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Danny Nix
(R) - Florida
Florida House District 075
In Office - Started: 11/05/2024

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H0037 Removal, Storage, and Cleanup of Electric Vehicles An act relating to the removal, storage, and cleanup of electric vehicles; amending s. 125.0103, F.S.; requiring counties to establish a daily administration fee for the proper storage of certain electric vehicles; providing a maximum amount for such fees; providing applicability; defining the terms "daily administration fee" and "proper storage"; amending s. 166.043, F.S.; authorizing municipalities to establish a daily administration fee for the proper storage of certain electric vehicles; providing a maximum amount for such fees; providing applicability; defining the terms "daily administration fee" and "proper storage"; creating s. 324.0222, F.S.; providing that motor vehicle insurers are not required to pay certain costs; amending s. 713.78, F.S.; providing that a reasonable fee for service includes any daily administration fee; providing an effective date. In Committee
H0039 Assessments Levied on Recreational Vehicle Parks An act relating to assessments levied on recreational vehicle parks; amending ss. 125.0168, 166.223, and 189.052, F.S.; providing that certain special assessments on recreational vehicle parks levied by counties, municipalities, and special districts, respectively, may not be levied against a certain portion of a recreational vehicle parking space or campsite; requiring counties, municipalities, and special districts, respectively, to consider a recreational vehicle park's occupancy rates for a certain purpose; providing applicability; providing an effective date. In Committee
H6503 Relief/Mande Penney-Lemmon/Sarasota County An act for the relief of Mande Penney-Lemmon by Sarasota County; providing for an appropriation to compensate her for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of Sarasota County through its employee; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H4061 West Villages Improvement District, Sarasota County An act relating to the West Villages Improvement District, Sarasota County; amending chapter 2004-456, Laws of Florida, as amended; revising statutory references; removing a prohibition on the district obtaining fee simple title to certain real property; revising board member election procedures; revising the district's right and power of eminent domain; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0987 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; amending chapter 2022-224, Laws of Florida; revising an honorary designation in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers; 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
H1371 Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel An act relating to law enforcement officers and other personnel; amending s. 112.1815, F.S.; authorizing first responder amputees to continue to serve as first responders under certain circumstances; creating s. 112.195, F.S.; creating the Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal; providing requirements for such medals; creating a board to evaluate applications for awarding such medals; providing for board membership; creating s. 316.2675, F.S.; prohibiting the use of motor vehicle kill switches; providing exceptions; providing a criminal penalty; amending s. 775.0823, F.S.; requiring a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for attempted murder in the first degree committed against specified justice system personnel; amending s. 817.49, F.S.; providing legislative findings concerning prosecution of the false reporting of crimes; amending s. 843.025, F.S.; prohibiting a person from depriving specified officers of digital recording devices or restraint devices; prohibiting a person from rendering a specified officer's weapon, radio, digital recording device, or restraint device useless or otherwise preventing the officer from defending himself or herself or summoning assistance; providing a criminal hb1371 -04-erCS/2025 Legislature penalty; amending s. 933.05, F.S.; requiring certain search warrants to be returned to the court within a specified time period; amending ss. 937.021 and 937.022, F.S.; revising requirements for the reporting of missing persons information; creating s. 943.0413, F.S.; creating the Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program within the Department of Law Enforcement; providing eligibility; specifying requirements for maps created by the program; authorizing the department to adopt rules; amending s. 951.27, F.S.; specifying requirements for testing inmates for infectious diseases; requiring test results to be reported to specified persons; requiring a first responder and other specified persons to provide notice upon his or her exposure to certain substances; requiring an employing agency to provide notice if a first responder or specified person is unable to provide notice; requiring a detention facility to test an inmate upon receipt of a specified notice; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
