Bills

Local Housing Assistance Plans; Authorizing counties and eligible municipalities to expend certain funds on lot rental assistance for mobile home owners for a specified time period; requiring each county and eligible municipality to include in its local housing assistance plan certain strategies; authorizing counties and eligible municipalities to provide certain funds to mobile home owners for rehabilitation and em…

Restrictions on Employer-owned Life Insurance Policies; Authorizing employer-owned life insurance policies covering certain key persons of business entities, organizations, companies, and corporations under specified circumstances; providing that premiums, loan interests, and expenses related to employer-owned life insurance are not tax deductible; specifying that insurers that violate certain provisions are subject…

Public Records/Emergency Department Physicians; Defining the term “emergency department physician”; providing exemptions from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current emergency department physicians and the spouses and certain children of such emergency department physicians; requiring certain agencies that are custodians of the exempt information to maintain the e…

Pub. Rec./Emergency Department Physicians; Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of current emergency department physicians & spouses & certain children of such emergency department physicians; provides for retroactive application; requires certain agencies that are custodians of exempt information to maintain exempt status of such information under cert…

Patient-directed Medical Orders; Authorizes execution of patient-directed medical order for specified purpose; provides requirements for valid patient-directed medical orders; authorizes use of telehealth for specified purpose; requires that certain health care services be provided to principal regardless of decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures; authorizes physicians, physician assistants, & a…

Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Requires Division of Telecommunications within DMS to consult with certain entities to conduct feasibility study regarding specified alert system; provides requirements for such alert system; requires division to report to Legislature results of feasibility study by specified date; revises legislative findings to include victims of dating violence; authorizes victims…

Homestead Exemption for Persons 65 and Older; Expanding the homestead exemption for persons 65 years and older to include a total exemption of homestead property from ad valorem taxation, other than for school district levies, for certain persons whose household income does not exceed a certain amount; authorizing the Department of Revenue to adopt emergency rules, etc.

Restrictions on Employer-owned Life Insurance Policies; Authorizes employer-owned life insurance policies covering key persons of business entities, organizations, companies, & corporations under certain circumstances; requires certain disclosures to key persons; prohibits employer-owned life insurance policies covering certain employees; provides that policies covering such employees are void as against public poli…

Homestead Property Tax Benefits for Long-term Owners and Permanent Residents; Requiring that certain property be assessed at less than just value when the person who owns the property has owned and used the property as his or her permanent residence for a specified timeframe; providing that the assessed value of such property shall be a certain amount and may not be increased under certain circumstances; specifying …

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Psychological, Clinical, Counseling, and Therapy Services; Prohibits use of artificial intelligence in practice of psychology, clinical social work, marriage & family therapy, & mental health counseling, respectively; defines "artificial intelligence"; provides exceptions.

Assessment of Homestead Property; Limiting the assessed value upon change of ownership of homestead property having a prior assessed value below a certain amount when the person acquiring the property is entitled to a homestead exemption, etc.

Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes; Prohibits consideration of increase in just value of property which is attributable to changes or improvements made to improve property's resistance to wind damage in determinations of assessed value of certain property.

Assessment of Property Owned and Used by Small Businesses; Providing that real property owned and used for commercial purposes by small businesses will be assessed at just value after a certain date; prohibiting the annual change in assessed value from exceeding a specified amount; requiring that the assessed value of the property be lowered to the just value of the property under certain circumstances; providing th…

Assessment of Changes, Additions, or Improvements to Homestead Properties; Revising the manner of assessing the value of changes, additions, or improvements to homestead property, etc.

Patient-directed Medical Orders; Revising definitions and defining the term “patient-directed medical order”; authorizing the execution of a patient-directed medical order for a specified purpose; requiring that certain health care services be provided to the principal regardless of the decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures; authorizing physicians, physician assistants, and advanced practice re…

Required Notice of Intent to Contact a Victim; Requires specified persons acting on behalf of criminal defendant to file specified notice within specified timeframe before contacting victim in criminal proceeding for specified purpose; provides applicability; requires that such notice be filed on standard form developed by state attorney in each judicial circuit.

Civil Liability for the Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child; Revises definition of term "survivors" to include parents of unborn child; provides definition for term "unborn child"; prohibits right of action against mother for wrongful death of unborn child or against health care provider for lawful medical care provided in certain circumstances; authorizes parents of unborn child to recover certain damages; prohibits …

Endangered or Threatened Marine Animals; Prohibits collection & transportation of endangered or threatened marine animals from state waters; prohibits FWCC from issuing, renewing, or approving certain licenses.

Common Entities of Motor Vehicle Distributors and Manufacturers; Revises definition of "common entity."

Public Records/Appellate Court Clerks; Defining the term “appellate court clerk”; providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current appellate court clerks and the spouses and children of such appellate court clerks; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

School Zone and Pedestrian Safety; Requiring that design and construction plans for the installation of crosswalks in school zones or on certain streets, roads, or highways include certain traffic control devices, etc.

Prosecuting Children as Adults ; Prohibits jail or other adult facility from holding child transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution before hearing to determine if child should be prosecuted as adult, unless hearing waived; removes requirement for state attorney to request court to transfer & certify child for prosecution as adult or to provide written reasons for not making such request; removes reference…

Workers’ Compensation Insurance; Specifying that an insurer may use excess rates only under certain circumstances; revising the composition of the board of directors of the Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association, etc.

