Laws of Florida

A verbatim publication of the general and special laws enacted by the Florida Legislature in a given year and published each year following the regular session of the legislature. It presents the laws in the order in which they are numbered by the Secretary of State, as well as resolutions and memorials passed by the legislature. Source: Florida Senate Glossary

Laws of Florida, 1845–1996
Territorial Laws, 1822–1845

2008

2008

Regular Session
Chapter Law Number Size Descriptionsort icon Bill Number
Ch_2008-161.pdf 94 KB Workforce Innovation S 428
Ch_2008-133.pdf 141 KB Workers' Compensation Medical Services and Supplies H 5045
Ch_2008-284.pdf 212 KB West Villages Improvement District H 1077
Ch_2008-017.pdf 95 KB Welfare Transition Trust Fund (DOH) S 2118
Ch_2008-015.pdf 95 KB Welfare Transition Trust Fund (DCFS) S 2114
Ch_2008-189.pdf 133 KB Water Pollution Control H 547
Ch_2008-056.pdf 93 KB Water and Wastewater Utilities S 2052
Ch_2008-232.pdf 123 KB Wastewater Disposal S 1302
Ch_2008-298.pdf 113 KB Wakulla County Sheriff's Office H 1547
Ch_2008-188.pdf 96 KB Voyeurism H 537
Ch_2008-147.pdf 122 KB Virtual Instruction Programs H 7067
Ch_2008-097.pdf 102 KB University of South Florida Polytechnic S 186
Ch_2008-167.pdf 93 KB Unemployment Compensation Benefits S 1026
Ch_2008-165.pdf 96 KB Unemployment Compensation S 854
Ch_2008-076.pdf 106 KB Trust Administration H 435
Ch_2008-063.pdf 102 KB Treatment Programs/Impaired Medical Practitioners S 2598
Ch_2008-203.pdf 125 KB Transportation Services for the Transportation Disadvantaged H 1175
Ch_2008-211.pdf 100 KB Transitional Services for Young Adults with Disabilities S 988
Ch_2008-011.pdf 100 KB Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund (APD) S 2106
Ch_2008-042.pdf 98 KB Title Loans S 874
Ch_2008-293.pdf 139 KB Tindall Hammock Irrigation and Soil Conservation District H 1365
Ch_2008-195.pdf 96 KB Theft of Copper and Other Nonferrous Metals H 799
Ch_2008-078.pdf 99 KB Textbook Affordability H 603
Ch_2008-151.pdf 226 KB Terminiation of Parental Rights H 663
Ch_2008-071.pdf 97 KB Temporary Motor Vehicle License Tags H 167
Ch_2008-185.pdf 100 KB Telephone Caller Identification H 225
Ch_2008-294.pdf 96 KB Tallahassee, City of H 1445
Ch_2008-171.pdf 100 KB Supplemental Educational Services S 1414
Ch_2008-204.pdf 111 KB Students with Disabilities H 1313
Ch_2008-031.pdf 105 KB Stimulating the Economy S 2310
Ch_2008-034.pdf 92 KB State Symbols/Official State Horse S 230
Ch_2008-098.pdf 109 KB State Parks S 192
Ch_2008-111.pdf 305 KB State Judicial System S 1790
Ch_2008-115.pdf 98 KB State Employment/Collective Bargaining S 1888
Ch_2008-116.pdf 196 KB State Data Center System S 1892
Ch_2008-158.pdf 104 KB State Aid to Public Libraries S 82
Ch_2008-038.pdf 102 KB Specialty License Plates S 734
Ch_2008-274.pdf 96 KB South Indian River Water Control District H 973
Ch_2008-154.pdf 96 KB Social Worker Identification H 35
Ch_2008-014.pdf 100 KB Social Services Block Grant Trust Fund (APD) S 2112
Ch_2008-149.pdf 126 KB Small Business Regulatory Relief H 7109
Ch_2008-289.pdf 103 KB Shawano Water Control District H 1211
