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Legislator > Rita Harris
State Representative
Rita Harris
(D) - Florida
Florida House District 044
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: 850-717-5044
Orlando Office
2151 Consulate Drive
Suite 15-3
Orlando, FL 32837-8807
Suite 15-3
Orlando, FL 32837-8807
Phone: 407-751-1380
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| H6501 | Relief/Estate of Danielle Maudsley/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles | An act for the relief of the Estate of Danielle Maudsley; providing an appropriation to compensate the estate for Ms. Maudsley's death as a result of the alleged negligence of Trooper Daniel Cole and the Florida Highway Patrol, a division of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H1195 | Fentanyl Testing | An act relating to fentanyl testing; creating s. 395.1042, F.S.; providing a short title; requiring hospitals or hospital-based off-campus emergency departments to test for fentanyl in a urine test and perform a confirmation test if the urine test results are positive for fentanyl; requiring specified results to be retained as part of the patient's clinical record for a certain timeframe; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H1421 | Improving Screening for and Treatment of Blood Clots | An act relating to improving screening for and treatment of blood clots; providing a short title; amending s. 385.102, F.S.; revising legislative findings under the Chronic Diseases Act; amending s. 395.1012, F.S.; requiring hospitals with emergency departments to develop and implement policies and procedures and conduct training for the rendering of appropriate medical attention for persons at risk of forming venous thromboembolisms; creating s. 395.3042, F.S., requiring the Department of Health to contract with a private entity to establish a statewide venous thromboembolism registry at no cost to the state; providing requirements for the private entity; requiring hospitals with an emergency department, beginning on a date certain, to regularly report certain information; requiring the department to require the private entity to use a nationally recognized platform to collect certain data; requiring the private entity to provide regular reports to the department on such data; requiring the agency, by a date certain, to provide to the Governor and the Legislature a specified report; providing requirements for such report; providing applicability; amending s. 400.211, F.S.; revising requirements for certain hb1421 -04-erCS/2025 Legislature annual inservice training for certified nursing assistants employed by nursing home facilities; revising training requirements for certain certified nursing assistants who may be delegated tasks in nursing home facilities; amending s. 429.55, F.S.; providing legislative findings; defining terms; requiring assisted living facilities to provide a consumer information pamphlet containing specified information to residents; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H0011 | Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates | An act relating to municipal water and sewer utility rates; amending s. 180.191, F.S.; requiring a municipality to charge customers receiving its utility services in another municipality the same rates, fees, and charges as it charges consumers within its municipal boundaries under certain circumstances; providing applicability; defining terms; making technical changes; providing an effective date. | Vetoed |
| H0181 | Parole | An act relating to parole; amending s. 947.165, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to provide a specified statistical analysis to the Legislature; amending s. 947.174, F.S.; requiring the Department of Corrections to provide specified information to the commission; requiring the commission to review specified information in certain circumstances; providing an effective date. | Vetoed |
| H0295 | Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan | An act relating to a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan; amending s. 403.7032, F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan for this state by a specified date, based on certain department recommendations; requiring the department to create and convene a technical assistance group for a specified purpose; specifying minimum requirements for the comprehensive plan; requiring the department to submit a report to the Legislature upon completion of the comprehensive plan; specifying requirements for the report; providing an effective date. | Vetoed |
| 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 |
| H1545 | Parkinson's Disease | An act relating to Parkinson's disease; creating s. 1004.4352, F.S.; establishing the Consortium for Parkinson's Disease Research within the University of South Florida; establishing the Parkinson's Disease Research Board; requiring the board to direct the operations of the consortium and to annually adopt a plan for Parkinson's disease research; providing duties of the consortium director; providing research requirements for the plan; requiring the board to issue an annual report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing that specified provisions will be implemented subject to available funding in the General Appropriations Act; creating s. 1004.4353, F.S.; establishing the Florida Institute for Parkinson's Disease within the University of South Florida; providing the purpose of the institute; 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 |
| H0019 | Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence | An act relating to victims of domestic violence and dating violence; providing definitions; requiring the Division of Telecommunications within the Department of Management Services to consult with certain entities to conduct a feasibility study regarding a specified alert system; providing requirements for such alert system; requiring the division to report to the Legislature the results of the feasibility study by a specified date; amending s. 741.401, F.S.; revising legislative findings to include victims of dating violence; amending s. 741.402, F.S.; defining the term "dating violence"; amending s. 741.403, F.S.; authorizing victims of dating violence to apply to participate in the Attorney General's address confidentiality program; amending s. 741.408, F.S.; requiring the Attorney General to designate certain entities to assist victims of dating violence applying to be address confidentiality program participants; amending ss. 741.4651 and 960.001, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1003 | Medicaid Presumptive Eligibility For Pregnant Women | An act relating to Medicaid presumptive eligibility for pregnant women; creating s. 409.9026, F.S.; creating a pilot program to provide temporary Medicaid coverage to pregnant women who are presumptively eligible for Medicaid; defining terms; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to approve certain entities to serve as qualified presumptive eligibility locations under the pilot program; providing application requirements; requiring the agency to prioritize the approval of qualified entities located in underserved areas of this state; specifying duties of qualified entities; requiring qualified entities to provide written notice of their determinations to applicants within a specified timeframe; providing requirements for the notice; specifying performance standards qualified entities are required to meet each year to continue participating in the pilot program; specifying the timeframe of the presumptive eligibility period for temporary Medicaid coverage under the pilot program; requiring the agency to implement certain procedures that allow for the seamless transition from temporary Medicaid coverage under the pilot program to enrollment for full Medicaid benefits; requiring the agency, in collaboration with the Department of Health, to implement an outreach program for specified purposes; requiring the agency, by a specified date, to seek federal approval to implement the pilot program; requiring the agency to implement the pilot program within a specified timeframe after receiving such federal approval; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0163 | Ad Valorem Property Tax Exemption for the Surviving Spouse of Quadriplegics | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 6 of Article VII and the creation of a new section in Article XII of the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature to provide for a homestead property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of certain quadriplegics. | Dead |
| H0177 | Transportation Facility Designations | An act relating to transportation facility designations; providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0837 | Tax Credits for Investment in Rural Communities | An act relating to tax credits for investment in rural communities; creating s. 288.062, F.S.; providing a short title; providing definitions; requiring the Department of Commerce to accept applications for approval as rural funds in a specified manner; requiring certain information to be submitted in an application; requiring the department to approve or deny applications within a specified timeframe; prohibiting the department from approving more than a certain amount of investment authority; requiring the department to deny applications under certain circumstances; authorizing an applicant whose application was denied to provide additional information within a certain timeframe to cure defects in the application; requiring the department to review and reconsider such applications within a certain timeframe; prohibiting the department from reducing the investment authority of an application or denying an application unless certain circumstances are met; requiring the department to certify approved applications; providing requirements for certified rural funds; requiring the department to provide a tax credit certificate to certain taxpayers; requiring the department to revoke a rural fund's certification hb837-00 under specified conditions; requiring the department to distribute revoked investment authority among certain rural funds; authorizing rural funds to allocate associated investor contribution authority to certain taxpayers; granting a credit against state tax liability for specified investors; providing restrictions on the credit; requiring that taxpayers claiming a credit submit a copy of the tax credit certificate with their tax return; requiring the department to revoke a tax credit certificate under certain circumstances; authorizing rural funds to request certain determinations from the department; specifying a timeframe within which rural funds may correct violations to avoid revocation of a tax credit certificate; authorizing the department to distribute reverted investment authority among certain rural funds; authorizing rural funds to submit an exit application; providing a timeframe and procedures for use by the department in handling exit applications; prohibiting the department from revoking a rural fund's tax credit certificate after it exits the program; requiring rural funds to submit an annual report to the department beginning on a date certain; requiring that the annual report include certain information; prohibiting applications from being hb837-00 accepted after a date certain; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0321 | Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged | An act relating to an ad valorem tax exemption for nonprofit homes for the aged; amending s. 196.1975, F.S.; revising an eligibility requirement for Florida limited partnerships applying for ad valorem tax exemptions for nonprofit homes for the aged; providing applicability; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0311 | Repair of Motorized Wheelchairs | An act relating to repair of motorized wheelchairs; providing a directive to the Division of Law Revision; creating s. 559.971, F.S.; providing a short title; creating s. 559.972, F.S.; providing definitions; creating s. 559.973, F.S.; requiring an original equipment manufacturer to make available any documentation, parts, and tools, required for the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of a motorized wheelchair and parts for the motorized wheelchair; requiring an original equipment manufacturer of a motorized wheelchair with an electronic security lock to make available any special documentation, parts, and tools, needed to access and reset the lock when disabled in the course of diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of