging all Floridians to work with cancer-education
> providers, such as the American Cancer Society, to
> increase awareness of the disparities that minority
> populations face in the fight against cancer, etc.
>
> SB 164 - Relating to Insurance/Mental &
> Substance-related Disorders (Crist)
> Insurance/Mental & Substance-related Disorders;
> Revises requirements for optional coverage for
> mental, nervous, and substance-related disorders.
> Revises certain benefits limitations. Provides an
> options application requirement, etc. EFFECTIVE
> DATE: 01/01/2009.
>
> SB 158 - Relating to Elementary Schools/Reading
> (Wilson)
> Elementary Schools/Reading; Requires that certain
> students who are enrolled in a public elementary
> school and reading below grade level be placed into
> an intensive reading lab. Provides for oversight of
> the progress of students assigned to a lab.
> Encourages the principal of school where reading
> labs are required to ask for donations to secure
> instructional materials. Requires a team of teachers
> having expertise in specified areas, etc. EFFECTIVE
> DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 148 - Relating to Voluntary Prekindergarten
> Education Program (Wilson)
> Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; Revises
> the number of instructional hours that are required
> for a school-year prekindergarten program delivered
> by a private kindergarten provider or a public
> school. Revises the number of instructional hours
> that are required in order for a student in a
> prekindergarten program delivered by a public school
> or private provider to be considered a full-time
> equivalent student in the Voluntary Prekindergarten
> Education Program, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 144 - Relating to Female Inmates Who are Parents
> of Minor Children (Wilson)
> Female Inmates Who are Parents of Minor Children;
> Provides legislative intent that each female inmate
> in the state correctional system be assigned,
> whenever possible, to a correctional facility that
> is located in close proximity to the residence of
> the inmate's children so that she can maintain
> contract with her minor children through visitation.
> Requires the Department of Corrections to collect
> information concerning the minor children of female
> inmates, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008.
>
> SB 140 - Relating to Use of Restraints on a
> Child/Juvenile Proceedings (Wilson)
> Use of Restraints on a Child/Juvenile Proceedings;
> Prohibits the use of instruments of restraint, such
> as handcuffs, chains, irons, or straitjackets, on a
> child during court proceedings or elsewhere in
> courthouse. Provides exceptions. Requires the
> Department of Juvenile Justice to comply with the
> Protective Action Response policy whenever
> mechanical restraints are used. Conforms a
> cross-reference, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 136 - Relating to Child Care Personnel
> Training/Domestic Violence (Wilson)
> Child Care Personnel Training/Domestic Violence;
> Requires each child care facility to establish
> standards for instructing child care personnel on
> matters pertaining to domestic violence. Requires
> that the instruction include not less than 2 hours
> of training for new personnel and not less than 1
> hour of instruction on a periodic basis for
> experienced personnel each year thereafter, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 130 - Relating to School Health Services Program
> (Wilson)
> School Health Services Program; Defines the term
> "school-based health center" for purposes of the
> School Health Services Act. Provides that such a
> center is a health care entity acting as an
> instrumentality of the state for purposes of certain
> limitations on liability, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon
> becoming law.
>
> SB 128 - Relating to School-based AIDS Education
> (Wilson)
> School-based AIDS Education; Requires the Department
> of Education (DOE) to award grants to public school
> districts to implement school-based AIDS educational
> activities. Requires that the DOE consider specified
> factors in awarding grants. Requires each school
> district that receives a grant to file an annual
> report with the DOE, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 112 - Relating to Student Voter Education
> Program (Fasano)
> Student Voter Education Program; Encourages district
> school boards and county supervisors of elections
> jointly to provide a program of voter education for
> high school seniors. Requires that the program be
> conducted during school hours, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
> 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 110 - Relating to Disability History and
> Awareness Weeks (Fasano)
> Disability History and Awareness Weeks; Recognizes
> October 1-15, 2008, as "Disability History and
> Awareness Weeks" and encourages public schools and
> universities to provide instruction on disability
> history, people with disabilities, and the
> disability rights movement, etc.
>
> SB 104 - Relating to School Wellness and Physical
> Education Policies (Wilson)
> School Wellness and Physical Education Policies;
> Revises each school district's requirement for
> reviewing its wellness and physical education
> policies, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB 102 - Relating to Pub. Rec./Juveniles' Blood
> Test under DJJ (Wilson)
> Pub. Rec./Juveniles' Blood Test under DJJ; Provides
> an exemption from public-records requirements for
> serologic blood test results from juveniles referred
> to or under the supervision of the Department of
> Juvenile Justice. Provides for future legislative
> review and repeal, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Contingent.
>
> SB   98 - Relating to Testing for Infectious
> Diseases/Juvenile Centers (Wilson)
> Testing for Infectious Diseases/Juvenile Centers;
> Requires each juvenile assessment center or juvenile
> detention facility to have a written procedure
> regarding the testing of juveniles for infectious
> diseases. Requires the Department of Juvenile
> Justice to designate certain counties, if approved
> by the county's governing body, to participate in a
> program to test each juvenile for HIV, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB   94 - Relating to Safety Belt Law (Rich)
> Safety Belt Law; Cites this act as the Dori Slosberg
> and Katie Marchetti Safety Belt Law. Provides for
> primary enforcement of the Safety Belt Law, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/30/2008.
>
> SB   88 - Relating to School Bullying and Harassment
> (Baker)
> School Bullying and Harassment; Cites the act as
> "Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up for All Students Act"
> which prohibits bullying or harassment during
> education programs or activities, on school buses,
> or through use of data or computer software accessed
> through computer systems of certain educational
> institutions. Requires Department of Education
> approval of school district's policy and its
> compliance with reporting procedures, etc. EFFECTIVE
> DATE: Upon becoming law.
>
> SB   80 - Relating to State Housing TF/Documents
> Excise Tax Distribution (Wilson)
> State Housing TF/Documents Excise Tax Distribution;
> Revise provisions governing the distribution of a
> portion of the proceeds of the excise tax on
> documents to the State Housing Trust Fund. Provides
> for the annual appropriation of at least 90 percent
> of the tax proceeds distributed to the State Housing
> Trust Fund to provide affordable housing units and
> other purposes for which the trust fund was created,
> etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008.
>
> SB   78 - Relating to Child Welfare Professionals
> Recognition Day (Wilson)
> Child Welfare Professionals Recognition Day;
> Designates the second Monday in May as "Child
> Welfare Professionals Recognition Day" to recognize
> all professionals who work with abused children and
> dysfunctional families. Encourages the Department of
> Children and Family Services, local governments, and
> other agencies to sponsor events promoting the
> awareness of the child welfare system, etc.
> EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law.
>
> SB   76 - Relating to Criminal Activity/Criminal
> Gangs (Atwater)
> Criminal Activity/Criminal Gangs; Prohibits the
> possession of bulletproof vests by felons and
> delinquents. Redefines "criminal street gangs" as
> "criminal gangs" and includes street gangs,
> terrorist organizations, and hate groups in the
> definition. Revises provisions regarding soliciting
> or causing another to join a criminal gang. Provides
> additional powers for the Department of Law
> Enforcement and local law enforcement agencies
> relating to crime data information, etc. EFFECTIVE
> DATE: 07/01/2008.
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> HB 0103 Relating to Criminal Conduct
> Criminal Conduct: Defines "mental injury"; exempts
> constitutionally protected acts from prohibitions on
> child abuse, aggravated child abuse, & neglect;
> conforms provisions; redefines "crime" for purposes
> of crime victims compensation to include additional
> forms of injury. Effective Date: July 1, 2008.