Bills

Marriage and Family Therapists Licensure by Endorsement; Requires Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, & Mental Health Counseling to issue license by endorsement to certain applicants.

Motor Vehicle Insurance; Repeals provisions relating to application of Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law; revises motor vehicle insurance coverages that applicant must show to register certain vehicles with DHSMV; revises garage liability insurance requirements for motor vehicle dealer license applicants; revises financial responsibility requirements for owners or lessees of for-hire passenger transportation vehicl…

States of Emergency; Provides that state of emergency renewed by Governor expires within specified timeframe; authorizes Legislature to extend state of emergency under specified circumstances; provides that such extension is valid for specified timeframe; prohibits such timeframe from exceeding end of next regular session; requires Governor to immediately issue certain executive order or proclamation consistent with…

Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates; Requiring a municipality to charge customers receiving its utility services in another municipality the same rates, fees, and charges as it charges consumers within its own municipal boundaries under certain circumstances, etc.

Mental Health Programs for Gun Violence Prevention; Requiring IMPACT GNV of the City of Gainesville, in collaboration with certain entities, to develop and implement the Gun Violence Prevention Pilot Program; providing alternatives to incarceration for specified youth; requiring the City of Gainesville, in collaboration with Alachua County, to annually submit a specified report to IMPACT GNV by a specified date, etc…

Water Management Districts; Requires Commission on Ethics to investigate lobbyist or principal who has made prohibited expenditure & to provide Governor with report of its findings & recommendations regarding such investigation; prohibits certain persons from making or accepting expenditures; requires South Florida Water Management District, in cooperation with DEP, to provide detailed report that includes total est…

School and Child Care Facility Emergency Alerts; Requires local law enforcement agency to activate emergency alert system & issue Ya Ya Alert to public & private schools & child care facilities; requires local law enforcement agencies to create & maintain list of such schools & facilities within their jurisdictions; provides requirements for maintenance of such list; provides immunity from civil liability to certain…

Mental Health Programs for Gun Violence Prevention; Requires IMPACT GVN of City of Gainesville, in collaboration with others, to develop & implement Gun Violence Prevention Pilot Program; provides eligibility & program requirements; provides alternatives to incarceration for specified youth; provides for referrals to specified programs; requires City of Gainesville, in collaboration with Alachua County, to annually …

Consumer Fairness in Utility Rates; Requires certain municipalities to impose same utility rates, fees, & charges on consumers within its municipal boundaries & boundaries of recipient municipality; prohibits such municipalities from imposing surcharges on consumers within boundaries of recipient municipality unless certain conditions are met; prohibits certain use of such surcharges; requires such municipalities to…

Office of Financial Regulation; Requires loan originators, mortgage brokers, & mortgage lenders & money services businesses to develop, implement, & maintain comprehensive written information security programs for protection of information systems & nonpublic personal information & to establish written incident response plans; provides requirements for notices of security breaches; revises list of actions by money s…

Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property; Revises time in which action founded on design, planning, or construction of improvement to real property shall be commenced; revises date on which statute of limitations period for such action begins; revises latest date by which action shall be commenced.

Commercial Service Airports; Preempting the naming of major commercial service airports to the state; providing names for major commercial service airports; providing that such airport names continue to be valid under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Transportation to annually review provisions naming major commercial service airports for a certain purpose; providing that a political subdivision is…

Residential Living Arrangements; Providing that a community residence is a residential use of property; providing that a family community residence or transitional community residence constitutes a residential use allowed in specified zoning districts if certain requirements are met; providing that a proposed community residence may receive a reasonable accommodation if the sponsoring entity demonstrates that specif…

Commercial Service Airports; Preempts naming of major commercial service airports to state; provides names for major commercial service airports; provides that renaming specified airport is subject to approval of FAA & execution of certain agreement; provides that such airport names continue to be valid under certain circumstances; requires DOT to annually review provisions naming major commercial service airports f…

Legal Tender; Ratifying specified rules relating to legal tender for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to chapter 2025-100, Laws of Florida, etc.

State Immigration Enforcement Action Database; Requiring the State Board of Immigration Enforcement to create and administer the State Immigration Enforcement Action Database; requiring that the database be accessible through a publicly available website and be searchable; requiring law enforcement agencies and entities contracting for private correctional services in this state to submit to the board specified info…

Gift Certificates; Revises definition of term "gift certificate"; removes provisions authorizing expiration of gift certificates under specified circumstances.

