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2025 Legislative Issues
SB 50: Nature-based Methods for Improving Coastal Resilience
GENERAL BILL by Garcia
Nature-based Methods for Improving Coastal Resilience; Requiring the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science to develop design guidelines and standards for green and gray infrastructure and models for conceptual designs of green infrastructure and green-gray infrastructure; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules for nature-based methods for coastal resilience; requiring the department, in consultation with the Division of Insurance Agent and Agency Services of the Department of Financial Services, to conduct a statewide feasibility study regarding the value of nature-based methods being used for a specified purpose, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 11/20/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 62: Resilient Buildings
GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez
Resilient Buildings; Defining the term “resilient building”; specifying that owners of resilient buildings are eligible to receive a specified tax credit; requiring building owners to file a specified application with the Department of Environmental Protection by a specified date in order to claim such tax credit; creating the Florida Resilient Building Advisory Council adjunct to the Department of Environmental Protection, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 11/22/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 80: State Land Management
GENERAL BILL by Harrell
State Land Management; Citing this act as the “State Park Preservation Act”; requiring public hearings for all updated conservation and nonconservation land management plans; requiring the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection to comply with specified provisions when granting certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits; requiring that individual management plans for parcels located within state parks be developed with input from an advisory group, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 12/4/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 143: Resilient Buildings
GENERAL BILL by Barnaby
Resilient Buildings; Authorizes owner of resilient buildings to receive a specified tax credit; provides specifications for tax credit application, value, requirements, use, & transfer; creates Florida Resilient Building Advisory Council; provides duties, membership, & meeting requirements for such council.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 1/13/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 166: Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools
GENERAL BILL by Simon
Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools; Exempting district school boards from requirements for adopting certain rules; deleting a requirement for a district school board to employ an internal auditor in certain circumstances; requiring innovation schools of technology to comply with specified provisions relating to instructional multiyear contracts, in addition to annual contracts, for instructional personnel in addition to annual contracts; revising requirements relating to district school board attendance policies for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Programs; revising requirements for assessments needed for a student to earn a high school diploma; providing requirements for advanced degrees which may be used to set salary schedules for instructional personnel and school administrators hired after a specified date; revising eligibility requirements for individuals to participate in the Teacher Apprenticeship Program, etc.
Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025
Last Action: 2/20/2025 Senate - Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 184: Affordable Housing
GENERAL BILL by Gaetz
Affordable Housing; Requiring, rather than authorizing, a local government to adopt an ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in certain areas; requiring the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to establish a model program that uses mezzanine finance for a certain purpose; authorizing a local government to provide a density bonus incentive to landowners who make certain real property donations to assist in the provision of affordable housing for military families, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 1/10/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 368: Community Associations
GENERAL BILL by Garcia
Community Associations; Creating the Condominium and Homeowners’ Association Economic Crime, Fraud, and Corruption Investigation Pilot Program within the Department of Legal Affairs; authorizing the department to contract with a private entity to achieve the program’s purpose; requiring that the pilot program be funded from the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund; requiring the division to monitor condominium associations’ compliance with requirements relating to maintenance of certain insurance or fidelity bonding of certain persons, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 1/27/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 247: Affordable Housing
GENERAL BILL by Conerly
Affordable Housing; Requires, rather than authorizes, local government to adopt ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in certain areas; prohibits such ordinance from increasing parking requirements; requires Florida Housing Finance Corporation to establish model program that uses mezzanine finance for certain purpose; requires corporation to consult with specified entity; authorizes local government to provide density bonus incentive to landowners who make certain real property donations to assist in provision of affordable housing for military families.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 1/24/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 393: My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program
GENERAL BILL by Lopez, V. ; Hunschofsky ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Robinson, F. ; Woodson
My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; Revises definition of "condominium"; limits participation in My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to certain condominiums; revises approval requirements to receive mitigation grant; removes amount of grant funding for certain projects; revises improvements for which grant may be used.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/12/2025 House - Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
HB 401: Residential Land Use Development Regulations
GENERAL BILL by Jacques
Residential Land Use Development Regulations; Authorizes counties & municipalities, respectively, to zone or designate parcel for single-family residential use or single-family hybrid housing use; authorizes counties & municipalities, respectively, to allow use of land for single-family residential use, while prohibiting use of land for single-family hybrid housing use; provides for adoption of local land development regulations.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/5/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 409: Adaptive Reuse of Land
GENERAL BILL by Caruso