the motorized wheelchair; creating s. 559.974, F.S.; providing that violation of the act is an unlawful practice under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act; creating s. 559.975, F.S.; providing that an original equipment manufacturer is not required to divulge trade secrets; providing that nothing in the act alters the terms of an arrangement between an authorized repair provider and an original equipment manufacturer; providing an exception; limiting the liability of an original equipment hb311-00 manufacturer or authorized repair provider in certain circumstances; creating s. 559.976, F.S.; providing applicability; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0257 | Exceptional Students and Video Cameras in Public Schools | An act relating to exceptional students and video cameras in public schools; amending s. 1003.574, F.S.; deleting references to the Video Cameras in Public School Classrooms Pilot Program; deleting an obsolete definition; requiring certain district school boards to vote to establish a policy to provide video cameras in self-contained classrooms upon the request of a parent; prohibiting a school or school district from concealing the identity of an employee in a video recording; providing that a video recording made available after a request must include accompanying audio; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0035 | Heat Illness Prevention | An act relating to heat illness prevention; creating s. 448.112, F.S.; providing applicability; providing definitions; requiring certain employers to implement an outdoor heat exposure safety program that has been approved by specified departments; specifying requirements for the safety program; providing responsibilities for certain employers and employees; providing exceptions; requiring specified annual training on heat illness and providing requirements for such training; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in conjunction with the Department of Health, to adopt specified rules; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1065 | Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Initiative | An act relating to the Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Initiative; creating s. 430.505, F.S.; requiring the Department of Elderly Affairs to contract for the development and implementation of the Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Initiative; providing requirements for the initiative; providing requirements for the type of entity with which the department contracts; requiring the Alzheimer's Disease Advisory Committee to make certain recommendations to the department and the Legislature annually; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0027 | Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact | An act relating to the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; creating s. 491.022, F.S.; creating the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; providing purposes, objectives, and definitions; specifying requirements for state participation in the compact and duties of member states; specifying that the compact does not affect an individual's ability to apply for, and a member state's ability to grant, a single state license pursuant to the laws of that state; providing for recognition of compact privilege in member states; specifying criteria a licensee must meet for compact privilege; providing for the expiration and renewal of compact privilege; specifying that a licensee with compact privilege in a remote state must adhere to the laws and rules of that state; authorizing member states to act on a licensee's compact privilege under certain circumstances; specifying the consequences and parameters of practice for a licensee whose compact privilege has been acted upon or whose home state license is encumbered; specifying that a licensee may hold a home state license in only one member state at a time; specifying requirements and procedures for changing a home state license designation; authorizing hb27-01-c1 active duty military personnel or their spouses to keep their home state designation during active duty; authorizing member states to take adverse actions against licensees and issue subpoenas for hearings and investigations under certain circumstances; providing requirements and procedures for such adverse action; authorizing member states to engage in joint investigations under certain circumstances; providing that a licensee's compact privilege must be deactivated in all member states for the duration of an encumbrance imposed by the licensee's home state; providing for notice to the data system and the licensee's home state of any adverse action taken against a licensee; establishing the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission; providing for jurisdiction and venue for court proceedings; providing for membership and powers of the commission; specifying powers and duties of the commission's executive committee; authorizing the commission to convene in closed, nonpublic meetings under certain circumstances; providing for the financing of the commission; providing specified individuals immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances; providing exceptions; requiring the commission to defend the specified individuals in civil actions hb27-01-c1 under certain circumstances; requiring the commission to indemnify and hold harmless specified individuals for any settlement or judgment obtained in such actions under certain circumstances; providing for the development of the data system, reporting procedures, and the exchange of specified information between member states; requiring the commission to notify member states of any adverse action taken against a licensee or applicant for licensure; authorizing member states to designate as confidential information provided to the data system; requiring the commission to remove information from the data system under certain circumstances; providing rulemaking procedures for the commission; providing for member state enforcement of the compact; authorizing the commission to receive notice of process, and have standing to intervene, in certain proceedings; rendering certain judgments and orders void as to the commission, the compact, or commission rules under certain circumstances; providing for defaults and termination of compact membership; providing procedures for the resolution of certain disputes; providing for commission enforcement of the compact; providing for remedies; providing for implementation of, withdrawal from, and amendment to the compact; specifying that hb27-01-c1 licensees practicing in a remote state under the compact must adhere to the laws and rules of that state; specifying that the compact, commission rules, and commission actions are binding on member states; providing construction; providing for severability; amending s. 456.073, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to report certain investigative information to the data system; amending s. 456.076, F.S.; requiring monitoring contracts for certain impaired practitioners to contain certain terms; amending s. 491.004, F.S.; requiring the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling to appoint an individual to serve as the state's delegate on the commission; amending ss. 491.005 and 491.006, F.S.; exempting certain persons from licensure requirements; amending s. 491.009, F.S.; authorizing certain disciplinary action under the compact for specified prohibited acts; amending s. 768.28, F.S.; designating the state's delegate and other members or employees of the commission as state agents for the purpose of applying waivers of sovereign immunity; requiring the commission to pay certain claims or judgments; authorizing the commission to maintain insurance coverage to pay such claims or judgments; providing an effective date. hb27-01-c1 | Dead |
| H0171 | Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program | An act relating to the Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program; creating the Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program within the Community School Grant Program for a specified period; providing the purpose of the pilot program; requiring the Center for Community Schools at the University of Central Florida to implement the pilot program and a specified curriculum; providing center responsibilities for the pilot program; requiring the center to work with the Department of Education to identify a curriculum for the pilot program; providing participating school responsibilities; requiring the center to provide a report to the department; providing requirements for the report; providing for the future expiration of the pilot program; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0489 | Restoration of Voting Rights Database | An act relating to restoration of voting rights database; amending s. 20.32, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database containing certain information for a certain purpose; requiring certain governmental entities to provide certain information to the commission; requiring the Department of Management Services, acting through the Florida Digital Service, to provide certain technical assistance to the commission; authorizing the department to adopt rules; requiring the commission to make available to the public the database on an Internet website by a date certain; requiring the commission to update the database monthly and publish certain information on the website; requiring the commission to provide to the Governor and Legislature a comprehensive plan by a date certain; providing requirements for the comprehensive plan; providing that a person who takes certain actions in reasonable reliance on the database may not be charged with certain violations of criminal law; requiring the commission to adopt rules; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0333 | Sickle Cell Care Management and Treatment Education | An act relating to sickle cell care management and treatment education; creating s. 456.0311, F.S.; requiring a specified continuing education course for the first licensure and certification renewal for specified health care professions; providing requirements for such course; authorizing appropriate boards to adopt rules; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0473 | Transportation Facility Designations | An act relating to transportation facility designations; providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0389 | Managed Care Plan Network Access | An act relating to managed care plan network access; amending s. 409.967, F.S.; requiring that the Agency for Health Care Administration include specified requirements in its contracts with Medicaid managed care plans; amending s. 409.975, F.S.; authorizing enrollees of Medicaid managed care plans to receive care from Medicaid providers not under contract with the plan under certain circumstances; requiring the plans to reimburse such providers at the applicable rates paid for such services under the plan; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1005 | Deceptive and Unfair Trade Acts or Practices | An act relating to deceptive and unfair trade acts or practices; creating s. 501.2043, F.S.; providing that persons or entities that take specified actions during a transaction for the sale or lease of goods or services to a consumer commit an unfair or deceptive act or practice, enforceable pursuant to specified provisions; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0419 | Residential Utility Disconnections | An act relating to residential utility disconnections; creating s. 366.043, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting an electric utility, a public utility, or a water utility from disconnecting service to residential customers for nonpayment of bills or fees under specified circumstances; requiring such utilities to waive reconnection fees and late fees in certain circumstances; requiring such utilities to refer to the National Weather Service for the forecasted heat index and forecasted temperatures; prohibiting such utilities from disconnecting service to residential customers for nonpayment of bills or fees on specified days; prohibiting such utilities from recovering from customers any fee or expense incurred in complying with the act; requiring such utilities to provide, in a specified manner, their policy for disconnection for nonpayment to residential customers; requiring an electric utility to publish alerts informing residential customers of certain disconnection suspensions; specifying