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State Representative
James Buchanan
(R) - Florida
Florida House District 074
In Office - Started: 11/06/2018

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Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
H1581 Local Government Salaries and Benefits An act relating to local government salaries and benefits; amending s. 145.012, F.S.; revising applicability; amending s. 145.031, F.S.; revising requirements for the board of county commissioners salary formula to apply to noncharter counties; providing for the determination of salaries of members of boards of county commissioners of certain counties; amending s. 145.17, F.S.; providing applicability relating to the prohibition of supplemental compensation by certain counties; creating s. 145.20, F.S.; requiring a referendum for a board of county commissioners to increase the salary, retirement benefits, or other compensation paid to its members; requiring referendum election costs to be paid by the county; providing applicability; amending s. 166.021, F.S.; requiring a referendum for the governing body of a municipality to increase the salary, retirement benefits, or other compensation paid to its members; requiring referendum election costs to be paid by the municipality; providing applicability; creating s. 189.0165, F.S.; requiring a referendum for the governing body of a special district to increase the salary, retirement benefits, or other compensation paid to its members; requiring the referendum election costs to be paid by the special district; providing applicability; providing construction; providing an effective date. Dead
H1539 Materials Harmful to Minors An act relating to materials harmful to minors; amending s. 1006.28, F.S.; defining the term "harmful to minors"; revising the list of materials used in a classroom which are subject to the objection process by parents or residents; reenacting s. 1014.05(1)(c), F.S., relating to school district notifications on parental rights, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 1006.28, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date. Dead
H0759 Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer An act relating to minimum age for firearm purchase or transfer; amending s. 790.065, F.S.; reducing the minimum age at which a person may purchase a firearm and the age of purchasers to which specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring a firearm; repealing an exception; providing an effective date. Dead
H0583 Registration of Agents and Organizations Associated with Foreign Countries of Concern An act relating to the registration of agents and organizations associated with foreign countries of concern; creating s. 106.031, F.S.; defining terms; requiring agents of foreign countries of concern and foreign-supported political organizations to register with the Division of Elections within a specified timeframe; requiring the registration of an agent of a foreign country of concern be signed under oath; requiring the division to create registration forms; providing requirements for such forms; requiring periodic updates by agents and organizations; providing penalties for violations; providing an effective date. Dead
H0313 Toll Exemptions for Purple Heart Medal Recipients An act relating to toll exemptions for Purple Heart medal recipients; amending s. 338.155, F.S.; revising eligibility for toll exemptions to include operators displaying a Purple Heart specialty license plate or a Purple Heart special motorcycle license plate; providing an effective date. Dead
H7033 Taxation An act relating to taxation; amending ss. 72.011 and 72.031, F.S.; conforming cross-references; amending s. 125.0104, F.S.; removing a short title; removing definitions; revising the purposes for which certain tax revenues may be used; removing requirements for a tourist development council; revising procedures for levying a certain tax; requiring tax revenues to be used for completing certain projects; prohibiting certain contracts from being renewed or extended; authorizing certain obligations to be refinanced under certain conditions; authorizing certain revenues to be used for any public purpose; requiring a reduction in ad valorem tax beginning in a specified year in a certain manner; providing construction; authorizing certain tax revenues to be used for specified purposes; removing requirements for automatic expiration of bonds; removing requirements for county tourism promotion agencies; providing applicability; requiring certain tourist development councils to be dissolved by a certain date; requiring certain county tourism promotion agencies to meet certain requirements to continue; amending s. 125.0168, F.S.; providing that a non-ad valorem special assessment on a recreational vehicle park levied by a county must be hb7033 -02-e1levied in a specified manner; requiring counties to consider a recreational vehicle park's occupancy rates for a certain purpose; amending s. 163.3206, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 166.223, F.S.; providing that a non-ad valorem special assessment on a recreational vehicle park levied by a municipality must be levied in a specified manner; requiring municipalities to consider a recreational vehicle park's occupancy rates for a certain purpose; amending s. 170.201, F.S.; revising entities that qualify for a specified tax exemption; defining the term "preschool"; amending s. 189.052, F.S.; providing that a non-ad valorem special assessment on a recreational vehicle park levied by a special district must be levied in a specified manner; requiring special districts to consider a recreational vehicle park's occupancy rates for a certain purpose; amending s. 194.011, F.S.; revising conditions under which the property appraiser must provide a certain list to a petitioner; amending s. 194.013, F.S.; increasing the maximum amount of a certain filing fee; amending s. 194.032, F.S.; requiring parties to be permitted to appear before specified entities using certain technology; requiring a request to appear in such a manner be made within a certain time period; requiring hb7033 -02-e1the value adjustment board to ensure that specified equipment meets certain requirements; amending s. 196.012, F.S.; providing the method for determining ownership of certain flight simulation training devices for a specified purpose; providing applicability; amending s. 196.1978, F.S.; revising requirements for receiving a specified tax exemption; expanding a specified tax exemption to include certain improvements; removing a taxing authority's authorization to make certain elections; authorizing the Department of Revenue to adopt certain emergency rules; providing that such rules are effective for a specified length of time and may be renewed under certain conditions; providing for future expiration; providing applicability; providing construction; creating s. 196.19781, F.S.; providing that property is eligible for a specified tax exemption if it meets certain conditions; requiring the property appraiser to apply such tax exemption in a specified manner; providing that property that no longer meets certain requirements loses eligibility for such tax exemption; requiring the property appraiser to make a certain determination; authorizing the property appraiser to request and review certain information; requiring the property appraiser to take certain steps upon a hb7033 -02-e1determination that the property was not entitled to such tax exemption; providing applicability; amending s. 202.19, F.S.; revising the date on which specified tax rates may be increased; requiring counties and municipalities to