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Current trends in Florida legislation over the last 72 hours as measured by public interest and activity.
| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | H1407 | Passed | Removes requirement that Florida Commission on Human Relations send certain information to certain persons by registered mail; requires certain civil actions to be commenced within specified periods. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-116 |
| #2 | S0772 | Passed | Renaming "portable electronics insurance" as "portable electronics or eyewear insurance" to include eyewear for purposes of insurance coverage and licenses; defining the term "eyewear"; revising the definition of the term "portable electronics", etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-97 |
| #3 | H0905 | Passed | Defines the terms "designated foreign terrorist organization" and "foreign country of concern"; provides penalties for specified persons who solicit or accept anything of value from persons or entities representing a designated foreign terrorist orga... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-11 Chapter No. 2026-66 |
| #4 | H4001 | Passed | Limits compensation to health care provider that provides medical services for inmate housed in Jefferson County detention center if provider does not have contract with county to provide such services; limits compensation to entity that provides eme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Approved by Governor |
| #5 | H5205 | Enrolled | Revises required employer retirement contribution rates for each membership class & subclass of FRS. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-29 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled |
| #6 | H6509 | Passed | Provides appropriation to compensate estate for injuries & damages sustained by Mr. LaGatta as result of negligence of DOT; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Approved by Governor |
| #7 | H4045 | Enrolled | Provides that Jacksonville Aviation Authority is responsible for economic development of Cecil Airport as regional, state, & national aerospace & related-industry hub; requires annual presentation of economic development plan for Cecil Airport to cou... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
| #8 | H0561 | Passed | Authorizing an educator preparation institute to allow certain program participants to enroll in introductory coursework; revising the criteria for the award of a temporary educator certification to include certain persons with expired professional c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-106 |
| #9 | S0538 | Passed | Authorizing district school boards to adopt policies for the use of certain funds to provide funding to specified persons relating to extracurricular activities; revising eligibility requirements for a student to participate in an interscholastic or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-93 |
| #10 | S0192 | Passed | Deleting the limitation on the amount of patient funds a chiropractic physician may hold in trust for specified purposes, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 Chapter No. 2026-81 |
| #11 | H0757 | Passed | Requires sheriffs to assist public postsecondary educational institutions in implementing guardian programs under certain provisions; authorizes public postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the school guardian program; requires a s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18 Chapter No. 2026-80 |
| #12 | H4067 | Passed | Provides that Plantation Acres Improvement District, independent special district, shall become dependent district of City of Plantation; provides that assets, liabilities, financial allocations, & written contracts of independent district remain in ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Approved by Governor |
| #13 | H4095 | Passed | Creates Headwaters Water Control District as public corporation; provides district's charter; provides status & boundaries; provides minimum charter requirements; provides for maintenance & use of certain canals; provides requirements for charter... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Approved by Governor |
| #14 | S2508 | Enrolled | Abrogating the scheduled expiration of provisions relating to the remission of surcharges for specified criminal offenses and noncriminal moving traffic violations to the Department of Revenue to fund the state agency law enforcement radio system and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-29 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled |
| #15 | H4065 | Passed | Revises definitions relating to West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund; board members' credits for service; revenue; member contributions; custodian of funds; investments; service benefits; supplemental pension distribution; optional forms of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Approved by Governor |
| #16 | H4081 | Passed | Modifies boundaries of district to include additional lands; provides additional powers of board; provides for referenda; provides construction. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Approved by Governor |
| #17 | H0131 | Passed | Revising the requirements for a court to appoint a curator of estates; revising bond requirements for a curator of estates; clarifying who may subject a curator of estates to removal and surcharge; requiring a curator to file reports with the court i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 Chapter No. 2026-85 |
| #18 | H0167 | Passed | Provides conditions for cause of action against certain former phosphate mine sites; authorizes landowners to record certain notice of former phosphate mines; specifies requirements for such notice; requires DOH to conduct gamma radiation surveys of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-103 |
| #19 | H6507 | Passed | Provides appropriation to compensate L.E. for injuries & damages sustained as result of negligence of department; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Approved by Governor |
| #20 | S0296 | Passed | Requiring the Division of Telecommunications within the Department of Management Services to consult with certain entities to conduct a feasibility study regarding a specified alert system; providing requirements for such alert system; authorizing vi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-91 |
| #21 | H4013 | Enrolled | Revises boundaries of Iona-McGregor Fire Protection & Rescue Service District; removes chapter laws relating to Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District; provides for merger of districts; provides for transition of governing body; transfers assets & li... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
| #22 | H0277 | Passed | Reclassifying penalties for committing a domestic violence offense if a person has a prior conviction for domestic violence; providing that sentencing and incentive gain-time eligibility determinations are made without regard to a penalty enhancement... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 Chapter No. 2026-86 |
| #23 | S0578 | Passed | 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 entity with which the department... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 Chapter No. 2026-83 |
| #24 | S0656 | Passed | Renaming the Online Sting Operations Grant Program created within the Department of Law Enforcement as the Internet Crimes Against Children Grant Program; revising the purpose of the grant program; revising the authorized uses for grant program funds... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-96 |
