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State Representative
Alex Rizo
(R) - Florida
Florida House District 112
In Office - Started: 11/08/2022

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H0289 Boating Safety An act relating to boating safety; providing a short title; amending s. 327.02, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "livery vessel"; amending s. 327.30, F.S.; revising and providing penalties for vessel collisions, accidents, and casualties; defining the term "serious bodily injury"; creating s. 327.3015, F.S.; prohibiting a person from knowingly providing false information in specified reports; providing a criminal penalty; amending s. 327.33, F.S.; revising and providing penalties for the reckless operation of a vessel; amending s. 327.35, F.S.; defining the term "unborn child"; requiring a minimum mandatory prison term for boating under the influence manslaughter; amending s. 327.395, F.S.; requiring the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to adopt certain rules regarding standards for online boating safety education courses; specifying requirements regarding such rules; amending s. 327.54, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "livery"; amending s. 327.731, F.S.; requiring a person convicted of certain noncriminal infractions to pay a fine; requiring such proceeds to be deposited into the Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund for specified purposes; amending s. 327.73, F.S.; hb289 -04-erCS/2025 Legislature conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 782.072, F.S.; defining the term "unborn child"; revising the definition of the term "vessel homicide"; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking offenses on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0907 Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases An act relating to the Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases; creating s. 1004.4211, F.S.; establishing the Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases within the Florida State University College of Medicine; providing the goals of the institute; requiring the institute to establish and administer the Sunshine Genetics Pilot Program for a specified period; providing the purpose of the pilot program; providing institute responsibilities and duties relating to the pilot program; providing requirements for participation in the pilot program and data collection and release in the pilot program; defining the term "health care practitioner"; providing reporting requirements for the pilot program; establishing the Sunshine Genetics Consortium for specified purposes; requiring the consortium to be administered at the institute by an oversight board; providing for the membership and terms of the board; providing meeting and reporting requirements for the consortium; providing that specified provisions will be implemented subject to available funding in the General Appropriations Act; providing an effective date. hb907 -02-erLegislature Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H1371 Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel An act relating to law enforcement officers and other personnel; amending s. 112.1815, F.S.; authorizing first responder amputees to continue to serve as first responders under certain circumstances; creating s. 112.195, F.S.; creating the Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal; providing requirements for such medals; creating a board to evaluate applications for awarding such medals; providing for board membership; creating s. 316.2675, F.S.; prohibiting the use of motor vehicle kill switches; providing exceptions; providing a criminal penalty; amending s. 775.0823, F.S.; requiring a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for attempted murder in the first degree committed against specified justice system personnel; amending s. 817.49, F.S.; providing legislative findings concerning prosecution of the false reporting of crimes; amending s. 843.025, F.S.; prohibiting a person from depriving specified officers of digital recording devices or restraint devices; prohibiting a person from rendering a specified officer's weapon, radio, digital recording device, or restraint device useless or otherwise preventing the officer from defending himself or herself or summoning assistance; providing a criminal hb1371 -04-erCS/2025 Legislature penalty; amending s. 933.05, F.S.; requiring certain search warrants to be returned to the court within a specified time period; amending ss. 937.021 and 937.022, F.S.; revising requirements for the reporting of missing persons information; creating s. 943.0413, F.S.; creating the Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program within the Department of Law Enforcement; providing eligibility; specifying requirements for maps created by the program; authorizing the department to adopt rules; amending s. 951.27, F.S.; specifying requirements for testing inmates for infectious diseases; requiring test results to be reported to specified persons; requiring a first responder and other specified persons to provide notice upon his or her exposure to certain substances; requiring an employing agency to provide notice if a first responder or specified person is unable to provide notice; requiring a detention facility to test an inmate upon receipt of a specified notice; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0913 Condominium and Cooperative Associations An act relating to condominium and cooperative associations; amending s. 468.432, F.S.; prohibiting a person whose community association manager license is revoked from having an indirect or direct ownership interest in, or being an employee, a partner, an officer, a director, or a trustee of, a community association management firm for a specified timeframe; requiring a licensee to create and maintain an online licensure account with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; requiring a community association manager to identify on his or her online licensure account certain information; requiring a licensee to provide specific information on his or her online licensure account; requiring that such information be updated within a specified timeframe; requiring a community association management firm to identify on its online licensure account the community association managers it employs to provide community association management services; requiring the department to give written notice to the community association management firm and the community association if the community association manager has his or her license suspended or revoked; amending s. 468.4334, F.S.; prohibiting a community association hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature manager or a community association management firm from knowingly performing any act directed by the community association if such act violates any state or federal law; revising the contractual obligations a community association manager or a community association management firm has with the association board; requiring that a contract include a certain statement, if applicable to the type of management services provided in the contract; providing that such contracts may not waive or limit certain professional practice standards; requiring a community association to include specified information on its website or mobile application, if such association is required to maintain official records on a website or an application; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 468.4335, F.S.; revising what constitutes a rebuttable presumption of a conflict of interest with a community association manager or a community association management firm; defining the term "compensation"; requiring an association to solicit multiple bids from other third-party providers if a bid that exceeds a specified amount is or may reasonably be construed to be a conflict of interest; providing applicability; deleting a requirement that all contracts and transactional documents related to a hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature proposed activity that is a conflict of interest be attached to the meeting agenda of the next board of administration meeting; requiring that the notice for the board meeting at which certain activity will be considered include certain information about a proposed activity that is a conflict of interest; deleting a requirement that the proposed activity be disclosed at the next regular or special meeting of the members; providing that a contract is voidable if certain findings are made; providing specifications for terminating a contract; making technical changes; amending s. 553.899, F.S.; revising the criteria for buildings that require a milestone inspection; requiring, rather than authorizing, the board of county commissioners or a municipal governing body to adopt a specified ordinance; requiring specified professionals who bid to perform a milestone inspection to disclose to the association in writing their intent to bid on services related to any maintenance, repair, or replacement that may be recommended by the milestone inspection; prohibiting such professionals from having any interest in or being related to any person having any interest in the firm or entity providing the association's milestone inspection unless such relationship is disclosed in hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature writing; defining the term "relative"; providing that a contract for services is voidable and terminates upon the association filing a written notice terminating such contract if such professionals fail to provide a written disclosure of such relationship; providing that such professionals may be subject to discipline for failure to provide such written disclosure; requiring the local enforcement agency responsible for milestone inspections to provide to the department specified information in an electronic format by a specified date; requiring the department to provide to the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) all information obtained from the local enforcement agencies by a specified date; authorizing OPPAGA to request from the local enforcement agency any additional information necessary to compile and provide a report to the Legislature; amending s. 718.103, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "alternative funding method"; defining the term "video conference"; amending s. 718.110, F.S.; providing that the declaration of a nonresidential condominium may be amended to change certain provisions if all affected record