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Last Action: 2/15/2021 Senate - Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government HB 551: Solar Energy Systems Located on the Property of an Educational FacilityGENERAL BILL by Hardy Solar Energy Systems Located on the Property of an Educational Facility; Prohibits costs associated with such systems from being included in calculations of total cost per student station for purposes of limits imposed on costs for certain new construction. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 SB 572: EngineersGENERAL BILL by Baxley Engineers; Prohibiting a person who is not licensed as an engineer from using a specified name or title; prohibiting, after a specified date, a person who is not a licensed professional structural engineer from using specified names and titles or practicing professional structural engineering; authorizing the Board of Professional Engineers to refuse to certify an applicant for a professional structural engineer license for certain reasons; exempting certain applicants who apply for licensure before a specified date from having to pass a certain national examination, under certain conditions; specifying acts that constitute grounds for disciplinary action, including civil penalties, against a professional structural engineer, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 SB 574: Fees/Professional Structural Engineer LicensingGENERAL BILL by Baxley Fees/Professional Structural Engineer Licensing; Authorizing the Board of Professional Engineers to establish fees relating to professional structural engineer licensing; requiring applicants to pay a specified fee in order to be eligible to receive a professional structural engineer license, etc. Effective Date: On the same date that SB 572 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law HB 585: Payment for Construction ServicesGENERAL BILL by DiCeglie Payment for Construction Services; Increases interest rate for certain payments for purchases of construction services; specifies that person, firm, or corporation who fails to make certain payments relating to public projects commits misapplication of constructions funds & is subject to criminal penalties; expands list of actions for which licensee may be disciplined by Construction Industry Licensing Board; requires board to suspend certain licenses for minimum period of time; specifies that certain licensed contractor, subcontractor, sub-subcontractor, or other person is subject to certain discipline if convicted of misapplication of construction funds. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 HB 641: Charter and Private SchoolsGENERAL BILL by Goff-Marcil Charter and Private Schools; Provides requirements for charter school websites; requires specified teachers to meet specified requirements; requires charter school facilities & private schools to comply with State Requirements for Educational Facilities of Florida Building Code; revises information required to be included in specified database relating to private schools; provides requirements for private school recess; requires private school students to participate in statewide assessment program; provides private school curricula requirements; provides for injunctive relief; authorizes attorney fees & costs; provides requirements for private school grading & assessments; requires DOE to annually develop private school report card. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 SB 674: Tax Exemption for Affordable HousingGENERAL BILL by Rodriguez Tax Exemption for Affordable Housing; Authorizing counties and municipalities to adopt ordinances to grant ad valorem tax exemptions to property owners whose properties are used for the governmental or public purpose of providing affordable housing to certain persons or families; specifying procedures in the event property is transferred for other purposes; specifying procedures in the event an exemption is improperly granted as a result of certain acts by the property appraiser, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 SB 742: InsuranceGENERAL BILL by Perry Insurance; Redefining the term “covered policy” under the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund in relation to certain collateral protection insurance policies; specifying when service of process is valid and binding upon insurers; specifying the entities that must receive requests for loss run statements; limiting loss run statement requests with respect to group health insurance policies to group policyholders; authorizing, rather than requiring, rate filings for certain residential property insurance to include certain rate factors, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2021 SB 750: Impact FeesGENERAL BILLbyGruters Impact Fees;Specifying instances when a local government or special district may collect an impact fee; requiring local governments and special districts to credit against the collection of impact fees any contribution related to public facilities; providing annual limitations on impact fee rate increases; requiring school districts to report specified items regarding impact fees, etc. Effective Date:7/1/2021
Last Action:1/28/2021 Senate - Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations Bill Text:Web Page|PDF
SB 758: Fiduciary Duty of Care for Appointed Public Officials and Executive OfficersGENERAL BILL by Diaz Fiduciary Duty of Care for Appointed Public Officials and Executive Officers; Providing a directive to the Division of Law Revision to create part IX of ch. 112, F.S.; establishing standards for the fiduciary duty of care for appointed public officials and executive officers of specified governmental entities; requiring training on board governance beginning on a specified date; requiring the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to contract for or approve a training program or publish a list of approved training providers; requiring appointed public officials and executive officers to certify their completion of the annual training, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 SB 788: State ContractingGENERAL BILL by Cruz State Contracting; Prohibiting vendors that default or otherwise fail to fulfill terms and conditions of a state contract from submitting a bid, proposal, or reply, or entering into or renewing a contract, to provide any goods or services to an agency after placement on the suspended vendor list; prohibiting an agency from accepting any bids, proposals, or replies from, or entering into or renewing any contract with, any suspended vendor until certain conditions are met; requiring an agency to notify the Department of Management Services of, and provide certain information regarding, any