prioritize certain activities when using specified funds; revising the date on which certain increases may be added to a specified tax; amending s. 203.0011, F.S.; decreasing specified tax rates; amending s. 206.42, F.S.; conforming cross- references; repealing part III of ch. 206, F.S., relating to aviation fuel; amending s. 206.9915, F.S.; conforming cross-references; amending s. 206.9925, F.S.; defining the term "aviation fuel"; amending s. 206.9942, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 206.9955, F.S.; revising certain fuel tax rates and the dates on which such rates may be imposed; revising the method for determining a specified tax beginning in a specified year; amending ss. 207.003 and 207.005, F.S.; conforming cross-references; amending ss. 212.03, 212.031, 212.04, 212.05, 212.0501, 212.05011, 212.0515, and 212.0506, F.S.; decreasing specified tax rates; amending s. 212.055, F.S.; authorizing certain boards that levy a specified tax to reduce or repeal such tax beginning on a specified date; providing procedures for such reduction or repeal; amending s. hb7033 -02-e1212.06, F.S.; defining the term "electronic database"; revising information required on certain forwarding agent applications; providing that certain applicants are not required to submit an application to register as a dealer; revising the circumstances under which a forwarding agent is required to remit certain taxes; requiring a forwarding agent to surrender its certificate within a certain time period under specified circumstances; requiring the department to report certain tax rates as zero in a specified system; providing an exception; prohibiting certain dealers from collecting a specified tax; amending s. 212.08, F.S.; exempting from sales and use tax the retail sale of aviation fuel; revising an exemption from sales and use tax for bullion; decreasing a specified tax rate; amending ss. 212.181, 213.05, 213.053, and 213.0535, F.S.; conforming cross- references; amending s. 220.03, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "Internal Revenue Code"; providing retroactive applicability; revising the definition of the term "corporation"; providing applicability; amending ss. 288.005, 332.007, 332.009, and 376.3071, F.S.; conforming provisions and cross- references to changes made by the act; amending s. 402.62, F.S.; specifying that a certain form is only hb7033 -02-e1required to be filed in certain circumstances; amending s. 571.265, F.S.; removing references to the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, Inc.; revising certain funding distributions; amending s. 849.086, F.S.; decreasing a specified tax rate; amending s. 56 of chapter 2017-36, Laws of Florida, as amended; revising the date by which certain enterprise zone multi-phase projects must be completed; providing applicability; authorizing the department to adopt certain emergency rules; providing that such rules are effective for a specified length of time and may be renewed under certain conditions; providing for future expiration; amending s. 11.40, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 11.45, F.S.; requiring the Auditor General to contact certain local governments; requiring such local governments to provide specified evidence within a certain time period; requiring notification to the Legislative Auditing Committee in specified circumstances; creating s. 205.046, F.S.; requiring that a specified document be filed with a certain audit; providing requirements for such document; amending ss. 215.97 and 218.32, F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing effective dates. hb7033 -02-e1 Dead
H1009 Religious and Patriotic Expression in the Public School System An act relating to religious and patriotic expression in the public school system; amending s. 1002.205, F.S.; requiring specified information to be provided to certain persons relating to religious expression and liberties in public schools; amending s. 1003.44, F.S.; revising requirements for the display of the state motto, "In God We Trust," in certain schools and buildings; providing an effective date. Dead
H1103 Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities An act relating to services for individuals with developmental disabilities; amending s. 393.0662, F.S.; requiring the Agency for Person with Disabilities to provide a list of all qualified organizations located within the region in which the client resides and to post its quarterly reconciliation reports on its website within specified timeframes; amending s. 393.065, F.S.; requiring the agency to participate in transition planning activities and to post the total number of individuals in each priority category on its website; amending s. 393.502, F.S.; establishing the Statewide Family Care Council; providing for the purpose, membership, and duties of the council; requiring local family care councils to report to the statewide council policy changes and program recommendations in an annual report; providing for appointments of local council members; providing for the creation of family-led nominating committees; providing duties of the agency relating to the statewide council and local councils; amending s. 409.972, F.S.; providing for a method of voluntarily choosing to enroll in Medicaid managed care; amending s. 409.9855, F.S.; revising implementation and eligibility requirements of the hb1103 -03-er2025 Legislature pilot program for individuals with developmental disabilities; providing for a method of voluntarily choosing to enroll in the pilot program; requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to transmit to the Agency for Health Care Administration weekly data files of specified clients; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide a call center for specified purposes and to coordinate with the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to disseminate information about the pilot program; revising pilot program benefits; revising provider qualifications; requiring participating plans to conduct an individualized assessment of each enrollee within a specified timeframe for certain purposes and to offer certain services to such enrollees; providing pilot program implementation requirements for selected plans; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to conduct monitoring and evaluations and require corrective actions or payment of penalties under certain circumstances; removing coordination requirements for the agency when submitting certain reports, establishing specified measures, and conducting quality assurance monitoring of the pilot program; revising specified dates for submitting hb1103 -03-er2025 Legislature certain status reports; requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to contract for a specified study and provide to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a specified report by specified date; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0383 Purchase and Possession of Firearms by Law Enforcement Officers, Correctional Officers, Correctional Probation Officers, and Servicemembers An act relating to purchase and possession of firearms by law enforcement officers, correctional officers, correctional probation officers, and servicemembers; amending s. 790.052, F.S.; specifying that correctional probation officers have the right to carry concealed firearms during off-duty hours at the discretion of their superior officers; authorizing correctional probation officers to perform certain law enforcement functions under limited circumstances; revising the definition of the terms "qualified law enforcement officer" and "qualified retired law enforcement officer"; specifying that a correctional