owners join in the execution of such amendment; providing that the approval of nonaffected record owners is not required; hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature requiring that certain documents be served at a unit owner's address as reflected in the association's official records; amending s. 718.111, F.S.; requiring a community association manager or a community association management firm that contracts with a community association to possess specified licenses; providing that all board members or officers of a community association that contracts with a community association manager or a community association management firm have a duty to ensure that the community association manager or community association management firm is properly licensed before entering into a contract; authorizing a community association to terminate a contract with a community association manager or a community association management firm if the manager's or management firm's license is suspended or revoked during the term of the contract; requiring every condominium association to have adequate property insurance; deleting specified required coverage; providing that the amount of adequate insurance coverage may be based on the replacement cost of the property to be insured, as determined by an independent insurance appraisal or previous appraisal; requiring that such replacement cost be determined according to a specified timeframe; hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature providing that an association's obligation to obtain and provide adequate property insurance may be satisfied by obtaining and maintaining insurance coverage sufficient to cover a specified amount; revising which items constitute the official records of the association; requiring that certain documents be posted on certain associations' websites or made available for download through an application on a mobile device within a specified timeframe; revising which documents must be posted in digital format on the association's website or application; revising the timeframe in which the association must deliver a copy of the most recent financial report or a notice that a copy of the most recent financial report will be distributed; revising the methods of delivery for a copy of the most recent association financial report to include electronic delivery via the Internet; requiring that an officer or a director execute an affidavit as evidence of compliance with the delivery requirement; revising how financial reports are prepared; requiring an association board to use best efforts to make prudent investment decisions in fulfilling its duty to manage operating and reserve funds of the association; authorizing an association, including a multicondominium association, to invest hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature reserve funds in specified financial institutions without a vote of the unit owners; amending s. 718.112, F.S.; authorizing an association board meeting to be conducted in person or by video conference; requiring the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes to adopt rules; requiring that notice for board meetings conducted via video conference contain specific information; requiring that such meetings be recorded and maintained as an official record of the association; revising the distance from the condominium property within which a unit owner meeting must be held; authorizing a unit owner to vote electronically if the unit owner meeting is conducted via video conference; authorizing unit owner meetings to be conducted in person or via video conference; specifying what constitutes a quorum for meetings held via video conference; requiring that, if the bylaws are silent as to the location, the location of the meeting be provided in the association bylaws or within a specified distance from, or within the same county of, the condominium property; requiring that meetings held via video conference be recorded and be maintained as an official record of the association; requiring the division to adopt rules; revising the hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature methods of serving notice of unit owner meetings; authorizing budget meetings to be conducted via video conference; requiring the division to adopt rules; requiring that a sound transmitting device be used at such meetings for a specified purpose; revising a provision requiring that a board proposing a budget that requires a certain special assessment against unit owners simultaneously propose a substitute budget that meets certain requirements, rather than conduct a special meeting of the unit owners to consider a substitute budget after the adoption of the annual budget; requiring unit owners, rather than authorizing them, to consider a substitute budget; providing that the annual budget initially proposed by the board be adopted under certain circumstances; revising the criteria used in determining whether assessments exceed the specified percentage of assessments of the previous fiscal year; revising the threshold for deferred maintenance expenses or replacements in reserve accounts; authorizing the members to vote to waive the maintenance of reserves recommended in the most recent structural integrity reserve study under certain circumstances; deleting a requirement that the division approve the funding method; providing that specified reserves may be funded by regular hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature assessments, special assessments, lines of credit, or loans under certain circumstances; requiring that any special assessment, line of credit, or loan be approved by a majority of the total voting interests of the association; authorizing a unit-owner- controlled association that is required to have a structural reserve study to obtain a line of credit or a loan to fund capital expenses required by a milestone inspection or a structural integrity reserve study; requiring that any special assessment, line of credit, or loan be sufficient to fund the cumulative amount of any previously waived or unfunded portions of the reserve funding amount and the most recent structural integrity reserve study; requiring that funding from the line of credit or loan be immediately available for access by the board for a specified purpose without further approval by association members; requiring that such special assessments, lines of credit, or loans be included in the association's financial report; providing applicability; deleting a requirement that the majority of the members must approve of the board pausing contributions to the association's reserves for a specified purpose; authorizing the board to temporarily pause reserve fund contributions or reduce hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature the amount of reserve funding for a specified purpose for a budget adopted on or before a specified date if the association has completed a milestone inspection within a specified timeframe and such inspection recommended certain repairs; requiring that such temporary pause or reduction be approved by a majority of the total voting interests of the association; providing applicability; requiring associations that have paused or reduced their reserve funding to have a structural integrity reserve study performed before the continuation of reserve contributions for specified purposes; providing that an association's reserve accounts may be pooled for a specified number of required components; requiring that reserve funding for certain components be pooled within those components; requiring that reserve funding in the proposed annual budget be sufficient to ensure that available funds meet or exceed projected expenses for all components in the reserve pool based on the reserve funding plan or schedule of the most recent structural integrity reserve study; providing that a vote of the members is not required for the board to change the accounting method for reserves to specified accounting methods; requiring the division to annually adjust for inflation the minimum threshold amount for hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature required reserves, based on specified criteria; requiring the division, by a specified date and annually thereafter, to conspicuously post on its website the inflation-adjusted minimum threshold amount for required reserves; revising the items to be included in a structural integrity reserve study; requiring specified design professionals or contractors who bid to perform a structural integrity reserve study to disclose in writing to the association their intent to bid on any services related to the maintenance, repair, or replacement that may be recommended by the structural integrity reserve study; prohibiting such professionals or contractors from having any interest in or being related to any person having any interest in the firm or entity providing the association's structural integrity reserve study unless such relationship is disclosed in writing; defining the term "relative"; providing that a contract for services is voidable and terminates upon the association filing a written notice terminating such a contract if such professional or contractor fails to provide a written disclosure of such relationship with the firm conducting the structural integrity reserve study; providing that such professional or contractor may be hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature subject to discipline for his or her failure to provide such written disclosure; requiring that a structural integrity reserve study include a recommendation for a reserve funding schedule based on specified criteria; providing that the study may recommend other types of reserve funding schedules, provided each recommended schedule is sufficient to meet the association's maintenance obligations; requiring that reserves not required for certain items be separately identified as such in the structural integrity reserve study; requiring that the structural integrity reserve study take into consideration the funding method or methods used by the association to fund maintenance and reserve funding obligations through regular assessments, special assessments, lines of credit, or loans; requiring that a structural integrity reserve study that has been performed before the approval of a special assessment or the securing of a line of credit or a loan be updated to reflect certain information regarding the reserve funding schedule; providing that a structural integrity reserve study may be updated to reflect changes in the useful life of the