Adaptive Reuse of Land; Authorizes board of county commissioners & municipal governing body, respectively, to adopt ordinance for transitional housing; establishes eligibility & ordinance requirements; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to provide technical assistance to counties & municipalities; creates Adaptive Reuse Public-Private Partnership Council to facilitate & oversee development of adaptive reuse projects; requires council to monitor & perform project evaluations on regular basis; prohibits members of council from receiving compensation; authorizes reimbursement for travel expenses for certain members; requires council to report specified information to Governor & Legislature by specified date each year.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/5/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 482: Local Government
GENERAL BILL by DiCeglie
Local Government; Prohibiting a county from requiring an applicant to take certain actions as a condition of processing a development permit or development order; prohibiting a municipality from requiring an applicant to take certain actions as a condition of processing a development permit or development order, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/4/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 567: Transportation
GENERAL BILL by McFarland
Transportation; Requires DOR to make monthly distributions from certain tax proceeds to State Transportation Trust Fund; provides for future repeal; requires counties to provide DOT with certain project data; requires DHSMV to issue expectant mother parking permits; revises conditions under which DOT may acquire property through eminent domain; revises membership of Center for Urban Transportation Research advisory board; provides requirements for certain project concept studies & project development & environmental studies; provides & revises requirements relating to competitive bidding, underground utility location, & M.P.O.'s; removes provisions relating to Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council; requires DOT to prioritize certain Strategic Intermodal System highway corridor projects; authorizes DOT to expend certain funds for grants for purchase of certain equipment; provides legislative findings regarding widening of certain roadway; requires DOT to submit reports to Governor & Legislature; requires airport authorities to prepare & adopt airport master plan; establishes airport pilot program at Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/12/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 569: Construction and Facilities
GENERAL BILL by Kendall
Construction and Facilities; Exempts specified public facilities from concurrency; authorizes developers to provide specified improvements & contributions to public schools; requires developers to receive credits for impact fees from such improvements & contributions; requires such credits to be approved by local governments & special districts; prohibits local governing authorities from imposing or enforcing vehicular stacking ordinances or regulations against specified schools during certain hours; revises building requirements for charter schools.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/12/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 586: Actions by Condominium Associations
GENERAL BILL by Leek
Actions by Condominium Associations; Revising the limitations on actions by associations, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/10/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 592: My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program
GENERAL BILL by Leek
My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; Limiting participation in the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to certain condominiums; revising the approval requirements to receive a mitigation grant; deleting the amount of grant funding designated for certain projects, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/24/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/03/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 634: Land Use and Zoning
GENERAL BILL by Martin
Land Use and Zoning; Providing applicability of provisions related to protection of private property rights; authorizing a local government to provide for certain residential land uses in its comprehensive plan and land development regulations; authorizing a local government to prohibit single-family hybrid use while allowing single-family owner use within a land use category, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/11/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 690: Condominium Structural Integrity Reserve Studies
GENERAL BILL by Osgood
Condominium Structural Integrity Reserve Studies; Defining the term “structural integrity reserve study”; requiring condominium associations that govern a building of a specified height to conduct a structural integrity reserve study for a specified purpose; providing that condominium associations that govern a building that does not meet such specified height requirement are not required to conduct a structural integrity reserve study, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/25/2025 Senate - Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 707: Building Regulation
GENERAL BILL by Franklin
Building Regulation; Revises requirements for individual to be exempt from completing continuing education; requires Florida Building Code Administrators & Inspectors Board to establish rules relating to special inspectors & their representatives, voluntary inspector categories, plans examiners, inspector certifications, & internship programs; provides internship requirements; authorizes information be given virtually for certain exemption; provides requirements for change of contractor; provides limited liability; requires applicant to file notice of commencement if direct contract is more than specified amount; removes need for certified copy of recorded notice of commencement; revises building permit application form.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/19/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 712: Construction Regulations
GENERAL BILL by Grall
Construction Regulations; 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 on their land; requiring local governmental entities to approve or deny certain price quotes and provide notice to contractors within a specified timeframe; 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, respectively, for the state or political subdivisions, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/26/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/31/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 755: Constructing Contracting
GENERAL BILL by Daley
Constructing Contracting; Requires applicant for licensure to submit specified notarized statement to DBPR; subjecting licensed contractor to disciplinary action; requires contractor to return contractee's deposit; authorizes contractor to retain portion of deposit; subjecting contractor to disciplinary action, including suspension of his or her license,; provides criminal penalties for certain violations; requires department to create & adopt by date certain standardized disciplinary form for certain purpose; provides requirements for local construction regulation boards; requires department to record each submitted form in specified automated system; requires specified report by date certain; requires financial literacy standards to include specified content for consumer protection awareness relating to construction contracting beginning in specified school year..