language requirements for such notice; requiring such utilities to deliver notice of nonpayment of bills or fees to residential customers within a specified timeframe using specified methods of notice and including certain information; hb419-00 prohibiting such utilities from disconnecting service for nonpayment of bills and fees until an account is past due by at least a specified number of days; providing construction; authorizing such utilities to voluntarily suspend disconnections in order to protect the health and safety of customers and the reliability of services; providing penalties and remedies; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0119 | Universal Free School Breakfast and Lunch Program | An act relating to a universal free school breakfast and lunch program; amending s. 595.402, F.S.; defining and redefining terms; amending s. 595.405, F.S.; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, subject to the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, to establish and operate a program to provide universal free school breakfast and lunch meals to all public school students; specifying requirements for school districts; deleting provisions requiring school districts to implement and charge students for a breakfast program; deleting provisions requiring only certain school districts to implement a universal free school breakfast program and encouraging districts to provide free breakfast meals; revising the information that school districts are required to provide to parents regarding the availability of certain school meals, to conform to changes made by the act; authorizing school districts to operate free school meal programs using offsite food preparation locations; amending s. 595.404, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0701 | Local Housing Assistance Plans | An act relating to local housing assistance plans; amending s. 420.9072, F.S.; authorizing a county or an eligible municipality to expend certain funds on lot rental assistance for mobile home owners for a specified time period; amending s. 420.9075, F.S.; requiring counties and eligible municipalities to develop certain strategies in their local housing assistance plans; providing that lot rental assistance is an approved home ownership activity for certain purposes; authorizing certain funds to be provided to mobile home owners for rehabilitation and emergency repairs; removing a prohibition that only a certain percentage of funds may be used for manufactured housing; amending s. 420.9071, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0103 | Protection from Surgical Smoke | An act relating to protection from surgical smoke; creating s. 395.1013, F.S.; defining the terms "smoke evacuation system" and "surgical smoke"; requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to, by a specified date, adopt and implement policies requiring the use of smoke evacuation systems during certain surgical procedures; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H6537 | Relief/Estate of Danielle Maudsley/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles | An act for the relief of the Estate of Danielle Maudsley; providing an appropriation to compensate the estate for Ms. Maudsley's death as a result of the alleged negligence of Trooper Daniel Cole and the Florida Highway Patrol, a division of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0033 | Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote | An act relating to the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; providing for enactment of the agreement; providing a method by which a state may become a member state; requiring a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States; establishing a procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; providing that the agreement becomes effective upon the occurrence of specified actions; providing for the withdrawal of a member state; requiring notification of member states when the agreement takes effect in a nonmember state or when a member state withdraws from the agreement; providing severability; providing definitions; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1235 | Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses | An act relating to gay and transgender panic legal defenses; providing a short title; providing legislative findings; creating s. 900.06, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting individuals from using a nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as a defense to a criminal offense, to excuse or justify an individual's conduct, or to mitigate the severity of an offense; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1373 | Medical Coverage Assistance Program for Working Individuals with Disabilities | An act relating to medical coverage assistance program for working individuals with disabilities; providing a short title; creating s. 409.9141, F.S.; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to implement and administer a Medicaid buy-in program for specified working individuals with disabilities under certain circumstances; providing requirements for the program; requiring the agency to seek by a specified date federal approval through a Medicaid waiver or state plan amendment to implement the program; requiring the agency to implement and administer the program upon receiving federal approval; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H6037 | Objections to Instructional Materials | An act relating to objections to instructional materials; amending s. 1006.28, F.S.; removing provisions authorizing parents and residents to object to instructional materials; removing requirements for certain meetings of committees related to such objections; removing provisions authorizing the Commissioner of Education to appoint a special magistrate under certain circumstances; removing district school board reporting requirements relating to such objections; amending s. 1014.05, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1471 | Housing | An act relating to housing; providing a short title; creating s. 20.71, F.S.; creating the Department of Housing and Tenant Rights; requiring the secretary, the head of the department, to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate; providing duties of the secretary; providing the purpose of the department; requiring a report on the implementation of an empty homes tax to be provided to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing government reorganization for certain chapters of law; amending s. 83.43, F.S.; revising the definitions of the terms "rent" and "tenant"; creating s. 83.455, F.S.; providing requirements for rental agreements; requiring rental agreements to include certain information; amending s. 83.46, F.S.; providing requirements relating to a written notice of a planned rent increase provided to tenants; amending s. 83.47, F.S.; providing that certain provisions in a rental agreement are void and unenforceable; amending s. 83.49, F.S.; providing requirements relating to security deposits; removing the option for a landlord to deposit certain money into a non-interest-bearing account; revising written notice requirements to tenants; providing for damages if a landlord fails to meet certain requirements; creating s. 83.495, F.S.; providing a short title; prohibiting landlords from requiring prospective tenants to pay certain fees; providing construction; amending s. 83.51, F.S.; requiring a landlord to inspect a dwelling unit at a specified time to ensure compliance with applicable codes; amending s. 83.54, F.S.; requiring certain records to be removed from a tenant's credit report under certain circumstances; amending s. 83.56, F.S.; revising and specifying grounds for termination of a rental agreement; requiring landlords to provide certain tenants a specified amount of time to vacate the premises before bringing a specified action; amending s. 83.60, F.S.; removing a requirement that certain money be paid into the registry of the court; creating s. 83.626, F.S.; authorizing tenants, mobile home owners, mobile home tenants, and mobile home occupants who are defendants in certain eviction proceedings to file a motion with the court to have the records of such proceedings sealed and to have their names substituted on the progress docket under certain conditions; requiring the court to grant such motions without a hearing if certain requirements are met; authorizing that such relief be granted only once; requiring tenants, mobile home owners, mobile home tenants, or mobile home occupants to submit a specified sworn statement; requiring the court to substitute a defendant's name on the progress docket under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain defendants from being eligible for such relief; providing for retroactive applicability; amending s. 83.63, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 83.67, F.S.; prohibiting a landlord from engaging in certain conduct; providing definitions; creating s. 83.675, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring a landlord to give tenants the opportunity to purchase the dwelling unit or premises under certain circumstances; providing requirements for an offer of sale; authorizing a tenant to challenge an offer of sale; creating s. 83.676, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting a landlord from evicting a tenant or terminating a rental agreement because the tenant or the tenant's minor child is a victim of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking; specifying that a rental agreement may not include certain provisions; authorizing a victim of such actual or threatened violence or stalking to terminate a rental agreement under certain circumstances; requiring certain documentation and written notice to be provided to the landlord; providing for liability for unpaid rent for the tenant and the perpetrator, if applicable; specifying that a tenant does not forfeit certain money paid to the landlord for terminating the rental agreement under certain circumstances; requiring a landlord to change the locks of the dwelling unit within a specified time period under certain circumstances; authorizing the tenant to change the locks under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain actions by a landlord under certain circumstances; authorizing the filing of a civil action and an award of damages, fees, and costs under certain circumstances; prohibiting the waiver or modification of certain provisions; creating 83.685, F.S.; prohibiting the purchase of single-family homes for a specified purpose in certain circumstances; authorizing civil investigations and actions; authorizing the award of certain relief; requiring joinder of certain parties in certain circumstances for specified purposes; providing for joint and several liability; providing construction; defining the terms "affiliate" and "person"; amending s. 163.31801, F.S.; authorizing local governments and special districts to adopt a specified impact fee; requiring that the revenue generated from such impact fee be used for a specified purpose; creating s. 166.0452, F.S.; providing definitions; authorizing municipalities to create community land bank programs for a certain purpose; requiring certain municipalities to develop and annually adopt a community land bank plan; providing requirements for such plan; requiring a public hearing on the proposed plan before its adoption; requiring notice to certain entities; requiring the proposed plan to be made public within a certain timeframe before the public hearing; providing requirements for the sale of certain property to land banks; providing that such sale is for a public purpose; prohibiting certain persons from challenging the market value of property under certain circumstances; requiring written notice of a sale of such property to be provided to certain persons in a certain manner within a specified timeframe; authorizing the owner of certain property to contest the sale of such property and requiring such property to be sold in a different manner; specifying that the owner of certain property is not entitled to proceeds from the sale and is not liable for certain deficiencies; authorizing land banks to buy certain property for less than market value under certain circumstances; conveying the right, title, and interest in certain property to land banks; requiring land banks to offer qualified organizations a right of first refusal to purchase certain property; providing requirements for the right of first refusal; providing conditions for the subsequent resale of property