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Legislator > Vicki Lopez
State Representative
Vicki Lopez
(R) - Florida
Florida House District 113
In Office - Started: 11/08/2022
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Capitol Office
The Capitol
402 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300
402 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300
Phone: 850-717-5113
Miami Office
P.O. Box 450100
Miami, FL 33245-0100
Miami, FL 33245-0100
Phone: 305-315-0740
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| H5015 | State Group Insurance | An act relating to state group insurance; amending s. 110.12315, F.S.; requiring the Department of Management Services to submit to the Governor and the Legislative Budget Commission certain recommendations on the implementation of formulary management for prescription drugs and supplies for a specified plan year; authorizing the commission to consider the department's recommendations; requiring the department to implement only the recommendations approved by the commission; requiring the department to submit to the Governor and the Legislature a specified list of prescription drugs and supplies for informational purposes; requiring the list of prescription drugs and supplies excluded from the state employees' prescription drug program to be approved by the commission; removing the requirement that certain drugs excluded from the formulary be available for inclusion under specified circumstances; removing certain changes made by the act under specified circumstances; requiring the commission to notify the Division of Law Revision of the commission's approval of certain recommendations; providing effective dates. | Vetoed |
| H0393 | My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program | An act relating to the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; amending s. 215.55871, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "condominium"; limiting participation in the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to certain structures and buildings on condominium property; prohibiting a condominium association from applying for a hurricane mitigation inspection or a mitigation grant under the pilot program unless certain conditions are met; providing that grant funds may only be used for certain water intrusion mitigation devices or improvements; revising the approval requirements to receive a mitigation grant; removing the amount of grant funding for certain projects; revising the improvements for which a mitigation grant may be used; requiring improvements to be identified in the final hurricane mitigation inspection in order for an association to receive grant funds; requiring grant funds to be awarded for a mitigation improvement that will result in a mitigation credit, discount, or other rate differential; requiring mitigation improvements to be made to all openings under certain circumstances; providing an effective date. hb393 -03-e1 | 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 |
| H5203 | Capitol Center | An act relating to the Capitol Center; amending s. 272.04, F.S.; providing that the Governor, the Cabinet officers, and the Legislature are permanent tenants of the Capital Complex; prohibiting Capital Complex interior space from being reduced or moved without express consent of the tenants; providing the Legislature with the first right of refusal of such interior space; amending s. 272.09, F.S.; requiring the Department of Management Services to coordinate with and receive approval of certain tenants before planning or scheduling certain projects; requiring the department to consider the Legislature's schedule, time constraints, and needs for projects that impact certain space; authorizing the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to take certain actions in relation to certain spaces without approval by the department; providing that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives have direct control over utilities for certain spaces; requiring the department to consult with and receive approval from the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, before including certain projects in a specified report; amending s. 272.121, F.S.; requiring the department to solicit feedback on the development of certain state-owned property from all permanent tenants of the Capitol Center; amending s. 272.16, F.S.; prohibiting certain parking spaces from being reduced or reassigned without express consent of the Legislature; providing the Legislature with the first right of refusal if additional parking spaces become available; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H5201 | State Financial Accounting | An act relating to state financial accounting; amending s. 17.11, F.S.; revising the subsystem used for a certain report of disbursements made; amending s. 17.13, F.S.; requiring the replacement of lost or destroyed warrants; amending s. 110.113, F.S.; deleting the Department of Financial Services' authority to make semimonthly salary payments; amending s. 215.422, F.S.; requiring agencies to pay interest from available appropriations under certain circumstances; amending s. 215.89, F.S.; deleting obsolete provisions; amending s. 215.93, F.S.; revising the subsystems of the Florida Financial Management Information System; requiring certain requests for records to be made to a specified entity; prohibiting such requests from being made to the functional owner of the subsystem; providing an exception; amending s. 215.94, F.S.; providing that the department is the functional owner of the Financial Management Subsystem; revising the functions of such subsystem; amending ss. 215.985, 216.102, 216.141, 1001.281, and 1001.282, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0923 | Housing | An act relating to housing; amending s. 196.1978, F.S.; providing and revising definitions; revising eligibility requirements for a specified