Internet Crimes Against Children Programs; Renames Online Sting Operations Grant Program created within FDLE as Internet Crimes Against Children Grant Program; revises purpose of grant program; revises authorized uses for grant program funds; creates Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Funding Program within FDLE; specifies how program funds may be used; requires specified percentage distribution of program …

Internet Crimes Against Children Programs; Renaming the Online Sting Operations Grant Program created within the Department of Law Enforcement as the Internet Crimes Against Children Grant Program; revising the purpose of the grant program; revising the authorized uses for grant program funds; creating the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Funding Program within the Department of Law Enforcement, etc.

Underground Utility and Excavation Contractors; Revising the definition of the term “underground utility and excavation contractor”; authorizing an underground utility and excavation contractor to take certain actions relating to underground piping for fire protection systems; defining the term “underground utility and excavation contractor”, etc.

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Revises definition of term "autism"; requires, rather than authorizing, State Board of Education to adopt certain rules; requires that such rules include requirement related to autism spectrum disorder for certain K-12 teachers.

Coverage for the Treatment of Stuttering; Authorizes AHCA to pay for certain services & devices as treatment of stuttering for Medicaid recipients; authorizes speech therapy in person & via telehealth as treatment for stuttering; authorizes agency to include use of certain communication technologies, applications, & platforms for such telehealth treatment; requires certain individual health insurance policies, group…

Prohibition of Pyramid Promotional Schemes; Citing this act as the “Direct Sales Consumer Protection Act”; prohibiting a person from establishing, promoting, operating, or participating in a pyramid promotional scheme; requiring the Department of Legal Affairs to issue and serve a complaint and cease and desist order in certain instances; providing penalties, etc.

Prohibition of Pyramid Promotional Schemes; Prohibits person from establishing, promoting, operating, or participating in pyramid promotional scheme; provides penalties; provides for restitution; provides that specified provisions & penalties are in addition to civil, administrative, or criminal actions provided by law

Locations of Sheriffs' Offices; Authorizes sheriffs' offices to be located at any location in counties, rather than requires offices to be at county seats.

Sexual Assault Education and Support; Citing this act as the “Safe Students and Survivors Act”; requiring school districts to appoint a districtwide sexual assault response liaison for specified purposes; establishing the Safe Students and Survivors Grant Program to be administered by the Department of Health; revising the required health instruction for students in grades 7 through 12 to include instruction on sexu…

Resident Status for Tuition Purposes; Providing that a person may not lose his or her resident status for tuition purposes due to incarceration, etc.

Condominium Structural Integrity Reserve Studies; Defining the term “structural integrity reserve study”; requiring condominium associations that govern a building of a specified height to conduct a structural integrity reserve study for a specified purpose; providing that condominium associations that govern a building that does not meet such specified height requirement are not required to conduct a structural int…

Bleeding Control Kits in K-12 Schools; Requires responses to severe bleeding incidents on school grounds to be included in each public school's plan for urgent life-saving emergencies; requires public schools to have bleeding control kits on school grounds by specified date; requires DOE to establish guidelines for determining required number of kits for each school; requires certain staff to receive training relate…

Foreign Students Enrolled in Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Requires FCS institutions & state universities to limit number of enrolled students who are citizens of foreign country & who are not permanent residents of United States to specified percentage of students enrolled at institution or university.

Enforcement of School Attendance; Requiring district school boards to implement a mandatory alert system within specified systems or platforms to notify certain persons when a student reaches the truancy threshold for absences, etc.

Political Activity at Public Institutions of Higher Education; Requires public institutions of higher education to inform students & employees of Campus Free Expression Act through specified means; requires BOG & SBE to adopt regulations & rules, respectively, describing limitations of state universities & FCS institutions relating to certain political campaign activities; requires boards of trustees of such univers…

Recovery Residences; Specifies level of background screening DCF must require of certain persons; prohibits department from requiring certain existing licensed service providers that are seeking to add licensed services or one or more additional levels of care at existing licensed location or at one or more new locations to admit individuals for services during probationary period, if certain requirements are met wi…

Alternative Sources of Weather Information; Revising the requirements of the state comprehensive emergency plan to include the evaluation of the integration of supplemental weather observational data and advanced forecasting products and the effects on specified areas; requiring the Division of Emergency Management to take specified actions to integrate, evaluate, and promote supplemental weather observational data …

Enforcement of School Attendance; Requires district school boards to implement mandatory alert system within specified systems or platforms to notify certain persons when student reaches truancy threshold for absences.