probation officer's appointing or employing agency or department may limit the officer from carrying concealed firearms during off-duty hours in his or her capacity as an appointee or employee of the agency or department; specifying that a superior officer in the Department of Corrections who decides to direct the officers under his or her supervision to carry concealed firearms while off duty must file a certain statement with the department's governing body; amending s. 790.0655, F.S.; revising exemptions from the mandatory waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a firearm; defining the term "holder of a hb383 -02-erLegislature concealed weapons or concealed firearms license"; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0929 Firefighter Health and Safety An act relating to firefighter health and safety; amending s. 633.506, F.S.; revising legislative intent; amending s. 633.508, F.S.; requiring the Division of State Fire Marshal within the Department of Financial Services to adopt certain rules; requiring the division to assist in decreasing the frequency of fatalities; defining the term "readily available"; amending s. 633.520, F.S.; requiring the division to adopt rules relating to education on chemical hazards or toxic substances and mental health best practices; amending ss. 633.522 and 633.526, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H1105 Education An act relating to education; transferring, renumbering, and amending s. 16.615, F.S.; establishing the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys within Florida Memorial University, rather than the Department of Legal Affairs; requiring Florida Memorial University, rather than the Office of the Attorney General, to provide staff and administrative support to the council; providing that the council's meeting times are approved by the president of Florida Memorial University, rather than the Attorney General; revising the number of members required for a quorum; authorizing members to appear by communications media technology; providing that members who appear by such technology are considered present and may be counted toward the quorum requirement; providing notice requirements for public meetings or workshops conducted by means of communications media technology; providing that members of the council may be reimbursed for certain expenses by Florida Memorial University, rather than the Department of Legal Affairs; amending s. 212.055, F.S.; requiring that certain surtax revenues that are shared with school districts must also be shared with eligible charter schools on a proportionate basis in hb1105 -04-erCS/2025 Legislature accordance with certain provisions; requiring that such surtax revenues be expended by charter schools for specified uses; requiring that such revenues and expenditures be accounted for in certain financial statements; providing that unencumbered funds revert to the sponsor under certain circumstances; providing applicability; amending s. 810.097, F.S.; defining the term "school bus"; specifying sufficient notice and prior warning for immediate arrest and prosecution for school bus trespassing; amending s. 901.15, F.S.; authorizing a law enforcement officer to arrest a person without a warrant when there is probable cause to believe that the person has trespassed upon school grounds or facilities; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; revising which persons or entities may apply for a conversion charter school; requiring a college or state university to provide a written notice of denial for denying an application for a conversion charter school; requiring a charter school sponsor to use a standard monitoring tool to monitor and review a charter school; revising eligible students who may receive an enrollment preference; authorizing a municipality to apply for a charter that it may designate as a job engine charter under certain conditions; providing the purpose of a job engine hb1105 -04-erCS/2025 Legislature charter school; providing requirements for a job engine charter; requiring school districts to provide charter schools with specified information relating to public school funding by a specified date annually; requiring school districts to provide a summary report of specified revenues to the Department of Education and post such report on their websites by a specified date annually; prohibiting a district school board from charging a rental or leasing fee for a conversion school; requiring a municipality to negotiate certain rental or leasing fees with the district school board; prohibiting certain property from being removed; amending s. 1002.394, F.S.; revising the transition- to-work program under the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; amending s. 1002.42, F.S.; authorizing a private school in a county that meets certain criteria to construct new facilities on certain property; specifying that such construction is not subject to certain zoning or land use conditions; requiring such construction to meet certain health and safety requirements; amending s. 1003.32, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1003.4282, F.S.; requiring certain internships to be included in counseling materials and presented with certain courses; specifying that hb1105 -04-erCS/2025 Legislature certain participation in marching band satisfies the physical education or performing arts credit requirement for a standard high school diploma; revising provisions providing for the award of a certificate of completion to certain students; requiring the department to develop a document for certain students who fail to earn a standard high school diploma; requiring certain information to be included in the document; requiring a school district to revise an Individual Education Plan under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Education to develop certain courses; removing obsolete language; amending s. 1003.4321, F.S.; revising the eligibility criteria for a student to earn the Seal of Fine Arts; amending s. 1003.433, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1003.491, F.S.; revising the requirements of a certain strategic 3-year plan to include the promotion of specified Florida Bright Futures Scholarship awards; amending s. 1003.493, F.S.; requiring certain career and professional academies and secondary schools to promote the Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars award; creating s. 1003.5717, F.S.; requiring the department to develop and implement, by a specified date, a workforce credential program for students with an hb1105 -04-erCS/2025 Legislature autism spectrum disorder or students on a modified curriculum; providing the purpose of the program; providing requirements for the program; requiring the department to produce an annual report during a specified timeframe; providing requirements for the report; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; prohibiting students in specified grades from using wireless communications devices during the school day, rather than during instructional time; requiring district school boards to adopt rules for the use of such devices in certain locations or by certain students; amending s. 1007.263, F.S.; revising the student eligibility criteria for enrollment in certificate career education programs; amending ss. 1009.22 and 1009.23, F.S.; prohibiting the transportation access fee from being included in the calculation of Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars awards; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 1009.531, F.S.; revising eligibility requirements for a Florida Bright Futures Scholarship award for certain students who earn