such vendors, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 CS/CS/SB 856: Express Preemption of Fuel Retailers and Related Transportation InfrastructureGENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Regulated Industries ; Hutson Express Preemption of Fuel Retailers and Related Transportation Infrastructure; Prohibiting a municipality, county, special district, or political subdivision from taking certain actions to prohibit the siting, development, or redevelopment of fuel retailers and the related transportation infrastructure and from requiring fuel retailers to install or invest in a particular fueling infrastructure, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law HB 891: Engineering Services During State of EmergencyGENERAL BILL by Tuck Engineering Services During State of Emergency; Provides immunity from liability for professional engineers, registered architects, certified structures specialists, & other specified persons while voluntarily providing engineering services during declared state of emergency. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 HB 931: EngineersGENERAL BILL by Toledo Engineers; Prohibits person who is not licensed as an engineer from using specified name or title; prohibits person who is not licensed professional structural engineer from using specified names & titles or practicing professional structural engineering; authorizes Board of Professional Engineers to refuse to certify applicant for professional structural engineer license for certain reasons; exempts certain applicants who apply for licensure from having to pass certain national examination; specifies acts that constitute grounds for disciplinary action, including civil penalties, against professional structural engineer. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 HB 933: FeesGENERAL BILL by Learned ; Toledo ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Tant Fees; Authorizes Board of Professional Engineers to establish fees relating to professional structural engineer licensing; requires applicants to pay specified fee in order to be eligible to receive professional structural engineer license. Effective Date: on the same date that HB 931 or similar legislation takes effect HB 953: Criminal History in Professional Licensing ApplicationsGENERAL BILL by Chambliss ; Plakon Criminal History in Professional Licensing Applications; Revises period of time when conviction, or any other adjudication, for crime may not be grounds for denial of licensure in specified professions; removes provision requiring good moral character for licensure of such professions; requires applicable board to approve certain education program credits offered to inmates in certain institutions or facilities to satisfy training requirements for licensure in specified professions. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 HB 993: EnergyGENERAL BILL by Skidmore Energy; Provides DEM requirements related to statewide emergency shelter plan; provides life-cycle cost analysis of alternative architectural & engineering designs & major equipment retrofits for certain state-owned facilities requirements; requires Office of Energy to develop certain rules; requires DACS to develop & maintain greenhouse gas registry & inventory; requires state & local governmental entities, state universities, Florida College System institutions, utilities, & certain businesses to track & report greenhouse gas emissions data; creates Resilient Farms Pilot Program within DACS; establishes Farm Renewable & Efficiency Demonstrations Program within DACS; provides rulemaking authority. APPROPRIATION: $15,250,000 Effective Date: upon becoming a law HB 1017: Fees for the Enforcement of Florida Building CodeGENERAL BILL by Rayner Fees for the Enforcement of Florida Building Code; Authorizes local governments to waive certain fees for development, construction, or rehabilitation of affordable housing. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 HB 1059: Application for and Issuance of Building PermitsGENERAL BILL by Robinson, W. Application for and Issuance of Building Permits; Requires county that issues building permits & local enforcement agency to post certain information on their websites; authorizes all components to completed application be submitted electronically or in person; requires local enforcement agency, local government, or local building department to reduce permit fee by specified amount for failing to meet certain deadlines; prohibits authority that issues building permit from requiring applicant to provide specified contracts as part of application for certain construction. Effective Date: 10/1/2021 SB 1060: Limitation of Liability for Voluntary Engineering ServicesGENERAL BILL by Bradley Limitation of Liability for Voluntary Engineering Services; Defining the term “structures specialist”; exempting engineers, architects, and structures specialists from liability for certain voluntary engineering services under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 HB 1131: University Construction ManagementGENERAL BILL by Truenow University Construction Management; Authorizes state university board of trustees to use other factors, including price, for selection of construction or program management entity; requires certain procedures to conform to specified requirements; deletes provisions requiring adoption of certain uniform rules & prohibiting boards from modifying rules. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 SB 1146: Florida Building CodeGENERAL BILL by Brodeur Florida Building Code; Prohibiting the Department of Health from requiring that pools serving assisted living facilities be compliant with rules relating to swimming pool lifeguards; authorizing a substantially affected person to file a petition with the Florida Building Commission to review certain local government regulations, laws, ordinances, policies, amendments, or land use or zoning provisions; prohibiting a local government from requiring certain contracts for the application for or issuance of a building permit, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 SJR 1182: Limitation on the Assessment of Real Property/Residential PurposesJOINT RESOLUTION by Brandes Limitation on the Assessment of Real Property/Residential Purposes; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution, effective January 1, 2023, to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to prohibit the consideration of any change or improvement made to real property used for residential purposes to improve the property’s resistance to flood damage in determining the assessed value of such property for ad valorem taxation purposes, etc. Last Action: 2/9/2021 Senate - Filed SB 1186: Property Assessments for Elevated PropertiesGENERAL BILL by Brandes Property Assessments for Elevated Properties; Specifying that changes to elevate certain homestead and nonhomestead residential property, respectively, do not increase the assessed value of the property under certain circumstances; requiring property owners to provide certification for such property; prohibiting certain areas from being included in square footage calculation, etc. Effective Date: On the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by SJR 1182 or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and purpose, if such amendment to the State Constitution is approved at the general election held in November 2022 or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that purpose SR 1190: Infrastructure Solutions/Climate ResilienceRESOLUTION by Farmer Infrastructure Solutions/Climate Resilience; Expressing the Legislature’s support for investment in 21st century resilient infrastructure solutions, projects, and policy proposals to support long-term climate resilience, which includes a reduction of pollution and the development of clean energy systems, clean transportation options, flood protections, and other improvements in neighborhood livability, etc. Last Action: 2/10/2021 Senate - Filed SB 1226: State ContractingGENERAL BILL by Jones State Contracting; Requiring an agency subject to ch. 287, F.S., to require any vendor awarded a competitively solicited contract for commodities or contractual services to use certified minority, woman-owned, or veteran-owned business enterprises as subcontractors or subvendors for a specified portion of the contract value; requiring a vendor to identify subcontractors or subvendors when bidding for such a contract; requiring the vendor to report certain information regarding subcontractors or subvendors upon performance or completion of the contract, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 HB 1577: Building Construction StandardsGENERAL BILL by McClain Building Construction Standards; Requires Florida Building Commission to approve specified evaluation entity for product evaluation & approval. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 SB 1600: Public Construction ContractsGENERAL BILL by Cruz Public Construction Contracts; Requiring a contractor who responds to a solicitation for a vertical construction project, as part of the bid, to certify certain information regarding the usage of apprentice or on-the-job training labor for the project; specifying the minimum percentage of apprentice labor required on the vertical construction project; requiring the contractor to submit a written notification of its inability to meet the labor requirement to the awarding body for its determination of whether a good faith effort existed; requiring the Department of Management Services to develop a form that the contractor must submit to document compliance with the requirements, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 HB 1623: Climate and Resiliency Task ForceGENERAL BILL by Diamond Climate and Resiliency Task Force; Requires Commissioner of Insurance Regulation to convene Climate & Resiliency Task Force for specified purposes; provides duties of task force; requires report to Governor, Cabinet, & Legislature. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 SB 1872: Insurance-based Climate-change Task ForceGENERAL BILL by Rouson Insurance-based Climate-change Task Force; Requiring the Commissioner of Insurance Regulation to convene a task force for specified purposes; requiring the task force to deliver a biennial report beginning on a certain date, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 SB 1954: Statewide Flooding and Sea-level Rise ResilienceGENERAL BILL by Rodrigues Statewide Flooding and Sea-level Rise Resilience; Establishing the Resilient Florida Grant Program within the Department of Environmental Protection; requiring the department to develop a Statewide Flooding and Sea-Level Rise Resilience Plan and annually submit the plan to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; establishing the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation within the University of South Florida College of Marine Science for a specified purpose; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to include specified information relating to inland and coastal flood control in certain assessments, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law SB 1994: Discretionary Sales SurtaxesGENERAL BILL by Taddeo Discretionary Sales Surtaxes; Authorizing a county to levy a local government infrastructure surtax for the purposes of mitigating the adverse effects of sea-level rise and flooding if certain conditions are met; prescribing the form of a ballot statement for the surtax; providing for distribution of the proceeds from the surtax; providing that the surtax does not affect the levy of other local government infrastructure surtaxes, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2021 HB 7019: Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise ResilienceGENERAL BILL by Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee ; Busatta Cabrera Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience; Establishes Resilient Florida Grant Program within DEP to fund costs of community resilience planning; requires DEP to complete data set & assessment, develop Statewide Flooding & Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan, & submit plan to Governor & Legislature; requires water management districts to submit proposed projects to DEP; provides for legislative funding of certain projects; authorizes local governments to create regional resilience coalitions; establishes Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research & Innovation within USF; requires hub to submit report to Governor & Legislature; requires OEDR to include flood control information in certain assessments. Effective Date: upon becoming a law HB 7021: Resilient Florida Trust Fund/DEPTRUST FUND/GENERAL BILL by Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee ; Busatta Cabrera Resilient Florida Trust Fund/DEP; Creates Resilient Florida Trust Fund within DEP; provides for purpose of fund; provides for future review & termination or re-creation of fund. Effective Date: on the same date that HB 7019 or similar legislation takes effect SPB 7050: OGSR/Unsolicited ProposalsPROPOSED BILL by Community Affairs OGSR/Unsolicited Proposals; Amending a provision relating to an exemption from public records requirements for unsolicited proposals and meetings discussing such proposals; removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc. Effective Date: 10/1/2021
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