reserve items after such items are repaired or replaced, and the effect such repair or replacement will have on the reserve funding schedule; hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature requiring an association to obtain an updated structural integrity reserve study before adopting any budget in which the reserve funding from regular assessments, special assessments, lines of credit, or loans do not align with the funding plan from the most recent version of the structural integrity reserve study; revising applicability; authorizing an association to delay a required structural integrity reserve study for a specified timeframe if it has completed a milestone inspection or similar inspection, for a specified purpose; requiring an officer or director of an association to sign an affidavit acknowledging receipt of the completed structural integrity reserve study; requiring the division to adopt rules for the form for the structural integrity reserve study in coordination with the Florida Building Commission; making technical changes; amending s. 718.113, F.S.; requiring the board to determine whose responsibility it is to pay for removal or reinstallation of hurricane protection under certain circumstances; deleting authorization for an association to enforce and collect certain charges as assessments; amending s. 718.1265, F.S.; revising the emergency powers of a condominium association; amending s. 718.128, F.S.; deleting a hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature requirement for written notice of certain meetings; requiring, after a specified percentage of voting interests adopts a resolution, a board to hold a meeting within a certain timeframe to adopt such resolution; requiring that a petition to adopt a resolution be submitted to the board within a certain timeframe; requiring an association to designate an e- mail address for receipt of electronically transmitted ballots; requiring that electronically transmitted ballots meet specified requirements; authorizing a unit owner to electronically transmit a ballot without complying with certain provisions; requiring an association to count completed such electronically submitted ballots if such ballots comply with specified requirements; providing requirements for electronically transmitted ballots; providing a rebuttable presumption; amending s. 718.203, F.S.; providing that all condominiums, not just residential, can be covered by an insured warranty program; amending s. 718.301, F.S.; providing that certain provisions of law relating to transfer of control of an association do not apply to certain residential condominiums beginning on a specified date; amending s. 718.302, F.S.; providing that certain agreements may be cancelled by unit owners if the unit owners own hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature a specified percentage of voting interests in certain condominiums; amending s. 718.407, F.S.; requiring that a specified report be provided to an association within a certain timeframe after the end of the fiscal year; requiring that copies of receipts and invoices be included with the report; authorizing the division to impose penalties under certain circumstances; authorizing an association to challenge the apportionment of certain costs of the shared facilities within a certain timeframe; providing construction; amending s. 718.501, F.S.; revising the duties of the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes regarding investigation of complaints; requiring condominium associations to create and maintain an online account with the division on or before a specified date; requiring condominium associations to provide requested information to the division; requiring the division to adopt rules; authorizing the division to require condominium associations to provide such information no more than once a year; requiring that certain information be updated within a specified timeframe; requiring the division to provide a condominium association a specified notice of any requirement to provide information after the condominium association hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature creates an online account; specifying the information the division may require from a condominium association; amending s. 718.503, F.S.; revising the disclosures that must be included in a contract for the sale and resale of a residential unit; amending s. 8 of chapter 2024-244, Laws of Florida, as amended; requiring that specified documents be made available on an association's website or made available for download through an application on a mobile device within a specified timeframe; revising the documents required to be posted in digital format on an association's website or application; amending s. 31 of chapter 2024-244, Laws of Florida; revising retroactivity and applicability; amending s. 719.104, F.S.; requiring a board to use best efforts to make prudent investment decisions in fulfilling its duty to manage operating and reserve funds of the cooperative association; authorizing an association to invest reserve funds in specified financial institutions without a vote of the unit owners; amending s. 719.106, F.S.; revising the deferred maintenance expense or replacement costs threshold that must be included in reserve accounts; authorizing the board to pause contributions to its reserves or reduce reserve funding if a local building official determines the hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature entire cooperative building is uninhabitable due to a natural emergency; authorizing any reserve account funds held by the association to be expended to make the cooperative building and its structures habitable, pursuant to the board's determination; requiring the association to immediately resume contributing funds to its reserves upon determination by the local building official that the cooperative building is habitable; providing that certain reserves may be funded by regular assessments, special assessments, lines of credit, or loans under certain circumstances; requiring that a special assessment, a line of credit, or a loan requires the approval of a majority vote of the total voting interests of an association; authorizing a unit-owner-controlled association to obtain a line of credit or a loan to fund capital expenses required by a milestone inspection or a structural integrity reserve study; requiring that such lines of credit or loans be sufficient to fund the cumulative amount of any previously waived or unfunded portion of the reserve funding amount and most recent structural integrity reserve study; requiring that funding from such line of credit or loan be immediately available for access by the board for a specified purpose without further approval by hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature the members of the association; requiring that any special assessment, line of credit, or loan be included in the annual financial statement to be delivered to unit owners and provided to prospective unit purchasers; authorizing the board to temporarily pause reserve fund contributions or reduce the amount of reserve funding for a specified purpose for a budget adopted on or before a specified date if the association has completed a milestone inspection within a specified timeframe; requiring that such temporary pause or reduction be approved by a majority of the total voting interests of the association; providing applicability; requiring associations that have paused or reduced reserve funding contributions to have a structural integrity reserve study performed for specified purposes before the continuation of reserve contributions; providing that an association's reserve accounts may be pooled for a specified number of required components; requiring that reserve funding for certain components be pooled within those components; requiring that reserve funding in the proposed annual budget be sufficient to ensure that available funds meet or exceed projected expenses for all components in the reserve pool based on the reserve funding plan or schedule of the most recent hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature structural integrity reserve study; providing that a vote of the members is not required for the board to change the accounting method for reserves to specified accounting methods; requiring the division to annually adjust for inflation the minimum threshold amount for required reserves based on specified criteria; requiring the division, by a specified date and annually thereafter, to conspicuously post on its website the inflation-adjusted minimum threshold amount for required reserves; revising the criteria for buildings that require a structural integrity reserve study; revising the items required to be included in a structural integrity reserve study; requiring specified design professionals or contractors, rather than any person qualified to perform a structural integrity reserve study, to perform structural integrity reserve studies; requiring such design professionals or contractors who bid to perform a structural integrity reserve study to disclose in writing to the association their intent to bid on any services related to the maintenance, repair, or replacement that may be recommended by the structural integrity reserve study; prohibiting such professionals or contractors from having any interest in or being related to any person having any interest hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature in the firm or entity providing the association's structural integrity reserve study unless such relationship is disclosed in writing; defining the term "relative"; providing that a contract for services is voidable and terminates upon the association filing a written notice terminating such a contract if such professional or contractor fails to provide a written disclosure of such relationship with the firm conducting the structural integrity reserve study; providing that such professional or contractor may be subject to discipline for his or her failure to provide such written disclosure; requiring that a structural integrity reserve study include a recommendation for a reserve funding schedule based on specified criteria; providing that the study may recommend other types of reserve funding schedules, provided each recommended schedule is sufficient to meet the association's maintenance obligation; requiring that reserves not required for certain items be separately identified as such in the structural integrity reserve study; requiring that the structural integrity reserve study take into