Ch_2008-008.pdf 93 KB Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund (DJJ) S 2100
Ch_2008-253.pdf 96 KB Sexual Violence H 489
Ch_2008-155.pdf 109 KB Service-Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises H 687
Ch_2008-214.pdf 127 KB Sellers of Travel S 1310
Ch_2008-069.pdf 108 KB Secondary Metals Recyclers H 105
Ch_2008-123.pdf 109 KB School Safety H 669
Ch_2008-190.pdf 104 KB School Food Service Programs H 623
Ch_2008-090.pdf 110 KB Safe Haven Protection for Surrendered Newborn Infants H 7007
Ch_2008-045.pdf 96 KB Rights of Homeowners/Flags S 1378
Ch_2008-007.pdf 110 KB Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Motor Vehicles H 503
Ch_2008-138.pdf 100 KB Revenue Administration H 5061
Ch_2008-139.pdf 111 KB Retirement H 5063
Ch_2008-131.pdf 101 KB Residential Tenancies H 1489
Ch_2008-065.pdf 102 KB Residential Facilities for Juvenile Offenders S 2820
Ch_2008-073.pdf 98 KB Reserve Officers' Training Corps Programs H 251
Ch_2008-266.pdf 100 KB Relief of Tyler Giblin S 68
Ch_2008-264.pdf 96 KB Relief of Schneidine Theogene S 56
Ch_2008-258.pdf 111 KB Relief of Marissa Amora H 443
Ch_2008-261.pdf 97 KB Relief of Maria Gough and Jorge Gough S 40
Ch_2008-262.pdf 96 KB Relief of Lisa Freeman-Salazar and Andy Salazar S 50
Ch_2008-257.pdf 97 KB Relief of Laura Laporte S 34
Ch_2008-260.pdf 96 KB Relief of Janaria Miller S 38
Ch_2008-263.pdf 96 KB Relief of Daniel Decembre S 54
Ch_2008-269.pdf 100 KB Relief of Brian Daiagi H 787
Ch_2008-259.pdf 100 KB Relief of Alan Jerome Crotzer H 7037
Ch_2008-265.pdf 99 KB Relief of Adrian Fuentes S 60
Ch_2008-231.pdf 113 KB Regulation of Releases from Gambling Vessels S 1094
Ch_2008-240.pdf 425 KB Regulation of Condominiums, Homeowners' Associations, Timeshares, and Various Professions H 601
Ch_2008-129.pdf 131 KB Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Standard and Firefighter Protection Act H 1167
Ch_2008-024.pdf 92 KB Real Property Transfer Returns H 7019
Ch_2008-035.pdf 105 KB Real Estate Conveyances S 464
Ch_2008-070.pdf 93 KB Radio Equipment Using Law Enforcement Frequencies H 151
Ch_2008-089.pdf 157 KB Qualified Defense Contractor Tax Refund Program H 1373
Ch_2008-136.pdf 93 KB Pugilistic Exhibition Events/Permit Fee H 5051
Ch_2008-222.pdf 96 KB Public Records Law/Exemption for Organ Donor Information S 2610
Ch_2008-085.pdf 97 KB Public Records and Meetings H 863
Ch_2008-145.pdf 100 KB Public Records H 7033
Ch_2008-254.pdf 96 KB Public Records H 1141
Ch_2008-041.pdf 108 KB Public Records S 766
Ch_2008-055.pdf 119 KB Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments S 2016
Ch_2008-210.pdf 96 KB Public K-12 Education S 642
Ch_2008-081.pdf 110 KB Public Accountancy H 797
Ch_2008-125.pdf 93 KB Psychology Licensure H 803
Ch_2008-173.pdf 183 KB Property Taxation S 1588
Ch_2008-048.pdf 93 KB Property Leased for Public Purposes S 1502
Ch_2008-224.pdf 106 KB Pretrial Release Programs/Citizens' Right-to-Know Act S 2676
Ch_2008-159.pdf 92 KB POW-MIA flag/State Parks S 274
Ch_2008-193.pdf 100 KB Postsecondary Education H 745
Ch_2008-052.pdf 116 KB Postsecondary Education S 1716