affordable housing tax exemption; authorizing certain adaptive reuse projects to be eligible for a certain tax exemption; revising the period of time to determine eligibility for such exemption; providing that certain property owners continue to be eligible for such exemption if certain conditions are met; authorizing subsequent property owners to continue receiving such exemption; providing requirements for receiving a certification notice; authorizing specified actions by foreclosed property owners; requiring property appraisers to issue certain letters; providing that projects that have received such letters may continue receiving a specified tax exemption and may begin receiving such exemption on a specified date; revising requirements for taxing authorities; prohibiting such authorities from using specified emergency enactment procedures for specified purposes; requiring certain projects and developments to continue to be exempt from specified ordinances and resolutions; authorizing certain projects a cause of action to recover specified relief; revising penalties that must be hb923-00 included in a certain land use restriction; providing applicability; amending s. 196.1979, F.S.; providing a definition for the term "adaptive reuse project"; revising eligibility requirements for a specified tax exemption; authorizing certain developments to abate certain future ad valorem property taxes by paying a specified amount at the time a building permit is issued; requiring the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to adopt certain rules; amending s. 212.055, F.S.; revising the types of expenditures for which the proceeds of a specified surtax may be used; amending s. 213.053, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Revenue to share certain information with specified parties; amending s. 220.02, F.S.; revising the order in which credits against specified taxes may be taken; amending s. 220.13, F.S.; revising adjustments for adjusted federal income; amending s. 220.197, F.S.; providing a short title; providing definitions; authorizing a tax credit for qualified expenses incurred for a specified purpose beginning on a certain date; providing applicability; prohibiting a taxpayer from receiving more than a specified amount in tax credits for a single project; providing eligibility requirements for such tax credit; authorizing forfeiture of such tax credit under hb923-00 certain circumstances; authorizing the carryforward of such tax credit; authorizing the sale or transfer of such tax credit under certain conditions; authorizing the department to conduct audits; authorizing the Division of Historical Resources of the Department of State to assist in such audits; authorizing forfeiture of certain tax credits under certain circumstances; requiring repayment of certain funds into a specified account; requiring the filing of an amended revenue in specified circumstances; authorizing the department to issue a notice of deficiency in certain circumstances; providing applicability; requiring the department to submit a certain annual report; providing reporting requirements; providing department duties in administering a specified tax credit program; authorizing the Department of Revenue, the Division of Historical Resources, and the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to adopt rules; amending s. 420.503, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "qualified contract"; amending s. 420.50871, F.S.; revising the types of affordable housing projects funded by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation; prohibiting the corporation from requiring certain projects to use specified tax credits or financing; amending s. 420.50872, F.S.; prohibiting projects financed through hb923-00 the Live Local Program from being required to use specified tax credits or financing; amending s. 624.509, F.S.; revising the order of credits and deductions taken against a specified tax; providing applicability; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1017 | Gambling | An act relating to gambling; creating s. 16.717, F.S.; authorizing the Florida Gaming Control Commission to acquire property without complying with specified provisions for specified purposes; amending s. 843.08, F.S.; prohibiting the false personation of an officer of the Florida Gaming Control Commission; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 849.01, F.S.; specifying that certain prohibited games require chance in the determination of a winner; providing enhanced criminal penalties for specified violations of prohibitions on keeping a gambling operation; amending s. 849.03, F.S.; specifying the criminal penalties for knowingly renting a premises for gaming; amending s. 849.04, F.S.; increasing criminal penalties for permitting minors and persons under guardianship to gamble; repealing s. 849.07, F.S., relating to permitting gambling on billiard or pool tables by a holder of a license; amending s. 849.09, F.S.; revising criminal penalties for specified lottery offenses; revising provisions concerning applicability; amending s. 849.0931, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "instant bingo"; revising provisions concerning applicability; amending s. 849.10, F.S.; increasing criminal penalties for specified violations involving printing lottery tickets; creating s. 849.105, F.S.; prohibiting specified acts relating to gambling advertising; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 849.13, F.S.; proving for reclassification of certain offenses for which there is no penalty specified for a second or subsequent violation; amending s. 849.14, F.S.; proving an exception for participants or contestants to a prohibition on betting on certain trials or contests of skill; revising criminal penalties; amending s. 849.15, F.S.; specifying criminal penalties for various offenses involving slot machines; creating s. 894.155, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for