H0583 Registration of Agents and Organizations Associated with Foreign Countries of Concern An act relating to the registration of agents and organizations associated with foreign countries of concern; creating s. 106.031, F.S.; defining terms; requiring agents of foreign countries of concern and foreign-supported political organizations to register with the Division of Elections within a specified timeframe; requiring the registration of an agent of a foreign country of concern be signed under oath; requiring the division to create registration forms; providing requirements for such forms; requiring periodic updates by agents and organizations; providing penalties for violations; providing an effective date. Dead
H0129 Products Liability Actions under the Florida Pesticide Law An act relating to products liability actions under the Florida Pesticide Law; creating s. 487.082, F.S.; prohibiting a pesticide-related products liability action for failure to warn if the pesticide's label meets specified conditions; providing an exception; providing an effective date. Dead
H0697 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
H0237 Fees for the Recordkeeping System for Ephedrine and Related Compounds An act relating to fees for the recordkeeping system for ephedrine and related compounds; amending s. 893.1495, F.S.; requiring manufacturers of ephedrine or related compounds to pay a fee to operate the electronic recordkeeping system; providing for establishment of a fee schedule; providing penalties; providing an effective date. Dead
H0577 Removal, Storage, and Cleanup of Electric Vehicles An act relating to the removal, storage, and cleanup of electric vehicles; amending s. 125.0103, F.S.; requiring counties to establish a daily administration fee for the proper storage of certain electric vehicles; providing a maximum amount for such fees; providing applicability; defining the terms "daily administration fee" and "proper storage"; amending s. 166.043, F.S.; authorizing municipalities to establish a daily administration fee for the proper storage of certain electric vehicles; providing a maximum amount for such fees; providing applicability; defining the terms "daily administration fee" and "proper storage"; creating s. 324.0222, F.S.; providing that motor vehicle insurers are not required to pay certain costs; amending s. 713.78, F.S.; providing that a reasonable fee for service includes any daily administration fee; providing an effective date. Dead
H1367 School Attendance An act relating to school attendance; amending s. 1003.01, F.S.; providing and revising definitions; amending s. 1003.02, F.S.; prohibiting an out-of- school suspension as a punishment for a student's attendance record; amending s. 1003.04, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1003.21, F.S.; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules relating to a certificate of exemption from school attendance requirements; amending s. 1003.24, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1003.26, F.S.; requiring the state board to adopt a statewide attendance policy; providing requirements for such policy; revising the school district and public school duties and responsibilities relating to the promotion and enforcement and of regular school attendance, including required actions for students who are absent for a specified amount of days or classes; amending ss. 1003.436, 1003.52, and 1006.08, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending ss. 11.45, 39.0016, 327.371, 414.1251, 446.54, 553.865, 984.151, 1001.11, 1002.01, 1002.20, 1002.3105, 1002.33, 1002.394, 1002.395, 1002.42, 1002.43, 1002.44, 1003.03, 1003.4282, 1003.573, 1003.575, 1006.0626, 1006.07, 1008.24, and 1012.2315, F.S.; conforming cross-references to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. Dead
H0493 Memory Care An act relating to memory care; amending s. 429.177, F.S.; defining the term "memory care services"; requiring memory care providers to follow specified standards of operation in providing memory care services; providing requirements for resident contracts; providing requirements for memory care facilities; prohibiting certain facilities from advertising, representing, or holding themselves out as memory care providers unless such facilities meet specified criteria; repealing s. 429.178, F.S., relating to special care for persons with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or other memory disorders; creating s. 430.71, F.S.; providing purpose and legislative intent for the Florida Alzheimer's Center of Excellence; providing definitions; providing duties of the center; providing eligibility requirements for services; providing effective dates. Dead
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
H0553 Florida State Guard An act relating to the Florida State Guard; amending s. 115.07, F.S.; providing that members of the Florida State Guard are entitled to specified leaves of absences; amending s. 258.0145, F.S.; providing a specified discount on annual state park entrance passes to current members of the Florida State Guard; amending s. 379.354, F.S.; creating the annual Florida State Guard gold sportsman's license for state residents who are current members of the Florida State Guard; providing the cost of the license and uses of the license; creating s. 1009.8959, F.S.; establishing the Florida State Guard Scholarship Program within the Department of Education for specified purposes; providing eligibility criteria for the program; providing requirements for awards through the program; providing for funding for the program; providing for rules and regulations to administer the program; providing an effective date. Dead