Ch_2008-109.pdf 112 KB Postsecondary Education S 1774
Ch_2008-148.pdf 114 KB Postsecondary Distance Learning H 7105
Ch_2008-277.pdf 110 KB Police Pension Fund of the City of West Palm Beach H 1033
Ch_2008-100.pdf 106 KB Placement of Vessels in State or Federal Waters/Artificial Reefs S 432
Ch_2008-285.pdf 130 KB Pinellas County Sheriff's Civil Service System H 1085
Ch_2008-086.pdf 93 KB Physician Assistants H 989
Ch_2008-216.pdf 111 KB Pharmacy Technicians S 1360
Ch_2008-208.pdf 93 KB Persons Injured by Crime S 92
Ch_2008-099.pdf 106 KB Personal Care Attendant Program S 370
Ch_2008-033.pdf 104 KB Pedestrian Safety S 154
Ch_2008-267.pdf 92 KB Pasco County H 487
Ch_2008-121.pdf 147 KB Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics H 607
Ch_2008-223.pdf 135 KB Organ and Tissue Donation S 2630
Ch_2008-251.pdf 93 KB Orders of No Contact S 622
Ch_2008-013.pdf 100 KB Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund (APD) S 2110
Ch_2008-234.pdf 111 KB Open Government Sunset Review/Victims of Child Abuse or Sex Crimes S 1618
Ch_2008-057.pdf 106 KB Open Government Sunset Review/Paratransit S 2224
Ch_2008-169.pdf 97 KB Open Government Sunset Review/Foster Parents S 1046
Ch_2008-168.pdf 94 KB Open Government Sunset Review/Florida Putative Father Registry S 1042
Ch_2008-218.pdf 97 KB Open Government Sunset Review/DACS S 1630
Ch_2008-146.pdf 96 KB Open Government Sunset Review H 7053
Ch_2008-215.pdf 105 KB Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems S 1318
Ch_2008-233.pdf 92 KB Official State Designations/State Anthem/State Song S 1558
Ch_2008-067.pdf 93 KB Offenses Against Officers H 61
Ch_2008-248.pdf 109 KB My Safe Florida Home Program H 7103
Ch_2008-074.pdf 93 KB Murder/Law Enforcement Officers H 321
Ch_2008-236.pdf 97 KB Motor Vehicles S 1946
Ch_2008-178.pdf 105 KB Motor Vehicle Warranty Associations S 2264
Ch_2008-102.pdf 96 KB Motor Vehicle Registration S 630
Ch_2008-117.pdf 96 KB Motor Vehicle Operation H 137
Ch_2008-062.pdf 130 KB Motor Vehicle Dealers S 2582
Ch_2008-080.pdf 96 KB Mortgage Fraud H 743
Ch_2008-135.pdf 96 KB Mortgage Broker's License H 5049
Ch_2008-177.pdf 399 KB Money Services Businesses S 2158
Ch_2008-162.pdf 112 KB Missing Persons S 502
Ch_2008-243.pdf 124 KB Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services H 1429
Ch_2008-060.pdf 92 KB Memory Disorder Clinics S 2516
Ch_2008-058.pdf 95 KB Medical Faculty Certificates S 2366
Ch_2008-217.pdf 93 KB Medical Assistance Eligibility of Inmates S 1456
Ch_2008-044.pdf 95 KB Medicaid Waiver Program/Alzheimer's Disease S 1092
Ch_2008-120.pdf 132 KB Material Harmful to Minors H 559
Ch_2008-273.pdf 156 KB Marion County Hospital District H 935
Ch_2008-175.pdf 115 KB Lien Claims/Homeowners' Associations S 1986
Ch_2008-068.pdf 95 KB License Plates/County Issuance H 69
Ch_2008-037.pdf 93 KB License Plates/Bethune-Cookman S 732
Ch_2008-182.pdf 96 KB Lewd or Lascivious Molestation H 85
Ch_2008-276.pdf 118 KB Lee County H 1031
Ch_2008-249.pdf 135 KB Law Enforcement, Department of H 7113
Ch_2008-282.pdf 105 KB Lauderhill, Plantation, and Fort Lauderdale, Cities of H 1071