| #25 | S0816 | Enrolled | Establishing the University of Florida Diabetes Institute within the University of Florida College of Medicine; authorizing the institute to administer statewide pilot programs; requiring the institute to maintain a secure repository for deidentified... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
| #26 | H0559 | Passed | Creating the offense of causing or enticing a minor to commit, or in the presence of a minor committing, animal cruelty; requiring a court to order a minor who commits specified acts of animal cruelty to undergo a psychological evaluation and receive... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-13 Chapter No. 2026-78 |
| #27 | S0824 | Enrolled | Requiring school districts to annually submit complete inventories of unimproved real property owned by the district to the Department of Education; requiring the department to compile and publish such data in a statewide report, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
| #28 | H0809 | Passed | Revises conditions under which Board of Medicine, Board of Osteopathic Medicine, & Board of Nursing, respectively, may issue temporary certificates for practice in areas of critical need; authorizes certificateholders to continue primary care service... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-108 |
| #29 | H4043 | Enrolled | Requires district to wind down its affairs & adopt dissolution plan by specified date; dissolves district on specified date; provides for continued operation of irrevocable community trust or foundation; transfers district assets & liabilities to Boa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
| #30 | S0984 | Passed | Requiring a former employer to provide death benefits to certain beneficiaries for a specified time period under certain circumstances, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-99 |
| #31 | H0851 | Passed | Requires certain professional learning systems to provide at least one autism-specific professional learning opportunity. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-109 |
| #32 | H0867 | Passed | Defines "dry needling" & "myofascial trigger point"; requires Board of Occupational Therapy Association to establish minimum standards of practice for performance of dry needling by occupational therapists; provides performance requirements; requires... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-110 |
| #33 | H0883 | Passed | Specifying that a protected cell captive insurance company may only insure certain risks; revising the unimpaired paid-in capital requirements for captive insurance companies; authorizing one or more sponsors to form a protected cell captive insuranc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Chapter No. 2026-72 |
| #34 | H0915 | Passed | Provides definition of term "department"; creates Working People with Disabilities program within AHCA; provides for purpose of program; provides eligibility requirements; provides income & assets requirements for eligibility in program; requires dep... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 Chapter No. 2026-88 |
| #35 | H0913 | Passed | Requires maintenance & repair deduction fees from contractor-operated correctional facilities to be deposited in Contractor-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund; requires funds from Contractor-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fun... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-111 |
| #36 | H0925 | Passed | Authorizing the cumulative excess of funds to be used in the development of the total combined budgets of the clerks of the court; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; revising the definition of the term "publicly accessible website"; in... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-112 |
| #37 | S1022 | Passed | Establishing the Bay County 32401 Children's Initiative in Bay County and the Pompano RYZE Children's Initiative in Broward County; providing for the projects to be managed by not-for-profit corporations; declaring that the initiatives are subject to... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-100 |
| #38 | H4047 | Enrolled | Revises composition of Lee County Tourist Development Council. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
| #39 | H4049 | Enrolled | Authorizes Duval County School Board to employ general counsel, who shall be independent of office of general counsel of City of Jacksonville; provides that certain legal services continue to be provided through office of general counsel of city. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
| #40 | S1092 | Enrolled | Requiring certain podiatric physicians, instead of all podiatric physicians, to complete specified continuing education; authorizing podiatric physicians to perform procedures using cellular or tissue-based products not approved by the United States ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
| #41 | H1031 | Passed | Defines "callback queue"; establishes pilot program to require the Department of Commerce to use a callback queue for returning certain calls; requires calls to be returned in specified manner and timeframe; requires the department to report specifie... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-113 |
| #42 | H4063 | Passed | Revises professional & clerical services; revises West Palm Beach Police Pension Fund membership; age & service requirements for retirement; retirement pension calculation; optional forms of retirement income; chapter 185 share accounts; supplemental... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-08 Approved by Governor |
| #43 | H1069 | Passed | Providing that, effective on a specified date, an independent sanctioning authority is deemed to be a qualified entity for the purpose of participating in the Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse; requiring qualified entities to designate... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-114 |
| #44 | H1175 | Passed | Requires Florida Building Commission & State Fire Marshal to establish safety design standards for certain office surgical suites by specified date; defines "office surgery suite." [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22 Chapter No. 2026-89 |
| #45 | H1347 | Enrolled | Requires that applicant who qualifies for licensure under specified provisions provide proof of such qualification & pay required fees to be eligible for licensure; requires that applicants for licensure as technologist or technician who meet specifi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
| #46 | H4087 | Enrolled | Provides requirements & duties of Board of Commissioners of Highlands County Hospital District before lease or management & sale agreements of assets; provides requirements for agreements; requires hospital to file copy of sale agreement with Departm... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
| #47 | S1614 | Enrolled | Revising the manner in which a local government is required to spend excess funds, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
| #48 | S1690 | Enrolled | Revising the information on child care required to be disseminated electronically to the community; deleting the requirement that family child care homes and large family child care homes, respectively, provide specified information to parents each y... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
| #49 | H1509 | Passed | Revises requirements for licensure by endorsement as veterinarian. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-13 Chapter No. 2026-79 |
| #50 | S7022 | Passed | Deleting a duplicative exemption from public records requirements for certain examination and assessment instruments; requiring the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt rules and regulations, respectively, governing the retent... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Chapter No. 2026-69 |