H0361 Mental Health Professionals An act relating to mental health professionals; amending s. 491.003, F.S.; revising definitions; amending s. 491.0045, F.S.; reclassifying intern registrations as associate registrations for the professions of clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, and mental health counseling; amending s. 491.005, F.S.; deleting the requirement that a licensed mental health professional be present on the premises when registered associates, formerly classified as registered interns, are providing clinical services in a private practice setting; amending ss. 491.009, 491.012, 491.014, and 491.0149, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. Dead
H1187 Service Lateral Assessment and Rehabilitation An act relating to service lateral assessment and rehabilitation; creating s. 403.4156, F.S.; providing purpose; providing definitions; requiring all utility systems to establish and maintain a comprehensive condition assessment program; providing requirements for such program; providing for enforcement and compliance; requiring utility systems to annually submit specified reports to the Department of Environmental Protection; providing penalties; providing for funding; providing an effective date. Dead
H0483 Emergency Communications State Plan An act relating to the emergency communications state plan; amending s. 365.171, F.S.; defining the term "first responder"; amending s. 401.465, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective date. Dead
H6035 International Health Organization Policies An act relating to international health organization policies; amending s. 381.00322, F.S.; prohibiting governmental entities and educational institutions from adopting, implementing, or enforcing international health organizations' public health policies or guidelines without exception; providing an effective date. Dead
H4077 Charlotte County An act relating to Charlotte County; providing legislative findings of fact that certain islands are fragile barrier islands of particular natural beauty containing abundant plant, marine, animal and bird life; providing for the creation of the Bocilla Islands Chain Conservation District; establishing the district boundaries; restricting the density of dwelling units; restricting the commercial, industrial or multi-family use of land to those lands zoned for such uses prior to the effective date of this act; providing height limitations on all buildings and structures erected within the district; restricting the expansion of infrastructure; providing that this act shall not repeal applicable local government comprehensive plans, state and local land development regulations, air and water quality, infrastructure, and conservation regulations; providing an exemption; providing that this act shall prevail where it is more restrictive than such regulations; providing severability; providing that any real property owner in the district may enforce the provisions of this act by legal proceeding; providing that this act shall be recorded in the public records of Charlotte County; providing an effective date. Dead
H0623 Pub. Rec./County and City Administrators and Managers An act relating to public records; amending s. 119.071, F.S.; providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current county administrators, deputy county administrators, assistant county administrators, city managers, deputy city managers, and assistant city managers, including the names and personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of current county administrators, deputy county administrators, assistant county administrators, city managers, deputy city managers, and assistant city managers; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing for retroactive application; providing a statement of public necessity; providing an effective date. Dead
H0653 Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies An act relating to aggravating factors for capital felonies; amending s. 921.141, F.S.; adding as an aggravating factor that the capital felony was committed against the head of a state, or in an attempt to commit such crime a capital felony was committed against another individual; 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
H0113 Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Law Enforcement Officer An act relating to fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer; amending s. 316.1935, F.S.; revising the law enforcement vehicle marking requirements for specified offenses; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; reclassifying offenses for purposes of the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; amending s. 921.0024, F.S.; providing a sentencing multiplier for specified offenses; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