Ch_2008-229.pdf 339 KB Land Acquisition and Management S 542
Ch_2008-297.pdf 103 KB Lakeland, City of H 1545
Ch_2008-291.pdf 93 KB Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District H 1231
Ch_2008-194.pdf 97 KB Judicial Sales H 773
Ch_2008-113.pdf 92 KB Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute S 1864
Ch_2008-296.pdf 113 KB Jackson County Sheriff's Office H 1543
Ch_2008-059.pdf 141 KB Investment of Local Government Surplus Funds S 2422
Ch_2008-225.pdf 177 KB Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children H 1203
Ch_2008-228.pdf 97 KB Interscholastic and Intrascholastic Sports S 526
Ch_2008-043.pdf 102 KB Intergovernmental Cooperation S 1070
Ch_2008-050.pdf 100 KB Interagency Data Sharing S 1616
Ch_2008-066.pdf 353 KB Insurance/Homeowner's Bill of Rights Act S 2860
Ch_2008-220.pdf 199 KB Insurance S 2012
Ch_2008-237.pdf 139 KB Insurance S 2082
Ch_2008-036.pdf 102 KB Insurable Interests S 648
Ch_2008-040.pdf 106 KB Inland Navigation S 758
Ch_2008-180.pdf 97 KB Informed Consent for Spaceflight S 2438
Ch_2008-110.pdf 92 KB Indigent Civil Defense Fund (Justice Administrative Commission) S 1788
Ch_2008-272.pdf 104 KB Indian Trail Improvement District H 933
Ch_2008-122.pdf 101 KB Independent Living Transition Services H 625
Ch_2008-103.pdf 97 KB HIV/AIDS Educational Requirements S 646
Ch_2008-219.pdf 109 KB HIV Testing S 1648
Ch_2008-186.pdf 103 KB Historic Pensacola Properties/Management H 337
Ch_2008-271.pdf 93 KB Hillsborough County H 889
Ch_2008-290.pdf 96 KB Hillsborough County H 1225
Ch_2008-283.pdf 96 KB Hillsboro Inlet District H 1073
Ch_2008-032.pdf 189 KB Health Insurance S 2534
Ch_2008-119.pdf 102 KB Health Insurance H 535
Ch_2008-212.pdf 115 KB Health Insurance S 1012
Ch_2008-118.pdf 93 KB Health Flex Plans H 461
Ch_2008-246.pdf 184 KB Health Care Fraud and Abuse H 7083
Ch_2008-143.pdf 216 KB Health Care H 5085
Ch_2008-124.pdf 123 KB Guardian Advocates for Persons with Developmental Disabilities H 739
Ch_2008-181.pdf 98 KB Group Self-Insurance Funds S 2462
Ch_2008-023.pdf 93 KB Grants and Donations Trust Fund (FWC) S 2132
Ch_2008-072.pdf 96 KB Gertrude Maxwell Save a Pet Act H 219
Ch_2008-153.pdf 230 KB General Appropriations Act Implementation H 5003
Ch_2008-087.pdf 95 KB Funding for State Veterans' Homes H 1027
Ch_2008-093.pdf 93 KB Fund B Surplus Funds Trust Fund H 7097
Ch_2008-275.pdf 92 KB Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District H 999
Ch_2008-079.pdf 121 KB Foreclosure Fraud H 643
Ch_2008-025.pdf 93 KB Food Donation by Public Food Service Establishments S 276
Ch_2008-004.pdf 770 KB Florida Statutes/Reviser's Bill S 1678
Ch_2008-005.pdf 107 KB Florida Statutes/Reviser's Bill S 1680
Ch_2008-006.pdf 375 KB Florida Statutes/Reviser's Bill S 1682
Ch_2008-003.pdf 96 KB Florida Statutes/Adoption of S 1676
Ch_2008-091.pdf 100 KB Florida Self-Directed Care Program H 7041
Ch_2008-077.pdf 101 KB Florida Retirement System H 531
Ch_2008-128.pdf 98 KB Florida Public Task Force on Workplace Safety H 967
Ch_2008-198.pdf 104 KB Florida 2008 Title Insurance Study Advisory Council H 937
Ch_2008-106.pdf 108 KB Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission S 1286