acquired by land banks; requiring certain deed restrictions on certain property; providing requirements for such deed restrictions; authorizing the modification of or addition to deed restrictions; requiring land banks to maintain certain records; requiring land banks to file annual audited financial statements within a certain timeframe; requiring land banks to submit an annual performance report to a municipality by a certain date; providing requirements for such report; requiring copies of such report to be provided to certain entities and made available for public review; providing applicability; amending s. 196.061, F.S.; providing that rental of certain homestead property does not constitute abandonment in specified circumstances; creating s. 201.025, F.S.; providing the amount of documentary stamp tax imposed on purchases of certain property by certain entities; requiring revenue generated by such tax to be deposited into the Florida Affordable Housing Trust Fund; providing exceptions; creating s. 220.1851, F.S.; providing definitions; authorizing a tax credit for certain projects; providing the maximum value of such credit; authorizing the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to allocate the tax credit among certain projects; authorizing the tax credit to be transferred by the recipient; requiring the Department of Revenue to adopt rules; creating s. 420.50931, F.S.; creating the Retail-to-residence Tax Credit Program for a certain purpose; requiring the corporation to determine which projects are eligible for the tax credit; requiring the corporation to establish and adopt certain procedures and to prepare a specified annual plan; requiring such plan to be approved by the Governor; authorizing the corporation to exercise certain powers; requiring the board of directors of the corporation to administer certain procedures and determine allocations on behalf of the corporation; providing requirements for certain procedures; requiring taxpayers to submit an application with certain information to the corporation; authorizing the corporation to request additional information; providing requirements for the approval of an application for a project; creating s. 420.5098, F.S.; creating the Affordable Housing Construction Loan Program for a certain purpose; providing the corporation with certain powers and responsibilities relating to the program; providing requirements for the program; providing rulemaking authority; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0099 | Graduation Requirements for English for Speakers of Other Languages Program Students | An act relating to graduation requirements for English for Speakers of Other Languages program students; amending s. 1003.433, F.S.; authorizing certain ESOL program students to meet the Algebra I end-of-course assessment requirements in a specified manner; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0063 | Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services | An act relating to pregnancy support and wellness services; amending s. 381.96, F.S.; revising contract requirements for the Florida Pregnancy Care Network, Inc.; requiring the Department of Health to conduct annual visits to each organization within the network; providing requirements for the visits; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0627 | Preventing the Spread of Avian Influenza | An act relating to preventing the spread of avian influenza; creating the Be Ready Task Force within the Department of Health for a specified purpose; providing for membership and meetings of the task force; providing that task force members are entitled to receive reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses; requiring the task force to develop specified recommendations; requiring the task force to submit a report of its recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; providing for dissolution of the task force; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0631 | State University Student Fee Waivers | An act relating to state university student fee waivers; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; requiring state universities to waive specified fees for graduate students who meet a specified full-time equivalent appointment requirement; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0061 | Use of Campaign Funds for Child Care Expenses | An act relating to use of campaign funds for child care expenses; amending s. 106.1405, F.S.; providing definitions; authorizing a candidate to use funds on deposit in his or her campaign account to pay for child care expenses under specified conditions; requiring candidates to maintain specified records for a specified timeframe; requiring candidates to disclose certain child care expenses in campaign finance reports; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0671 | Electronic Payment of Public Records Fees | An act relating to electronic payment of public records fees; amending s. 119.07, F.S.; requiring an agency subject to ch. 119, F.S., to provide an electronic option for payment of fees associated with a public records request; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1139 | Termination of Pregnancies | An act relating to termination of pregnancies; amending s. 390.0111, F.S.; prohibiting physicians from knowingly performing or inducing a termination of pregnancy after determining that the fetus is sustainable outside the womb through standard medical measures, with exceptions; revising exceptions; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1575 | Water Quality Improvements | An act relating to water quality improvements; providing legislative findings; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct a study of the prevalence and effects of lead in drinking water in certain public facilities; specifying the information that must be included in the study; requiring OPPAGA to consult with interested entities in conducting the study; requiring OPPAGA to submit the study to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing for future repeal; amending s. 403.0673, F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to consider and prioritize certain water quality improvement projects relating to special flood hazard areas; providing requirements for the Department of Health, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and water management districts relating to harmful algal blooms; requiring water management districts to submit a plan relating to the prevention and mitigation of the harmful effects of blue-green algal blooms to certain entities by a specified date; requiring specified entities to provide a schedule for implementing the plan; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the South Florida Water Management District to take specified actions to ensure nitrogen levels continue to drop in Lake Okeechobee; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection and the St. Johns River Water Management District to take specified actions relating to improving water quality in the Upper St. Johns River Basin; providing reporting requirements; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1019 | Weapons and Firearms | An act relating to weapons and firearms; providing a short title; creating s. 790.0653, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring a background check on every sale or other transfer of a firearm; requiring background checks on all persons involved in firearm sales or other transfers; requiring firearm sales or other transfers to be conducted through, and processed by, a licensed dealer; authorizing a fee; providing exceptions; providing criminal penalties; requiring the investing law enforcement agency to report certain violations to the Attorney General; providing applicability; amending s. 790.174, F.S.; revising requirements for the safe storage of firearms; providing and revising definitions; revising criminal penalties for violations; providing exceptions; amending s. 790.175, F.S.; requiring firearms to be sold by dealers with trigger locks or gun cases; providing exceptions; revising warnings to be posted in gun dealerships; requiring certain materials to be given to gun purchasers; requiring a purchaser to sign a specified statement; providing record retention requirements for dealers; providing construction; providing criminal penalties; creating s. 790.223, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting specified acts involving unfinished firearm frames or receivers; providing criminal penalties; providing applicability; prohibiting certain actions leading to the assembly of a firearm; prohibiting certain activities involving a three-dimensional printer or computer numerical control milling machine that has the primary or intended function of manufacturing or assembling firearms or related items; providing exceptions; providing construction; creating the Veteran's Firearm Suicide Reduction Task Force; providing requirements for the task force; providing membership; providing for staff support; providing requirements for meetings; specifying duties and powers of the task force; authorizing the task force to seek assistance from state agencies; requiring a report; providing for repeal of the task force; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1507 | Medicaid Eligibility for Medical Assistance and Related Services | An act relating to Medicaid eligibility for medical assistance and related services; amending s. 409.904, F.S.; extending Medicaid eligibility for specified low-income adults; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0041 | Pub. Rec./Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence | An act relating to public records; amending s. 741.465, F.S.; defining the term "address"; providing that the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and social security numbers of victims of dating violence who participate in the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic and Dating Violence are exempt from public records requirements; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing a statement of public necessity; providing a contingent effective date. | Dead |
| H1045 | Education | An act relating to education; amending s. 1002.421, F.S.; revising requirements for a private school to participate in certain educational scholarship programs; requiring the Department of Education to suspend the payment of funds to participating private schools under certain circumstances; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; requiring the Legislature to determine the base student allocation using the Consumer Price Index; revising the minimum base salary for classroom teachers; creating s. 1011.761, F.S.; creating the K- 12 Classroom Technology Grant Program; requiring the department to administer the program and establish an application process; providing for the award of grants and the amount of such grants; providing funding for the program; authorizing the State Board of Education to adopt rules; creating s. 1011.781, F.S.; creating the K-12 Education Funding Task Force within the department; providing the purpose of the task force; providing for membership of the task force; providing for the terms of task force members; providing requirements for the selection of a chair, a quorum, and meetings of the task force; authorizing task force members to receive specified reimbursements; providing the duties and responsibilities of the task force; requiring the task force to annually provide a report to specified individuals and the public; providing requirements for such report; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0159 | Statewide, Standardized Assessments | An act relating to statewide, standardized assessments; amending ss. 1008.22 and 1008.25, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to develop versions of statewide, standardized assessments and specified portions of the statewide, standardized coordinated screening and progress monitoring system in certain languages by a specified date; requiring the department to establish criteria for the use of such assessments and portions of the system; authorizing parents to prohibit the use of such assessments and portions of the systems in certain languages; requiring the department to develop a timetable and action plan for the development and implementation of such assessments and written portions of the system; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0087 | Firefighter Benefits | An act relating to firefighter benefits; amending s. 112.1816, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "cancer" to include acute myeloid leukemia for the purpose of expanding cancer treatment benefits; providing a declaration of important state interest; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0015 | Storage of Handguns in Private Conveyances and Vessels | An act relating to storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; amending s. 790.25, F.S.; providing requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; providing definitions; requiring law enforcement agencies to engage in a specified promotional campaign; requiring counties to adopt specified ordinances concerning the parents of children who have been found to have stolen handgun from conveyances or vessels by a date certain; providing a declaration of important state interest; providing effective dates. | Dead |