H0085 Hazardous Walking Conditions An act relating to hazardous walking conditions; amending s. 1006.23, F.S.; revising the criteria that determine a hazardous walking condition for public school students; providing an effective date. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
H1529 Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program An act relating to the home health aide for medically fragile children program; amending s. 400.54, F.S.; providing requirements for the annual assessment of home health aide for medically fragile children program; amending s. 400.4765, F.S.; revising program training requirements; requiring an employing home health agency to provide specified training and ensure each home health aide for medically fragile children holds and maintains specified certification; revising the utilization cap of a Medicaid fee schedule; requiring a home health aide for medically fragile children who works more than 40 hours per week to provide specified justification; providing requirements for the Agency for Health Care Administration to seek federal approval and a federal waiver for specified purposes; amending s. 400.462, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 409.903, F.S.; requiring the agency to seek federal approval and implement federal waivers and state plan amendments for specified purposes; providing construction; providing an effective date. Dead
H0591 Children with Developmental Disabilities An act relating to children with developmental disabilities; amending s. 381.9855, F.S.; revising the scope of the Dr. and Mrs. Alfonse and Kathleen Cinotti Health Care Screening and Services Grant Program to allow grant funds to be used for screenings, referrals for treatment, and related services for autism; amending s. 391.302, F.S.; revising applicability of definitions to conform to changes made by the act; defining the term "department"; amending s. 391.308, F.S.; revising requirements for the annual grant application submitted by the Department of Health for the Early Steps Program to conform to changes made by the act; creating s. 391.3081, F.S.; providing legislative intent; providing a purpose for the Early Steps Extended Option; defining the term "child"; requiring the department to seek federal approval for the Early Steps Extended Option; requiring the department, jointly with the Department of Education, to develop or amend any rule, policy, procedure, written agreement, or contract necessary to implement the Early Steps Extended Option; requiring the department to seek additional federal grant funds for implementation of the Early Steps Extended Option; authorizing the department to implement the Early hb591-02-c2 Steps Extended Option regardless of certain federal funding; requiring local program offices of the Early Steps Program to include certain steps for transition in the individualized family support plan for each child served by the Early Steps Extended Option; specifying eligibility criteria for a child's enrollment in the Early Steps Extended Option; providing that a child becomes ineligible to reenter the Early Steps Extended Option upon exiting; requiring local school districts, in conjunction with local program offices, to notify a child's parent or legal guardian of his or her rights under certain circumstances; requiring local program offices to take specified steps for transitioning children out of the Early Steps Extended Option within a specified timeframe before they age out; requiring local program offices, in conjunction with local school districts, to modify or develop, as applicable, individual education plans with specified elements for such children; requiring local program offices and local school districts to provide specified written information to a child's parent or legal guardian if the child is determined ineligible for school district program services; requiring the department to include a performance assessment of the Early Steps Extended hb591-02-c2 Option in a specified annual report; specifying requirements for such assessment; creating s. 1003.5711, F.S.; providing legislative findings and intent; requiring the University of Florida Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment to oversee certain grants; requiring the center to develop guidelines for grant administration; providing eligibility requirements for grant applicants; providing that grants may be used for specified purposes; authorizing the center to prioritize grant allocations for specified purposes; requiring grant recipients to submit a specified report; creating s. 1003.5712, F.S.; providing legislative findings and purpose; requiring the University of Florida Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment to fund specialized summer programs for children with autism spectrum disorder; requiring the center to publish guidelines for grant applications; requiring the center to provide technical assistance to grant applicants and recipients; providing eligibility requirements for the specialized summer programs; authorizing the center to set maximum grant amounts; requiring grant recipients to submit a report to the center within a specified timeframe; creating s. 1004.551, F.S.; creating the University of Florida Center for Autism and hb591-02-c2 Neurodevelopment; providing duties of the center; requiring the center to develop an autism micro- credential; providing requirements for the micro- credential; requiring the center to publish on its website an annual report; prohibiting the host state university from charging certain fees to the center; amending s. 1012.582, F.S.; requiring the Commissioner of Education to review specified curricula by a specified date; requiring the commissioner to report findings and recommendations to the Legislature; amending s. 1012.585, F.S.; revising the process for the renewal of professional certificates to include training in the knowledge and skills required to support students with autism; providing an effective date. Dead