a high school diploma from a non- Florida school; amending s. 1009.534, F.S.; removing obsolete language; revising student eligibility requirements for the Florida Academic Scholars award; providing requirements for the Advanced Placement hb1105 -04-erCS/2025 Legislature Capstone designation as an eligibility requirement for the Florida Academic Scholars award; amending s. 1009.535, F.S.; removing obsolete language; amending s. 1009.536, F.S.; removing obsolete language; revising student eligibility requirements for the Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars and the Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars awards; amending s. 1007.271, F.S.; removing obsolete language; revising the requirements for certain career dual enrollment agreements; revising the requirements for certain dual enrollment articulation agreements; amending s. 1009.986, F.S.; revising membership of the board of directors of Florida ABLE, Inc.; requiring the board of directors to annually elect a chair; amending s. 1011.71, F.S.; authorizing the use of certain school district tax revenue for liability insurance; amending s. 1011.801, F.S.; revising entities that are included in the Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program to include charter schools; requiring the State Board of Education to consider applications from a job engine charter school for rulemaking purposes; requiring the department, by a specified date, to establish competencies for a mathematics endorsement aligned with certain strategies; providing requirements for the competencies; requiring the hb1105 -04-erCS/2025 Legislature Commissioner of Education to coordinate with specified school districts to implement specified policies relating to the prohibition of the use of specified devices during the school day and in certain other situations; requiring the department to provide a report and model policy to the Legislature by a specified date; providing requirements for the report and model policy; providing an effective date. 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H0999 Legal Tender An act relating to legal tender; amending s. 212.05, F.S.; revising the sales and use tax exemption for certain coin or currency; specifying that a person who claims the sales tax exemption bears the burden for determining whether the gold coin or silver coin meets a specified definition; providing a presumption regarding the purity requirements of gold coin and silver coin; creating s. 215.986, F.S.; defining terms; specifying that gold coin and silver coin are recognized as legal tender for a specified purpose; prohibiting gold cold or silver coin recognized as legal tender from being imprinted, stamped, or otherwise marked in a specified manner; providing an exception; specifying that a gold coin or silver coin that does not meet certain requirements is not recognized as legal tender for a specified purpose; providing construction; prohibiting persons or entities from being required to offer or accept any legal tender for a specified purpose; prohibiting persons or entities from incurring liability for refusing to offer or accept legal tender; providing an exception; authorizing a governmental entity to accept gold coin or silver coin for a specified purpose and only in a specified manner; authorizing governmental hb999 -02-er2025 Legislature entities to tender or accept gold coin or silver coin for certain purposes; authorizing governmental entities to tender or accept gold coin or silver coin by electronic transfer and not in physical form; requiring governmental entities to enter into specified written contracts under certain circumstances; requiring certain custodians of gold coin or silver coin to meet certain requirements; specifying that a governmental entity that tenders or accepts gold coin or silver coin under certain circumstances need not comply with certain provisions; creating s. 280.21, F.S.; requiring custodians of gold coin or silver coin which hold public deposits to meet certain requirements; requiring the Chief Financial Officer to adopt rules; amending s. 560.103, F.S.; revising definitions and defining terms; amending s. 560.109, F.S.; requiring the Office of Financial Regulation to examine a custodian of gold coin or silver coin at least annually; amending s. 560.141, F.S.; authorizing the office to conduct an examination of certain applicants before issuing a specified license; creating s. 560.155, F.S.; prohibiting money services businesses from being required to offer certain products or services; specifying certain requirements if money services businesses offer hb999 -02-er2025 Legislature certain products or services; requiring the Financial Services Commission to adopt rules; amending s. 560.205, F.S.; requiring applicants seeking to operate as a payment instrument seller, money transmitter, or a custodian of gold coin or silver coin to provide specified information to the office; creating s. 560.214, F.S.; requiring a custodian of gold coin or silver coin to meet certain requirements; defining the terms "fully allocated" and "undivided interest"; specifying that a custodian is a fiduciary to its customers; specifying that transmission of gold coin or silver coin in a specified manner is a two-party transaction; requiring the commission to adopt rules; amending s. 655.50, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "monetary instrument"; creating s. 655.97, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting financial institutions from being required to offer certain products or services; prohibiting financial institutions from incurring liability for refusing to offer certain products or services; specifying certain requirements if financial institutions offer certain products or services; requiring the commission to adopt rules; amending s. 672.511, F.S.; providing construction; amending s. 731.1065, F.S.; specifying that gold or silver coin that is legal tender is not hb999 -02-er2025 Legislature tangible personal property; specifying that certain provisions are effective for decedents on or after a specified date; providing applicability; deleting construction and applicability; amending s. 559.952, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing directives to the Division of Law Revision; requiring, by a specified date, the Department of Financial Services and the Office of Financial Regulation to submit a specified report to the Governor and the Legislature; requiring the Chief Financial Officer and the Financial Services Commission to adopt rules; requiring that such rules be adopted by a specified date and submitted to the Legislature in a specified report; providing that such rules may not take effect until ratified by the Legislature; requiring the Chief Financial Officer and the Financial Services Commission to make a specified notification to the Division of Law Revision; prohibiting such rules from being implemented until a specified time; repealing certain provisions unless reviewed and saved from the repeal through reenactment; providing effective dates. 