consideration the funding method or methods used by the association to fund its maintenance and reserve funding obligations through regular assessments, special assessments, hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature lines of credit, or loans; requiring that a structural integrity reserve study that has been performed before the approval of a special assessment or the securing of a line of credit or a loan be updated to reflect certain information regarding the reserve funding schedule; providing that a structural integrity reserve study may be updated to reflect changes in the useful life of the reserve items after such items are repaired or replaced, and the effect of such repair or replacement will have on the reserve funding schedule; requiring an association to obtain an updated structural integrity reserve study before adopting any budget in which the reserve funding from regular assessments, special assessments, lines of credit, or loans do not align with the funding plan from the most recent version of the structural integrity reserve study; revising applicability; authorizing an association to delay a required structural integrity reserve study for a specified timeframe if it has completed a milestone inspection or similar inspection, for a specified purpose; requiring an officer or a director of the association to sign an affidavit acknowledging receipt of the completed structural integrity reserve study; requiring the division to adopt by rule the form for the structural hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature integrity reserve study in coordination with the Florida Building Commission; amending s. 719.128, F.S.; revising the emergency powers of a cooperative association; amending s. 719.501, F.S.; requiring a cooperative association to create and maintain an online account with the division; requiring the division to adopt rules; authorizing the division to require cooperative associations to provide information to the division no more than once per year; providing an exception; requiring the division to provide associations a specified timeframe to provide any required information; specifying the information the division may request; amending s. 719.503, F.S.; revising the disclosures required to be included in a contract for the sale and resale of an interest in a cooperative; amending s. 914.21, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "official investigation"; reenacting s. 468.436(2)(b), F.S., relating to disciplinary proceedings, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 468.4335, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting ss. 718.106(2)(b), 718.117(4), 718.403(1)(d), and 718.405(4), F.S., relating to condominium appurtenances, termination of condominium, phase condominiums, and multicondominiums, respectively, to incorporate the hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature amendment made to s. 718.110, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 721.13(3)(e), F.S., relating to management, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 718.111, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting ss. 718.504(7)(a) and (21)(c) and 718.618(1)(d), F.S., relating to prospectus or offering circulars and converter reserve accounts and warranties, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 718.112, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 718.115(1)(e), F.S., relating to common expenses and common surpluses, to incorporate the amendment made in s. 718.113, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 718.706(1) and (3), F.S., relating to specific provisions pertaining to offering of units by bulk assignees or bulk buyers, to incorporate the amendments made to ss. 718.111, 718.112, and 718.503, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 718.705(2), F.S., relating to the transfer of control of the board of administration, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 718.301, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting ss. 719.103(24) and 719.504(7)(a) and (20)(c), F.S., relating to definitions and prospectus or offering circulars, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 719.106, F.S., in references thereto; providing effective dates. hb913 -03-er2025 Legislature Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0669 Israeli Bonds An act relating to Israeli bonds; amending s. 218.415, F.S.; prohibiting local governments from requiring minimum bond ratings in certain circumstances; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0449 Optometry An act relating to optometry; amending s. 463.002, F.S.; providing and revising definitions; amending s. 463.003, F.S.; revising membership requirements for the Board of Optometry; providing construction; amending s. 463.005, F.S.; revising and providing rules to be implemented by the board; amending s. 463.0055, F.S.; revising requirements for the administration and prescription of ocular pharmaceutical agents; revising provisions relating to the topical and oral ocular pharmaceutical agent formularies established by the board; creating s. 463.0056, F.S.; authorizing an optometrist certified in ophthalmic procedures to perform certain procedures; providing certification requirements; requiring the statewide professional association of physicians and statewide professional association of licensed optometrists to establish a joint committee who will be responsible for the development of the course and examination; providing requirements for the joint committee; excluding specified procedures; amending s. 463.006, F.S.; requiring a certified optometrist desiring to be licensed as a certified optometrist to submit to a background screening and successfully complete and pass a specified course and hb449 -03-e1examination; requiring the board to determine the required content, grading criteria, and passing score for such examination; revising the timeline in which an applicant may successfully pass the licensure examination; amending s. 463.007, F.S.; revising conditions of licensure to include the successful completion and passage of a specified course and examination; amending s. 463.0135, F.S.; providing authorized procedures a certified optometrist may perform in the standards of practice; defining the term "superficial foreign bodies"; requiring a licensed practitioner to display specified signs at his or her practice under certain circumstances; amending s. 463.014, F.S.; providing penalties; removing a provision prohibiting surgery of any kind; creating s. 463.0185, F.S.; authorizing specified titles and abbreviations for certified optometrists; creating s. 463.0187, F.S.; providing requirements for the demonstration of financial responsibility as a condition of licensure; providing applicability; amending s. 463.009, F.S.; expanding duties nonlicensed supportive personnel may perform under certain circumstances; defining the term "indirect supervision"; amending s. 641.31, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective date. hb449 -03-e1 Dead
H0665 Local Government Impact Fees and Development Permits and Orders An act relating to local government impact fees and development permits and orders; amending s. 125.022, F.S.; prohibiting a county from requiring an applicant to take certain actions as a condition of processing or issuing a development permit or development order; providing that any ordinance or regulation in conflict is void and unenforceable; amending s. 163.3164, F.S.; defining the term "plan-based methodology"; amending s. 163.31801, F.S.; defining the term "extraordinary circumstances"; requiring the completion of a demonstrated-need study using a plan-based methodology before the adoption of an impact fee increase which expressly demonstrates certain extraordinary circumstances; prohibiting increases in certain impact fees unless specified extraordinary circumstances are demonstrated; prohibiting a local government from increasing an impact fee rate under certain circumstances; amending s. 166.033, F.S.; prohibiting a municipality from requiring an applicant to take certain actions as a condition of processing or issuing a development permit or development order; providing that any ordinance or regulation in conflict is void and unenforceable; amending s. 212.055, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective hb665-01-c1 date. Dead
H1309 Reading Interventions and Instruction An act relating to reading interventions and instruction; amending s. 1001.215, F.S.; requiring the Just Read, Florida! Office to work with the Florida Center for Reading Research to identify specified personnel to receive training in the delivery of specified reading instruction and interventions; amending s. 1003.4201, F.S.; requiring intensive reading instruction to be provided to certain students; providing requirements for such instruction; revising the requirements of school district reading instruction plans to include the deployment of specified personnel; revising the duties of the Department of Education relating to such plans; amending s. 1004.645, F.S.; requiring the Florida Center for Reading Research, contingent upon funding, to develop specified content relating to training for certain personnel; amending s. 1012.98, F.S.; revising the requirements for school district professional learning systems to include the delivery of specified instruction and interventions; providing an effective date. Dead
H0639 Local Government Official Salaries An act relating to local government official salaries; amending ss. 145.051, 145.09, and 145.10, F.S.; revising the base salary used to calculate the compensation of a clerk of the circuit court and a county comptroller, a supervisor of elections, and a property appraiser, respectively; providing an effective date. Dead
H1057 Adult Day Care Services and Centers An act relating to adult day care services and centers; amending s. 409.908, F.S.; providing a reimbursement system for adult day care services providers under the Medicaid program; defining the term "tiered payment system"; providing reimbursement rates for nonemergency medical transportation services provided by adult day care centers to Medicaid recipients; creating s. 429.924, F.S.; providing purpose of specified provisions; authorizing waivers under specified circumstances; providing annual continuing education requirements for operators of adult day care centers; providing that certain persons qualify for specified course credits; requiring persons and entities providing continuing education courses to furnish specified documents to the Department of Elder Affairs; providing that the continuing education requirements are a condition precedent to the issuance, continuation, reinstatement, or renewal of an adult day care center license; authorizing the department to grant an extension for the education course completion under certain circumstances; prohibiting the department from renewing licenses until the course is completed; providing an effective date. Dead