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
H0247 Housing An act relating to housing; creating s. 83.471, F.S.; providing definitions; authorizing a landlord to accept reusable tenant screening reports and require a specified statement; requiring that certain information be included in reusable tenant screening reports; prohibiting a landlord from charging certain fees to an applicant using a reusable tenant screening report; providing applicability; amending s. 163.31771, F.S.; defining the term "primary dwelling unit"; requiring, rather than authorizing, local governments to adopt, by a specified date, an ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in certain areas; requiring such ordinances to apply prospectively; prohibiting such ordinances from including certain requirements; removing a requirement that an application for a building permit to construct an accessory dwelling unit include a certain affidavit; revising the accessory dwelling units that apply toward satisfying a certain component of a local government's comprehensive plan; specifying that accessory dwelling units that provide affordable rental housing shall apply towards satisfying a certain component of a local government's comprehensive plan; prohibiting the denial of a hb247-03-c3 CS/ homestead exemption for certain portions of property on a specified basis; requiring that a rented accessory dwelling unit be assessed separately from the homestead property and taxed according to its use; providing an exception; prohibiting local governments from adopting an ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in areas of critical state concern; amending s. 420.615, F.S.; authorizing a local government to provide a density bonus incentive to landowners who make certain real property donations to assist in the provision of affordable housing for military families; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to evaluate the efficacy of using mezzanine finance and the potential of tiny homes for specified purposes; requiring the office to consult with certain entities; requiring the office to submit a certain report to the Legislature by a specified date; amending s. 553.80, F.S.; providing that the use of certain dwellings as, or the conversion of such dwellings into, certain residences is not a change in occupancy as defined in the Florida Building Code; amending s. 633.208, F.S.; providing that the use of certain dwellings as, or the conversion of such dwellings into, certain residences does not require the reclassification of such hb247-03-c3 CS/ dwellings for purposes of enforcing the Florida Fire Prevention Code; providing an effective date. Dead
H0477 Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities An act relating to geoengineering and weather modification activities; repealing ss. 403.281, 403.291, 403.301, 403.311, 403.321, 403.331, 403.341, 403.351, 403.361, 403.371, 403.381, 403.391, and 403.401, F.S., relating to the definitions, purpose, licensing requirements, applications, proof of financial responsibility requirements, license issuance and discipline provisions, publication of notice of intention to operate requirements, required contents of the notice of intention, publication of the notice of intention requirements, proof of publication requirements, record and reports of operations requirements, provision of emergency licenses, and suspension or revocation of licenses, respectively, of the weather modification law; amending s. 403.411, F.S.; prohibiting certain acts intended to affect the temperature, the weather, or the intensity of sunlight within the atmosphere of this state; increasing civil penalties for violations of the geoengineering and weather modification law; requiring that specified moneys be deposited in the Air Pollution Control Trust Fund and used only for specified purposes; authorizing a person who observes a geoengineering or weather modification activity to hb477-02-c2 report such activity; providing construction; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to establish a method for the intake and screening of such reports; requiring the department to investigate certain reports; requiring the department to refer reports of observed violations to the Department of Health or the Division of Emergency Management, under certain circumstances; requiring the department to adopt rules; creating s. 403.4115, F.S.; defining terms; requiring an operator of public infrastructure to report certain information monthly to the Department of Transportation; prohibiting the department from expending funds to support certain projects or programs; requiring the department to submit a report to specified entities; requiring the department to incorporate reporting guidelines in certain grant agreements; authorizing the department to adopt rules; amending ss. 253.002, 373.026, 373.1501, 373.4598, and 373.470, F.S.; conforming cross-references and provisions to changes made by the act; making technical changes; providing an effective date. Dead
H0879 Young Adults who are Homeless or were in the Child Welfare System An act relating to young adults who are homeless or were in the child welfare system; amending s. 409.1452, F.S.; requiring each Florida College System institution and state university, in consultation with the State Office on Homelessness, to develop a plan to prioritize the placement of certain students in residence halls or dormitory residences; providing responsibilities for the Office of Continuing Care, Florida College System institutions, and state universities; requiring that certain institutions and universities give priority to certain students for housing and work-study opportunities; prohibiting institutions and universities from requiring a cosigner or guarantor to obtain housing for certain students; creating s. 409.14525, F.S.; requiring certain entities to administer certain federal programs and vouchers; providing requirements for administering such programs and vouchers; requiring specified entities to document certain actions and provide certain assurances to landlords; providing applicability; providing an effective date. Dead
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
H7005 OGSR/Disaster Recovery Assistance An act relating to a review under the Open Government Sunset Review Act; amending s. 119.071, F.S., which provides an exemption from public record requirements for property photographs and personal identifying information provided to specified entities for the purpose of disaster recovery assistance; removing the scheduled repeal date of the exemption; 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 Yea
S2502 Implementing the 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act House: Third Reading RCS#435 06/16/2025 Yea
S2504 Collective Bargaining House: Third Reading RCS#436 06/16/2025 Yea
S2514 Health and Human Services House: Third Reading RCS#438 06/16/2025 Yea
S2510 Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Education House: Third Reading RCS#440 06/16/2025 Yea
S2508 Judges House: Third Reading RCS#439 06/16/2025 Yea
H7031 Taxation House: Third Reading RCS#432 06/16/2025 Yea
H5015 State Group Insurance House: Third Reading RCS#434 06/16/2025 Yea
H5019 Budget Stabilization Fund House: Third Reading RCS#431 06/16/2025 Yea
H5017 Debt Reduction House: Third Reading RCS#433 06/16/2025 Yea
S2510 Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Education House: Third Reading RCS#428 05/13/2025 Yea
S0248 Student Participation in Interscholastic and Intrascholastic Extracurricular Sports House: Third Reading RCS#419 05/02/2025 Yea
H0289 Boating Safety House: Third Reading RCS#426 05/02/2025 Yea
S0116 Veterans House: Third Reading RCS#420 05/02/2025 Yea
S0768 Foreign Countries of Concern House: Third Reading RCS#407 05/02/2025 Yea
H0711 Spectrum Alert House: Third Reading RCS#421 05/02/2025 Yea
H0875 Educator Preparation House: Third Reading RCS#408 05/02/2025 Yea
S0168 Mental Health House: Third Reading RCS#417 05/02/2025 Yea
H1115 Education House: Third Reading RCS#413 05/02/2025 Yea
H1105 Education House: Third Reading RCS#415 05/02/2025 Yea
H1101 Out-of-network Providers House: Third Reading RCS#409 05/02/2025 Yea
H1255 Education House: Third Reading RCS#414 05/02/2025 Yea
H1299 Department of Health House: Third Reading RCS#405 05/02/2025 Yea
S7012 Child Welfare House: Third Reading RCS#418 05/02/2025 Yea
S0180 Emergencies House: Third Reading RCS#411 05/02/2025 Yea
H1427 Nursing Education Programs House: Third Reading RCS#416 05/02/2025 Yea
H1445 Public Officers and Employees House: Third Reading RCS#422 05/02/2025 Yea
H1549 Financial Services House: Third Reading RCS#406 05/02/2025 Yea
H0209 State Land Management House: Third Reading RCS#394 05/01/2025 Yea
H0255 Aggravated Animal Cruelty House: Third Reading RCS#400 05/01/2025 Yea
H0289 Boating Safety House: Third Reading RCS#397 05/01/2025 Yea
H0393 My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program House: Third Reading RCS#398 05/01/2025 Yea
H0443 Education House: Third Reading RCS#393 05/01/2025 Yea
H0711 Spectrum Alert House: Third Reading RCS#395 05/01/2025 Yea
H1103 Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities House: Third Reading RCS#391 05/01/2025 Yea
H1205 Amendments to the State Constitution House: Third Reading RCS#403 05/01/2025 Yea
H1205 Amendments to the State Constitution House: Third Reading RCS#402 05/01/2025 Nay
S1730 Affordable Housing House: Third Reading RCS#392 05/01/2025 Yea
H1609 Waste Incineration House: Third Reading RCS#401 05/01/2025 Yea
S0010 Relief of Sidney Holmes by the State of Florida House: Third Reading RCS#385 04/30/2025 Yea
S0026 Relief of Kristen and Lia McIntosh by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services House: Third Reading RCS#384 04/30/2025 Yea
S0056 Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities House: Third Reading RCS#388 04/30/2025 Yea