| H0951 | Homelessness | An act relating to homelessness; providing a short title; amending s. 420.621, F.S.; defining the term "housing status"; creating s. 420.6215, F.S.; providing legislative findings; prohibiting the denial or abridgment of a person's ability to access public services solely because he or she is homeless; providing that a person experiencing homelessness has specified rights; authorizing a court to award certain relief, damages, and attorney fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff in certain civil actions; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1317 | Elections Impacted by Emergencies | An act relating to elections impacted by emergencies; providing a short title; amending s. 101.733, F.S.; requiring notice of certain delayed or suspended elections to be published on the website of an affected municipality; requiring affected Supervisors of Elections to notify voters of a delayed or suspended election through any available and regular means of communication; providing that an elections emergency contingency plan is a public record and must be presented to the Legislature in certain years; requiring the Secretary of State to proactively consult with specified entities to ensure all voters are able to participate in an election affected by an emergency; providing rights each voter has with respect to participating in an election in a county that has been designated as being in a state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); requiring the Division of Elections to take certain actions if an election is scheduled within a certain timeframe after a county has been designated as being in a state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance from FEMA; requiring the Division of Elections to maintain a certain number of strategic elections equipment reserves in certain areas of this state; authorizing the division to contract with state-approved vendors for the provision of such reserve equipment; requiring certain equipment be included in the reserve equipment; requiring election officials to take certain actions if a county has been designated as being in a state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance from FEMA; requiring counties and municipalities affected by an emergency to provide specified information on their websites; specifying that certain criminal penalties do not apply if a county has been designated as being in a state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance from FEMA; providing applicability; amending s. 101.62, F.S.; prohibiting a Supervisor of Elections from requiring certain voters to use a uniform statewide application for a vote-by-mail ballot; amending ss. 101.657, 102.141, and 104.0616, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1177 | Labor Regulations | An act relating to labor regulations; amending s. 447.303, F.S.; providing that all employee organizations that are certified as a bargaining agent, and not just those representing certain employees, may deduct dues and assessments from the salaries of certain employees; amending s. 447.305, F.S.; removing a provision requiring certain employee organizations to petition for recertification; creating s. 448.1065, F.S.; providing applicability; providing definitions; requiring certain employers to implement an outdoor heat exposure safety program that has been approved by specified departments; specifying requirements for the safety program; providing responsibilities for certain employers and employees; providing exceptions; requiring specified annual training on heat illness and providing requirements for such training; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in conjunction with the Department of Health, to adopt specified rules; creating s. 448.112, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring certain contracting agents to contribute funds to qualified benefit providers for the benefit of the workers of the contracting agent; providing applicability; providing the contribution amount; authorizing the contribution amount to be added to an invoice or other form of billing; requiring such contributions to be made within a certain time period; providing requirements for such contributions; providing duties of qualified benefit providers; authorizing a qualified benefit provider to use a specified percentage of contributions for administrative functions; requiring a worker to select a qualified benefit provider; authorizing a worker to change his or her qualified benefit provider annually; requiring contracting agents to provide certain information to its workers; providing requirements for an organization to become a qualified benefit provider; requiring the Department of Commerce to adopt specified rules; providing a cause of action; providing construction; amending s. 447.207, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; repealing s. 542.335, F.S., relating to valid restraints of trade or commerce; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0187 | Coverage for Mammograms and Supplemental Breast Cancer Screenings | An act relating to coverage for mammograms and supplemental breast cancer screenings; creating s. 409.9064, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide coverage for yearly mammograms and yearly supplemental breast cancer screenings for certain women under the Medicaid program under certain circumstances; requiring the agency to seek federal approval under a specified circumstance; amending ss. 627.6418, 627.6613, and 641.31095, F.S.; defining the term "supplemental breast cancer screening"; revising coverages for mammograms under certain individual accident and health insurance policies, group, blanket, and franchise accident and health insurance policies, and health maintenance contracts, respectively; requiring coverages for supplemental breast cancer screenings under such policies and contracts under certain circumstances; providing applicability; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1409 | Elections | An act relating to elections; amending s. 20.10, F.S.; requiring that the Secretary of State be elected rather than appointed and serve a specified term; specifying when such election must occur; amending s. 20.32, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; specifying database requirements; requiring specified entities to provide specified information to the commission on a monthly basis; requiring the Department of Management Services, acting through the Florida Digital Service, to provide technical assistance to the commission in developing and maintaining the database; authorizing the Department of Management Services to adopt rules; requiring the commission to make the database publicly available on a website by a specified date; requiring the commission to update the database monthly; requiring the commission to publish certain instructions on the website; requiring the commission to submit a certain comprehensive plan to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; specifying requirements for the comprehensive plan; providing that certain persons who register to vote are prohibited from being charged with certain crimes as a result of such registration or voting; requiring the commission to adopt rules; amending s. 97.021, F.S.; defining terms; providing construction; repealing s. 97.022, F.S., relating to the Office of Election Crimes and Security; repealing s. 97.0291, F.S., relating to prohibiting the use of private funds for election-related expenses; creating s. 97.0556, F.S.; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote at an early voting site or at his or her polling place and to cast a ballot immediately thereafter; amending s. 97.057, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; providing that driver license or identification card applications, driver license or identification card renewal applications, and applications for changes of address for existing driver licenses or identification cards submitted to the department serve as voter registration applications; providing that an applicant is deemed to have consented to the use of his or her signature for voter registration purposes unless a declination is made; requiring that specified applications include a voter registration component, subject to approval by the Department of State; providing requirements for the voter registration component; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to transmit voter registration information electronically to the Department of State within a specified timeframe; requiring the Department of State to provide such information to supervisors of elections; deleting provisions prohibiting persons providing voter registration services for a driver license office from making changes to an applicant's party affiliation without the applicant's consent and separate signature; deleting obsolete language; making technical changes; amending s. 97.0575, F.S.; revising the information a third-party voter registration organization is required to provide to the Division of Elections of the Department of State; deleting a provision that provides for the expiration of such organization's registration at the conclusion of the general election cycle for which the organization is registered; deleting provisions requiring such organizations to provide a specified receipt to applicants; revising the timeframe within which such organizations must deliver completed applications to the division or a supervisor of elections; revising certain penalties; revising the aggregate limit of such penalties; deleting provisions providing criminal penalties for the unlawful copying of voter registration applications or retaining of a voter's personal information; deleting provisions providing criminal and administrative penalties; deleting provisions requiring the division to adopt certain rules; deleting provisions that prohibit providing applicants a pre-filled voter registration application and a specified fine for such action; deleting provisions providing for retroactive application; creating part III of ch. 97, F.S., entitled "Florida Voting Rights Act"; creating s. 97.21, F.S.; prohibiting local governments, state agencies, and state officials from implementing, imposing, or enforcing election policies, practices, or actions that result in, will result in, or are intended to result in specified disparities or impairments; providing that it is not a violation if such entities demonstrate by a specified evidentiary standard certain conditions; providing that it is always a violation if specified circumstances exist; prohibiting local governments from employing methods of election that have the effect, will likely have the effect, or are motivated in part by the intent of diluting the vote of protected class members; providing the requirements to establish a violation; providing the relevant factors to evaluate the totality of circumstances related to voter suppression and vote dilution; providing construction; providing that such factors are most probative under a specified condition; providing the circumstances used to determine whether elections in the local government exhibit racially polarized voting; providing construction; providing the circumstances that are never relevant to violations of specified provisions; providing that a state interest in preventing voter fraud or bolstering voter confidence in the integrity of elections is relevant under specified circumstances; providing that evidence concerning the intent of electors, elected officials, and public officials is not required for such violations; providing that voting habits of protected class members may be relevant to certain violations; requiring a prospective plaintiff, before filing a certain action against a local government, to send a