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/19/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 790: Policy Cancellations and Nonrenewals by Property Insurers
GENERAL BILL by Bradley
Policy Cancellations and Nonrenewals by Property Insurers; Prohibiting insurers from canceling or nonrenewing, within certain timeframes, policies covering personal residential or commercial residential properties damaged by hurricanes or wind losses; providing that an insurer may not cancel personal residential or commercial residential property insurance policies until certain repairs are made or a specified policy renewal expires; requiring homeowner’s policy insurers to give specified notifications to policyholders, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/18/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 808: Underground Utility and Excavation Contractors
GENERAL BILL by Yarborough
Underground Utility and Excavation Contractors; Revising the definition of the term “underground utility and excavation contractor”; revising the definition of the term “Contractor V”; defining the term “underground utility and excavation contractor”, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/18/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 838: Florida Building Code
GENERAL BILL by DiCeglie
Florida Building Code; Prohibiting a local government from adopting a local lookback ordinance for substantial improvements or repairs to a structure which is more stringent than the Florida Building Code; providing that lookback ordinances adopted by local governments before a specified date are void and unenforceable, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/18/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 913: Condominium Associations
GENERAL BILL by Lopez, V.
Condominium Associations; Revises provisions of Condominium Act relating to voting interests; amending declaration; criminal penalties; levying of special assessments & obtaining loans; voting & election procedures & disputes; accountings & reserve accounts; recall agreements; delinquent payments of assessments; attorney fees; removal or reinstallation of hurricane protection; termination of condominium; electronic voting; & shared expenses; requires department to submit specified report to Legislature.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/23/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 923: Housing
GENERAL BILL by Lopez, V.
Housing; Revises provisions relating to affordable housing, property tax exemptions, use of funds from discretionary sales surtax, tax credit, & allocation of funding from FHFC & Live Local Program.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/24/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 960: Elevator Accessibility Requirements
GENERAL BILL by Bernard
Elevator Accessibility Requirements; Requiring elevator car interiors to have at least one support rail that meets certain specifications, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/14/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
CS/HB 991: Community Redevelopment Agencies
GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Giallombardo
Community Redevelopment Agencies; Provides for termination of community redevelopment agencies on specified date; prohibits community redevelopment agencies from performing certain actions on or after specified date; revises provisions relating to any outstanding bonds of community redevelopment agency; prohibits creation of community redevelopment agencies on or after specified date; authorizes existing agencies to continue to operate.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/21/2025 House - Now in Commerce Committee
Bill Text: PDF
HB 1011: Duties of the Department of State
GENERAL BILL by LaMarca
Duties of the Department of State; Revises duties of DOS, including library school programs, State Library Council, Florida International Archive and Repository, Florida Council on Arts and Culture, Florida Artists Hall of Fame, Florida Folklife Council, The Grove Advisory Council, & Florida Historical Commission.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 2/25/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 1035: Building Permits for Single-family Dwellings
GENERAL BILL by Esposito
Building Permits for Single-family Dwellings; Prohibits expiration of certain building permits issued by county or local government, respectively, before specified event; specifies that certain permit applications are deemed approved by local government; requires local government to issue such permit within certain timeframe.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/25/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 1082: Building Inspections
GENERAL BILL by Martin
Building Inspections; Revising the Florida Building Code edition for energy conservation for a building’s or a dwelling unit’s maximum tested air leakage measure; revising an exception, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/24/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 1125: Regional Planning and Economic Development
GENERAL BILL by Owen
Regional Planning and Economic Development; Revises provisions relating to creation of Department of Commerce & its powers & duties; establishes Office of Secure Florida within DOC; revises economic policies of state comprehensive plan to promote entrepreneurship from certain business startups; revises composition of statewide advisory board of Florida Small Business Development Center Network; creates Rural Accelerator Program within DOC; requires funds to be appropriated from Rural Infrastructure Fund; revises composition requirements of Florida Sports Foundation; revises provisions relating to convention grants program established by Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation; revises provisions relating to use of statewide contracts register & who Small Business Development Center is required to coordinate with regarding such use; authorizes counties & municipalities to enter into agreements to create regional planning entities pursuant to specified law; replaces regional planning councils with DEP for purposes of hazardous waste management assessments & facilities; revises provisions relating to local health councils; revises composition of Affordable Housing Study Commission.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/26/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 1185: Department of Management Services