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H0209 State Land Management An act relating to state land management; providing a short title; amending s. 253.034, F.S.; requiring public hearings for all updated conservation and nonconservation land management plans; requiring the Division of State Lands of the Department of Environmental Protection to make available to the public, within a specified timeframe, electronic copies of land management plans for parcels of a certain size and for parcels located in state parks; making technical changes; amending s. 258.004, F.S.; revising the duties of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying requirements for the management of parks and recreational areas held by the state; defining the term "conservation-based recreational uses"; prohibiting the construction of certain facilities within the boundaries of state parks for the protection of certain resources; providing construction; making technical changes; amending s. 258.007, F.S.; requiring the division to comply with specified provisions when granting certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits; authorizing the division to acquire, install, or permit the installation or operation at state parks of campsites hb209 -03-e1and cabins that meet certain requirements; prohibiting the division from authorizing certain uses or construction activities within a state park; prohibiting the division from installing or permitting the installation of any lodging establishment within the boundaries of a state park; providing construction; creating s. 258.152, F.S.; designating the St. Marks River Preserve State Park as Ney Landrum State Park; amending s. 259.032, F.S.; requiring that individual management plans for parcels located within state parks be developed with input from an advisory group; requiring that the advisory group's required public hearings be noticed to the public within a specified timeframe; requiring the department to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; specifying requirements for the report; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H1205 Amendments to the State Constitution An act relating to amendments to the State Constitution; providing legislative findings and intent; amending s. 15.21, F.S.; requiring the Secretary of State to have received the ballot summary and the full text of the proposed revision or amendment to the State Constitution from the sponsor and to have received the financial impact statement from the Financial Impact Estimating Conference before submitting an initiative petition to the Attorney General; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 16.061, F.S.; revising the criteria that the Attorney General uses when petitioning the Supreme Court for an advisory opinion related to a proposed revision or amendment to the State Constitution; requiring that a copy of the petition form be provided to the sponsor of the initiative petition; conforming a cross- reference; making a technical change; amending s. 97.021, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "petition circulator"; reenacting and amending s. 99.097, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 100.371, F.S.; requiring the sponsor of an initiative petition to obtain a certain letter periodically; providing that a failure to obtain such letter results hb1205 -03-er2025 Legislature in the expiration of the initiative's signatures and disbanding of the sponsor's political committee; providing that certain initiative petition signatures expire and that the sponsor's political committee is disbanded under specified conditions; providing that such sponsor is not precluded from refiling the proposed amendment as a new petition; prohibiting a sponsor from sponsoring more than one initiative amendment; requiring a sponsor to register as a political committee and submit the ballot title, ballot summary, article and section of the State Constitution being amended, and full text of the proposed amendment to the Secretary of State; requiring that all information be available in alternative formats upon request; requiring the secretary to assign a petition number and submit a copy of the proposed amendment to the Financial Impact Estimating Conference for review, analysis, and a certain estimate; requiring the Division of Elections to publish the forms on which petition signatures must be fixed; deleting a requirement that the secretary adopt certain rules; providing requirements, which are effective on a specified date, for the petition forms; prohibiting persons, beginning on a specified date, from collecting, delivering, or otherwise physically hb1205 -03-er2025 Legislature possessing more than a specified number of signed petition forms if they have not registered with the Secretary of State as a petition circulator and have not been issued a petition circulator number; authorizing specified persons to collect signed petitions forms from their immediate family under specified circumstances; providing construction; defining the term "immediate family"; prohibiting certain persons from collecting signatures or initiative petitions; requiring that applications for registration include specified information; authorizing citizens to challenge a petition circulator's registration by filing a petition in circuit court; authorizing the court to enjoin the petition circulator from collecting signatures or petition forms until registered; authorizing the division to revoke a petition circulator's registration under specified circumstances; prohibiting persons from registering to collect signatures or initiative petitions until they complete a required training; providing the requirements for such training; providing civil penalties for the sponsors of initiative amendments that knowingly allow persons to collect petition forms on their behalf and violate specified provisions; prohibiting a sponsor hb1205 -03-er2025 Legislature from compensating a petition circulator based on the number of petition forms gathered or the time within which such forms are gathered; providing construction; requiring the division to make forms available to registered petition circulators in a certain format; deleting a requirement that supervisors of elections provide the division information on petition forms assigned to them; requiring sponsors to deliver forms promptly to the supervisor of elections in the county in which a voter resides within a specified timeframe after the form is signed; revising the civil penalties for failing to deliver forms within the prescribed timeframes; providing civil penalties for the sponsors of petitions if the person collecting petition forms on behalf of the sponsor signs the name of another, signs a fictitious name, or fills in missing information on the signed petition form; providing criminal penalties for persons who, while collecting petition forms, copy or retain a voter's personal identifying information for a reason other than to provide such information to the sponsor of an initiative petition; providing civil penalties for sponsors who mail or provide prefilled initiative petitions; providing that sponsors that discover and report a violation as soon as practicable may not be hb1205 -03-er2025 Legislature fined for such violation; requiring the supervisor to record the date a submitted petition is received; requiring the supervisor to notify the division of any misfiled petition; revising the conditions under which a supervisor verifies signatures to include processing of a certain fee; requiring supervisors, beginning on a specified date, to promptly record, in a specified manner, the date each form is received and the date the form is verified as valid; revising the conditions under which a supervisor may verify a signature on an initiative petition form; requiring supervisors to electronically transmit digital images, which must meet a specified standard, of all received petition forms to the division; requiring that such forms be identified as valid or invalid; requiring supervisors to retain all petition forms and identify those forms verified as valid from those deemed invalid until such forms are processed; requiring supervisors to deliver physical forms to the division; requiring the division to retain such