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CHILD CARE TRANSPORTATION - ALARMS
SB 88 by Senators Stewart, Book, and Torres
HB 679 by Representative Antone
Child Care Facilities; Citing this act at the "Child Safety Alarm Act"; requiring that, by a specified date, vehicles used by child care facilities and large family child care homes to transport children be equipped with a reliable alarm system that prompts the driver to inspect the vehicle for children before exiting the vehicle; requiring the Department of Children and Families to adopt by rule minimum safety standards for such systems and to maintain a list of approved alarm manufacturers and alarm systems, etc.
For those agencies with licensed before/after school programs, this bill requires alarms to exist in vehicles used to transport children.
Status of SB 88
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Status of HB 679
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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CHILD CARE TRANSPORTATION – VIDEO CAMERAS
HB 111 by Representative Williams
Child Care Facility Licensing Standards; Requires child care facility or large family child care home to install video camera in each vehicle used by such facility or home to transport children; requires facility or home to ensure video camera is continuously recording inside vehicle while transporting children; requires DCF to adopt by rule minimum standards & maintain list of approved video cameras on its website.
Status of HB 111
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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DRINKING WATER
CS/SB 168 by Senators Cruz ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Pizzo ; Berman ; Gibson ; Book ; Stewart ; Rader ; Rouson ; Taddeo ; Torres ; Farmer ; Rodriguez
HB 139 by Representatives Jenne ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Ausley ; Eskamani ; Polo ; Polsky ; Webb
Drinking Water in Public Schools; Subject to legislative appropriation, requiring district boards to coordinate with district school boards to identify certain schools and to provide funding to such schools; requiring certain school districts to install filters that meet certain specifications on drinking water sources; authorizing district boards to request additional funding to compensate school district staff for the installation or replacement of filters, etc. APPROPRIATION: $3,000,000
ACTION: Watching this bill for any expansion into public drinking fountains which may then have impact of parks and recreation.
Status of CS/SB 168
- Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment and General Government Committee
Status of HB 139
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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LAND ACQUISITION TRUST FUND – FLORIDA FOREVER ANNUAL APPROPRIATION
SB 332 by Senator Stewart
HB 849 by by Representative Altman
Land Acquisition Trust Fund; Requiring a specified annual appropriation to the Florida Forever Trust Fund; prohibiting moneys from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund from being used for specified costs, etc.
Status of SB 332
- Died in Appropriations Committee
Status of HB 849
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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SMOKING AREAS – PUBLIC PARKS
SB 630 by Senator Mayfield
HB 457 by Representatives LaMarca, Cortes
expands to beaches and state parks
SB 670 by Senators Gruters, Mayfield
expands to beaches and state parks
Regulation of Smoking; Authorizing municipalities and counties to further restrict smoking within the boundaries of certain public parks, etc. Allows municipalities and counties to restrict smoking within the boundaries of certain public parks.
Status of SB 630
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Status of HB 457
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Status of SB 670
- Died in Innovation, Industry and Technology Committee
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LICENSING OF AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
CS/SB 668 by Senator Book
HB 83 by Representatives Duran, Eskamani
Government-sponsored Recreation Programs; Revising the definition of the term “child care facility” to exclude government-sponsored recreation programs; defining the term “government-sponsored recreation program”, etc.
Status of CS/SB 668
Status of HB 83
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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CHILD CARE FACILITIES – IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS
SB 674 by Senator Book
Immunization Standards for Child Care Facilities; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to include in licensure standards for child care facilities a minimum percentage of children enrolled in a facility who must have received immunizations, etc.
Status of SB 674
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OFFICE OF RESILIENCE – SEA LEVEL RISE TASK FORCE
SB 7016 by Infrastructure and Security Committee
HB 1073 by Representative Stevenson
Statewide Office of Resiliency; Establishing the office within the Executive Office of the Governor; creating the Statewide Sea-Level Rise Task Force within the office; authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to contract for specified services, upon request of the task force; requiring the Environmental Regulation Commission to take certain action on the task force’s recommendations, etc. APPROPRIATION: $500,000
Status of SB 7016
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Status of HB 1073
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration