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Legislator > Yvette Benarroch
State Representative
Yvette Benarroch
(R) - Florida
Florida House District 081
In Office - Started: 11/05/2024
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The Capitol
402 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300
402 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300
Phone: 850-717-5081
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Naples, FL 34112-5746
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Naples, FL 34112-5746
Phone: 239-232-8810
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| H0125 | Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance | An act relating to Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance; creating s. 683.338, F.S.; designating October 14 of each year as "Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance"; providing an effective date. | Introduced |
| H0017 | Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel | An act relating to criminal offenses against law enforcement officers and other personnel; providing a short title; amending s. 776.051, F.S.; revising a prohibition on the use or threatened use of force to resist arrest or detention; defining the term "acting in good faith"; amending s. 782.065, F.S.; providing for enhanced punishment for manslaughter when committed against specified officers; revising applicability; amending s. 784.07, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "law enforcement officer"; revising provisions concerning assault or battery upon specified officers and other personnel; amending s. 843.01, F.S.; revising a provision concerning resisting, obstructing, or opposing specified officers or legally authorized persons; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; increasing the level on the offense severity ranking chart for committing battery on law enforcement officers and other specified personnel; 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 |
| 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 |
| H0561 | Manufacturing | An act relating to manufacturing; amending s. 20.60, F.S.; revising the duties of the Department of Commerce; creating s. 20.6051, F.S.; establishing the Chief Manufacturing Officer among the senior leadership of the department; providing that the Chief Manufacturing Officer is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Secretary of Commerce; providing responsibilities for the Chief Manufacturing Officer; directing all state and local governmental entities to assist the Chief Manufacturing Officer; requiring the department to prepare a report regarding manufacturing efforts in this state; requiring the department to submit its report on a specified date and biennially thereafter to the Governor and the Legislature; requiring that the report include certain information; creating s. 288.1031, F.S.; providing legislative findings; creating s. 288.1032, F.S.; providing definitions; creating s. 288.1033, F.S.; creating the Florida Manufacturing Promotional Campaign within the department; providing the purpose of the campaign; requiring the department to take certain actions in promoting the campaign; creating s. 288.1034, F.S.; requiring persons that participate in the campaign to register annually with the department; creating s. hb561-02-c2 288.1036, F.S.; authorizing the department to adopt rules; authorizing the department to establish, by rule, the logos or product identifiers to be depicted for use in the campaign; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0455 | Database of Animal Cruelty Violators | An act relating to database of animal cruelty violators; amending s. 828.12, F.S.; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website the names of certain individuals who have violated specified animal cruelty provisions; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0681 | Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding | An act relating to apprenticeship and preapprenticeship program funding; amending s. 446.032, F.S.; revising requirements for the uniform minimum standards and policies governing apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs and agreements to include requirements for partnerships between local educational agencies and apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; revising the required date for a specified report on apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; revising the requirements for such report; requiring the Department of Education to develop a standard model contract template for local educational agencies and apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; providing requirements for such template; providing requirements for local educational agencies and apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs that enter into partnership agreements; requiring the department to develop an apprenticeship funding transparency tool by a specified date; providing requirements for such tool; amending s. 1011.80, F.S.; providing requirements for District Workforce Education Funding Steering Committee meetings; providing requirements for certain workpapers; authorizing such meetings to be held using hb681 -01-erLegislature communications media technology; defining the term "communications media technology"; requiring a specified funding model to be provided to the Legislature annually within a specified timeframe; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H1539 | Materials Harmful to Minors | An act relating to materials harmful to minors; amending s. 1006.28, F.S.; defining the term "harmful to minors"; revising the list of materials used in a classroom which are subject to the objection process by parents or residents; reenacting s. 1014.05(1)(c), F.S., relating to school district notifications on parental rights, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 1006.28, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| 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 |
| H1505 | Parental Rights | An act relating to parental rights; amending s. 381.0051, F.S.; revising requirements for the provision of maternal health and contraception information services to minors; amending s. 384.30, F.S.; requiring parental consent for a minor's treatment for certain diseases; amending s. 394.459, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; repealing s. 394.4784, F.S., relating to minors' access to outpatient crisis intervention services and treatment; amending s. 394.495, F.S.; requiring consent from a parent or guardian for certain services provided by a mobile response team; amending s. 397.431, F.S.; revising responsibility for the cost of certain substance abuse services; amending s. 397.501, F.S.; revising requirements for consent to disclosure of individual records; amending s. 397.601, F.S.; revising requirements for voluntary admission for substance abuse impairment services; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; requiring a school district to provide a parent with specified information before the district administers certain questionnaires or forms to students; requiring a school district to give a parent an opportunity to opt his or her student out of such questionnaire or form; amending s. 1014.04, F.S.; revising exceptions for certain parental rights; creating the parental right to review, inspect, and consent to a specified survey or questionnaire before the survey or questionnaire is provided to the parent's minor child; creating the parental right to know certain information about the survey or questionnaire at the time consent is provided; providing applicability; creating the parental right to consent in writing to the use of a biofeedback device on the parent's minor child; defining the term "biofeedback device"; requiring that the results from the use of such device be provided to a parent and be held as a confidential medical record; amending s. 1014.06, F.S.; revising exceptions for specified requirements of parental consent; reenacting ss. 408.813(3)(f) and 456.072(1)(rr), F.S., relating to administrative fines and grounds for discipline, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 1014.06, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1227 | Medicaid Enrollment for Permanently Disabled Individuals | An act relating to Medicaid enrollment for permanently disabled individuals; amending s. 409.904, F.S.; requiring that certain Medicaid-eligible persons who receive specified Medicaid-covered services and who are permanently disabled be presumed eligible for continued Medicaid coverage during redetermination processes; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to continue to make payments for such services; providing exceptions; requiring certain persons to notify the agency and the Department of Children and Families of certain changes in disability or economic status; authorizing the department to conduct a redetermination of eligibility under certain circumstances; requiring the department to make notifications under certain circumstances; defining the term "permanently disabled"; requiring the agency to seek federal authorization to exempt certain persons from annual redetermination of eligibility; requiring the agency and the department to develop a specified process; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0743 | Social Media Use by Minors | An act relating to social media use by minors; amending s. 501.1736, F.S.; requiring social media platforms to permanently delete certain information under specified circumstances, allow parents or legal guardians of certain minor account holders to view specified information, disclose certain data to law enforcement officers under specified circumstances, and prohibit certain minor account holders from using or accessing certain messages; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0765 | Celia Cruz Day | An act relating to Celia Cruz Day; creating s. 683.27, F.S.; designating October 21 of each year as "Celia Cruz Day"; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1433 | Hurricane Mitigation Grants and Insurers' Regulations | An act relating to hurricane mitigation grants and insurers' regulations; amending s. 215.5586, F.S.; revising legislative intent; specifying that hurricane mitigation grants funded through the My Safe Florida Home Program may be awarded only under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Financial Services to require that certain mitigation improvements be made as a condition of reimbursing a homeowner approved for a grant; amending ss. 624.407 and 624.408, F.S.; increasing the surpluses required for certain insurers applying for their original certificates of authority and maintaining their certificates of authority, respectively; amending s. 624.4073, F.S.; specifying prohibitions for persons who were officers or directors of an insolvent insurer, officers or directors of a managing general agent of an insolvent insurer, attorneys in fact of an insolvent reciprocal insurer, or officers or directors of an attorney in fact of an insolvent reciprocal insurer; providing applicability; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to prohibit insurers or reciprocal insurers from paying any compensation to certain persons for certain violations until the violations are remedied; amending s. 627.062, F.S.; prohibiting the office from requesting insurers to waive deemed approvals for residential property insurance rate filings under certain circumstances; prohibiting the office from issuing notices of intent to disapprove residential property insurance rate filings under certain circumstances; creating s. 627.4263, F.S.; defining terms; authorizing insurers to use algorithms, artificial intelligence systems, and machine learning systems to assist in processing claims; prohibiting the use of algorithms, artificial intelligence systems, and machine learning systems as the sole basis for denying claims or portions of claims; requiring that insurers' final decisions to deny claims or portions of claims be made by qualified human professionals; specifying the duties of qualified human professionals; requiring insurers to maintain certain records; requiring insurers to include certain information in claims denial communications to claimants; requiring that certain insurers detail specified information in claims- handling manuals; authorizing the office to conduct market conduct examinations, perform investigations, and use other lawful methods for a specified purpose; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0665 | Local Government Impact Fees and Development Permits and Orders | An act relating to local government impact fees and development permits and orders; amending s. 125.022, F.S.; prohibiting a county from requiring an applicant to take certain actions as a condition of processing or issuing a development permit or development order; providing that any ordinance or regulation in conflict is void and unenforceable; amending s. 163.3164, F.S.; defining the term "plan-based methodology"; amending s. 163.31801, F.S.; defining the term "extraordinary circumstances"; requiring the completion of a demonstrated-need study using a plan-based methodology before the adoption of an impact fee increase which expressly demonstrates certain extraordinary circumstances; prohibiting increases in certain impact fees unless specified extraordinary circumstances are demonstrated; prohibiting a local government from increasing an impact fee rate under certain circumstances; amending s. 166.033, F.S.; prohibiting a municipality from requiring an applicant to take certain actions as a condition of processing or issuing a development permit or development order; providing that any ordinance or regulation in conflict is void and unenforceable; amending s. 212.055, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective hb665-01-c1 date. | Dead |
| H1261 | Personal Financial Literacy | An act relating to personal financial literacy; providing a short title; amending s. 1003.4282, F.S.; revising the requirements for the one-half credit in personal financial literacy to include specified instruction; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0495 | Adverse Personnel Actions Against Employees | An act relating to adverse personnel actions against employees; creating s. 112.3242, F.S.; providing legislative intent; defining terms; prohibiting agencies and independent contractors from taking specified actions against employees for disclosing certain information to the Commission on Ethics; providing applicability; requiring that information disclosed include specified violations or alleged violations; requiring disclosure of specified information to the commission under specified circumstances; providing that specified provisions protect employees and persons who submit written complaints to the commission or provide information to an investigator during an investigation of a complaint; providing applicability; authorizing certain employees or applicants for employment to file complaints in accordance with specified provisions; authorizing such employees or applicants to pursue a specified administrative remedy or a civil action within a specified timeframe; authorizing local public employees to file a complaint with the appropriate local governmental authority, under specified circumstances; providing requirements for administrative procedures created by local hb495-00 governmental authorities; authorizing such employee to bring civil actions in a court of competent jurisdiction, under specified conditions; requiring specified relief; providing that it is an affirmative defense to certain actions that the adverse personnel action was predicated on grounds other than the exercising of certain protected rights; providing construction; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0603 | Canine Support Grant Program for First Responders | An act relating to the canine support grant program for first responders; providing a short title; creating s. 943.701, F.S.; providing legislative findings and a purpose; defining the term "State Fire Marshal"; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement and the State Fire Marshal to establish and jointly administer the grant program; providing requirements for the grants awarded under the program; providing support dog requirements; providing handler requirements; providing agency eligibility requirements; providing application requirements; providing for oversight and annual reporting requirements; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0763 | Consumer Guide to Homeowner's Insurance | An act relating to the consumer guide to homeowner's insurance; creating s. 624.37, F.S.; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to provide a consumer guide relating to homeowner's insurance on a publicly accessible website; specifying requirements for such guide; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1037 | Disclosure of Estimated Ad Valorem Taxes | An act relating to disclosure of estimated ad valorem taxes; amending s. 689.261, F.S.; defining the terms "listing platform" and "property"; requiring certain listings to include estimated ad valorem taxes; prohibiting the current owner's ad valorem taxes from being displayed or used for certain purposes; providing an exception; providing requirements for listing platforms, the Department of Revenue, and property appraisers; providing protection from liability for specified parties who take certain actions; providing construction; prohibiting certain materials from including specified information; requiring, beginning on a specified date, the department to annually publish a formula and certain information on its website; authorizing the department to adopt rules; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1071 | Alternative Plans Reviews and Inspections | An act relating to alternative plans reviews and inspections; amending s. 553.791, F.S.; revising the definition of the terms "permit application" and "single-trade inspection"; authorizing a private provider to inspect work relating to a single-trade inspection of certain dwellings; authorizing a private provider to use specified review systems for single- trade plans reviews; requiring certain actions by the local building official within a specified timeframe for certain permits; authorizing single-trade inspections to be performed in person or virtually; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0981 | Athlete Representation and Compensation | An act relating to athlete representation and compensation; amending s. 468.454, F.S.; prohibiting certain contracts between an athlete agent and a student athlete from allowing an athlete agent to receive more than a specified percentage of the student athlete's total compensation derived from the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness; defining the term "name, image, and likeness collective"; providing a short title; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; prohibiting the FHSAA bylaws from requiring student athletes to register compensation with specified entities; creating s. 1006.206, F.S.; authorizing high school student athletes to earn compensation for the use of their name, image, or likeness; requiring students under a certain age to obtain parental consent to earn such compensation; prohibiting such student athletes from engaging in activities or entering into contracts and agreements that meet specified criteria; providing construction; authorizing student athletes to consult with authorized advisors; requiring students under a specified age to obtain parental consent for such consultation; providing requirements for such advisors; providing school responsibilities and hb981-02-c2 requirements; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1039 | Limitation on the Assessment of Homestead Property | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 4 of Article VII and the creation of a new section in Article XII of the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to prohibit the consideration of any change or improvement made to homestead property to mitigate flood damage in determining the assessed value of such property for ad valorem taxation purposes and to provide an effective date. | Dead |
| H0699 | Noncriminal Traffic Infractions Causing Vehicle Crashes | An act relating to noncriminal traffic infractions causing vehicle crashes; amending s. 318.14, F.S.; providing specified penalties for certain infractions resulting in a crash with another vehicle; amending s. 318.19, F.S.; requiring a hearing for specified infractions resulting in a crash with another vehicle; 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 |
| H0503 | Local Business Taxes | An act relating to local business taxes; amending s. 11.40, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 11.45, F.S.; requiring the Auditor General to contact certain local governments; requiring such local government provide specified evidence within a certain time period; requiring notification to the Legislative Auditing Committee in specified circumstances; amending s. 205.0315, F.S.; authorizing specified entities to continue to levy a certain tax; prohibiting the repeal or modification of certain ordinances beginning a date certain; providing an exception; amending ss. 205.033 and 205.043, F.S.; revising the conditions imposed on taxing authorities governing the levy of a specified tax; amending s. 205.0535, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting reclassification of businesses subject to a specified tax rate; prohibiting the revenue generated from a certain tax from exceeding a specified value; requiring specified actions be taken in event of a violation of such prohibition; providing applicability; amending s. 205.0536, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 205.046, F.S.; requiring a specified document be filed with a certain audit; providing requirements for such hb503-00 document; amending ss. 215.97, 218.32, and 489.537, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1041 | Assessment of Homestead Property | An act relating to assessment of homestead property; amending s. 193.155, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring that changes, additions, or improvements that replace or are made to homestead property through elevation be assessed in a specified manner; specifying how such assessment must be calculated under certain conditions; providing applicability; authorizing property appraisers to require certain evidence; providing a contingent effective date. | Dead |
| H0683 | Construction Regulations | An act relating to construction regulations; creating s. 125.572, F.S.; defining the term "synthetic turf"; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt minimum standards for the installation of synthetic turf on specified properties; requiring that the standards take into account specified factors; prohibiting local governments from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, order, rule, or policy that prohibits, or is enforced to prohibit, property owners from installing synthetic turf meeting certain standards on single-family residential property; prohibiting local governments from adopting or enforcing specified ordinances, resolutions, orders, rules, or policies that regulate synthetic turf which are inconsistent with specified standards; requiring the department to adopt rules; creating s. 218.755, F.S.; requiring local governmental entities to approve or deny certain price quotes and send written notice to contractors within a specified timeframe; requiring denial notices to specify alleged deficiencies and actions necessary to remedy such deficiencies; requiring certain payment to a contractor if a local governmental entity fails to provide such notice; prohibiting contracts from hb683 -04-erCS/2025 Legislature altering specified duties of a local governmental entity; amending s. 255.0992, F.S.; prohibiting the state or political subdivisions that contract for public works projects from penalizing or rewarding bidders for performing larger or smaller volumes of construction work for the state or political subdivisions; amending s. 399.035, F.S.; requiring only one support rail in an elevator car interior to meet certain specifications; amending s. 489.505, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "certified alarm system contractor"; amending s. 553.73, F.S.; providing an exemption from the Florida Building Code for systems or equipment located on property within a spaceport territory which is used for specified purposes; reenacting and amending s. 553.79, F.S.; prohibiting local governments from requiring copies of contracts and certain associated documents for the issuance of building permits or as a requirement for the submission of building permit applications; amending s. 553.791, F.S.; revising definitions; revising the conditions under which specified contractors may elect to use a private provider to provide inspection services; authorizing private providers to use automated or software-based plans review systems designed to make certain hb683 -04-erCS/2025 Legislature determinations; requiring local building officials to issue permits within a specified timeframe if such permit application is related to certain single-trade plans reviews; authorizing certain inspections to be performed in person or virtually; amending s. 497.271, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H0127 | Exceptional Student Education | An act relating to exceptional student education; creating s. 1003.5717, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to develop and implement, by a specified date, a workforce credential program for students with an autism spectrum disorder or students on a modified curriculum; providing the purpose of the program; providing requirements for the program; requiring the department to produce an annual report during a specified timeframe; providing requirements for the report; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H1161 | Removal of Altered Sexual Depictions Posted without Consent | An act relating to removal of altered sexual depictions posted without consent; providing a short title; amending s. 836.13, F.S.; defining the term "covered platform"; requiring covered platforms to establish a process for removal of altered sexual depictions posted without the consent of the identifiable person; providing requirements for such a process; requiring notice of such a process; providing immunity for good faith compliance; prohibiting unreasonable failure to comply; providing remedies; providing exceptions; providing severability; 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 |
| 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 |
| H1255 | Education | An act relating to education; amending s. 11.45, F.S.; deleting the Florida School for Competitive Academics from the list of entities subject to certain audit requirements; amending s. 110.211, F.S.; authorizing recruiting within the career service system to include the use of certain apprenticeship programs; providing that open competition is not required under certain circumstances relating to the career service system; amending s. 125.901, F.S.; revising the composition and terms of membership of certain councils; amending s. 216.251, F.S.; deleting the Florida School for Competitive Academics from specified classification and pay plans; amending s. 446.032, F.S.; revising the date by which the Department of Education is required to publish an annual report on apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; amending s. 447.203, F.S.; deleting the Florida School for Competitive Academics from the definition of a public employer; amending s. 1000.04, F.S.; deleting the Florida School for Competitive Academics from the components of Florida's Early Learning-20 education system; amending s. 1000.21, F.S.; renaming Hillsborough Community College as "Hillsborough College"; amending s. 1000.40, F.S.; revising the scheduled repeal date of the Interstate hb1255 -03-er2025 Legislature Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; amending s. 1001.03, F.S.; renaming critical teacher shortage areas as "high-demand teacher needs areas"; amending s. 1001.20, F.S.; deleting oversight of the Florida School for Competitive Academics from the duties of the Office of Inspector General within the department; amending s. 1001.452, F.S.; deleting a provision requiring the Commissioner of Education to determine whether school districts have maximized efforts to include minority persons and persons of lower socioeconomic status on their school advisory councils; amending s. 1001.7065, F.S.; revising academic standards for the preeminent state research university program to include a specified average Classic Learning Test score; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; authorizing public schools to purchase or enter into arrangements for certain emergency opioid antagonists, rather than only for naloxone; requiring that district school board policies authorizing corporal punishment include a requirement that parental consent be provided before the administration of corporal punishment; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; requiring a charter school to comply with provisions relating to corporal punishment; prohibiting local governing authorities from imposing or enforcing hb1255 -03-er2025 Legislature certain building requirements and restrictions on charter school facilities; requiring the local governing authority to administratively approve a charter school if certain requirements are met; amending the statutory cause of action for an aggrieved school or entity; prohibiting local governing authorities from requiring charter schools to obtain a special exemption or conditional use approval unless otherwise specified; repealing s. 1002.351, F.S., relating to the Florida School for Competitive Academics; amending s. 1002.394, F.S.; deleting the Florida School for Competitive Academics from Family Empowerment Scholarship prohibitions; amending s. 1002.395, F.S.; deleting the Florida School for Competitive Academics from Florida Tax Credit Scholarship prohibitions; amending s. 1002.42, F.S.; authorizing certain private schools to construct new facilities on property that meets specified criteria; amending s. 1002.421, F.S.; revising the background screening requirements for certain private school personnel; amending s. 1002.71, F.S.; revising the conditions under which a student may withdraw from a prekindergarten program and reenroll in another program; amending s. 1002.81, F.S.; revising definitions; amending s. 1002.82, F.S.; revising hb1255 -03-er2025 Legislature requirements for a specified statewide data information program within the school readiness program; amending s. 1002.84, F.S.; revising requirements for the program's uniform waiting list; amending s. 1002.85, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1002.89, F.S.; revising the requirements for determining the school readiness program allocation; amending s. 1003.05, F.S.; requiring that strategies addressed in specified memoranda of agreement between school districts and military installations include the development and implementation of a specified training module; requiring the Department of Education to provide the training module to each district school board; requiring each district school board to provide such module to each public and charter K-12 school in its district; requiring district school boards to make certain training available to certain employees; amending s. 1003.41, F.S.; requiring that certain standards documents contain only academic standards and benchmarks; requiring the Commissioner of Education to revise currently approved standards documents and submit them to the State Board of Education by a specified date; amending s. 1003.4201, F.S.; authorizing the inclusion of intensive reading hb1255 -03-er2025 Legislature interventions in a school district comprehensive reading instruction plan; requiring that intensive reading interventions be delivered by instructional personnel who possess a micro-credential or are certified or endorsed in reading; requiring that such interventions incorporate certain strategies; requiring that instructional personnel with a micro- credential be supervised by an individual certified or endorsed in reading; defining the term "supervised"; authorizing the inclusion in the reading instruction plans of a description of how school districts prioritize the assignment of highly effective teachers; amending s. 1003.4282, F.S.; revising the requirements for instruction on financial literacy; amending s. 1004.04, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1004.0971, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "emergency opioid antagonist"; amending s. 1005.06, F.S.; authorizing certain institutions to operate without licensure; specifying affirmations required as a part of an affidavit; requiring submission of requested documentation in a specified timeframe; requiring the Commission for Independent Education to review such affidavit in a public meeting; specifying commission actions for noncompliance; authorizing the commission hb1255 -03-er2025 Legislature to adopt rules; amending s. 1006.09, F.S.; expanding the duties of school principals relating to student discipline and school safety; amending s. 1006.13, F.S.; requiring district school superintendents to provide a determination to extend the expulsion period for students; providing requirements for such determination; requiring such determination be provided to students and parents; amending s. 1007.27, F.S.; requiring the state board to identify national consortia to develop certain courses; authorizing the department to join or establish a national consortium as an additional alternative method to develop and implement advanced placement courses; amending s. 1007.35, F.S.; revising which examinations public high schools are required to administer; revising the examinations about which a partnership must provide information to specified individuals and entities; revising the examinations for which the department must provide the learning data from to a certain partnership; amending s. 1008.25, F.S.; requiring parents of a student who exhibits a substantial deficiency in mathematics to be notified in writing of information about the student's eligibility for the New Worlds Scholarship Accounts and the New Worlds Tutoring Program; amending s. 1008.365, F.S.; revising hb1255 -03-er2025 Legislature the types of tutoring hours that may be counted toward meeting the community service requirements for the Bright Futures Scholarship Program; amending s. 1008.366, F.S.; requiring the New Worlds Tutoring Program to provide best practice guidelines for mathematics tutoring in consultation with the Office of Mathematics and Sciences; revising the submission date for a specified report relating to the New Worlds Tutoring Program; amending s. 1009.8962, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "institution"; repealing s. 1011.58, F.S., relating to legislative budget requests of the Florida School for Competitive Academics; repealing s. 1011.59, F.S., relating to funds for the Florida School for Competitive Academics; amending s. 1011.71, F.S.; revising the types of casualty insurance premiums that may be paid by a district school tax; amending ss. 1012.07 and 1012.22, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 1012.315, F.S.; providing that specified provisions relating to ineligibility for educator certification or specified employment apply to owners and operators of certain private schools; providing that certain background screening requirements remain in place for a specified period of time for certain personnel; amending s. 1012.77, F.S.; hb1255 -03-er2025 Legislature specifying entities eligible to submit nominees for the Teacher of the Year and Ambassador for Education awards; amending s. 1013.30, F.S.; revising the timeframe for updates to state university campus master plans; amending s. 1009.531, F.S.; revising eligibility requirements for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program for students who earn a high school diploma from a non-Florida school under certain circumstances; providing effective dates. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H0255 | Aggravated Animal Cruelty | An act relating to aggravated animal cruelty; providing a short title; amending s. 828.12, F.S.; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website the names of certain individuals who have violated specified animal cruelty provisions; amending s. 921.0024, F.S.; providing a sentencing multiplier for specified offenses of aggravated animal cruelty; providing applicability; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H0999 | Legal Tender | An act relating to legal tender; amending s. 212.05, F.S.; revising the sales and use tax exemption for certain coin or currency; specifying that a person who claims the sales tax exemption bears the burden for determining whether the gold coin or silver coin meets a specified definition; providing a presumption regarding the purity requirements of gold coin and silver coin; creating s. 215.986, F.S.; defining terms; specifying that gold coin and silver coin are recognized as legal tender for a specified purpose; prohibiting gold cold or silver coin recognized as legal tender from being imprinted, stamped, or otherwise marked in a specified manner; providing an exception; specifying that a gold coin or silver coin that does not meet certain requirements is not recognized as legal tender for a specified purpose; providing construction; prohibiting persons or entities from being required to offer or accept any legal tender for a specified purpose; prohibiting persons or entities from incurring liability for refusing to offer or accept legal tender; providing an exception; authorizing a governmental entity to accept gold coin or silver coin for a specified purpose and only in a specified manner; authorizing governmental hb999 -02-er2025 Legislature entities to tender or accept gold coin or silver coin for certain purposes; authorizing governmental entities to tender or accept gold coin or silver coin by electronic transfer and not in physical form; requiring governmental entities to enter into specified written contracts under certain circumstances; requiring certain custodians of gold coin or silver coin to meet certain requirements; specifying that a governmental entity that tenders or accepts gold coin or silver coin under certain circumstances need not comply with certain provisions; creating s. 280.21, F.S.; requiring custodians of gold coin or silver coin which hold public deposits to meet certain requirements; requiring the Chief Financial Officer to adopt rules; amending s. 560.103, F.S.; revising definitions and defining terms; amending s. 560.109, F.S.; requiring the Office of Financial Regulation to examine a custodian of gold coin or silver coin at least annually; amending s. 560.141, F.S.; authorizing the office to conduct an examination of certain applicants before issuing a specified license; creating s. 560.155, F.S.; prohibiting money services businesses from being required to offer certain products or services; specifying certain requirements if money services businesses offer hb999 -02-er2025 Legislature certain products or services; requiring the Financial Services Commission to adopt rules; amending s. 560.205, F.S.; requiring applicants seeking to operate as a payment instrument seller, money transmitter, or a custodian of gold coin or silver coin to provide specified information to the office; creating s. 560.214, F.S.; requiring a custodian of gold coin or silver coin to meet certain requirements; defining the terms "fully allocated" and "undivided interest"; specifying that a custodian is a fiduciary to its customers; specifying that transmission of gold coin or silver coin in a specified manner is a two-party transaction; requiring the commission to adopt rules; amending s. 655.50, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "monetary instrument"; creating s. 655.97, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting financial institutions from being required to offer certain products or services; prohibiting financial institutions from incurring liability for refusing to offer certain products or services; specifying certain requirements if financial institutions offer certain products or services; requiring the commission to adopt rules; amending s. 672.511, F.S.; providing construction; amending s. 731.1065, F.S.; specifying that gold or silver coin that is legal tender is not hb999 -02-er2025 Legislature tangible personal property; specifying that certain provisions are effective for decedents on or after a specified date; providing applicability; deleting construction and applicability; amending s. 559.952, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing directives to the Division of Law Revision; requiring, by a specified date, the Department of Financial Services and the Office of Financial Regulation to submit a specified report to the Governor and the Legislature; requiring the Chief Financial Officer and the Financial Services Commission to adopt rules; requiring that such rules be adopted by a specified date and submitted to the Legislature in a specified report; providing that such rules may not take effect until ratified by the Legislature; requiring the Chief Financial Officer and the Financial Services Commission to make a specified notification to the Division of Law Revision; prohibiting such rules from being implemented until a specified time; repealing certain provisions unless reviewed and saved from the repeal through reenactment; providing effective dates. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H0757 | Sexual Images | An act relating to sexual images; creating s. 800.045, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting a person from possessing with the intent to promote specified depictions including a lewd or lascivious image; prohibiting a person from soliciting, possessing, controlling, or intentionally viewing a depiction including a lewd or lascivious image; providing criminal penalties; providing applicability; amending s. 827.071, F.S.; providing criteria that may be used to evidence actual or simulated lewd exhibition of the genitals; prohibiting a person from soliciting a depiction including child pornography; providing a criminal penalty; amending s. 836.13, F.S.; defining the term "generate"; prohibiting a person from willfully generating an altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person without the consent of the identifiable person; prohibiting a person from soliciting an altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person without the consent of the identifiable person; prohibiting a person from possessing with the intent to maliciously promote an altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person without the consent of the identifiable person; providing criminal penalties; revising applicability; hb757 -02-erLegislature amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking offenses created by the act for purposes of the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code; 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 |
| 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 |
| H1237 | Human Trafficking Awareness | An act relating to human trafficking awareness; creating s. 1006.481, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to identify a curriculum regarding human trafficking awareness; specifying required components of the curriculum; authorizing in-person or online training; requiring public schools to require that certain personnel have received certain training; requiring school employees to acknowledge completion of training; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; requiring charter schools to comply with requirements for human trafficking awareness training; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| H1043 | Veterans | An act relating to veterans; amending s. 265.003, F.S.; revising the maximum number of nominees for the Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame submitted by the Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame Council to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for submission to the Governor and the Cabinet; amending s. 292.05, F.S.; requiring the Department of Veterans' Affairs to conduct a study that includes a survey evaluating the extent to which specified persons are aware of certain existing programs or services; requiring that such survey also include specified recommendations; requiring that a certain report include additional actions taken by the Department of Veterans' Affairs and other information and recommendations as the department determines are necessary; requiring that a specified report include an evaluation of the health literacy of veterans in this state and recommendations on how to increase knowledge of programs and services available to such veterans; requiring the department to ensure coordination to the greatest extent possible with the United States Department of Defense for a specified purpose; authorizing the Department of Veterans' Affairs to engage county and city veteran service officers for assistance; amending s. 292.115, F.S.; revising the purpose of the Veteran Suicide Prevention Training Pilot Program to include specialized mental health training; requiring individuals electing to participate in the pilot program to be trained to identify indicators of elevated mental health risk; requiring the department to contract with an organization developing and implementing veteran-relevant and evidence-based mental health training; amending s. 295.124, F.S.; revising a reference to the United States Code; amending s. 295.21, F.S.; requiring Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., to advise the Department of Veterans' Affairs on specified problems or needs of certain military personnel and their spouses; amending s. 295.22, F.S.; revising the collaborators of the Veterans Employment and Training Services Program to include a specified direct-support organization; amending s. 296.43, F.S.; requiring the Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop a plan to establish adult day health care facilities across this state to serve veterans and their families; requiring that such plans include specified information; requiring the department to provide a specified report to the Legislature by a specified date; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; authorizing the use of a specified percentage of proceeds from the sale of a specified specialty license plate for the promotion and administrative costs of the plate; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0399 | Ethics | An act relating to ethics; creating s. 112.3131, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting candidates, elected public officers, appointed public officers, and public employees from knowingly misrepresenting their Armed Forces of the United States service records, awards, or qualifications or wearing any uniform, medal, or insignia that they are not authorized to wear; providing applicability; providing civil penalties; providing construction; amending s. 112.317, F.S.; providing that certain penalties are delinquent if not paid to the Commission on Ethics within a specified timeframe; requiring the Attorney General to attempt to determine whether an individual owing certain penalties is a current public officer or public employee; requiring the Attorney General to notify the Chief Financial Officer or the governing body of a county, municipality, school district, or special district of the total amount of any such penalty owed by a current public officer or public employee; requiring the Chief Financial Officer or the governing body to begin withholding portions of any salary- related payment that would otherwise be paid to the officer or employee; requiring that the withheld payments be remitted to the commission until the hb399-01-c1 penalty is satisfied; authorizing the Chief Financial Officer or the governing body to retain a portion of each retained payment for administrative costs; authorizing the Attorney General to refer certain unpaid fines to a collection agency; authorizing the collection agency to use any lawful collection method; authorizing the Attorney General to collect an unpaid fine within a specified period after issuance of the civil penalty or restitution penalty; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H7025 | OGSR/Parental Consent Requirements Before Terminating a Pregnancy | An act relating to a review under the Open Government Sunset Review Act; amending s. 390.01118, F.S., which provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain information that could identify a minor petitioning a court to waive parental consent requirements before terminating a pregnancy; removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0543 | Third-party Reservation Platforms | An act relating to third-party reservation platforms; providing a short title; creating s. 509.105, F.S.; defining the term "third-party reservation platform"; prohibiting a reservation at a public food service establishment from being listed, advertised, promoted, or sold through a third-party reservation platform; providing an exception; authorizing the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to impose a civil penalty not to exceed a specified amount for a violation of this act or of a division rule; providing that such violations shall accrue on a daily basis for certain establishments; 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 |
| H1519 | Entities that Boycott Israel | An act relating to entities that boycott Israel; amending s. 215.4725, F.S.; defining terms; revising definitions; requiring the public fund to make its best efforts to identify certain institutions, organizations, agencies, governments, and other entities in which the public fund has direct or indirect holdings; requiring the public fund to compile and make available the Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities that Boycott Israel List; requiring the public fund to quarterly update and make publicly available such list; revising the procedures the public fund must follow for assembling companies or other entities on such list; requiring the Department of Management Services to work with the public fund for a specified purpose; requiring the Department of Management Services to provide specified notice to certain companies; requiring the public fund to file a certain report with each member of the Board of Trustees of the State Board of Administration and with the Legislature which includes such list; requiring the public fund to file a certain report with a summary of correspondence between other entities and the public fund; requiring that specified actions be adopted and incorporated into a certain statement; amending s. 265.286, F.S.; requiring applicants to sign a certification form attesting that they are complying with specified antidiscrimination laws and will not engage in antisemitic discrimination or antisemitic speech in conjunction with the program or project for which their grant is awarded; disqualifying for a specified timeframe grant applicants that engage in boycotts, antisemitic discrimination, or antisemitic speech; requiring recipients found to have engaged in boycotts or antisemitic discrimination in violation of their certification to pay a specified penalty; authorizing individuals to file a written complaint to the Attorney General for not pursuing a cause of action within a specified timeframe; requiring the Attorney General to provide a written response within a specified timeframe; amending s. 287.135, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "awarding body"; revising the contract values that prohibit a company or other entity from being eligible to bid on, submit a proposal for, or enter into or renew a contract with an agency or local governmental entity; requiring agencies and local governmental entities that enter into or renew a contract to include a specific termination provision; authorizing agencies and local governmental entities to bid on, submit a proposal for, or enter into or renew a contract for goods and services with other entities that boycott Israel under specified circumstances; requiring other entities to submit a certain certification at the same time as they submit a bid or proposal or enter into or renew a contract with an agency or local governmental entity; authorizing civil actions against companies and other entities under specified conditions; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0277 | Veterans' Benefits Assistance | An act relating to veterans' benefits assistance; amending s. 435.02, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "specified agency"; creating s. 501.9741, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting a person from receiving compensation for referring an individual to a provider for advising, assisting, or consulting on any veterans' benefits matter; authorizing a provider to receive compensation only for services rendered during a specified period only under certain circumstances; requiring that, before such services are rendered, a written agreement, which must include specified information, be signed by both parties; requiring that persons who advise, assist, or consult on veterans' benefits matters for compensation provide a specified oral and written disclosure before entering into a business relationship with a client; providing requirements for such disclosure; prohibiting a provider who advises, assists, or consults on veterans' benefits matters from charging certain fees; prohibiting the charging of interest on payment plans; providing requirements in the event of the death of a veteran claimant; prohibiting certain guarantees; prohibiting a provider who advises, assists, or consults on veterans' benefits matters for hb277-02-c2 compensation from taking certain actions; requiring a provider to ensure that individuals who directly assist a veteran in a veterans' benefits matter complete a specified background screening before entering into an agreement with a veteran for a veterans' benefits matter; providing requirements; providing construction; requiring a provider to provide copies of certain documents to the veteran and maintain a copy of such documents pursuant to specified provisions; prohibiting a person who provides services from receiving compensation under certain circumstances and until certain conditions are met; providing that a violation is a deceptive and unfair trade practice which may be subject to specified penalties; providing construction; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| H0789 | Pub. Rec./Public Officers | An act relating to public records; amending s. 119.071, F.S.; defining terms; providing exemptions from public records requirements for the partial home addresses and telephone numbers of current congressional members and public officers and their spouses and adult children and the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, and dates of birth of, and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by, the minor children of such congressional members and public officers; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing methods for maintenance of an exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity; 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 | Abstain |