H0765 Celia Cruz Day An act relating to Celia Cruz Day; creating s. 683.27, F.S.; designating October 21 of each year as "Celia Cruz Day"; providing an effective date. Dead
H4069 Homeowner's Insurance Reform A memorial to the Congress of the United States, urging Congress to institute homeowner's insurance reform. Dead
H1457 Aging and Disability Services An act relating to aging and disability services; repealing s. 400.0067, F.S., relating to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council; amending s. 409.979, F.S.; revising requirements for Medicaid recipients to receive an offer for enrollment for long-term care services; requiring the Department of Elderly Affairs to maintain a statewide preenrollment list for certain services; requiring aging and disability resource center personnel to place individuals on certain lists; requiring certain staff to administer rescreening under certain circumstances; amending s. 430.03, F.S.; revising the purposes of the Department of Elderly Affairs to include providing direct services to the elderly population under certain circumstances; amending s. 430.04, F.S.; revising the duties and responsibilities of the department to include designating area agencies on aging; creating s. 430.09, F.S.; providing requirements for area agencies on aging expenditures; prohibiting an administrative employee of an area agency on aging from receiving a specified salary amount; providing construction; amending s. 430.203, F.S.; revising and providing definitions; amending s. 430.204, F.S.; removing certain funding responsibilities of the department and certain entities; removing responsibility of provider agencies to collect and assess fees for certain services; amending s. 430.205, F.S.; removing certain funding responsibilities of the department; revising frequency of inservice training for certain providers; revising the term "primary consideration" to "priority consideration"; amending s. 430.2053, F.S.; redesignating aging resource centers as aging and disability resource centers; authorizing aging and disability resource centers to place and remove certain individuals on or from preenrollment lists; removing a requirement for convening a work group for certain purposes; removing a requirement for an aging and disability resource center to provide enrollment and coverage information to certain individuals; requiring the aging and disability resource center to receive a waiver to be the provider of other direct services; revising the program to which the department and the agency on aging may not make payments; removing an eligibility requirement for an area agency on aging to transition to an aging resource center; revising who the department may consult with to develop capitation rates; amending s. 430.503, F.S.; removing the responsibility of provider agencies to collect and assess fees for certain purposes; amending s. 430.602, F.S.; defining the term "functionally impaired elderly person"; amending s. 430.605, F.S.; revising certain subsidy payments to include food and nutritional supplements; creating s. 430.71, F.S.; providing purpose and legislative intent for the Florida Alzheimer's Center of Excellence; providing definitions; providing powers and duties of the center; providing eligibility requirements for services; amending s. 430.901, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 744.2001, F.S.; removing a requirement for the executive director of the Office of Public and Professional Guardians to report to the Secretary of Elderly Affairs amending s. 744.2003, F.S.; revising the amount of a specified bond maintained by a guardian for certain purposes; requiring the court to enter a written order waiving the bond requirement and include reasons for waiver under certain circumstances; amending ss. 744.2004 and 744.20041, F.S.; revising disciplinary actions; creating s. 744.20061, F.S.; providing requirements for an entity to serve as an office of public guardian; providing definitions; requiring a board member, a director, or an officer of an office of public guardian to disclose any conflict of interest to the office's board; providing that a conflict of interest in a contract must to be noticed and voted on; providing requirements for certain contracts; providing penalties; amending s. 744.2103, F.S.; revising requirements for a required independent audit for each office of public guardian; amending s. 744.2104, F.S.; providing requirements for Office of Public and Professional Guardians in conducting certain investigations; amending s. 744.351, F.S.; requiring a court to enter a written order with specified information when waiving a certain bond; amending s. 744.361, F.S.; revising powers and duties of a guardian; amending s. 744.3701, F.S.; authorizing a clerk of court to disclose certain confidential information to the Department of Elderly Affairs under certain circumstances; amending s. 744.441, F.S.; revising requirements for the sale of any real or personal property by a guardian; creating s. 744.448, F.S.; providing requirements for the sale of a ward's real property; amending ss. 400.0060, 400.0065, 400.0073, 400.0075, 400.0087, and 430.504, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. Dead
H1295 Construction Defects An act relating to construction defects; amending ss. 558.001 and 558.002, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 558.003, F.S.; providing that deviations from the initial plans and specifications for construction projects are not considered construction defects; amending s. 558.004, F.S.; revising the list of parties to be served written notice; revising the list of parties to be served written notice; requiring such claimants to describe with specificity the location of the known damages from the alleged defective conditions; revising which parts of the property the parties served may inspect; revising the persons to whom the parties served may serve a notice of claim; requiring such claimants who accept an offer to repair an alleged construction defect to provide the offeror reasonable access to the claimant's property during a specified timeframe to perform the repair; providing that such claimants may proceed with an action against an offeror without further notice if the payment or repairs do not occur within the agreed-upon timetable; providing exceptions; prohibiting a claimant from proceeding with an action against an offeror if the offeror makes payment or completes the repairs within the agreed-upon timetable in the accepted settlement offer; providing that if such persons served by such claimants obtain the required building permits and certificate of occupancy, and the local government approves the plans, the construction project passes all required inspections under the Florida Building Code; providing applicability; reenacting and amending s. 558.005, F.S.; requiring claimants representing more than 20 parcels and any parties served with a notice of claim alleging a construction defect to agree to preaction mediation in writing; requiring such parties served to deposit sufficient funds in an escrow account to be managed by an escrow agent for a specified purpose; providing when funds may be distributed; requiring such parties to contract with a licensed engineer or construction management firm to certify the status of the completion of each agreed- upon defective condition and damage; providing that any remaining funds in the escrow account be released back to the payor; providing an effective date. Dead
H0729 Veterinary Professional Associates An act relating to veterinary professional associates; providing a short title; creating s. 474.2126, F.S.; providing legislative findings; defining terms; authorizing certain individuals to use the title "veterinary professional associate"; authorizing veterinary professional associates to perform certain duties only while under the responsible supervision of a licensed veterinarian; specifying certain education requirements; prohibiting such associates from prescribing certain drugs or controlled substances or performing certain surgical procedures; providing exceptions; providing that supervising veterinarians are liable for the acts or omissions of veterinary professional associates under their supervision; providing an effective date. Dead
H1111 Certificates of Completion An act relating to certificates of completion; amending s. 1002.394, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 1003.4282, F.S.; deleting provisions providing for the award of a certificate of completion to certain students; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1003.433 conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 1007.263, F.S.; revising the student eligibility criteria for enrollment in certificate career education programs; providing an effective date. Dead
H0949 Wireless Communications Devices on School Grounds An act relating to wireless communications devices on school grounds; amending s. 1003.32, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; prohibiting students 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; providing an effective date. Dead
H1367 School Attendance An act relating to school attendance; amending s. 1003.01, F.S.; providing and revising definitions; amending s. 1003.02, F.S.; prohibiting an out-of- school suspension as a punishment for a student's attendance record; amending s. 1003.04, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1003.21, F.S.; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules relating to a certificate of exemption from school attendance requirements; amending s. 1003.24, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1003.26, F.S.; requiring the state board to adopt a statewide attendance policy; providing requirements for such policy; revising the school district and public school duties and responsibilities relating to the promotion and enforcement and of regular school attendance, including required actions for students who are absent for a specified amount of days or classes; amending ss. 1003.436, 1003.52, and 1006.08, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending ss. 11.45, 39.0016, 327.371, 414.1251, 446.54, 553.865, 984.151, 1001.11, 1002.01, 1002.20, 1002.3105, 1002.33, 1002.394, 1002.395, 1002.42, 1002.43, 1002.44, 1003.03, 1003.4282, 1003.573, 1003.575, 1006.0626, 1006.07, 1008.24, and 1012.2315, F.S.; conforming cross-references to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. Dead
