Bills

Community Development Districts; Providing that specified provisions regarding synthetic turf do not apply to community development districts enforcing deed restrictions; authorizing the removal of certain members of the board of supervisors of a community development district by recall; specifying requirements for a recall referendum; providing that certain board members of community development districts are subje…

Big Cypress Basin ; Revises membership of Big Cypress Basin governing board; requires SFWMD to revise boundaries of Big Cypress Basin based on specified study & ensure that distribution of basin ad valorem taxes be used for specified projects & flood control operations & maintenance.

Career Offender Registration; Requires driver license or ID marking for career offender; specifies reporting location and required information for initial career offender registration; specifies manner in which information changes must be reported; revises information & documentation certain career offenders must provide to DHSMV; removes provision relating to career offender's registering at FDLE; specifies procedu…

Career Offender Registration; Requiring a certain driver license or identification card marking for a career offender; requiring a career offender to report to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in a certain month to obtain an updated or renewed driver license or identification card; providing that if a sanction is not imposed upon a career offender, such offender is deemed to have been released upo…

Heated Tobacco Products; Revising the definition of the term “cigarette”; revising the definition of the term “tobacco products”; defining the term “heated tobacco product”, etc.

Affordable Housing; Revises upwards length of time that certain rental units must remain affordable in order to qualify for specified zoning variance; requires certain incentives be used for construction of affordable housing; revises downward maximum median income used to determine eligibility for certain tax incentives; specifies that certain taxes do not apply to first-time homebuyers.

Affordable Housing; Increasing the length of time that certain rental units must remain affordable in order to qualify for a specified zoning variance; requiring that certain incentives be used for the construction of affordable housing; decreasing the maximum median income used to determine eligibility for certain tax incentives; specifying that documentary stamp taxes do not apply to deeds, transfers, or conveyanc…

Ad Valorem Tax Revenue in Fiscally Constrained Counties; Requiring the Legislature to appropriate funds for a specified purpose; requiring that such funds be distributed in a specified manner; requiring specified counties to apply for such distribution; providing requirements for application; providing a specified calculation to be used to determine funding; providing for a reversion of funds in specified circumstan…

Justice Administrative Commission; Revising the membership of the Justice Administrative Commission, etc.

Court Fees; Increases service charges clerk of circuit court charges for certain services rendered by clerk's office; increases certain filing fees & service charges that may be charged by clerk in probate matters; increases certain filing fees & service charges in trial & appellate proceedings; increases certain filing fees & service charges for civil actions, suits, or proceedings in county court; revises distribu…

Children's Initiatives; Establishes Bay County 32401 Children's Initiative in Bay County & Pompano RYZE Children's Initiative in Broward County; provides for projects to be managed by corporations not for profit that are not subject to control, supervision, or direction by any department of state; requires corporations to be subject to state public records & meeting requirements & procurement of commodities & contra…

Violations of Pretrial Release Conditions for Violent Crimes; Citing this act as the “Victim Safety in Pretrial Release Act”; providing that a person who is on pretrial release for a specified violent crime commits a separate criminal offense if such person willfully violates certain conditions of pretrial release; providing criminal penalties; providing that a law enforcement officer is not liable in a civil action…

Violations of Pretrial Release Conditions for Violent Crimes; Provides that person who is on pretrial release for specified violent crime commits separate criminal offense if such person willfully violates certain conditions of pretrial release; provides penalty for second or subsequent violation; requires person who is arrested for committing specified violations to be held in custody until his or her first appeara…

Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel; Requiring that an office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel provide a certain written notice to the court under specified conditions; authorizing the court to appoint an office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel in another region for certain cases in certain circumstances; requiring the court to consider judicial economy and geographi…

Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel; Requires offices of criminal conflict & civil regional counsel to provide notice to court in certain circumstances; authorizes courts to appoint office of criminal conflict & civil regional counsel from another region to represent defendant if certain requirements are met; requires court to appoint private counsel under certain circumstances; requires JAC to p…

Artificial Intelligence in Education; Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt statewide standards and policies for the use of artificial intelligence (AI); requiring the board to direct the department to provide specified teacher training; requiring the board to direct the department to review school district compliance with AI policies; requiring students in specified grade levels to receive instruction on …

Child Welfare; Provides that new medical report relating to provision of psychotropic medication to child in legal custody of DCF may be required only under certain circumstances; requires DCF & each community-based care lead agency to coordinate with certain organizations & meet quarterly; requires DCF & each community-based care lead agency to make certain information available on their respective websites; requir…

Child Welfare; Providing that a new medical report relating to the provision of psychotropic medication to a child in the legal custody of the Department of Children and Families may be required only under certain circumstances; requiring the department and each community-based care lead agency to coordinate with certain organizations and meet at least quarterly for a specified purpose; requiring a physician to prov…

Fuel Taxes; Revising the distribution of the proceeds of the fuel sales tax; revising the transfer of funds received and collected into the Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund, etc.