specified offenses relating to trafficking in illegal slot machines, devices, and parts; amending s. 849.16, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "slot machine or device"; removing a rebuttable presumptions concerning such devices; repealing s. 849.23, F.S., relating to the penalty for violations of specified sections; amending s. 849.25, F.S.; making technical changes concerning certain bookmaking offenses; deleting an obsolete provision; creating s. 849.48, F.S.; defining the term "illegal gambling"; prohibiting certain gambling or gaming advertisements; providing criminal penalties; providing exceptions; amending ss. 772.102 and 895.02, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 903.046, F.S.; revising criteria for bail determination to specify consideration of certain offenses as the source of funds; requiring that a court consider the source of currency seized that is connected to certain violations; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking offenses on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; providing effective dates. | Dead |
| H0867 | Indemnification and Insurance Obligations of Commuter Rail Transportation Providers | An act relating to indemnification and insurance obligations of commuter rail transportation providers; creating part III of ch. 343, F.S., entitled "Coastal Link Commuter Rail Service Act,"; creating s. 343.811, F.S.; providing a short title; providing definitions; authorizing agencies, in conjunction with the operation of certain commuter rail services, to assume certain indemnification and insurance obligations, subject to certain requirements; providing construction; reenacting s. 341.302(17)(d), F.S., relating to the rail program and duties and responsibilities of the Department of Transportation, to incorporate the enactment of part III of ch. 343, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H0809 | School Social Workers | An act relating to school social workers; amending s. 1012.55, F.S.; providing that persons employed as school social workers are exempt from specified educator certification requirements; 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 |
| H0943 | Real Property and Land Use and Development | An act relating to real property and land use and development; amending ss. 125.01055 and 166.04151, F.S.; authorizing the board of county commissioners and the governing body of a municipality, respectively, to approve the development of housing that is affordable on certain parcels owned by religious institutions; requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to authorize multifamily and mixed-use residential as allowable uses in specified areas; prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from requiring a proposed multifamily development to obtain a transfer of density or development units; prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from requiring a specified percentage of total square footage of mixed- residential projects be used for nonresidential purposes; prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from restricting the density of a proposed development below the highest density allowed on a specified date; prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from restricting the floor area ratio of a proposed development below a certain percentage of the highest floor area ratio allowed on a specified date; prohibiting counties and hb943-03-c3 CS/ municipalities, respectively, from restricting the height of a proposed development below the highest height allowed on a specified date; revising an exception; revising the definition of the term "adjacent to"; providing construction; requiring that a proposed development be administratively approved without further action by the board of county commissioners or governing body of a municipality, respectively, or any quasi-judicial or administrative board or reviewing body; providing that the removal or demolition of all or part of a structure does not require a public hearing for approval in certain circumstances; defining the term "allowable density"; requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to reduce parking requirements by a specified percentage in certain circumstances; authorizing counties and municipalities, respectively, to allow adjacent parcels of land to be included within a proposed multifamily development; revising applicability; requiring courts to give priority to civil actions filed against counties and municipalities, respectively, and render certain decisions as expeditiously as possible; requiring courts to assess and award reasonable attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party in such actions; hb943-03-c3 CS/ limiting the amount and recovery of such fees and costs; providing definitions; authorizing a certain approval process for proposed developments on parcels of land developed and maintained for specified purposes; authorizing counties and municipalities, respectively, to restrict the height of such proposed developments in certain circumstances; defining the term "adjacent to"; prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from imposing or enforcing a building moratorium that delays the permitting or construction of multifamily residential or mixed-use residential development; providing an exception; requiring the court to assess and award reasonable attorney fees and costs not to exceed a specified amount; prohibiting the award of such fees and costs in certain circumstances; providing applicability; providing reporting requirements beginning on a date certain; amending s. 163.3202, F.S.; providing legislative intent; requiring the local government to designate certain property as historic by the adoption of a local preservation ordinance; requiring such property to be clearly identified on a map maintained by the local government; requiring property that is newly designated as historic