H0303 Property Damage Caused by Limestone Mining Operations An act relating to property damage caused by limestone mining operations; creating s. 552.445, F.S.; providing legislative findings and intent; creating s. 552.4451, F.S.; providing definitions; creating s. 552.4452, F.S.; providing that certain property owners who have sustained property damage as a result of limestone mining operations have a right to file a claim for compensation; providing claims requirements; requiring such claims to be brought within a specified period of time; creating s. 552.4453, F.S.; requiring the Division of Administrative Hearings to adjudicate such claims; providing for the adjudication process; creating s. 552.4454, F.S.; providing an annual appropriation; requiring the state to compensate property owners' whose claims are upheld for certain costs; providing for annual funding and compensation for such claims; providing an effective date. Dead
H0681 Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding An act relating to apprenticeship and preapprenticeship program funding; amending s. 446.032, F.S.; revising requirements for the uniform minimum standards and policies governing apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs and agreements to include requirements for partnerships between local educational agencies and apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; revising the required date for a specified report on apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; revising the requirements for such report; requiring the Department of Education to develop a standard model contract template for local educational agencies and apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; providing requirements for such template; providing requirements for local educational agencies and apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs that enter into partnership agreements; requiring the department to develop an apprenticeship funding transparency tool by a specified date; providing requirements for such tool; amending s. 1011.80, F.S.; providing requirements for District Workforce Education Funding Steering Committee meetings; providing requirements for certain workpapers; authorizing such meetings to be held using hb681 -01-erLegislature communications media technology; defining the term "communications media technology"; requiring a specified funding model to be provided to the Legislature annually within a specified timeframe; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0845 Veterans Affairs An act relating to veterans affairs; amending s. 394.47891, F.S.; revising the admissions process for veterans treatment court programs; authorizing the court, in consultation with the multidisciplinary team, to determine eligibility for veterans treatment court programs; amending s. 948.01, F.S.; authorizing sentencing courts to divert defendants to veterans treatment court programs under certain circumstances; requiring certain notice be provided to defendants; providing for disposition of probation or community control violations by program participants; providing an effective date. Dead
H0493 Memory Care An act relating to memory care; amending s. 429.177, F.S.; defining the term "memory care services"; requiring memory care providers to follow specified standards of operation in providing memory care services; providing requirements for resident contracts; providing requirements for memory care facilities; prohibiting certain facilities from advertising, representing, or holding themselves out as memory care providers unless such facilities meet specified criteria; repealing s. 429.178, F.S., relating to special care for persons with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or other memory disorders; creating s. 430.71, F.S.; providing purpose and legislative intent for the Florida Alzheimer's Center of Excellence; providing definitions; providing duties of the center; providing eligibility requirements for services; providing effective dates. Dead
H0423 Family Empowerment Scholarship Program An act relating to the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; amending s. 1002.394, F.S.; requiring private schools participating in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to provide specified information in writing to parents before student enrollment in the school; providing an effective date. Dead
H6527 Relief/Maury Hernandez/Department of Corrections An act relating to the relief of Maury Hernandez; providing an appropriation to compensate Maury Hernandez, a former Broward County Sheriff's Deputy, for injuries and damages sustained as a consequence of the Department of Corrections' failures to enforce probation laws, regulations, and policies; providing legislative intent that certain liens be waived; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees; providing an effective date. Dead
H1385 Civil Remedy for Parental Abduction An act relating to civil remedy for parental abduction; creating s. 772.111, F.S.; providing a short title; providing definitions; providing a civil cause of action if a child is unlawfully abducted from a parent for a specified amount of time; providing a standard of proof and specified damages; authorizing reasonable attorney fees and costs for either party under certain circumstances; providing when a specified timeframe begins; providing affirmative defenses; requiring a specified court division to preside over such cause of action; providing a statute of limitations; tolling such statute of limitations under certain circumstances; providing an effective date. Dead
H1227 Medicaid Enrollment for Permanently Disabled Individuals An act relating to Medicaid enrollment for permanently disabled individuals; amending s. 409.904, F.S.; requiring that certain Medicaid-eligible persons who receive specified Medicaid-covered services and who are permanently disabled be presumed eligible for continued Medicaid coverage during redetermination processes; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to continue to make payments for such services; providing exceptions; requiring certain persons to notify the agency and the Department of Children and Families of certain changes in disability or economic status; authorizing the department to conduct a redetermination of eligibility under certain circumstances; requiring the department to make notifications under certain circumstances; defining the term "permanently disabled"; requiring the agency to seek federal authorization to exempt certain persons from annual redetermination of eligibility; requiring the agency and the department to develop a specified process; providing an effective date. Dead
H1609 Waste Incineration An act relating to waste incineration; amending ss. 403.706 and 403.707, F.S.; prohibiting a local government or the Department of Environmental Protection, respectively, from issuing a construction permit for a certain new solid waste disposal facility or a waste-to-energy facility in specified areas; providing applicability; conforming cross-references; amending ss. 403.703, 403.7049, and 403.705, F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing an effective date. Dead
H1411 Lifetime Disabled Parking Permits An act relating to lifetime disabled parking permits; amending s. 320.0848, F.S.; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue a lifetime disabled parking permit to certain permanently disabled persons; requiring the validation sticker issued with such permit to indicate that the permit does not expire; authorizing a person who has been issued such a permit to provide a certificate of disability issued at any time in order to obtain a replacement for a lost or stolen permit; providing an effective date. Dead
H0751 Law Enforcement, Correctional, and Correctional Probation Officer Benefits An act relating to law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officer benefits; providing a short title; amending s. 112.19, F.S.; providing that a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officer and his or her spouse and dependent children are eligible for certain insurance coverage if the officer is injured in the line of duty or while engaged in an official training exercise; providing a declaration of important state interest; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H1351 Registration of Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders An act relating to registration of sexual predators and sexual offenders; amending s. 775.21, F.S.; revising and providing definitions; revising reporting requirements for sexual predators; revising requirements for an online reporting system; revising verification requirements; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 943.0435, F.S.; revising reporting requirements for sexual offenders; revising verification requirements; providing criminal penalties; 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