GENERAL BILL by Sapp
Department of Management Services; Provides for equal employment opportunity; prohibits discrimination in employment; prohibits executive agencies from engaging in certain employment practices; authorizes certain persons to file complaint with Attorney General or Department of Business of Professional Regulation; provides for competitive procurement of claims review services for state group health insurance plans; revises exempt positions that are not covered by career service system; revises recruitment provisions relating to career service system; revises personnel rules of DMS; revises specified benefits of law enforcement officers & firefighters, respectively; revises powers & duties of Board of Governors; revises provisions relating to advertising & awarding contracts.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/26/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 1242: Community Redevelopment Agencies
GENERAL BILL by McClain
Community Redevelopment Agencies; Providing for the termination of community redevelopment agencies on a specified date; removing an exception; prohibiting community redevelopment agencies from performing certain actions on or after a specified date; revising provisions relating to any outstanding bonds of a community redevelopment agency; prohibiting the creation of community redevelopment agencies on or after a specified date, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/12/2025 Senate - Now in Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1262: Construction Contracting
GENERAL BILL by Burgess
Construction Contracting; Revising requirements for contractor licensure by examination; requiring the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to create, adopt, and publish a notice of proposed rule for a standardized disciplinary form for a local construction regulation board to report an infraction of a registered contractor; requiring the local construction regulation board to post certain notice on its website; requiring a contractor who has received money for the repair, restoration, addition, improvement, or construction of residential real property in excess of the value of the work to work without unreasonable delay to complete the project after a specified timeframe and to provide a schedule for completion of the project within a specified timeframe upon request; providing penalties, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/14/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1264: Rural and Urban Business Enterprises
GENERAL BILL by Collins
Rural and Urban Business Enterprises; Revising the purpose of the Department of Commerce; requiring that the statewide emergency shelter plan identify the general location and square footage of special needs shelters by regional planning council regions, as such regions existed on a specified date, during the next 5 years; revising the purpose of the Targeted Marketing Assistance Program to include businesses in rural or urban areas; establishing the Research, Innovation, Science, and Engineering (RISE) Investment Tax Credit Program within the Department of Commerce, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/4/2025 Senate - Introduced
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 1295: Construction Defects
GENERAL BILL by Brackett
Construction Defects; Provides that certain deviations from construction projects are not considered construction defects; revises parties to be served written notice; requires claimants to describe with specificity location of known damages from alleged defective conditions; revises parts of property parties may inspect; requires claimants who accept offer to repair to provide offeror reasonable access to claimant's property; provides when certain claimants may or may not proceed with action against offeror; provides that if certain persons obtain required building permits, certificate of occupancy, & local government approval, project passes required inspections under Florida Building Code; requires certain claimants to agree to preaction mediation in writing; requires certain parties to deposit funds in escrow account for specified purpose; provides when funds may be distributed; requires parties to contract with licensed engineer or construction management firm for specified purpose; provides that any remaining funds in escrow account be released back to payor.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/27/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 1298: Building Construction
GENERAL BILL by Simon
Building Construction; Requiring the Florida Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board to establish by rule certain internship programs, certain eligibility criteria for one- and two-family dwelling inspector certifications, and a certain application process; authorizing an owner or, in certain circumstances, an owner’s agent to sign certain documents personally or virtually; requiring a newly designated qualifying agent to apply to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation for a change of contractor within a certain timeframe in certain jurisdictions; revising the threshold contract value amount at which a building permit issuing authority must require an applicant to file a copy of a notice of commencement, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/14/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1442: Construction Defects
