Bills

Offenses Evidencing Prejudice; Expanding grounds for the reclassification of offenses to include acts based on the gender or gender identity of any person; requiring that the reclassification occur if the offense was based in whole or in part on specified characteristics of any person; replacing the term “mental or physical disability” with the term “disability” and revising the definition; requiring that the reclas…

Offenses Evidencing Prejudice; Expands grounds for reclassification of offenses to include acts based on gender or gender identity of any person; specifies that reclassification must occur if offense was based in whole or in part on specified characteristics of any person; provides that it is essential element of certain offense that defendant perceived, knew, or had reasonable grounds to know or perceive that perso…

Surrendering to Law Enforcement; Citing this act as “Vassallo’s Law”; requiring law enforcement agencies to implement a procedure for interviewing a surrendering person; authorizing a law enforcement officer interviewing a surrendering person to temporarily detain or arrest such person under certain circumstances; requiring a law enforcement officer interviewing a surrendering person to deliver, or have delivered, s…

Surrendering to Law Enforcement; Requires law enforcement agency to implement procedure for interviewing person who attempts to be taken into custody by such agency for violation of criminal law when no warrant for such person's arrest has been issued; specifies that such procedure shall include certain actions; authorizes temporary detention in certain circumstances; authorizes warrantless arrest in certain circums…

Advanced Nuclear Reactors; Granting the Florida Public Service Commission the sole authority to regulate advanced nuclear reactors in this state; requiring the commission, the Department of Health, and the Department of Environmental Protection to jointly establish criteria for the certification of laboratories that perform analysis on nuclear materials for certain purposes; revising the criteria the commission must…

Family Court Report Cards; Requires Office of State Courts Administrator to establish pilot program beginning on specified date; provides appropriation; requires office to prepare & publish on its website annual family court report card of each judge who presides over family law proceedings in each judicial circuit beginning on specified date; requires office to maintain publicly accessible online database of report…

Notice Requirements for Certain Employers to their Employees; Providing that certain employers, employment agencies, and labor organizations comply with providing their employees or members certain information by posting notice of such information on the Internet in a manner that is accessible to such employees or members, etc.

Right Turns at Intersections Using Traffic Infraction Detectors; Prohibiting certain right turns at intersections using traffic infraction detectors; requiring certain signage at such intersections, etc.

Charter Schools; Authorizes state universities & Florida College System institutions to sponsor job engine charter schools; & requires specified tax funds be provided to sponsor of job engine charter school annually.

Charter Schools; Authorizing Florida College System institutions and state universities to sponsor job engine charter schools; requiring that specified tax funds be provided annually to the sponsor of a job engine charter school, etc.

Artificial Intelligence; Prohibits governmental entities from extending or renewing contract with specified entities; prohibits governmental entities from taking certain actions relating to contracting for AI technology, software, or products unless certain requirements are met; prohibits governmental entities from entering into contracts for AI technology, software, or products under certain conditions; provides ri…

Employer Immunity from Civil Liability; Providing employers with immunity from civil liability for actions taken against a current or prospective employee under certain circumstances, etc.

Litigation Financing Consumer Protection; Citing this act as the “Litigation Investment Safeguards and Transparency Act”; authorizing courts to consider the existence of a litigation financing agreement under certain circumstances; prohibiting specified acts by litigation financiers; requiring certain parties to a legal proceeding, or their counsels of record, which have entered into a litigation financing agreement…

Litigation Financing; Requires courts to consider potential conflicts of interest that may arise from existence of litigation financing agreement in specified circumstances; prohibits specified acts by litigation financiers; requires certain parties that enter into specified litigation financing agreements to serve specified notice; provides requirements for such notices; provides that certain information is not req…

Employer Immunity from Civil Liability; Provides employers with immunity from civil liability for adverse personnel actions taken against employee or job applicant.

Local Business Tax Receipts; Requires persons applying for or renewing local business tax receipt to practice or engage in or manage any business or occupation that conducts certain transactions to exhibit active license or authorization from Office of Foreign Assets Control of United States Department of Treasury; specifies that online renewals may meet such requirement by electronic certification by applicant.

Local Business Tax Receipts; Requiring persons applying for or renewing a local business tax receipt to practice or engage in or manage any business or occupation that conducts certain transactions to exhibit an active license or authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury, etc.