Alternative Sources of Weather Information; Requires state comprehensive emergency plan evaluate integration of supplemental weather observational data & advanced forecasting products & effect on specified areas; defines “advanced forecasting products” & “supplemental weather observational data”; requires Division of Emergency Management to take specified actions to integrate, evaluate, & promote supplemental weathe…

Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property; Revising the time in which an action founded on the design, planning, or construction of an improvement to real property shall be commenced; revising the date on which the statute of limitations period for such action begins; defining the terms “completion of the improvement” and “completion of the contract”, etc.

Relief/Maury Hernandez/Department of Corrections ; Provides appropriation to compensate Maury Hernandez for injuries & damages sustained as consequence of DOC failures to enforce probation laws, regulations, & policies; provides legislative intent that certain liens be waived; provides limitation on payment of compensation & attorney fees. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $5,000,000

Sexual Violence Policies; Requiring schools to establish sexual violence policies and supportive measures; specifying requirements for the policies and measures; requiring schools to notify specified persons of the policies and measures; specifying requirements for such notifications; requiring the policies and measures to be published in specified places and on certain websites, etc.

Protective Injunctions and Protection Orders; Requires respondent to surrender to local law enforcement agency all firearms, ammunition, & licenses to carry concealed weapon or firearm after issuance of final judgment on injunction for protection against domestic violence; provides for surrender & storage of firearms, ammunition, & licenses to carry concealed weapon or firearm after issuance of protective injunction…

Extracurricular Activities; Authorizing district school boards to adopt policies for the use of certain funds to provide funding to specified persons relating to extracurricular activities; revising eligibility requirements for a student to participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity; requiring the athletic director or other appropriate administrator to maintain records for all elig…

Education on Abusive Head Trauma; Requiring the Department of Health to adopt evidence-based parent education materials that describe the dangers of abusive head trauma, including shaken baby syndrome; specifying requirements for the distribution of the parent education materials, including a statewide public education campaign; requiring the department to implement a multi-year phase-in plan for the distribution of…

Powers of Neighborhood Improvement Districts; Authorizing a neighborhood improvement district to plan, finance, or complete structural safety or building compliance improvements if approved by a majority vote of the district’s residents or by a certain advisory council, etc.

Forensic Services for Certain Defendants; Revising the definition of the term “forensic client” or “client”, etc.

Department of Health; Revising definitions; revising eligibility requirements for dentists and dental hygienists participating in the Dental Student Loan Repayment Program; revising requirements for department approval of qualified physicians and medical directors of medical marijuana treatment centers; creating the Neurofibromatosis Disease Grant Program within the Department of Health; prohibiting marriage betwee…

Recovery Residences; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to require only a level 2 background screening for certain individuals under certain circumstances; prohibiting the department from requiring certain existing licensed service providers to admit individuals for services during the probationary licensing period if certain requirements and conditions are met, etc.

Customer Service Callback Queues; Establishing a pilot program to require the Department of Commerce to use a callback queue for returning certain calls; requiring that calls be returned in a specified manner; requiring the department to report specified information to the Legislature by a certain date, etc.

Virtual Currency Transfers; Providing that requests by a defendant, regardless of location, to residents of this state to transfer virtual currency to an account located outside of this state subjects the defendant to the jurisdiction of the state courts, etc.

Jurisdiction Over Virtual Currency Transactions; Provides for jurisdiction over virtual currency transactions originating in this state & when certain acts occur in this state.

Persons Disqualified from Being Appointed as a Guardian; Authorizes court to appoint person who has been convicted of felony to be guardian of proposed ward; requires court to consider imposing additional requirements on certain guardians to safeguard proposed ward & his or her property; authorizes court to deny appointment as guardian if it determines appointment would place proposed ward, or his or her property, a…