Governor Rick Scott announced he has signed the following bills into law:
HB 9 Legislature:This bill requires the 2016 Regular Session of the Legislature to convene on January 12, 2016.
HB 47 Spiny Lobster:This bill relates to offenses regarding spiny lobster.
SB 86 Dentists:This bill relates to licensed dentists and covered services.
HB 97 Access to Health Care for the Underserved :This bill relates to those receiving dentist or dental hygienist services.
SB 224 Tobacco and Nicotine Product Regulation: This bill relates to the sale of electronic cigarettes and other alternative tobacco products.
SB 242 Security of a Protected Consumer’s Information: This bill protects the personal information of consumers less than 16 years old or individuals represented by a guardian or other advocate.
SB 256 Public Records/Forensic Behavioral Health Evaluation: This bill relates to the public records requirements for a forensic behavioral health evaluation.
HB 271 Workers’ Compensation: This bill relates to the Department of Financial Services.
HB 287 Certificates of Need: This bill relates to the certificate of need statutes for nursing homes.
HB 291 Warranty Associations: This bill relates to financial requirements for service warranty insurers.
SB 272 Water Utilities: This bill creates a process for customers to petition PSC to examine service quality issues.
SB 308 Public Assistance Fraud: This bill relates to Department of Financial Services investigations into public assistance fraud.
SB 320 Commercial and Recreational Water Activities: This bill relates to para-sailing.
HB 321 Title Insurance: This bill relates to the financial condition of title insurers.
HB 323 Pharmacy: This bill allows authorized pharmacists to supervise more than one pharmacy technician.
HB 325 Brownfields: This bill relates to brownfield areas.
SB 356 Regulation of Public Lodging Establishments and Public Food Service Establishments: This bill relates to regulation of vacation rentals.
SB 390 Public Records/Identifying Information of Personnel of Department of Health: This bill relates to records and the Department of Health.
SB 404 Professional Geology: This bill relates to exam certification for professional geologist licensure.
HB 405 Trusts: This bill relates to liability and excluded trustees.
HB 413 Consumer Collection Practices: This bill relates to third party debt collectors.
HB 415 Public Records/Investigations & Examinations by Office of Financial Regulation: This bill relates to records and consumer collection agency information.
SB 440 Condominiums: This bill updates the Florida Condominium Act.
SB 450 Telephone Solicitation: This bill relates to Florida’s “Do Not Call Program.”
SB 490 Motor Vehicle Liability Policy Requirements: The bill relates to certain motor vehicle insurance policies.
SB 506 OGSR/Florida Insurance Guaranty Association: This bill relates to records and the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association.
HB 511 Cancer Control and Research: This bill revises the Florida Cancer Control and Research Advisory Council.
HB 515 Public Assistance Fraud: This bill provides enhanced penalties for those who commit public assistance fraud.
SB 520 Public Records/Dental Workforce Surveys: This bill relates to records and dentists or dental hygienists.
HB 531 Public Health Trusts: This bill relates to office space leasing by public health trusts.
SB 536 Reclaimed Water: This bill requires a study on the benefits of reclaimed water.
SB 542 Flood Insurance: This bill relates to admitted insurers and flood insurance.
SB 590 Money Services Businesses: This bill relates to money services.
HB 591 Newborn Heath Screening: This bill relates to infants or toddlers diagnosed with a permanent hearing impairment.
HB 629 Charities: This bill relates to Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and charitable organizations.
HB 633 Division of Insurance Agents & Agency Services: This bill relates to the Division of Agent and Agency Services.
HB 635 Guardianship: This bill relates to Florida’s guardianship law.
SB 650 OGSR/Inventories of an Estate or Elective Estate: This bill relates to an inventory of an estate or elective estate or an accounting in an estate proceeding.
SB 670 Nursing Home Litigation: This bill relates to nursing home resident litigation against a licensee or management company.
SB 674 Background Screening: This bill revises criminal background screening statutes.
SB 702 Pharmacy Audits: This bill relates to rights of a pharmacy when audited.
SB 708 Insurance Claims: The bill creates the “Homeowner Bill of Rights.”
HB 713 Engineers: This bill relates to qualifications of members of the Board of Professional Engineers.
HB 731 POW-MIA Chair of Honor Memorial: This bill establishes the Prisoners of War-Missing in Action (POW-MIA) Chair of Honor Memorial in the Capitol Complex.
HB 757 Estates: This bill amends estate law for consistency between the Trust Code and the Probate Code.