Juvenile Justice; Requires court to determine minimum period of time for child to remain in commitment program; requires child to remain in program until completion; authorizes specified minimum period of time for minimum-risk nonresidential commitment for misdemeanor of second degree; requires child to have objective performance-based treatment plan while in program; reduces minimum required age for child to be com…

Child Care and Early Learning Services ; Revises minimum standards for child care facility licensing; removes provisions requiring family day care homes & large family child care homes to provide specified information to parents; prohibits residential property insurance policies from providing coverage for liability for claims arising out of, or in connection with, operations of large family child care homes; prohib…

Child Care and Early Learning Services; Revising the information on child care required to be disseminated electronically to the community; deleting the requirement that family child care homes and large family child care homes, respectively, provide specified information to parents each year; requiring that certain child care facilities exempt from licensure requirements meet certain minimum requirements; prohibiti…

HIV Prevention Justice Act; Citing this act as the “HIV Prevention Justice Act”; reducing the degree of criminal penalty for certain persons who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and who donate blood, plasma, organs, skin, or other human tissue for use in another person; revising prohibitions relating to the intentional transmission of certain diseases through sexual conduct; revising requirements…

Waste Management; Deleting obsolete provisions that provide legislative findings and require the Department of Environmental Protection to review and update a specified report; preempting the regulation of auxiliary containers to the state; permitting rules, regulations, or ordinances restricting the use of glass auxiliary containers within the boundaries of a public beach; authorizing the Division of Recreation and…

Areas of Critical State Concern; Providing an exemption from specified payment and performance bond requirements for specified entities under specified conditions; extending the time period specific Florida Forever appropriations must be spent on land acquisition in the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern, etc.

Protection of Specified Persons Against the Fraudulent and Exploitative Conveyance of Property Interests; Revises persons who must report abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults to include clerk of court; requires quitclaim deed be executed in presence of specified number of subscribing witnesses; prohibits recording of such deeds until after specified cooling-off period; authorizes specified adult to d…

Protection of Specified Persons Against the Fraudulent and Exploitative Conveyance of Property Interests; Revising the list of persons who must report abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults to include the clerk of the court; requiring that any deed or instrument purporting to convey real property or an interest therein be executed in the presence of a specified number of independent witnesses; authoriz…

Community Health Worker Services; Authorizes AHCA to pay for community health worker services as optional Medicaid service; specifies coverage requirements; defines "community health worker"; requires agency to adopt rules; authorizes agency to seek federal approval; adds community health worker services to list of Medicaid services authorized for reimbursement on fee-for-service basis; adds community health worker …

Temporary Door Locking Devices; Defining the term “temporary door locking device”; authorizing temporary door locking devices to be installed at any height; requiring the Florida Building Commission to incorporate certain standards for temporary door locking devices into the Florida Building Code; requiring the use of temporary door locking devices be integrated into building safety plans, safety drills, and trainin…

Public Records; Providing that it is a violation of specified provisions to fail to acknowledge a public records request promptly and in good faith; requiring custodians of public records to perform specified actions within a specified timeframe; prohibiting agencies from charging for specified public records requests; providing that violations of any law providing access to public records are violations of specifie…

Public Records; Provides that it is a violation of specified provisions to fail to acknowledge public records request promptly & respond to such request in good faith; revises various provisions relating to custodians of public records, agencies, fees, & penalties; requires written, detailed cost estimate be provided upon request to persons seeking to inspect or copy public record; requires courts to assess specifie…

Rental Agreements for Residential Tenancies; Prohibiting the imposition of certain fees, surcharges, and time periods in rental agreements; revising the time period for payment of rent from 3 days to 5 days; prohibiting landlords from imposing any fee or surcharge during such time period, etc.

Municipal Utilities; Authorizes municipality to transfer portion of its public utility earnings to its general fund; requires that such percentages be established or reestablished by local referendum, subject to majority vote; provides exception to percentage restrictions in event of disaster or emergency; authorizes such percentages to be established by passage of resolution, by four-fifths vote; requires such perc…

Ad Valorem Tax Revenue in Fiscally Constrained Counties; Requires Legislature to appropriate funds for specified purpose; requires that such funds be distributed in specified manner; requires specified counties to apply for such distribution; provides requirements for application; provides specified calculation to be used to determine funding; provides for reversion of funds in specified circumstances.