Ch_2008-247.pdf 1 MB Fish and Wildlife Conservation H 7091
Ch_2008-132.pdf 104 KB Financial Services H 5043
Ch_2008-075.pdf 128 KB Financial Services H 343
Ch_2008-022.pdf 93 KB Federal Grants Trust Fund (FWC) S 2130
Ch_2008-012.pdf 100 KB Federal Grants Trust Fund (APD) S 2108
Ch_2008-082.pdf 97 KB Family Readiness Program H 843
Ch_2008-172.pdf 209 KB Exploited Children S 1442
Ch_2008-201.pdf 101 KB Exemptions/Tax on Sales, Use, and Other Transactions H 1059
Ch_2008-230.pdf 93 KB Excavation and Demolition Notification System S 794
Ch_2008-049.pdf 109 KB Everglades Restoration Bonds S 1552
Ch_2008-108.pdf 228 KB Ethics in Education Act S 1712
Ch_2008-200.pdf 96 KB Escrow Agents H 1037
Ch_2008-239.pdf 179 KB Environmental Site Redevelopment H 527
Ch_2008-150.pdf 229 KB Environmental Protection S 1294
Ch_2008-227.pdf 691 KB Energy H 7135
Ch_2008-051.pdf 102 KB Emergency Dispatchers S 1694
Ch_2008-095.pdf 219 KB Elections S 866
Ch_2008-160.pdf 105 KB Elderly Persons and Disabled Adults S 366
Ch_2008-213.pdf 98 KB Educational Facilities S 1276
Ch_2008-026.pdf 97 KB Education S 242
Ch_2008-142.pdf 184 KB Education H 5083
Ch_2008-235.pdf 233 KB Education S 1908
Ch_2008-140.pdf 105 KB Economic Development H 5071
Ch_2008-196.pdf 143 KB Early Learning H 879
Ch_2008-207.pdf 508 KB Drugs, Devices, and Cosmetics H 7049
Ch_2008-053.pdf 96 KB Driving with Suspended, Revoked, or Canceled License S 1988
Ch_2008-094.pdf 96 KB Don Davis Physical Education Act S 610
Ch_2008-027.pdf 96 KB DNA Testing H 29
Ch_2008-114.pdf 142 KB Distribution of Excise Taxes S 1882
Ch_2008-046.pdf 100 KB Dissolution of Marriage S 1474
Ch_2008-137.pdf 93 KB Disposition of Traffic Infractions H 5059
Ch_2008-170.pdf 134 KB Dismantling and Destruction/Motor Vehicles and Mobile Homes S 1076
Ch_2008-156.pdf 96 KB Disability History and Awareness S 856
Ch_2008-084.pdf 109 KB Direct-Support Organizations H 861
Ch_2008-244.pdf 122 KB Developmental Disabilities H 7075
Ch_2008-270.pdf 112 KB DeSoto County Hospital District H 791
Ch_2008-256.pdf 130 KB Designations of State Facilities S 1604
Ch_2008-018.pdf 97 KB Department of Veterans' Affairs/Trust Funds S 2120
Ch_2008-141.pdf 96 KB Department of State H 5073
Ch_2008-176.pdf 269 KB Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles S 1992
Ch_2008-019.pdf 122 KB Department of Health/Trust Funds S 2122
Ch_2008-020.pdf 97 KB Department of Elderly Affairs/Trust Funds S 2124
Ch_2008-016.pdf 122 KB Department of Children and Family Services/Terminating Trust Funds S 2116
Ch_2008-134.pdf 109 KB Department of Business and Professional Regulation H 5047
Ch_2008-064.pdf 122 KB Dentistry S 2760
Ch_2008-252.pdf 102 KB Dating Violence H 313
Ch_2008-199.pdf 141 KB Cultural and Historical Programs H 987
Ch_2008-112.pdf 95 KB Criminal Justice Information S 1792
Ch_2008-238.pdf 278 KB Criminal Activity H 43
Ch_2008-255.pdf 114 KB Counterfeit Goods H 1417
Ch_2008-130.pdf 117 KB Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys H 1395
Ch_2008-250.pdf 200 KB Corrections, Department of H 7137
Ch_2008-054.pdf 102 KB Correctional Policies S 2000