S0068 Health Facilities House: Third Reading RCS#350 04/30/2025 Yea
H0011 Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates House: Third Reading RCS#364 04/30/2025 Yea
S0184 Housing House: Third Reading RCS#347 04/30/2025 Yea
S0312 Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Inc. House: Third Reading RCS#386 04/30/2025 Yea
S0384 Annexing State-owned Lands House: Third Reading RCS#346 04/30/2025 Yea
S0388 Trust Funds for Wildlife Management House: Third Reading RCS#343 04/30/2025 Yea
S0492 Mitigation Banks House: Third Reading RCS#342 04/30/2025 Yea
S0116 Veterans House: Third Reading RCS#361 04/30/2025 Yea
S0112 Children with Developmental Disabilities House: Third Reading RCS#382 04/30/2025 Yea
S7002 Water Management Districts House: Third Reading RCS#380 04/30/2025 Yea
S0606 Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments House: Third Reading RCS#348 04/30/2025 Yea
H0593 Dangerous Dogs House: Third Reading RCS#366 04/30/2025 Yea
S0738 Child Care and Early Learning Providers House: Third Reading RCS#355 04/30/2025 Yea
S0164 Vessel Accountability House: Third Reading RCS#363 04/30/2025 Yea
H0687 Driving and Boating Offenses House: Third Reading RCS#378 04/30/2025 Yea
S0830 Disposition of Migrant Vessels House: Third Reading RCS#362 04/30/2025 Yea
S0892 Florida State University Election Law Center House: Third Reading RCS#387 04/30/2025 Yea
H0777 Offenses Involving Children House: Third Reading RCS#370 04/30/2025 Yea
S0954 Certified Recovery Residences House: Third Reading RCS#349 04/30/2025 Yea
H0913 Condominium and Cooperative Associations House: Third Reading RCS#377 04/30/2025 Yea
S1070 Electrocardiograms for Student Athletes House: Third Reading RCS#357 04/30/2025 Yea
H0999 Legal Tender House: Third Reading RCS#374 04/30/2025 Yea
S1080 Local Government Land Regulation House: Third Reading RCS#345 04/30/2025 Yea
H0987 Transportation Facility Designations House: Third Reading RCS#375 04/30/2025 Yea
S0168 Mental Health House: Third Reading RCS#383 04/30/2025 Yea
S1156 Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program House: Third Reading RCS#354 04/30/2025 Yea
H1049 Tampering with, Harassing, or Retaliating against Court Officials House: Third Reading RCS#369 04/30/2025 Yea
H1091 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Care House: Third Reading RCS#371 04/30/2025 Yea
H1143 Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources House: Third Reading RCS#365 04/30/2025 Yea
S1386 Assault or Battery on a Utility Worker House: Third Reading RCS#360 04/30/2025 Yea
S1388 Vessels House: Third Reading RCS#389 04/30/2025 Yea
H1237 Human Trafficking Awareness House: Third Reading RCS#368 04/30/2025 Yea
S1470 School Safety House: Third Reading RCS#358 04/30/2025 Yea
S1490 Children's Medical Services Program House: Third Reading RCS#353 04/30/2025 Yea
S1514 Anaphylaxis in Public and Charter Schools House: Third Reading RCS#356 04/30/2025 Yea
S7012 Child Welfare House: Third Reading RCS#381 04/30/2025 Yea
S1574 Energy Infrastructure Investment House: Third Reading RCS#344 04/30/2025 Yea
S1804 Capital Human Trafficking of Vulnerable Persons for Sexual Exploitation House: Third Reading RCS#359 04/30/2025 Yea
S1768 Stem Cell Therapy House: Third Reading RCS#351 04/30/2025 Yea
H1447 Trespass House: Third Reading RCS#367 04/30/2025 Yea
S1808 Refund of Overpayments Made by Patients House: Third Reading RCS#352 04/30/2025 Yea
H1545 Parkinson's Disease House: Third Reading RCS#372 04/30/2025 Yea
H1567 Insulin Administration by Direct Support Professionals and Relatives House: Third Reading RCS#373 04/30/2025 Yea
H1607 Cardiac Emergencies House: Third Reading RCS#376 04/30/2025 Yea
S0028 Relief of Darline Angervil and J.R. by the South Broward Hospital District House: Third Reading RCS#329 04/29/2025 Yea
S0022 Relief of Eric Miles, Jr., and Jennifer Miles by the South Broward Hospital District House: Third Reading RCS#332 04/29/2025 Yea
S0008 Relief of Marcus Button by the Pasco County School Board House: Third Reading RCS#328 04/29/2025 Yea
S0020 Relief of J.N., a Minor, by Hillsborough County House: Third Reading RCS#331 04/29/2025 Yea
S0014 Relief of the Estate of Peniel Janvier by the City of Miami Beach House: Third Reading RCS#330 04/29/2025 Yea
S0106 Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults House: Third Reading RCS#300 04/29/2025 Yea
S0118 Regulation of Presidential Libraries House: Third Reading RCS#325 04/29/2025 Yea
S0130 Compensation of Victims of Wrongful Incarceration House: Third Reading RCS#327 04/29/2025 Yea
S0150 Abandoning Restrained Dogs During Natural Disasters House: Third Reading RCS#326 04/29/2025 Yea
S0158 Coverage for Diagnostic and Supplemental Breast Examinations House: Third Reading RCS#289 04/29/2025 Yea
S0232 Debt Collection House: Third Reading RCS#297 04/29/2025 Yea
S0234 Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel House: Third Reading RCS#322 04/29/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Florida House Education and Employment Committee 14
Detail Florida House Property Taxes Select Committee 26
Detail Florida Joint Collective Bargaining Select Committee 6
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
FL Florida House District 075 House Republican In Office 11/05/2024