| H0255 | Aggravated Animal Cruelty | House: Third Reading RCS#400 | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| H0289 | Boating Safety | House: Third Reading RCS#397 | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| H0393 | My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program | House: Third Reading RCS#398 | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| H0443 | Education | House: Third Reading RCS#393 | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| H0711 | Spectrum Alert | House: Third Reading RCS#395 | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| H1103 | Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities | House: Third Reading RCS#391 | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| H1205 | Amendments to the State Constitution | House: Third Reading RCS#403 | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| H1205 | Amendments to the State Constitution | House: Third Reading RCS#402 | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| S1730 | Affordable Housing | House: Third Reading RCS#392 | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| H1609 | Waste Incineration | House: Third Reading RCS#401 | 05/01/2025 | Abstain |
| S0010 | Relief of Sidney Holmes by the State of Florida | House: Third Reading RCS#385 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0026 | Relief of Kristen and Lia McIntosh by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | House: Third Reading RCS#384 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0056 | Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities | House: Third Reading RCS#388 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0068 | Health Facilities | House: Third Reading RCS#350 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H0011 | Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates | House: Third Reading RCS#364 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 | Abstain |
| S0384 | Annexing State-owned Lands | House: Third Reading RCS#346 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0388 | Trust Funds for Wildlife Management | House: Third Reading RCS#343 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0492 | Mitigation Banks | House: Third Reading RCS#342 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0116 | Veterans | House: Third Reading RCS#361 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0112 | Children with Developmental Disabilities | House: Third Reading RCS#382 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S7002 | Water Management Districts | House: Third Reading RCS#380 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0606 | Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments | House: Third Reading RCS#348 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H0593 | Dangerous Dogs | House: Third Reading RCS#366 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0738 | Child Care and Early Learning Providers | House: Third Reading RCS#355 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0164 | Vessel Accountability | House: Third Reading RCS#363 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H0687 | Driving and Boating Offenses | House: Third Reading RCS#378 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0830 | Disposition of Migrant Vessels | House: Third Reading RCS#362 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0892 | Florida State University Election Law Center | House: Third Reading RCS#387 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H0777 | Offenses Involving Children | House: Third Reading RCS#370 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0954 | Certified Recovery Residences | House: Third Reading RCS#349 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H0913 | Condominium and Cooperative Associations | House: Third Reading RCS#377 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S1070 | Electrocardiograms for Student Athletes | House: Third Reading RCS#357 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H0999 | Legal Tender | House: Third Reading RCS#374 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S1080 | Local Government Land Regulation | House: Third Reading RCS#345 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H0987 | Transportation Facility Designations | House: Third Reading RCS#375 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0168 | Mental Health | House: Third Reading RCS#383 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S1156 | Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program | House: Third Reading RCS#354 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H1049 | Tampering with, Harassing, or Retaliating against Court Officials | House: Third Reading RCS#369 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H1091 | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Care | House: Third Reading RCS#371 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 | Abstain |
| S1388 | Vessels | House: Third Reading RCS#389 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H1237 | Human Trafficking Awareness | House: Third Reading RCS#368 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S1470 | School Safety | House: Third Reading RCS#358 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S1490 | Children's Medical Services Program | House: Third Reading RCS#353 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S1514 | Anaphylaxis in Public and Charter Schools | House: Third Reading RCS#356 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S7012 | Child Welfare | House: Third Reading RCS#381 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S1574 | Energy Infrastructure Investment | House: Third Reading RCS#344 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S1804 | Capital Human Trafficking of Vulnerable Persons for Sexual Exploitation | House: Third Reading RCS#359 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S1768 | Stem Cell Therapy | House: Third Reading RCS#351 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H1447 | Trespass | House: Third Reading RCS#367 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S1808 | Refund of Overpayments Made by Patients | House: Third Reading RCS#352 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H1545 | Parkinson's Disease | House: Third Reading RCS#372 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H1567 | Insulin Administration by Direct Support Professionals and Relatives | House: Third Reading RCS#373 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| H1607 | Cardiac Emergencies | House: Third Reading RCS#376 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| 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 | Abstain |
| 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 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | Florida House District 081 | House | Republican | In Office | 11/05/2024 |