SB 762 Family Care Councils: This bill relates to Family Care Councils.
HB 773 Pugilistic Exhibitions: This bill relates to Florida Boxing Commission regarding professional and amateur boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts.
HB 775 Public Records/Florida State Boxing Commission: This bill relates to the Florida State Boxing Commission.
HB 783 Motor Vehicle Sales: This bill relates to financing or fees relating to motor vehicle sales.
HB 785 Workers’ Compensation: The bill relates to workers’ compensation.
SB 796 Public Accountancy: This bill relates to requirements of certified public accountant applicants.
HB 805 Title Insurer Reserves: The bill relates to title insurers.
HB 807 Residential Properties: This bill relates to condominium, cooperatives and homeowners’ association laws.
HB 811 Foreign Investments: This bill relates to the Protecting Florida’s Investment Act.
SB 836 Medical Gas: This bill relates to medical gasses.
HB 929 Little Gasparilla Island, Charlotte County: This bill relates to Little Gasparilla Island in Placida Harbor.
HB 953 State Contracting: This bill relates to contracts with state agencies.
HB 955 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: This bill relates to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
SB 1010 Cable and Video Services: This bill relates to obsolete reports.
SB 1012 Financial Services: This bill relates to financial institutions, the Office of Financial Regulation and federal laws.
SB 1036 Nursing Education Programs: The bill relates to nursing education programs.
HB 1047 Termination of Pregnancies: This bill relates to doctors’ determination of the viability of a fetus.
HB 1049 Divers: This bill relates to divers and diving areas.
HB 1065 Licensed Massage Therapists: The bill relates to massage therapists, owners and managers.
SB 1070 Fuel Terminals: This bill relates to local governments and fuel terminals.
HB 1089 Citizens Property Insurance Corporation: This bill relates to coverage by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation.
SB 1108 OGSR/Children of Agency Officers and Employees/Identifying Information: This bill relates to records and children of state employees.
HB 1131 Emergency Allergy Treatment: This bill relates to the Emergency Allergy Treatment Act.
SB 1142 Ticket Sales: This bill relates to penalties for counterfeiting or possessing amusement park tickets with the intent of fraud.
HB 1179 Home Health Care: This bill relates to nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistant and home health aides.
SB 1194 Citizen Support & Direct-support Organizations: This bill relates to citizen support organization and direct support organizations.
SB 1238 Family Trust Companies: This bill relates to private trust companies.
SB 1262 Public Records and Meetings/Insurance Flood Loss Model: This bill relates to the design and construction of flood insurance loss models.
SB 1278 Public Records/Office of Financial Regulation: This bill relates to records and Office of Financial Regulation.
SB 1300 Public Records/Office of Insurance Regulation: This bill relates to records and regulation of an insurer’s solvency.
SB 1308 Insurer Solvency: This bill relates to solvency requirements and regulatory oversight of insurers by the Office of Insurance Regulation.
SB 1320 Public Records/Office of Financial Regulation: This bill relates to records and Office of Financial Regulation.
SB 1344 Insurance: This bill relates to the Florida Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association.
HB 1363 Vessel Safety: This bill relates to the removal of derelict vessels from public waterways.
HB 1385 Inspectors General: This bill relates to the Chief Inspector General and agency inspectors general.
SB 1672 Property Insurance: This bill relates to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation policies.
SB 1678 OGSR/Agency Personnel Information: This bill relates to records and agency employees.
HB 7009 Security for Public Deposits: This bill relates to the Florida Security for Public Deposits Act.
HB 7037 Residential Communities: This bill relates to community association managers and lien and delinquent assessment forms.
HB 7051 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: This bill relates to activities within Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
HB 7077 Nonresident Sterile Compounding Permits: This bill relates to compounded sterile products.
HB 7089 Ratification of Rules/Department of Environmental Protection: This bill relates to DEP Rules.
HB 7091 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: This bill relates to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
HB 7093 Department of Environmental Protection: This bill relates to the Petroleum Restoration Program at DEP.
HB 7097 Ratification of Rules/Office of Insurance Regulation: This bill relates to licensed title insurance agents and insurers.
HB 7145 Ratification of Rules/Department of Health: This bill relates to trauma centers in Florida.
HB 7147 Building Construction Policies: This bill enacts proposals by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
HB 7171 Establishing Minimum Water Flow and Levels for Water Bodies: This bill relates to water flow and levels (MFLs) for certain water bodies.
HB 7177 OGSR/Prescription Drug Monitoring Program: This bill enhances privacy protections for records related to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.