notification letter, by specified means, to the local government; prohibiting a party from filing an action under specified circumstances; authorizing a local government to adopt a specified resolution within a specified timeframe; providing that if the proposed remedy in such resolution is barred by state or local law, or a legislatively body lacks the authority or the local government is a covered jurisdiction, the proposed remedy may be approved by the Florida Voting Rights Act Commission if certain conditions are met; authorizing a party that sent a notification letter to seek reimbursement from the local government under specified circumstances; authorizing a party to bring a cause of action for a specified violation under specified circumstances; requiring local governments to take certain action; requiring the commission to post notification letters and resolutions on its website; authorizing the commission to adopt certain rules; prohibiting local governments from asserting specified defenses; authorizing specified entities to file certain enforcement actions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member; providing construction; creating s. 97.22, F.S.; creating the Florida Voting Rights Act Commission within the Department of State; providing that such commission is a separate budget entity and must submit a budget in accordance with specified provisions; providing duties and responsibilities of the commission; providing for the composition of the commission; providing that such commissioners serve staggered terms; requiring that commissioners be compensated at a specified hourly rate; requiring the formation of a nominating committee; providing for the appointment and removal of nominating committee members; requiring the nominating committee to select a chair; requiring that commissioners be selected using a specified process; requiring that commissioners initially be selected by lot and randomly assigned term lengths for purposes of achieving staggered terms; authorizing the commission to take specified actions in any action or investigation to enforce specified provisions; authorizing the commission to hire staff and make expenditures for a specified purpose; authorizing the commission to adopt rules; creating s. 97.23, F.S.; requiring the commission to enter into agreements with one or more postsecondary educational institutions to create the Florida Voting and Elections Database and Institute for a specified purpose; requiring the parties to the agreement to enter into a memorandum of understanding that includes the process for selecting a director; authorizing the database and institute to perform specified actions; requiring the database and institute to make election and voting data records for a specified timeframe available to the public at no cost and to maintain such records in an electronic format; requiring the database and institute to use certain methodologies when preparing estimates; specifying the data and records that must be maintained; requiring state agencies and local governments to provide any information requested by the director of the database and institute; requiring local governments to transmit specified information to the database and institute within a certain timeframe; requiring specified entities to provide data, statistics, and other information annually to the database and institute; authorizing specified entities to file enforcement actions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member for a certain purpose; providing construction; providing that enforcement actions may be filed in accordance with the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure or in a specified venue; requiring the database and institute to publish a certain report; requiring the database and institute to provide nonpartisan technical assistance to specified entities; providing that a rebuttable presumption exists that data, estimates, or other information from the database and institute is valid; creating s. 97.24, F.S.; defining terms; requiring the Florida Voting Rights Act Commission to designate languages other than English for which language assistance must be provided by a local government, if certain conditions exist; providing the circumstances under which the commission must designate languages other than English for voting and elections; requiring the commission to publish specified information annually on its website and distribute such information to local governments; requiring local governments to provide language assistance for specified purposes if the commission makes a certain determination; specifying the materials that must be provided in such language; requiring that certain information be given orally to voters; requiring that translated materials convey a specified intent and meaning; prohibiting local governments from relying on automatic translation services; requiring that live translation be used if available; requiring the commission to establish a specified review process; providing requirements for such review process; authorizing specified entities to file enforcement actions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member for a certain purpose; providing construction; requiring that enforcement actions be filed in accordance with the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure or in a specified venue; creating s. 97.25, F.S.; providing that the enactment or implementation of a covered policy by a covered jurisdiction is subject to preclearance by the commission; specifying actions by a local government which are covered policies; requiring that if a covered jurisdiction does not make changes to its method of election, such method is deemed a covered policy that must be submitted to the commission; specifying which local governments are covered jurisdictions; requiring the commission to determine and publish annually a list of local governments that are covered jurisdictions on its website; requiring a covered jurisdiction, if seeking preclearance, to submit the covered policy to the commission in writing; requiring the commission to review the covered policy and grant or deny preclearance; providing that the covered jurisdiction bears the burden of proof in the preclearance process; providing that the commission may deny preclearance only if it makes a certain determination; providing that if preclearance is denied, the covered policy may not be enacted or implemented; requiring the commission to provide a written explanation for a denial; authorizing a covered jurisdiction to immediately enact or implement a covered policy granted preclearance; providing that such determination is not admissible and may not be considered by a court in a subsequent action challenging the covered policy; providing that a covered policy is deemed precleared and may be implemented or enacted by the covered jurisdiction if the commission fails to approve or deny the covered policy within specified timeframes; requiring the commission to grant or deny preclearance within specified timeframes; authorizing the commission to invoke a specified number of extensions of a specified timeframe to determine preclearance; providing that any denial of preclearance may be appealed only by the covered jurisdiction in a specified venue; authorizing specified entities to enjoin the enactment or implementation of specified policies and seek sanctions against covered jurisdictions in specified circumstances; authorizing specified entities to file enforcement actions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member for a certain purpose; providing construction; specifying that enforcement actions must be filed in accordance with the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure or in a specified venue; requiring the commission to adopt rules; creating s. 97.26, F.S.; prohibiting a person from engaging in acts of intimidation, deception, or obstruction or any other tactic that has the effect, or will reasonably have the effect, of interfering with another person's right to vote; specifying acts that are deemed a violation; providing a rebuttable presumption; authorizing specified entities to file a civil action to enforce specified provisions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member for a certain purpose; providing construction; requiring that courts order specified remedies; creating s. 97.27, F.S.; providing construction; providing applicability; creating s. 97.28, F.S.; requiring a court to order specified appropriate remedies for violations of the act; requiring the court to consider remedies proposed by specified parties; prohibiting the court from giving deference to a remedy proposed by the state or local government; providing that the court is empowered to require local governments to implement certain remedies under specified conditions; requiring the courts to grant a temporary injunction or other preliminary relief requested under specified conditions; requiring the court to award attorney fees and litigation costs in actions to enforce specified provisions; amending s. 98.045, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 98.255, F.S.; revising the standards the Department of State is required to prescribe by rule for nonpartisan voter education; requiring that supervisors provide public-facing voter information in plain language to be understood by certain persons; creating s. 100.51, F.S.; establishing General Election Day as a paid holiday; providing that a voter may absent himself or herself from service or employment at a specific time on General Election Day and may not be penalized or have salary or wages deducted for such absence; creating s. 101.016, F.S.; requiring the Division of Elections to maintain a strategic elections equipment reserve of voting systems and other equipment for specified purposes; requiring that such reserve include specified equipment; authorizing the division to contract with specified entities rather than physically maintain such reserve; repealing s. 101.019, F.S., relating to the prohibition of ranked- choice voting; amending s. 101.048, F.S.; providing that a voter may cast a provisional ballot at any precinct in the county in which the voter claims to be registered; making technical changes; amending s. 101.62, F.S.; providing that a request for a vote-by- mail ballot is valid until the voter cancels the request; revising the timeframe during which the supervisor must mail vote-by-mail ballots before election day; deleting requirements for a person designated by a voter to pick up the voter's vote-by- mail ballot; providing for extension of deadlines under certain conditions; amending s. 101.64, F.S.; requiring supervisors of elections to enclose a postage prepaid mailing envelope with each vote-by- mail ballot; providing that vote-by-mail ballot voter certificates may be signed with the last four digits of the voter's social security number; making technical changes; amending s. 101.65, F.S.; revising the instructions that must be provided with a vote-by- mail ballot; amending s. 101.68, F.S.; requiring supervisors of elections to compare the signature or last four digits of the social security number on a voter's certificate with the signature or last four digits of the social security number in the registration books or precinct register when canvassing a vote-by-mail ballot; requiring a canvassing board to compare the signature or last four digits of the social security number on a voter's certificate or vote-by-mail ballot cure affidavit with the signature or last four digits of the social security number in the registration books or precinct register when canvassing a vote-by-mail ballot; deleting the authorization for certain persons to file a protest against the canvass of a ballot; amending s. 101.69, F.S.; deleting provisions providing that specified secure ballot intake stations be used only during specified timeframes and be monitored by an employee of the supervisor's office; requiring that secure ballot intake stations be monitored by the supervisor's office during specified timeframes instead of continuously monitored in person by an employee; deleting a provision authorizing a certain civil penalty; making technical changes; amending s. 104.42, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1587 | Historical Records Concerning Enslaved Individuals | An act relating to historical records concerning enslaved individuals; providing a short title; creating s. 267.23, F.S.; providing legislative findings; providing purpose; prohibiting certain acts relating to the sale and trade of enslaved individuals in