H0961 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles An act relating to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; creating s. 316.88, F.S.; prohibiting the sale of certain service appointments unless authorized in writing by specified entities; amending s. 319.24, F.S.; authorizing tax collectors to deliver by mail or make available at the tax collector's office certificates of title; amending s. 319.29, F.S.; providing that certain applications may be fulfilled by the tax collector acting as an authorized agent of the department; amending s. 320.031, F.S.; authorizing the department and tax collectors, as agents of the department, to deliver certain documents, including duplicate registration certificates, in person or by mail; amending s. 320.0848, F.S.; requiring the department to issue a lifetime disabled parking permit to certain permanently disabled persons; providing the validation period for such permits; requiring the department to renew certain disabled parking permits for a specified period without requiring certain documentation; requiring the validation sticker issued for lifetime disabled parking permits to indicate that the permits do not expire; authorizing a person who has been issued such a permit to provide a certificate of hb961 -03-er2025 Legislature disability issued at any time in order to obtain a replacement for a lost or stolen permit; amending s. 322.02, F.S.; revising the year by which the Legislature intends that the transition of certain services to certain tax collectors be completed; removing a provision authorizing such transition of services to appointed charter county tax collectors on a limited basis; providing that the tax collector is, rather than may be, designated the exclusive agent of the department for a specified purpose; amending s. 322.12, F.S.; requiring certain driver license applicants to retake certain examinations; amending s. 322.135, F.S.; authorizing a tax collector to process certain transactions using the department's online license and registration portal; authorizing a tax collector to offer to a licensee or prospective licensee a certain donation option; removing a provision concerning driver license issuance being assumed by tax collectors by a certain date; amending s. 322.251, F.S.; authorizing the issuance of a Class E driver license to certain persons, if eligible; amending s. 322.271, F.S.; requiring the revocation of a restricted driving privilege for a specified period in certain circumstances; amending s. 322.66, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; creating s. 683.337, hb961 -03-er2025 Legislature F.S.; designating the week of April 14 of each year as "Move Over Awareness Week"; encouraging specified entities to sponsor events to promote public awareness of the dangers of failing to comply with the Move Over Act; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H1567 Insulin Administration by Direct Support Professionals and Relatives An act relating to insulin administration by direct- support professionals and relatives; amending s. 393.063, F.S.; defining the term "direct-support professional"; creating s. 393.504, F.S.; authorizing direct-support professionals and relatives of clients in group home facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities to administer insulin as prescribed to the client if specified conditions are met; providing group home facilities, direct-support professionals, and relatives of clients with immunity from civil liability for damages and civil and criminal penalties under certain circumstances; including specific administration methods in the meaning of "administration of insulin"; amending s. 393.506, F.S.; authorizing an unlicensed direct service provider to supervise self-administration of insulin and epinephrine through the use of specified devices; amending s. 1002.394, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0443 Education An act relating to education; amending s. 163.3180, F.S.; providing that a charter school is a public facility for the purpose of concurrency; amending s. 1002.32, F.S.; providing that a lab school may use the lab school's discretionary capital improvement funds for specified purposes; requiring that an expenditure be at or below appraised value; defining the term "appraised value"; requiring that certain documentation be provided to the Department of Education upon request; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; providing requirements for specified deadlines for charter schools; authorizing a charter school governing board to adopt its own code of student conduct; providing requirements for the code of student conduct; providing that charter schools are not exempt from a specified statute; authorizing a charter school to increase its student enrollment beyond the capacity identified in the charter under certain conditions; requiring a charter school to notify its sponsor in writing by a specified date, and to include specified information, if it plans to increase enrollment; revising services a sponsor must provide to a charter school; requiring the department to provide student performance data to a charter hb443 -03-er2025 Legislature school and its contractor; providing an exception; prohibiting specified individuals from being on a charter school governing board; providing an exception; amending s. 1002.331, F.S.; authorizing a high-performing charter school to assume the charter of an existing charter school within the same school district; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; authorizing a student in a full-time virtual instruction program to participate on an interscholastic athletic team at a public school in the school district in which the student resides or to develop an agreement to participate at a private school; specifying requirements for such participation; amending s. 1006.195, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0875 Educator Preparation An act relating to educator preparation; providing legislative intent; requiring the Department of Education to establish a workgroup to update and revise the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices; requiring the department to submit workgroup findings to the Governor and the Legislature by a certain date; requiring the State Board of Education to consider certain revisions and a specified rule by a certain date; requiring the department to develop a teacher examination; requiring the department to submit to the Governor and the Legislature an implementation plan for teacher preparation programs; creating s. 1004.0982, F.S.; requiring the department to reduce the number of required internship hours for specified students under certain circumstances; requiring the department to establish specified guidelines and programs to provide specified flexibility to studentsin postsecondary school counseling programs; providing requirements for such guidelines and programs; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules and the Board of Governors to adopt regulations for such guidelines and programs; amending s. 1012.39, F.S.; providing requirements for the hiring of certain nondegreed teachers of fine and hb875 -04-e2performing arts; creating s. 1012.551, F.S.; establishing guidelines for teacher preparation program uniform core curricula; requiring certain teacher preparation programs to require teacher candidates to complete specified courses; creating s. 1012.981, F.S.; establishing the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence at Miami Dade College, subject to an appropriation; providing the purpose and duties of the center; authorizing the center to submit a professional learning system for approval and seek specified funding; providing for the supervision, administration, and governance of the center; creating s. 1012.552, F.S.; requiring the department to create a specified alternative certification pathway for teachers; amending s. 1012.555, F.S.; revising the requirements for teachers serving as mentors through a teacher apprenticeship program; conforming cross- references; amending s. 1012.56, F.S.; revising the acceptable means of demonstrating mastery of general knowledge and mastery of professional preparation and education competence for certification as an educator; providing that certain candidates for certification are not required to earn a passing score on a specified examination beginning on a certain date; revising the applicant requirements for the issuance hb875 -04-e2of a professional or temporary educator certificate; revising the requirements for teacher mentors and clinical educators assigned to persons who hold a temporary certificate; amending s. 1012.98, F.S.; updating a reference to educational leadership standards; requiring training on instructional materials; requiring the department to develop criteria for certain mentors' training; providing effective dates. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0693 Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies An act relating to aggravating factors for capital felonies; amending s. 921.141, F.S.; providing an additional aggravating factor for sentencing for capital felonies if a victim was gathered with one or more persons for a specified activity; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0519 Administration of Controlled Substances by Paramedics An act relating to administration of controlled substances by paramedics; amending s. 893.05, F.S.; authorizing a practitioner to cause a certified paramedic to administer a controlled substance; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H1607 Cardiac Emergencies An act relating to cardiac emergencies; amending s. 1003.453, F.S.; requiring, rather than authorizing, school districts to provide training in basic first aid to certain students; providing requirements for such training; creating s. 1003.457, F.S.; requiring each public school to develop a plan for urgent life- saving emergencies (PULSE) for specified purposes; requiring school officials to work with local emergency service providers to integrate the PULSE into emergency responder protocols; requiring public schools, including charter schools, to have at least one operational automated external defibrillator on school grounds by a specified date; providing requirements for the placement and maintenance of the defibrillators; providing construction; requiring that certain school staff receive specified training; providing registration requirements for the location of the defibrillators; providing immunity from liability for school employees and volunteers under the Good Samaritan Act and the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H1237 Human Trafficking Awareness An act relating to human trafficking awareness; creating s. 1006.481, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to identify a curriculum regarding human trafficking awareness; specifying required components of the curriculum; authorizing in-person or online training; requiring public schools to require that certain personnel have received certain training; requiring school employees to acknowledge completion of training; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; requiring charter schools to comply with requirements for human trafficking awareness training; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0085 Hazardous Walking Conditions An act relating to hazardous walking conditions; amending s. 1006.23, F.S.; revising the criteria that determine a hazardous walking condition for public school students; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0647 Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Services An act relating to advanced practice registered nurse services; amending s. 382.008, F.S.; revising who may file a certificate of death or fetal death; revising the definition of "primary or attending practitioner"; revising who may note corrected information