to be included on the map hb943-03-c3 CS/ within a specified time period; requiring the local government to post the map on its website by a specified date and include certain additional information; providing applicability; authorizing certain applicants to give notice of intent to counties or municipalities, respectively, by a date certain to proceed under specified provisions; requiring such counties and municipalities, respectively, to allow such applicants the opportunity to submit revised notices; amending s. 196.1978, F.S.; requiring property appraisers to issue verification letters relating to multifamily projects qualifying for affordable housing property exemption in certain circumstances; providing that such verification is prima facie evidence that the project is eligible for exemption; providing a date on which such exemption begins; amending s. 380.0552, F.S.; revising provisions relating to the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern; defining the term "workforce housing"; amending s. 420.50871, F.S.; revising the types of affordable housing projects that the Florida Housing Corporation is required to finance; creating s. 420.5098, F.S.; providing legislative findings and intent; providing definitions; establishing state policy to support affordable workforce housing for hb943-03-c3 CS/ employees of health care facilities and governmental entities; authorizing certain developers to give priority to the development of such housing for employees of health care facilities and governmental entities; requiring that such priority conform to certain federal provisions; amending s. 760.22, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "person"; amending s. 760.26, F.S.; prohibiting discrimination in land use decisions and in permitting of development based on a development or proposed development being for housing that is affordable; providing construction and retroactive application; amending s. 760.35, F.S.; waiving sovereign immunity of the state for discriminatory housing practices; providing effective dates. | 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 |
| H8027 | Taiwan | A resolution expressing appreciation for the sister- state relationship and bilateral economic and cultural ties between the State of Florida and Taiwan. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S7022 | Retirement | House: Third Reading RCS#437 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2500 | Appropriations | House: Third Reading RCS#443 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2506 | Natural Resources | House: Third Reading RCS#441 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2502 | Implementing the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act | House: Third Reading RCS#435 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2504 | Collective Bargaining | House: Third Reading RCS#436 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2514 | Health and Human Services | House: Third Reading RCS#438 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2510 | Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Education | House: Third Reading RCS#440 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| S2508 | Judges | House: Third Reading RCS#439 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| H7031 | Taxation | House: Third Reading RCS#432 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| H5015 | State Group Insurance | House: Third Reading RCS#434 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| H5019 | Budget Stabilization Fund | House: Third Reading RCS#431 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| H5017 | Debt Reduction | House: Third Reading RCS#433 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| H5019 | Budget Stabilization Fund | House Budget Committee | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| H5017 | Debt Reduction | House Budget Committee | 06/05/2025 | Yea |
| S2510 | Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Education | House: Third Reading RCS#428 | 05/13/2025 | Yea |
| S0248 | Student Participation in Interscholastic and Intrascholastic Extracurricular Sports | House: Third Reading RCS#419 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H0289 | Boating Safety | House: Third Reading RCS#426 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| S0116 | Veterans | House: Third Reading RCS#420 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| S0768 | Foreign Countries of Concern | House: Third Reading RCS#407 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H0711 | Spectrum Alert | House: Third Reading RCS#421 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H0875 | Educator Preparation | House: Third Reading RCS#408 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| S0168 | Mental Health | House: Third Reading RCS#417 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H1115 | Education | House: Third Reading RCS#413 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1105 | Education | House: Third Reading RCS#415 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H1101 | Out-of-network Providers | House: Third Reading RCS#409 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1255 | Education | House: Third Reading RCS#414 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H1299 | Department of Health | House: Third Reading RCS#405 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| S7012 | Child Welfare | House: Third Reading RCS#418 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| S0180 | Emergencies | House: Third Reading RCS#411 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1427 | Nursing Education Programs | House: Third Reading RCS#416 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H1445 | Public Officers and Employees | House: Third Reading RCS#422 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | Florida House District 113 | House | Republican | In Office | 11/08/2022 |