this state; providing exceptions; establishing specified penalties for violations of this act; granting the Department of State the responsibility to oversee this act; granting the Attorney General the power to bring civil actions for violations; requiring the department to use existing state resources to fund this act; requiring the department to establish an online reporting system for certain purposes; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0345 | Student Elopement | An act relating to student elopement; creating s. 1003.211, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring public schools to create a School Staff Assistance for Emergencies (SAFE) Team and a school elopement plan; providing requirements for the plan; providing for membership and responsibilities of the SAFE team; requiring the SAFE team to create student-specific elopement quick reference guides for certain students; providing requirements for such guides; requiring public schools to annually submit their plans to the district school board; authorizing the State Board of Education to adopt rules; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0873 | Vacating Premises After Rental Agreement Termination | An act relating to vacating premises after rental agreement termination; amending s. 83.56, F.S.; requiring landlords to provide certain tenants a specified amount of time to vacate the premises after delivery of a notice to terminate the rental agreement before bringing a specified action; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0501 | Hands-free Driving | An act relating to hands-free driving; amending s. 316.305, F.S.; revising a short title; revising legislative intent; defining terms; prohibiting a person from operating a motor vehicle while using a wireless communications device in a handheld manner; providing an exception; requiring that sustained use of a wireless communications device by a person operating a motor vehicle be conducted through a hands-free accessory until such use is terminated; revising exceptions to the prohibition; removing obsolete provisions; providing penalties; amending s. 316.306, F.S.; revising penalty provisions relating to the use of wireless communications devices in a handheld manner in certain circumstances; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0511 | Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations | An act relating to specific medical diagnoses in child protective investigations; amending s. 39.301, F.S.; providing an exception to the requirement that the Department of Children and Families immediately forward certain allegations to a law enforcement agency; requiring a child protective investigator to inform the subject of an investigation of a certain duty; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 39.303, F.S.; requiring Child Protection Teams to consult with a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse when evaluating certain reports; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 39.304, F.S.; authorizing, under a certain circumstance, a parent or legal custodian from whom a child was removed to request specified examinations of the child; requiring that certain examinations be paid for by the parent or legal custodian making the request or as otherwise covered by insurance or Medicaid; prohibiting the request of an examination for a specified purpose; 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 |
| H1103 | Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities | An act relating to services for individuals with developmental disabilities; amending s. 393.0662, F.S.; requiring the Agency for Person with Disabilities to provide a list of all qualified organizations located within the region in which the client resides and to post its quarterly reconciliation reports on its website within specified timeframes; amending s. 393.065, F.S.; requiring the agency to participate in transition planning activities and to post the total number of individuals in each priority category on its website; amending s. 393.502, F.S.; establishing the Statewide Family Care Council; providing for the purpose, membership, and duties of the council; requiring local family care councils to report to the statewide council policy changes and program recommendations in an annual report; providing for appointments of local council members; providing for the creation of family-led nominating committees; providing duties of the agency relating to the statewide council and local councils; amending s. 409.972, F.S.; providing for a method of voluntarily choosing to enroll in Medicaid managed care; amending s. 409.9855, F.S.; revising implementation and eligibility requirements of the hb1103 -03-er2025 Legislature pilot program for individuals with developmental disabilities; providing for a method of voluntarily choosing to enroll in the pilot program; requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to transmit to the Agency for Health Care Administration weekly data files of specified clients; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide a call center for specified purposes and to coordinate with the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to disseminate information about the pilot program; revising pilot program benefits; revising provider qualifications; requiring participating plans to conduct an individualized assessment of each enrollee within a specified timeframe for certain purposes and to offer certain services to such enrollees; providing pilot program implementation requirements for selected plans; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to conduct monitoring and evaluations and require corrective actions or payment of penalties under certain circumstances; removing coordination requirements for the agency when submitting certain reports, establishing specified measures, and conducting quality assurance monitoring of the pilot program; revising specified dates for submitting hb1103 -03-er2025 Legislature certain status reports; requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to contract for a specified study and provide to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a specified report by specified date; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H0711 | Spectrum Alert | An act relating to the Spectrum Alert; creating s. 937.0401, F.S.; providing legislative findings; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Department of the Lottery, and local law enforcement agencies, to establish and implement the Spectrum Alert by a specified date; requiring the department, in cooperation with specified entities, to develop a training program and alert system for missing children with autism spectrum disorder which is compatible with existing alert systems by a certain date; specifying requirements for the training program; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to establish specified policies and procedures; authorizing the department to adopt rules; providing an appropriation; 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 |
| 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 |
| H6017 | Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death | An act relating to recovery of damages for medical negligence resulting in death; amending s. 768.21, F.S.; deleting a provision that precluded certain persons from recovering damages for medical negligence resulting in death; amending ss. 400.023, 400.0235, and 429.295, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Vetoed |
| H0209 | State Land Management | An act relating to state land management; providing a short title; amending s. 253.034, F.S.; requiring public hearings for all updated conservation and nonconservation land management plans; requiring the Division of State Lands of the Department of Environmental Protection to make available to the public, within a specified timeframe, electronic copies of land management plans for parcels of a certain size and for parcels located in state parks; making technical changes; amending s. 258.004, F.S.; revising the duties of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying requirements for the management of parks and recreational areas held by the state; defining the term "conservation-based recreational uses"; prohibiting the construction of certain facilities within the boundaries of state parks for the protection of certain resources; providing construction; making technical changes; amending s. 258.007, F.S.; requiring the division to comply with specified provisions when granting certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits; authorizing the division to acquire, install, or permit the installation or operation at state parks of campsites hb209 -03-e1and cabins that meet certain requirements; prohibiting the division from authorizing certain uses or construction activities within a state park; prohibiting the division from installing or permitting the installation of any lodging establishment within the boundaries of a state park; providing construction; creating s. 258.152, F.S.; designating the St. Marks River Preserve State Park as Ney Landrum State Park; amending s. 259.032, F.S.; requiring that individual management plans for parcels located within state parks be developed with input from an advisory group; requiring that the advisory group's required public hearings be noticed to the public within a specified timeframe; requiring the department to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; specifying requirements for the report; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H0915 | Advertisements for Representation Services | An act relating to advertisements for representation services; amending s. 117.05, F.S.; prohibiting notaries public from using specified terms to describe themselves under certain circumstances; creating s. 117.051, F.S.; creating a civil cause of action for declaratory or injunctive relief and to recover damages and attorney fees and costs; creating s. 501.1391, F.S.; requiring certain businesses or persons offering immigration services to make a specified disclosure; creating a civil cause of action for declaratory or injunctive relief and to recover damages and attorney fees and costs; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H1099 | Arrest and Detention of Individuals with Significant Medical Conditions | An act relating to arrest and detention of individuals with significant medical conditions; creating s. 901.1501, F.S.; defining the term "person with a significant medical condition"; providing that a law enforcement officer may use his or her discretion in determining whether to make an immediate arrest of such person; providing construction; 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 |