forms for a specified timeframe; requiring supervisors to send a notice, which may be returned to the Office of Election Crimes and Security, to voters after their signature is verified, beginning on a specified date; providing requirements for such notice; requiring the Office of Election hb1205 -03-er2025 Legislature Crimes and Security to transmit copies of returned notices, upon receipt, to the division; requiring the division to deem the voter petition form invalid if a completed notice is received; providing that supervisors of elections are required to post on their websites the actual costs of signature verification for all petition forms, and that they may increase such costs annually by a specified date; specifying that such costs include costs related to certain actions; requiring supervisors to notify the Office of Election Crimes and Security under a specified condition; requiring the office to conduct specified preliminary investigations; authorizing the office to report findings of such investigations to the statewide prosecutor or a certain state attorney; providing that a signed petition form submitted by an ineligible or unregistered petition circulator must be invalidated; revising information related to signature verification which must be posted on the division's website; requiring the Secretary of State to rescind the certificate of ballot position if an advisory opinion from the Supreme Court deems the initiative petition invalid; requiring the Financial Impact Estimating Conference to submit the financial impact statement to the Secretary of State; requiring that a hb1205 -03-er2025 Legislature certain statement be included on the ballot if the conference does not complete an analysis and financial impact statement within a specified timeframe; providing that only the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, jointly, may convene the conference; revising the membership of the conference; deleting a provision authorizing the court to remand the financial impact statement to the conference to be redrafted; requiring that such statement appear on the petition form and ballot; requiring a sponsor to refile a petition as a new petition under certain circumstances; deleting a provision that deems financial impact statements approved for placement on the ballot under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of State to update petition forms by a specified date; requiring the department to make the petition circulator application available by a specified date; providing that each petition circulator registration expires on a specified date; requiring the department to notify such petition circulators of the expiration of their registration by a specified date; requiring the department to develop a certain training within a specified timeframe; authorizing supervisors of elections to increase the costs of signature hb1205 -03-er2025 Legislature verification before a specified date; requiring the supervisors to post such cost on their publicly available websites as soon as the cost is determined; amending s. 101.161, F.S.; requiring that a certain statement be included on the ballot if a financial impact statement was not produced or the Financial Impact Estimating Conference did not meet to produce one; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 102.111, F.S.; requiring the Elections Canvassing Commission to certify the returns of constitutional amendments; amending s. 102.121, F.S.; requiring the commission to make and sign separate certificates for constitutional amendments; providing requirements for such certificates; amending s. 102.168, F.S.; providing for standing to contest the adoption of a constitutional amendment by any qualified voter or taxpayer; revising the grounds on which such parties may contest an election or a constitutional amendment; providing that the commission and the sponsor of the amendment are indispensable parties in any such action; amending s. 104.185, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for persons who fill in missing information on a signed petition form to secure a ballot position for a candidate, a minor political party, or an issue; amending s. 104.186, F.S.; providing criminal hb1205 -03-er2025 Legislature penalties for persons who compensate others based on the number of petition forms gathered, as prohibited by a specified section; amending s. 104.187, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; creating s. 104.188, F.S.; defining the term "immediate family"; providing criminal penalties for certain persons who collect, deliver, or otherwise physically possess more than a certain number of signed petition forms other than their own or forms belonging to an immediate family member; providing construction; creating s. 106.151, F.S.; defining the term "public funds"; prohibiting an entity of state government or a person acting on behalf of such entity from expending or authorizing the expenditure of public funds for political advertisements or other communications sent to electors concerning a proposed constitutional amendment or revision; providing applicability; providing construction; amending s. 106.19, F.S.; providing that political committees sponsoring a constitutional amendment are liable for specified civil fines for submitting petition forms that do not provide the name and address of the petition circulator gathering such forms, regardless of whether the petition circulator is paid; amending s. 212.055, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. hb1205 -03-er2025 Legislature 895.02, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "racketeering activity" to provide criminal and civil penalties for violations of the Florida Election Code relating to irregularities or fraud involving issue petition activities; prohibiting the verification of a signed petition form for a specified timeframe; providing construction; providing effective dates. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H1617 Stem Cell Therapy An act relating to stem cell therapy; creating ss. 458.3245 and 459.0127, F.S.; providing legislative intent; defining terms; authorizing allopathic physicians and osteopathic physicians to perform stem cell therapy not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration under certain circumstances; specifying requirements for the stem cells that may be used by allopathic physicians and osteopathic physicians; requiring allopathic physicians and osteopathic physicians to adhere to applicable current good manufacturing practices in the performance of such therapies; prohibiting allopathic physicians and osteopathic physicians from obtaining stem cells for therapies from facilities failing to meet certain requirements; requiring allopathic physicians and osteopathic physicians to include certain terms in contracts or agreements with facilities producing stem cells for therapies; requiring allopathic physicians and osteopathic physicians to include a specified notice in any form of advertisement; providing requirements for such notice; requiring allopathic physicians and osteopathic physicians to obtain a signed consent form from the patient or his or her representative before performing the therapy; specifying requirements for the consent form; providing applicability; providing for disciplinary action; requiring the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine to adopt rules, respectively; providing an effective date. Dead