Ch_2008-241.pdf 114 KB Corporate Income Tax Credit Scholarship Program H 653
Ch_2008-206.pdf 106 KB Corporate Income Tax H 5065
Ch_2008-184.pdf 146 KB Controlled Substances H 173
Ch_2008-088.pdf 137 KB Controlled Substances H 1363
Ch_2008-047.pdf 108 KB Consumer Information Concerning Health Care S 1488
Ch_2008-105.pdf 101 KB Concealed Weapons Licenses S 948
Ch_2008-039.pdf 128 KB Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration S 756
Ch_2008-205.pdf 98 KB Community Service/Infractions of Noncriminal Traffic Offenses H 1509
Ch_2008-163.pdf 115 KB Community Colleges S 696
Ch_2008-028.pdf 281 KB Community Associations H 995
Ch_2008-202.pdf 115 KB Community Associations H 1105
Ch_2008-287.pdf 155 KB Clearwater, City of H 1089
Ch_2008-127.pdf 117 KB Cleanup of Sites Contaminated by Petroleum H 961
Ch_2008-295.pdf 102 KB City of Orlando Firefighter Pension Fund H 1515
Ch_2008-221.pdf 112 KB Citrus/Commercial Citrus Groves S 2222
Ch_2008-096.pdf 124 KB Children's Zones H 3
Ch_2008-030.pdf 123 KB Children with Disabilities/Autism Spectrum Disorder S 2654
Ch_2008-157.pdf 92 KB Child Welfare Professionals Recognition Day S 78
Ch_2008-092.pdf 121 KB Child Support Enforcement H 7073
Ch_2008-245.pdf 211 KB Child Protection H 7077
Ch_2008-061.pdf 351 KB Child Custody and Support S 2532
Ch_2008-164.pdf 93 KB Certification of Clinical Nurse Specialists S 736
Ch_2008-029.pdf 112 KB Certificates of Need S 2326
Ch_2008-083.pdf 93 KB Cemetery Lands H 853
Ch_2008-126.pdf 104 KB Career Service System H 887
Ch_2008-288.pdf 96 KB Canaveral Port District H 1145
Ch_2008-187.pdf 132 KB Business Entities H 419
Ch_2008-191.pdf 224 KB Building Code Standards H 697
Ch_2008-278.pdf 95 KB Broward County H 1063
Ch_2008-279.pdf 92 KB Broward County H 1065
Ch_2008-280.pdf 92 KB Broward County H 1067
Ch_2008-281.pdf 92 KB Broward County H 1069
Ch_2008-292.pdf 92 KB Brevard County H 1263
Ch_2008-268.pdf 108 KB Bradford County H 507
Ch_2008-226.pdf 107 KB Beverage Law H 951
Ch_2008-286.pdf 92 KB Belleair Beach, City of H 1087
Ch_2008-242.pdf 115 KB Beach Management H 1427
Ch_2008-101.pdf 97 KB Automated External Defibrillators S 564
Ch_2008-166.pdf 93 KB ATM Transactions S 966
Ch_2008-002.pdf 101 KB Appropriations/Implementation S 2502
Ch_2008-152.pdf 1 MB Appropriations/General Appropriations Act 2008-2009 H 5001
Ch_2008-001.pdf 404 KB Appropriations/General Appropriations Act H 7009
Ch_2008-209.pdf 93 KB Amateur Matches S 458
Ch_2008-174.pdf 106 KB Alternative High School Courses and Programs S 1906
Ch_2008-192.pdf 102 KB Aldridge/Benge Firefighter Safety Act H 727
Ch_2008-107.pdf 115 KB Agriculture S 1702
Ch_2008-183.pdf 118 KB Agency Inspectors General H 165
Ch_2008-144.pdf 101 KB Agency for Persons with Disabilities H 5087
Ch_2008-009.pdf 134 KB Agency for Health Care Administration/Terminating Trust Funds S 2102
Ch_2008-021.pdf 93 KB Administrative Trust Fund (FWC) S 2128
Ch_2008-010.pdf 100 KB Administrative Trust Fund (APD) S 2104
Ch_2008-104.pdf 199 KB Administrative Procedures S 704
Ch_2008-197.pdf 120 KB Ad Valorem Taxation H 909
Ch_2008-179.pdf 97 KB Commercial Motor Vehicles S 2296