| H0447 | Disability History and Awareness Instruction | An act relating to disability history and awareness instruction; providing a short title; amending s. 1003.4205, F.S.; requiring that disability history and awareness instruction include specified material; authorizing the Department of Education to consult with a specified entity to further develop certain material; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H1197 | Anaphylaxis in Public Schools | An act relating to anaphylaxis in public schools; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.; requiring each district school board to ensure that specified emergency action plans are effective at all times when certain students are on campus; requiring each district school board to ensure that school personnel and employees and contracted personnel of before-school and after-school programs at school receive certain training relating to allergic reactions and anaphylaxis; requiring that at least one member of the school personnel with such training be on school grounds for specified purposes; providing requirements for such training; authorizing the State Board of Education to adopt rules; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1207 | Mental Health | An act relating to mental health; providing a short title; amending s. 394.658, F.S.; expanding the programs and diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators and emergency medical technicians for certain purposes and to include veterans treatment court programs; exempting certain fiscally constrained counties from local match requirements for specified grants; amending s. 916.105, F.S.; providing legislative intent; creating s. 916.135, F.S.; defining terms; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish misdemeanor or ordinance violation mental health diversion programs; providing a model process for such mental health diversion programs; requiring adherence to specified provisions to the extent of available funds; authorizing specified entities to collaborate to establish certain policies and procedures and to develop a certain consent form; providing consent form requirements; requiring defendants to sign the consent form to participate in the diversion program; authorizing the screening of certain defendants and prompt evaluation for involuntary examination under certain circumstances; specifying procedures if the evaluation demonstrates that the defendant meets the criteria for involuntary examination; authorizing a court to consider releasing a defendant on his or her own recognizance under certain circumstances; requiring a court to order that a defendant be assessed for outpatient treatment under certain circumstances; authorizing the state attorney, the defense attorney, or the court to, at any stage of the criminal proceedings, request that such a defendant be screened pursuant to certain provisions; authorizing defendants out of custody to be evaluated pursuant to certain provisions; requiring the state attorney to consider dismissal of the charges upon a defendant's successful completion of all treatment recommendations from a mental health assessment; authorizing the court to exhaust therapeutic interventions aimed at improving compliance before a defendant is returned to jail; creating s. 916.136, F.S.; defining terms; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; providing a model process for such mental health diversion programs; authorizing specified entities to collaborate to establish certain policies and procedures and to develop a certain consent form; providing consent form requirements; requiring defendants to sign the consent form to participate in the diversion program; specifying criteria under which a defendant may be eligible for the mental health diversion program; specifying that the state attorney has the sole discretion to determine a defendant's pretrial felony mental health diversion eligibility; authorizing the state attorney to recommend that certain defendants be screened and offered pretrial felony mental health diversion; requiring defendants to sign the consent form to participate in the diversion program; requiring that a defendant be assessed for outpatient treatment upon his or her agreeing to participate in the mental health diversion program; requiring the state attorney to consider dismissal of the charges upon a defendant's successful completion of all treatment recommendations from a mental health assessment; authorizing the state attorney to revoke the defendant's participation in such mental health diversion program under specified circumstances; amending s. 916.185, F.S.; expanding eligibility for the Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program to include Hillsborough County; creating s. 945.093, F.S.; requiring the Department of Corrections to evaluate the physical and mental health of each inmate eligible for work assignments and correctional work programs; requiring the department to document eligibility before the inmate receives orders for an assignment or program; creating s. 948.0395, F.S.; requiring mental health evaluations and the following of all recommendations as conditions of probation for specified defendants; amending s. 1004.649, F.S.; creating the Florida Behavioral Health Care Data Repository within the Northwest Regional Data Center; specifying the purposes of the data repository; requiring the Northwest Regional Data Center to develop a specified plan; requiring the Northwest Regional Data Center to submit, by a specified date, a certain developed plan to the Governor and the Legislature; requiring the Florida Behavioral Health Care Data Repository to submit, by a specified date and annually thereafter, a specified report to the Governor and the Legislature; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1439 | Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders | An act relating to mental health and substance use disorders; amending s. 394.457, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to require certain providers to use a specified assessment tool; revising the minimum standards for a mobile crisis response service; amending s. 394.459, F.S.; requiring facilities to update treatment plans within specified timeframes; amending s. 394.468, F.S.; revising requirements for discharge planning regarding medications; amending s. 394.495, F.S.; requiring use of a specified assessment tool; providing an exception; requiring the Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Department of Education, to conduct a review biennially of school- based behavioral health access through telehealth; providing requirements for review; requiring the Department of Children and Families to submit to the Governor and the Legislature its findings by a specified date; providing for expiration of the review; amending s. 394.659, F.S.; requiring the Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida to disseminate among grantees certain evidence-based practices and best practices; defining the term "person-first language"; amending s. 394.875, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration, to conduct a review biennially to identify needs regarding short-term residential treatment facilities and beds; specifying actions the department must take under certain conditions; amending s. 394.9082, F.S.; requiring managing entities to promote use of person-first language and trauma-informed care and require use of a specified assessment tool; amending s. 1004.44, F.S.; revising the assistance and services the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute is required to provide; revising the requirements of the Florida Center for Behavioral Health Workforce to promote behavioral health professions; amending s. 1006.041, F.S.; revising the plan components for mental health assistance programs; reenacting s. 394.463(2)(g), F.S., relating to involuntary examination, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 394.468, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 394.4955(2)(c) and (6), F.S., relating to coordinated system of care and child and adolescent mental health treatment and support, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 394.495, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 1001.212(7), F.S., relating to the Office of Safe Schools, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 1004.44, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0139 | Pawnbroker Transaction Forms | An act relating to pawnbroker transaction forms; amending s. 539.001, F.S.; authorizing pawnbroker transaction forms to be in digital or printed formats; 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 |
| H0195 | Education in Correctional Facilities for Licensed Professions | An act relating to education in correctional facilities for licensed professions; amending s. 944.801, F.S.; requiring the Correctional Education Program to develop a plan in coordination with the boards of professions within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, or the department when there is no board, for inmates to take classes for credit toward licensure requirements; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H8057 | Endangered Species Day | A resolution designating May 16, 2025, as "Endangered Species Day" in Florida. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H8069 | Muslim-American Heritage Month | A resolution recognizing May 2025 as "Muslim-American Heritage Month" in Florida and celebrating the heritage and culture of Muslim Americans in this state. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H8039 | Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month | A resolution designating November 2025 as "Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month" in Florida. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H8035 | Latin and Hispanic Heritage Month | A resolution recognizing September 15 to October 15, 2025, as "Latin and Hispanic Heritage Month" in Florida. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H8041 | Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month | A resolution designating September 2025 as "Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month" in Florida. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H8001 | Filed in Error | A resolution recognizing February 14, 2025, as "Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Memorial Day" in Florida, a day of remembrance for all of those who lost their lives, or whose lives were forever changed, as a result of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. | Dead |
| H0395 | Deferred Retirement Option Program Eligibility for School Employees and Personnel | An act relating to Deferred Retirement Option Program eligibility for school employees and personnel; amending s. 121.091, F.S.; removing the time limitation for DROP eligibility for certain instructional personnel administrative personnel and educational support employees; providing a declaration of important state interest; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0065 | Sale, Transfer, and Storage of Firearms | An act relating to sale, transfer, and storage of firearms; providing a short title; creating s. 790.0653, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring a background check on every sale or other transfer of a firearm; requiring background checks on all persons involved in firearm sales or other transfers; requiring firearm sales or other transfers to be conducted through, and processed by, a licensed dealer; authorizing a fee; providing exceptions; providing criminal penalties; requiring the investing law enforcement agency to report certain violations to the Attorney General; providing applicability; amending s. 790.174, F.S.; revising requirements for the safe storage of firearms; providing and revising definitions; revising criminal penalties for violations; providing exceptions; amending s. 790.175, F.S.; requiring firearms to be sold by dealers with trigger locks or gun cases; providing exceptions; revising warnings to be posted in gun dealerships; requiring certain materials to be given to gun purchasers; requiring a purchaser to sign a specified statement; providing record retention requirements for dealers; providing construction; providing criminal penalties; creating s. 790.223, F.S.; providing hb65-00 HB 65 definitions; prohibiting specified acts involving unfinished firearm frames or receivers; providing criminal penalties; providing applicability; prohibiting certain actions leading to the assembly of a firearm; prohibiting certain activities involving a three-dimensional printer or computer numerical control milling machine that has the primary or intended function of manufacturing or assembling firearms or related items; providing exceptions; providing construction; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| 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 | Nay |
| S2502 | Implementing the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act | House: Third Reading RCS#435 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| S2508 | Judges | House: Third Reading RCS#439 | 06/16/2025 | Yea |
| H7031 | Taxation | House: Third Reading RCS#432 | 06/16/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Abstain |
| 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 | Abstain |
| 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 | Yea |
| S0768 | Foreign Countries of Concern | House: Third Reading RCS#407 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H0711 | Spectrum Alert | House: Third Reading RCS#421 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H0875 | Educator Preparation | House: Third Reading RCS#408 | 05/02/2025 | Nay |
| S0168 | Mental Health | House: Third Reading RCS#417 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H1115 | Education | House: Third Reading RCS#413 | 05/02/2025 | Nay |
| H1105 | Education | House: Third Reading RCS#415 | 05/02/2025 | Nay |
| H1101 | Out-of-network Providers | House: Third Reading RCS#409 | 05/02/2025 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| H1205 | Amendments to the State Constitution | House: Third Reading RCS#402 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Abstain |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Abstain |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | Florida House District 044 | House | Democrat | In Office | 11/08/2022 |