Pricing Based on Collection of Consumer Information; Citing this act as the “Florida Consumer Privacy Act”; declaring unlawful any act or practice of surveillance pricing; requiring certain individuals who advertise, promote, label, or publish a statement, display, image, offer, or announcement of surveillance pricing to include a specified clear and conspicuous disclosure with such statement, display, image, offer,…

Alternative Judicial Sales Procedures; Requiring the court to direct the clerk of an alternative auctioneer to sell real or personal property under an order or final judgment at public sale; prohibiting the court in a foreclosure action from approving a request from a party to substantially deviate from specified judicial sales procedures unless certain conditions are met; requiring the clerk to conduct a sale accor…

School Safety; Requiring sheriffs to assist public postsecondary educational institutions in implementing guardian programs under certain provisions; authorizing public postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the school guardian program; creating the offense of discharging a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school, etc.

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Autonomous Practice; Authorizes certain advanced practice registered nurses to engage in autonomous practice to provide mental health services.

Public Records/Commissioners of the Florida Commission on Human Relations; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of certain current or former personnel and commissioners of the Florida Commission on Human Relations and the spouses and children of such current or former personnel and commissioners; providing for future legislative review and repe…

Human Trafficking Education For Initial Nurse Licensure; Requires completion of course on human trafficking for initial licensure of registered nurses or licenses practical nurses, beginning on specified date.

Special Risk Class; Revising the Special Risk Class member criteria to include members employed as certain prosecutors and special investigators; providing the years of creditable service for full retirement eligibility, etc.

Violations of State Immigration Laws; Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to impose a fine for certain violations; requiring the department to use the moneys collected from such fines to provide compensation to victims harmed by unauthorized aliens; requiring the department to develop a program to compensate residents who have suffered harm caused by unauthorized aliens; creating a cause of action against ce…

Candidate Qualifying; Requiring a candidate for federal office to state in writing whether he or she intends to trade stock while serving in federal office; requiring candidates to ensure they satisfy statutory and constitutional requirements for office; requiring certain candidates to provide to the filing officer a statement disclosing dual citizenship for nomination and election to a judicial office or to a distr…

Violation of State Immigration Law ; Requires FDLE to impose fine for certain violations; requires moneys be used for specified purpose; defines "unauthorized alien"; authorizes department to develop program to compensate certain persons; provides requirements to receive compensation; defines "unauthorized alien"; creates cause of action against certain local governmental entities & law enforcement agencies; require…

Candidate Qualifying; Requires certain candidates to provide filing officer statement disclosing dual citizenship for nomination & election to federal, state, county, multicounty, district, or judicial office or to district school board.

Statewide, Standardized Assessments; Requires DOE to develop versions of statewide, standardized assessments & specified portions of statewide, standardized coordinated screening & progress monitoring system, respectively, in certain languages by specified date; requires department to develop timetable & action plan for development & implementation of such assessments & written portions of system; requires departmen…

Luggage for Children Placed in Out-of-home Care; Citing this act as the “Fostering with Dignity Act”; requiring the Department of Children and Families to provide certain children with luggage for certain purposes; requiring the department to collaborate with certain entities and pursue strategic partnerships for specified purposes; authorizing the department to solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from a…

Sales Tax Exemption for Disabled Veterans; Creates exemption from specified taxes for sales of certain new motor vehicles made to specified veterans; requires DOR to provide certificate of exemption for specified purpose; authorizes DOR to adopt emergency rules.

Luggage for Children Placed in Out-of-home Care; Requires DCF to provide certain children with piece of luggage for certain purposes; provides department requirements; requires department to submit specified annual report to Legislature; provides sources of funding for distribution of pieces of luggage; requires department's direct-support organization to receive & use certain funding to administer law.

Public Records/Private Investigators; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current and former private investigators licensed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the spouses and children of such private investigators; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive applicat…

Public Postsecondary Tuition and Fee Waivers for Sheriff’s Office Employees; Requiring state universities and Florida College System institutions to waive tuition and fees for sheriff’s office employees; providing requirements for the waiver of tuition and fees for sheriff’s office employees; providing requirements for a person to be considered a sheriff’s office employee, etc.

Public Postsecondary Tuition and Fee Waivers for Sheriff's Office Employees; Requires state universities & FCS institutions to waive tuition & fees for sheriff's office employees; provides requirements for waiver of tuition & fees for sheriff's office employees; & provides requirements for person to be considered sheriff's office employee.

Florida Museum of Black History; Establishing the Florida Museum of Black History Board of Directors; providing for the membership of the board; prohibiting specified members of the board from holding state or local elective office while serving on the board; requiring that the board work jointly with the Foundation for the Museum of Black History, Inc., etc.

Administrative Procedures; Specifying that hyperlinks to material incorporated by reference are provided by the Department of State; requiring agencies to include a summary of their intended action on each rule identified for review within a specified timeframe; providing that the director of the Division of Administrative Hearings is appointed for a specified term from a certain list submitted by the statewide nomi…

Public Records/Sexual Assault Counselors; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of sexual assault counselors; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Special Districts; Repealing a provision relating to special districts and performance measures and standards, etc.

Rural Electric Cooperatives; Prohibits cooperative that sells electricity at retail from adopting, enacting, or enforcing fee meeting specified criteria; revises applicability of such prohibition on types or fuel sources of energy production which may be used, delivered, converted, or supplied by specified entities.

Heated Tobacco Products; Revises definitions of “cigarette” & “tobacco products” to exclude certain types of products containing tobacco & defines "heated tobacco product."

Boating-restricted Areas; Authorizes municipalities & counties to adopt ordinances to extend boating-restricted areas under certain conditions; requires boundaries of such areas to be clearly marked with specified markers.

Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses; Revising the service area square footage and capacity of a bona fide food service establishment that may be issued a special beverage license, etc.

School Counselors; Requiring that evaluation criteria for certified school counselors be based on specified standards; providing that persons seeking employment as school counselors are exempt from specified educator certification requirements, etc.