GENERAL BILL by McClain
Construction Defects; Providing that deviations from the initial plans and specifications for construction projects are not considered construction defects; revising the timeframe in which a claimant representing more than a certain number of parcels must serve written notice of claim to certain parties; revising the timeframe in which the parties served may perform a reasonable inspection of the property; revising the persons to whom the parties served may serve a notice of claim, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/26/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1452: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
GENERAL BILL by Truenow
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Repealing provisions relating to expenditure of excess funds; the Board of Employee Leasing Companies, membership, appointments, and terms; rules of the board; the Barbers’ Board; the Board of Cosmetology; interior design, practice requirements, disclosure of compensation for professional services; disciplinary proceedings against registered interior designers; the Board of Landscape Architecture; the Board of Professional Geologists; the Drug Wholesale Distributor Advisory Council; and liens for interior design services, respectively, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/26/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees
GENERAL BILL by Mayfield
Public Officers and Employees; Requires certain public officers & employees to be United States citizens & residents of this state, and, for specified public officers & employees, to reside in certain county; defines "office" for purposes of s. 5(a), Art. II of State Constitution; defines "employment."
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/28/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 1477: Enforcement of the Florida Building Code
GENERAL BILL by Partington
Enforcement of the Florida Building Code; Requires that local governments use certain excess funds from fees collected from enforcement of Florida Building Code to perform necessary services or repairs on their stormwater management systems; prohibits state funds from being used by local government for that purpose if local government has such excess funds; prohibits local governments from receiving state funds through local funding initiative; provides exception; provides that local government is not eligible for additional state funds if it has been subject to legislative committee's audit within specified timeframe or if it fails to submit affirmation to legislative delegation; requires each legislative committee to report such local governments to presiding officers & appropriations chairs.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/28/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 1694: Prohibited Preferences in Government Contracting
GENERAL BILL by Fine
Prohibited Preferences in Government Contracting; Prohibiting an awarding body from giving preference to a vendor on the basis of race or ethnicity; repealing provisions relating to minority participation for lottery retailers; deleting duties and responsibilities of the Office of Supplier Diversity to conform to its repeal by the act; repealing provisions relating to the procurement of personal property and services from funds set aside for minority business enterprises; repealing provisions relating to the Office of Supplier Diversity, etc.
Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025
Last Action: 2/28/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1742: Condominium and Cooperative Associations
GENERAL BILL by Bradley
Condominium and Cooperative Associations; Revising the methods of delivery for a copy of the most recent association financial report to include electronic delivery via the Internet; authorizing a unit-owner-controlled association to obtain a line of credit in lieu of maintaining reserves for budgets adopted on or before a specified date upon a majority vote of the association; revising the disclosures that must be included in a contract for the sale and resale of a residential unit; requiring a board to use best efforts to make prudent investment decisions in fulfilling its duty to manage operating and reserve funds of the association, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 3/14/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 6005: Statute of Repose for Actions by Condominium Associations
GENERAL BILL by Snyder
Statute of Repose for Actions by Condominium Associations; Removes statute of repose for certain actions.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 1/17/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SPB 7002: Water Management Districts
PROPOSED BILL by Environment and Natural Resources
Water Management Districts; Requiring the Commission on Ethics to investigate a lobbyist or principal who has made a prohibited expenditure and to provide the Governor with a report of its findings and recommendations regarding such investigation; requiring the South Florida Water Management District, in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Protection, to provide a detailed report that includes the total estimated remaining cost of implementation of the Everglades restoration comprehensive plan and the status of all performance indicators; authorizing the districts to levy ad valorem taxes on property by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the governing board, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/10/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 02/18/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
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