H1135 Electrocardiograms for Student Athletes An act relating to electrocardiograms for student athletes; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; authorizing certain out-of-state licensed practitioners to conduct medical evaluations and electrocardiograms; requiring certain electrocardiograms to be provided by specified licensed practitioners; requiring certain students to complete at least one electrocardiogram screening to participate in interscholastic athletic competition beginning in a specified school year; providing an exemption from such requirements; requiring the Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt bylaws and policies prohibiting students with abnormal electrocardiograms from participating in interscholastic athletic competition until a written medical clearance is submitted to the school; providing requirements for such written medical clearance; providing immunity from liability; amending s. 1006.165, F.S.; requiring school districts to pursue specified public and private partnerships for the provisions of electrocardiograms to students; providing an exemption for students from such procedure under certain circumstances; providing an effective date. Dead
H0247 Housing An act relating to housing; creating s. 83.471, F.S.; providing definitions; authorizing a landlord to accept reusable tenant screening reports and require a specified statement; requiring that certain information be included in reusable tenant screening reports; prohibiting a landlord from charging certain fees to an applicant using a reusable tenant screening report; providing applicability; amending s. 163.31771, F.S.; defining the term "primary dwelling unit"; requiring, rather than authorizing, local governments to adopt, by a specified date, an ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in certain areas; requiring such ordinances to apply prospectively; prohibiting such ordinances from including certain requirements; removing a requirement that an application for a building permit to construct an accessory dwelling unit include a certain affidavit; revising the accessory dwelling units that apply toward satisfying a certain component of a local government's comprehensive plan; specifying that accessory dwelling units that provide affordable rental housing shall apply towards satisfying a certain component of a local government's comprehensive plan; prohibiting the denial of a hb247-03-c3 CS/ homestead exemption for certain portions of property on a specified basis; requiring that a rented accessory dwelling unit be assessed separately from the homestead property and taxed according to its use; providing an exception; prohibiting local governments from adopting an ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in areas of critical state concern; amending s. 420.615, F.S.; authorizing a local government to provide a density bonus incentive to landowners who make certain real property donations to assist in the provision of affordable housing for military families; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to evaluate the efficacy of using mezzanine finance and the potential of tiny homes for specified purposes; requiring the office to consult with certain entities; requiring the office to submit a certain report to the Legislature by a specified date; amending s. 553.80, F.S.; providing that the use of certain dwellings as, or the conversion of such dwellings into, certain residences is not a change in occupancy as defined in the Florida Building Code; amending s. 633.208, F.S.; providing that the use of certain dwellings as, or the conversion of such dwellings into, certain residences does not require the reclassification of such hb247-03-c3 CS/ dwellings for purposes of enforcing the Florida Fire Prevention Code; providing an effective date. Dead
H0535 Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments An act relating to public lodging and public food service establishments; amending s. 509.013, F.S.; revising definitions; amending s. 509.141, F.S.; revising notification requirements for removing guests from public lodging and public food service establishments; revising penalty provisions; amending s. 509.214, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring public food service establishments that charge an operations charge to provide specified notice; prohibiting public food service establishments that charge an operations charge that is used to compensate employees from also charging an automatic gratuity; requiring bills and receipts to contain certain information; prohibiting a private cause of action; providing effective dates. Dead
H0277 Veterans' Benefits Assistance An act relating to veterans' benefits assistance; amending s. 435.02, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "specified agency"; creating s. 501.9741, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting a person from receiving compensation for referring an individual to a provider for advising, assisting, or consulting on any veterans' benefits matter; authorizing a provider to receive compensation only for services rendered during a specified period only under certain circumstances; requiring that, before such services are rendered, a written agreement, which must include specified information, be signed by both parties; requiring that persons who advise, assist, or consult on veterans' benefits matters for compensation provide a specified oral and written disclosure before entering into a business relationship with a client; providing requirements for such disclosure; prohibiting a provider who advises, assists, or consults on veterans' benefits matters from charging certain fees; prohibiting the charging of interest on payment plans; providing requirements in the event of the death of a veteran claimant; prohibiting certain guarantees; prohibiting a provider who advises, assists, or consults on veterans' benefits matters for hb277-02-c2 compensation from taking certain actions; requiring a provider to ensure that individuals who directly assist a veteran in a veterans' benefits matter complete a specified background screening before entering into an agreement with a veteran for a veterans' benefits matter; providing requirements; providing construction; requiring a provider to provide copies of certain documents to the veteran and maintain a copy of such documents pursuant to specified provisions; prohibiting a person who provides services from receiving compensation under certain circumstances and until certain conditions are met; providing that a violation is a deceptive and unfair trade practice which may be subject to specified penalties; providing construction; providing an effective date. Dead
H0549 Gulf of America Requires state agencies to update geographic materials to reflect new federal designation of "Gulf of Mexico" as "Gulf of America"; requires district school boards & charter school governing boards to, beginning on specified date, adopt & acquire specified materials & collects that reflect new federal designation of "Gulf of Mexico" as "Gulf of America." Signed/Enacted/Adopted
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
S7022 Retirement House: Third Reading RCS#437 06/16/2025 Yea
S2500 Appropriations House: Third Reading RCS#443 06/16/2025 Yea
S2506 Natural Resources House: Third Reading RCS#441 06/16/2025 Yea
S2502 Implementing the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act House: Third Reading RCS#435 06/16/2025 Yea
S2504 Collective Bargaining House: Third Reading RCS#436 06/16/2025 Yea
S2514 Health and Human Services House: Third Reading RCS#438 06/16/2025 Yea
S2510 Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Education House: Third Reading RCS#440 06/16/2025 Yea
S2508 Judges House: Third Reading RCS#439 06/16/2025 Yea
H7031 Taxation House: Third Reading RCS#432 06/16/2025 Yea
H5015 State Group Insurance House: Third Reading RCS#434 06/16/2025 Yea