Insurers’ Financial Transactions; Requiring certain insurers to annually provide specified information to the Office of Insurance Regulation; requiring the office to contract annually with a specified entity to conduct a review of certain transactions; prohibiting an insurer from engaging in certain transactions with affiliates; prohibiting an insurer from declaring or paying dividends to shareholders or issuing exe…

Towing Disabled Vehicles; Requiring a law enforcement officer to provide the driver of a vehicle impounded under certain circumstances with certain information; authorizing the driver of a vehicle disabled under certain circumstances to take certain action; requiring a law enforcement officer and wrecker operator to provide specified information to the driver of a vehicle disabled under certain circumstances, etc.

State Lotteries; Revises information required to be provided to Department of Lottery by persons who submit bid, proposal, or offer to negotiate contract for major procurement; revises bond amount retailer may be required to post for period within which retailer is required to remit lottery funds to department; authorizes division's sworn law enforcement officers to purchase & present lottery tickets to lottery reta…

Availability of Marijuana for Adult Use; Revising the sales tax exemption for the sale of marijuana and marijuana delivery devices to apply only to purchases by qualified patients and caregivers; revising background screening requirements for caregivers; revising provisions related to the licensure and functions of medical marijuana treatment centers (MMTCs); authorizing MMTCs licensed to cultivate or process mariju…

Home Cultivation of Marijuana; Authorizing certain qualified patients to cultivate up to six flowering cannabis plants for personal consumption and noncommercial purposes; authorizing certain qualified patients to purchase medical marijuana seeds and clones from a licensed medical marijuana treatment center; providing that the personal consumption of cannabis cultivated at a qualified patient’s residence is subject …

Property Insurance Affiliates ; Requires insurers to provide to OIR documentation demonstrating that financial considerations & payments to affiliates are fair & reasonable; requires office to consider certain factors to determine whether such considerations & payments are fair & reasonable; requires compensation arrangements between insurers & affiliates to be structured as fees for service; requires insurers to su…

Education on Congenital Cytomegalovirus; Requires DOH, in consultation with medical experts identified by department, to develop educational materials on congenital cytomegalovirus for distribution to expectant & new parents & caregivers; provides requirements for such educational materials; requires certain hospitals, birth centers, & obstetrics & gynecology physician practices to provide educational materials to s…

State Lotteries; Revising the powers and duties of the Department of the Lottery; revising the information required to be provided to the department by persons who submit a bid, a proposal, or an offer to negotiate a contract for major procurement; authorizing the Division of Security’s sworn law enforcement officers to purchase and present lottery tickets to a lottery retailer to claim a prize under certain circums…

Charter School Funding; Providing local funding sources for certain charter schools; prohibiting a district school board from delaying specified payments to a charter school; providing that certain charter school facilities are exempt from assessments and fees; revising requirements for a charter school to be eligible to receive capital outlay funding, etc.

Deferred Compensation Plans for Public Employees; Authorizes inclusion of automatic enrollment arrangement in government employee's deferred compensation plan; requires that automatic enrollment arrangement be established with default contribution rate; authorizes periodic reenrollment of specified government employees; authorizes periodic resetting of contribution rates for specified government employees; requires …

Deferred Compensation Plans for Public Employees; Citing this act as the "Deferred Compensation Automatic Enrollment Act"; authorizing the inclusion of an automatic enrollment arrangement in a government employee’s deferred compensation plan; requiring that the automatic enrollment arrangement provide employees the ability to make certain elections regarding contributions; requiring that the plan provide for a defau…

My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; Revising eligibility requirements for participation in the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; requiring the Department of Financial Services to adopt rules to verify household income; specifying that condominium property with mixed-income occupancies is eligible to participate in the pilot program under certain circumstances; authorizing financial grants to be used …

THC; Provides that marijuana testing laboratory may acquire hemp & hemp extract only from certain businesses; prohibits marijuana testing laboratory from selling, distributing, or transferring hemp or hemp extract from certain businesses; requires marijuana testing laboratory to separate marijuana received from certain entities from hemp or hemp extract received from certain entities; revises requirements for sale &…

Use of Digital Currency by the Department of Financial Services; Establishes Florida Stablecoin Pilot Program within DFS; authorizes DFS to engage in certain activities, designate one or more payment stablecoins for certain activities, & accept payment stablecoins; requires that certain payment stablecoins meet specified criteria; authorizes program participants to elect to voluntarily participate in program & remit…

Optional Retirement Programs; Requiring that the employer contribution rate for certain optional retirement programs be equal to the employer contribution rate for the Florida Retirement System Investment Plan, etc.