911 Public Safety Telecommunicator Employment-related Mental or Nervous Injuries; Defining the term “911 public safety telecommunicator”; providing that specified provisions relating to certain medical benefits for mental or nervous injuries for first responders also apply to 911 public safety telecommunicators, etc.

911 Public Safety Telecommunicator Employment-related Mental or Nervous Injuries; Provides that specified provisions relating to certain medical benefits for mental or nervous injuries for first responders also apply to 911 public safety telecommunicators.

State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System; Abrogating the scheduled expiration of provisions relating to the remission of surcharges for specified criminal offenses and noncriminal moving traffic violations to the Department of Revenue to fund the state agency law enforcement radio system and to provide technical assistance with respect to statewide systems of regional law enforcement communications, etc.

Veteran Benefit Payments to Minor Clients; Authorizing the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Health, or the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to access certain benefit payments for specified purposes; prohibiting the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Health, or the Agency for Persons with Disabilities from supplanting certain financial assistance, etc.

Temporary Door Locking Devices; Defines "temporary door locking device"; authorizing temporary door locking devices to be installed at any height; requires Florida Building Commission to incorporate certain standards for temporary door locking devices into Florida Building Code; requires use of temporary door locking devices be integrated into building safety plans, safety drills, & training programs for specified p…

Pub. Rec./Office of Financial Regulation; Provides exemption from public records requirements for information received by OFR relating to cybersecurity event of loan originators, mortgage brokers, & mortgage lenders; certain trade, commerce, & investments; breaches of security of financial institutions; & applications for authority to organize new financial institutions & for certain information relating to specifie…

Waste Facilities; Prohibiting a local government or the Department of Environmental Protection, respectively, from issuing a construction permit for certain solid waste disposal and waste-to-energy facilities under certain circumstances, etc.

Government Waste and Misconduct; Requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, the Auditor General, and the Government Efficiency Task Force to prepare a specified report; requiring that the report include an investigation and evaluation of all state spending; creating the Working Floridians Tax Rebate Program within the Department of Commerce for a certain purpose; defining the term…

Government Waste and Misconduct; Requires specified parties prepare a report investigating & evaluating specified subjects & identifying certain funds; requires AG to take certain actions to recover specified funds; requires such recovered funds be used for certain purpose; requires specified funds be transferred & used for certain purpose; creates Working Floridians Tax Rebate Program within DOR for certain purpose…

Medical Malpractice Liability Coverage; Increasing the minimum amount of professional liability coverage certain physicians and osteopathic physicians, respectively, are required to maintain as a condition of licensure, etc.

Medicaid Coverage of Blood Pressure Monitors and Cuffs; Defines "blood pressure monitor & cuff;" requiring AHCA to provide coverage for blood pressure monitors & cuffs under Medicaid pharmacy benefit for certain persons; provides requirements for coverage; provides that coverage of blood pressure monitors & cuffs includes cost of any necessary repairs or replacement parts; provides coverage qualification requirement…

Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Specifying requirements for issuance, denial, suspension, and revocation of ambulatory surgical center licenses; requiring each licensed facility to maintain and provide upon request records of all inspection reports pertaining to that facility; prohibiting any person from paying or receiving a commission, bonus, kickback, or rebate or engaging in any split-fee arrangement for referring …

Medicaid Coverage of Blood Pressure Monitoring Devices; Defining the terms “blood pressure cuff” and “validated at-home blood pressure monitor”; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, subject to the availability of funds and certain limitations and directions, to provide coverage for validated at-home blood pressure monitors and blood pressure cuffs for certain Medicaid recipients; providing constructi…

Health Care Freedom Act; Citing this act as the “Health Care Freedom Act”; repealing provisions relating to the prohibited use of state funds for travel to another state for purpose of abortion services, the prohibited use of state funds for sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures, and the right of medical conscience of health care providers and health care payors, respectively; creating the “Health Care Transp…

Health Care; Repeals provisions relating to sex-reassignment prescriptions & procedures & civil liability for provision of sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures to minors, respectively; requires covered entity to adopt policy relating to providing notice of its refused services; requires DOH to publish & maintain on its website current list of covered entities & their refused services & develop & administer p…

Elections; Requiring that the Secretary of State be elected, rather than appointed, and serve a specified term; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote for the early voting period or election day at an early voting site or his or her polling place and cast a ballot immediate…