on a permanent certificate of death or fetal death; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H1089 Newborn Screenings An act relating to newborn screenings; amending s. 383.14, F.S.; beginning on a specified date, subject to appropriation, providing that the Department of Health's rules must require certain newborns to be screened for Duchenne muscular dystrophy; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0481 Anchoring Limitation Areas An act relating to anchoring limitation areas; amending s. 327.60, F.S.; restricting local regulation of vessels outside the marked boundaries of mooring fields in certain counties; amending s. 327.4108, F.S.; designating specified sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County as grandfathered-in anchoring limitation areas; amending s. 327.4109, F.S.; increasing the prohibited anchoring and mooring distance of vessels and floating structures near public mooring fields; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H1513 Refund of Overpayments Made by Patients An act relating to refund of overpayments made by patients; creating ss. 408.12 and 456.0625, F.S.; requiring certain licensees and practitioners to refund to a patient any overpayment within a specified timeframe; defining the term "tenders charges for reimbursement"; providing applicability; providing penalties; amending s. 408.813, F.S.; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to impose an administrative fine for failure to refund a patient overpayment; amending s. 456.072, F.S.; revising acts that constitute grounds for disciplinary actions for health care practitioners; providing an effective date. Dead
H1529 Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program An act relating to the home health aide for medically fragile children program; amending s. 400.54, F.S.; providing requirements for the annual assessment of home health aide for medically fragile children program; amending s. 400.4765, F.S.; revising program training requirements; requiring an employing home health agency to provide specified training and ensure each home health aide for medically fragile children holds and maintains specified certification; revising the utilization cap of a Medicaid fee schedule; requiring a home health aide for medically fragile children who works more than 40 hours per week to provide specified justification; providing requirements for the Agency for Health Care Administration to seek federal approval and a federal waiver for specified purposes; amending s. 400.462, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 409.903, F.S.; requiring the agency to seek federal approval and implement federal waivers and state plan amendments for specified purposes; providing construction; providing an effective date. Dead
H0591 Children with Developmental Disabilities An act relating to children with developmental disabilities; amending s. 381.9855, F.S.; revising the scope of the Dr. and Mrs. Alfonse and Kathleen Cinotti Health Care Screening and Services Grant Program to allow grant funds to be used for screenings, referrals for treatment, and related services for autism; amending s. 391.302, F.S.; revising applicability of definitions to conform to changes made by the act; defining the term "department"; amending s. 391.308, F.S.; revising requirements for the annual grant application submitted by the Department of Health for the Early Steps Program to conform to changes made by the act; creating s. 391.3081, F.S.; providing legislative intent; providing a purpose for the Early Steps Extended Option; defining the term "child"; requiring the department to seek federal approval for the Early Steps Extended Option; requiring the department, jointly with the Department of Education, to develop or amend any rule, policy, procedure, written agreement, or contract necessary to implement the Early Steps Extended Option; requiring the department to seek additional federal grant funds for implementation of the Early Steps Extended Option; authorizing the department to implement the Early hb591-02-c2 Steps Extended Option regardless of certain federal funding; requiring local program offices of the Early Steps Program to include certain steps for transition in the individualized family support plan for each child served by the Early Steps Extended Option; specifying eligibility criteria for a child's enrollment in the Early Steps Extended Option; providing that a child becomes ineligible to reenter the Early Steps Extended Option upon exiting; requiring local school districts, in conjunction with local program offices, to notify a child's parent or legal guardian of his or her rights under certain circumstances; requiring local program offices to take specified steps for transitioning children out of the Early Steps Extended Option within a specified timeframe before they age out; requiring local program offices, in conjunction with local school districts, to modify or develop, as applicable, individual education plans with specified elements for such children; requiring local program offices and local school districts to provide specified written information to a child's parent or legal guardian if the child is determined ineligible for school district program services; requiring the department to include a performance assessment of the Early Steps Extended hb591-02-c2 Option in a specified annual report; specifying requirements for such assessment; creating s. 1003.5711, F.S.; providing legislative findings and intent; requiring the University of Florida Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment to oversee certain grants; requiring the center to develop guidelines for grant administration; providing eligibility requirements for grant applicants; providing that grants may be used for specified purposes; authorizing the center to prioritize grant allocations for specified purposes; requiring grant recipients to submit a specified report; creating s. 1003.5712, F.S.; providing legislative findings and purpose; requiring the University of Florida Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment to fund specialized summer programs for children with autism spectrum disorder; requiring the center to publish guidelines for grant applications; requiring the center to provide technical assistance to grant applicants and recipients; providing eligibility requirements for the specialized summer programs; authorizing the center to set maximum grant amounts; requiring grant recipients to submit a report to the center within a specified timeframe; creating s. 1004.551, F.S.; creating the University of Florida Center for Autism and hb591-02-c2 Neurodevelopment; providing duties of the center; requiring the center to develop an autism micro- credential; providing requirements for the micro- credential; requiring the center to publish on its website an annual report; prohibiting the host state university from charging certain fees to the center; amending s. 1012.582, F.S.; requiring the Commissioner of Education to review specified curricula by a specified date; requiring the commissioner to report findings and recommendations to the Legislature; amending s. 1012.585, F.S.; revising the process for the renewal of professional certificates to include training in the knowledge and skills required to support students with autism; 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
H0251 Holocaust Remembrance Day An act relating to Holocaust Remembrance Day; creating s. 683.196, F.S.; requiring the Governor to proclaim a specified day annually as "Holocaust Remembrance Day"; authorizing "Holocaust Remembrance Day" to be observed in this state's public schools and be observed by public exercise as the Governor may designate; providing construction; authorizing specified instruction; providing an effective date. Dead
H0879 Young Adults who are Homeless or were in the Child Welfare System An act relating to young adults who are homeless or were in the child welfare system; amending s. 409.1452, F.S.; requiring each Florida College System institution and state university, in consultation with the State Office on Homelessness, to develop a plan to prioritize the placement of certain students in residence halls or dormitory residences; providing responsibilities for the Office of Continuing Care, Florida College System institutions, and state universities; requiring that certain institutions and universities give priority to certain students for housing and work-study opportunities; prohibiting institutions and universities from requiring a cosigner or guarantor to obtain housing for certain students; creating s. 409.14525, F.S.; requiring certain entities to administer certain federal programs and vouchers; providing requirements for administering such programs and vouchers; requiring specified entities to document certain actions and provide certain assurances to landlords; providing applicability; providing an effective date. Dead
H0421 Peer Support for First Responders An act relating to peer support for first responders; amending s. 111.09, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "first responder" to include specified support personnel for the provision of peer support; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
H0575 The Designation of the Gulf of Mexico An act relating to the designation of the Gulf of Mexico; amending ss. 7.03, 7.08, 7.09, 7.11, 7.15, 7.17, 7.19, 7.23, 7.27, 7.29, 7.33, 7.36, 7.38, 7.41, 7.46, 7.51, 7.52, 7.55, 7.56, 7.62, 7.65, 7.66, 125.0104, 161.052, 161.053, 161.088, 161.141, 161.151, 161.161, 161.54, 161.55, 206.9935, 253.03, 253.12, 253.783, 258.09, 258.395, 258.3991, 327.02, 327.60, 331.307, 373.019, 373.069, 375.031, 376.25, 377.242, 377.2431, 379.101, 379.2254, 379.244, 379.248, 380.0555, and 380.24, F.S.; changing the designation of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America; providing an effective date. 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
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 Abstain
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
S0232 Debt Collection House: Third Reading RCS#297 04/29/2025 Yea
S0234 Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel House: Third Reading RCS#322 04/29/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Florida House Education and Employment Committee 16
Detail Florida House Ways and Means Committee 15
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
FL Florida House District 112 House Republican In Office 11/08/2022
FL Florida House District 110 House Republican Out of Office 11/03/2020 02/05/2024