Veterinary Licensure; Deleting the requirement for an applicant for licensure by endorsement to have held a valid active license to practice veterinary medicine in another state, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States for a specified amount of time; requiring applicants to hold a valid, active license in good standing to practice veterinary medicine in another state, the District of Columbia, …

Minimum Wage Requirements; Citing this act as the “On-the-Job Workforce Training Act”; exempting an employer from state minimum wage requirements for specified employees; authorizing employees to voluntarily opt out of the state minimum wage requirements by signing a waiver; prohibiting an employer from coercing an employee into opting out of the state minimum wage; requiring employers to pay an employee at or above…

Minimum Wage Requirements; Exempts employer from state minimum wage requirements for specified employees; prohibits certain work-based learning opportunities from lasting longer than specified timeframe; authorizes employees to voluntarily opt out of state minimum wage requirements by signing waiver; prohibits employer from coercing employee into opting out of state minimum wage; provides requirements for waiver to …

Assessment of Property with Decreasing Just Valuation; Prohibits increases in certain assessed valuations if the just value of property has decreased.

Education on Congenital Cytomegalovirus; Requiring the Department of Health, in consultation with medical experts identified by the department, to develop educational materials on congenital cytomegalovirus for distribution to expectant and new parents or caregivers; requiring certain hospitals, birth centers, and obstetrics and gynecology physician practices to provide the educational materials to such parents and …

Veterinarian Licensure by Endorsement; Revises requirements for licensure by endorsement as veterinarian.

Elections During Emergencies; Requiring that elections, in the event of an emergency, be conducted in accordance with specified provisions and carried out in a certain manner; authorizing supervisors of elections to request approval from the Secretary of State to take specified actions under specified conditions; requiring that notice of a rescheduled election be posted on any social media account controlled by the …

Elections During Emergencies; Requires that elections, in event of emergency, be conducted in accordance with specified provisions & carried out in certain manner; authorizes supervisors of elections to request approval from Secretary of State to take specified actions under specified conditions; requires that supervisors submit all such requests at once, to extent practicable; authorizes submission of revised or ad…

Testing of Cosmetics on Animals; Citing this act as the “Sickles High School Ought to be a Law Cosmetic Animal Testing Act of 2026”; prohibiting manufacturers from using animal testing as part of the cosmetics manufacturing process; prohibiting manufacturers from repackaging, selling, holding, or offering for sale cosmetics that have been tested on animals; providing that manufacturers, upon issuance of a cosmetic m…

Testing of Cosmetics on Animals; Provides that it is unlawful for person to manufacture, repackage, sell, hold, or offer for sale cosmetics that have been tested on animals as part of manufacturing process; prohibits manufacturers from using animal testing as part of cosmetics manufacturing process; prohibits manufacturers from repackaging, selling, holding, or offering for sale cosmetics that have been tested on an…

Elections; Requires that Secretary of State be elected, rather than appointed, & serve specified term; requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop & maintain database for specified purpose; provides that driver license or ID card applications, driver license or ID card renewal applications, & applications for changes of address for existing driver licenses or ID cards submitted to DHSMV serve as voter …

Local Utility Revenues; Prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from transferring for specified purposes revenues collected from providing utility services; requiring revenue surpluses to be returned to the ratepayers; requiring county and municipal utilities, respectively, to develop budget forecasts and strategies that meet certain requirements; prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively,…

Accessing Personnel Files of Law Enforcement Officers; Requiring the employing agency of a law enforcement officer to maintain in the personnel file or other public record a log documenting the name, address, and identification presented of any person requesting and receiving from the employing agency such files or records of such officer, etc.

Cattle Grazing on State Land; Requires land managing entities to identify existing grazable lands and consider whether leasing portions of such land to private entities for cattle grazing is appropriate based on certain goals; requires land managing entities to consider certain information when determining such appropriateness; provides requirements for land management plan if such lands are determined to be appropr…

Coral Reefs; Revising legislative findings; providing a legislative designation, etc.

Surface Waters; Requires DEP to incorporate habitat equivalency analysis in uniform mitigation assessment method; requires that permits for dredging & filling include certain requirements; requires permitted entities to bear full cost & responsibility for any damage or destruction caused by dredging, filling, or related activities; designates coral reefs as critical natural infrastructure & nature-based solutions.

Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsperson; Creating the Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsperson within the Department of Corrections; establishing the Corrections Oversight Committee; authorizing the office to subpoena department records, employees, or contractors; requiring the office to conduct periodic inspections of department facilities; requiring the office to create an electronic famil…

Presumption Against Liability for Owners and Principal Operators of Multifamily Residential Properties; Prohibits owner or principal operator of multifamily residential property from receiving presumption against liability if certain number of specified crimes were reported to have occurred at property to owner or principal operator within specified timeframe.