H5019 Budget Stabilization Fund House: Third Reading RCS#431 06/16/2025 Yea
H5017 Debt Reduction House: Third Reading RCS#433 06/16/2025 Yea
H5019 Budget Stabilization Fund House Budget Committee 06/05/2025 Yea
H5017 Debt Reduction House Budget Committee 06/05/2025 Yea
S2510 Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Education House: Third Reading RCS#428 05/13/2025 Yea
S0248 Student Participation in Interscholastic and Intrascholastic Extracurricular Sports House: Third Reading RCS#419 05/02/2025 Yea
H0289 Boating Safety House: Third Reading RCS#426 05/02/2025 Yea
S0116 Veterans House: Third Reading RCS#420 05/02/2025 Yea
S0768 Foreign Countries of Concern House: Third Reading RCS#407 05/02/2025 Yea
H0711 Spectrum Alert House: Third Reading RCS#421 05/02/2025 Yea
H0875 Educator Preparation House: Third Reading RCS#408 05/02/2025 Yea
S0168 Mental Health House: Third Reading RCS#417 05/02/2025 Yea
H1115 Education House: Third Reading RCS#413 05/02/2025 Yea
H1105 Education House: Third Reading RCS#415 05/02/2025 Yea
H1101 Out-of-network Providers House: Third Reading RCS#409 05/02/2025 Yea
H1255 Education House: Third Reading RCS#414 05/02/2025 Yea
H1299 Department of Health House: Third Reading RCS#405 05/02/2025 Yea
S7012 Child Welfare House: Third Reading RCS#418 05/02/2025 Yea
S0180 Emergencies House: Third Reading RCS#411 05/02/2025 Yea
H1427 Nursing Education Programs House: Third Reading RCS#416 05/02/2025 Yea
H1445 Public Officers and Employees House: Third Reading RCS#422 05/02/2025 Yea
H1549 Financial Services House: Third Reading RCS#406 05/02/2025 Yea
H0209 State Land Management House: Third Reading RCS#394 05/01/2025 Yea
H0255 Aggravated Animal Cruelty House: Third Reading RCS#400 05/01/2025 Yea
H0289 Boating Safety House: Third Reading RCS#397 05/01/2025 Yea
H0393 My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program House: Third Reading RCS#398 05/01/2025 Yea
H0443 Education House: Third Reading RCS#393 05/01/2025 Yea
H0711 Spectrum Alert House: Third Reading RCS#395 05/01/2025 Yea
H1103 Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities House: Third Reading RCS#391 05/01/2025 Yea
H1205 Amendments to the State Constitution House: Third Reading RCS#403 05/01/2025 Yea
H1205 Amendments to the State Constitution House: Third Reading RCS#402 05/01/2025 Nay
S1730 Affordable Housing House: Third Reading RCS#392 05/01/2025 Yea
H1609 Waste Incineration House: Third Reading RCS#401 05/01/2025 Yea
S0010 Relief of Sidney Holmes by the State of Florida House: Third Reading RCS#385 04/30/2025 Yea
S0026 Relief of Kristen and Lia McIntosh by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services House: Third Reading RCS#384 04/30/2025 Yea
S0056 Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities House: Third Reading RCS#388 04/30/2025 Yea
S0068 Health Facilities House: Third Reading RCS#350 04/30/2025 Yea
H0011 Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates House: Third Reading RCS#364 04/30/2025 Yea
S0184 Housing House: Third Reading RCS#347 04/30/2025 Yea
S0312 Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Inc. House: Third Reading RCS#386 04/30/2025 Yea
S0384 Annexing State-owned Lands House: Third Reading RCS#346 04/30/2025 Yea
S0388 Trust Funds for Wildlife Management House: Third Reading RCS#343 04/30/2025 Yea
S0492 Mitigation Banks House: Third Reading RCS#342 04/30/2025 Yea
S0116 Veterans House: Third Reading RCS#361 04/30/2025 Yea
S0112 Children with Developmental Disabilities House: Third Reading RCS#382 04/30/2025 Yea
S7002 Water Management Districts House: Third Reading RCS#380 04/30/2025 Yea
S0606 Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments House: Third Reading RCS#348 04/30/2025 Yea
H0593 Dangerous Dogs House: Third Reading RCS#366 04/30/2025 Yea
S0738 Child Care and Early Learning Providers House: Third Reading RCS#355 04/30/2025 Yea
S0164 Vessel Accountability House: Third Reading RCS#363 04/30/2025 Yea
H0687 Driving and Boating Offenses House: Third Reading RCS#378 04/30/2025 Yea
S0830 Disposition of Migrant Vessels House: Third Reading RCS#362 04/30/2025 Yea
S0892 Florida State University Election Law Center House: Third Reading RCS#387 04/30/2025 Yea
H0777 Offenses Involving Children House: Third Reading RCS#370 04/30/2025 Yea
S0954 Certified Recovery Residences House: Third Reading RCS#349 04/30/2025 Yea
H0913 Condominium and Cooperative Associations House: Third Reading RCS#377 04/30/2025 Yea
S1070 Electrocardiograms for Student Athletes House: Third Reading RCS#357 04/30/2025 Yea
H0999 Legal Tender House: Third Reading RCS#374 04/30/2025 Yea
S1080 Local Government Land Regulation House: Third Reading RCS#345 04/30/2025 Yea
H0987 Transportation Facility Designations House: Third Reading RCS#375 04/30/2025 Yea
S0168 Mental Health House: Third Reading RCS#383 04/30/2025 Yea
S1156 Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program House: Third Reading RCS#354 04/30/2025 Yea
H1049 Tampering with, Harassing, or Retaliating against Court Officials House: Third Reading RCS#369 04/30/2025 Yea
H1091 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Care House: Third Reading RCS#371 04/30/2025 Yea
H1143 Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources House: Third Reading RCS#365 04/30/2025 Yea
S1386 Assault or Battery on a Utility Worker House: Third Reading RCS#360 04/30/2025 Yea
S1388 Vessels House: Third Reading RCS#389 04/30/2025 Yea
H1237 Human Trafficking Awareness House: Third Reading RCS#368 04/30/2025 Yea
S1470 School Safety House: Third Reading RCS#358 04/30/2025 Yea
S1490 Children's Medical Services Program House: Third Reading RCS#353 04/30/2025 Yea
S1514 Anaphylaxis in Public and Charter Schools House: Third Reading RCS#356 04/30/2025 Yea
S7012 Child Welfare House: Third Reading RCS#381 04/30/2025 Yea
S1574 Energy Infrastructure Investment House: Third Reading RCS#344 04/30/2025 Yea
S1804 Capital Human Trafficking of Vulnerable Persons for Sexual Exploitation House: Third Reading RCS#359 04/30/2025 Yea
S1768 Stem Cell Therapy House: Third Reading RCS#351 04/30/2025 Yea
H1447 Trespass House: Third Reading RCS#367 04/30/2025 Yea
S1808 Refund of Overpayments Made by Patients House: Third Reading RCS#352 04/30/2025 Yea
H1545 Parkinson's Disease House: Third Reading RCS#372 04/30/2025 Yea
H1567 Insulin Administration by Direct Support Professionals and Relatives House: Third Reading RCS#373 04/30/2025 Yea
H1607 Cardiac Emergencies House: Third Reading RCS#376 04/30/2025 Yea
S0028 Relief of Darline Angervil and J.R. by the South Broward Hospital District House: Third Reading RCS#329 04/29/2025 Yea
S0022 Relief of Eric Miles, Jr., and Jennifer Miles by the South Broward Hospital District House: Third Reading RCS#332 04/29/2025 Yea
S0008 Relief of Marcus Button by the Pasco County School Board House: Third Reading RCS#328 04/29/2025 Yea
S0020 Relief of J.N., a Minor, by Hillsborough County House: Third Reading RCS#331 04/29/2025 Yea
S0014 Relief of the Estate of Peniel Janvier by the City of Miami Beach House: Third Reading RCS#330 04/29/2025 Yea
S0106 Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults House: Third Reading RCS#300 04/29/2025 Yea
S0118 Regulation of Presidential Libraries House: Third Reading RCS#325 04/29/2025 Yea
S0130 Compensation of Victims of Wrongful Incarceration House: Third Reading RCS#327 04/29/2025 Yea
S0150 Abandoning Restrained Dogs During Natural Disasters House: Third Reading RCS#326 04/29/2025 Yea
S0158 Coverage for Diagnostic and Supplemental Breast Examinations House: Third Reading RCS#289 04/29/2025 Yea
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FL Florida House District 074 House Republican In Office 11/06/2018