2024 Legislative Issues
SB 38: Flood Zone Disclosures for Dwelling Units
GENERAL BILL by Stewart
Flood Zone Disclosures for Dwelling Units; Requiring landlords or persons authorized to enter into rental agreements on behalf of landlords to make specified disclosures relating to flood zones before the commencement of a tenancy; requiring landlords to notify current tenants of a change in a dwelling unit’s flood zone designation, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 9/18/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 44: Public Restroom Requirements
GENERAL BILL by Stewart
Public Restroom Requirements; Requiring the Florida Building Commission to adopt certain requirements in the Florida Building Code for certain public restroom facilities newly constructed or renovated after a specified date, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 9/18/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 149: Continuing Contracts
GENERAL BILL by Alvarez
Continuing Contracts; Revises maximum estimated construction cost of construction projects for which governmental entity may enter into continuing contract; revises definition of term "continuing contract"; requires DOT to select certain number of qualified firms & authorize work in specified manner for certain continuing contracts.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 10/11/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 266: Department of Transportation
GENERAL BILL by Hooper
Department of Transportation; Prohibiting the department from annually committing more than a certain percentage of revenues derived from state fuel taxes and motor vehicle license-related fees to public transit projects; replacing the term “public-private partnership agreement” with the term “comprehensive agreement”; prohibiting additional metropolitan planning organizations from being designated in this state after a specified date; creating within the department a local agency program for a specified purpose, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 10/25/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 267: Residential Building Permits
GENERAL BILL by Esposito
Residential Building Permits; Requires governing bodies to create program to expedite process for issuing residential building permits; provides requirements for governing bodies & applicants; authorizes applicants to use private provider for certain reviews; authorizes governing body to issue temporary parcel identification numbers; revises provisions relating to acquiring building permits for residential dwellings; revises timeframes for approving or denying building permits; reduces permit fees; provides certain permits are valid indefinitely.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/2/2023 House - Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
HB 275: Intentional Damage to Critical Infrastructure
GENERAL BILL by Canady
Intentional Damage to Critical Infrastructure; Provides criminal penalties for causing intentional harm or damage to critical infrastructure; provides for civil liability for violations.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/2/2023 House - Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
HB 287: Transportation
GENERAL BILL by Esposito
Transportation; Limits revenues DOT may commit to public transit projects; authorizes DOT to enter into comprehensive agreements with private entities; requires DOT to pay interest to contractor; authorizes DOT to determine whether to reduce bonding requirements; revises time periods during which certain actions must be instituted by claimant; provides presumption regarding death, injury, or damage resulting from motor vehicle crash involving driver of vehicle who is under influence of marijuana; revises contractor's immunity from liability; creates Local Agency Program; provides purposes, prioritization, & eligibility & contract requirements; requires oversight by DOT.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 10/26/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 290: Public Records/Service Providers
GENERAL BILL by Wright
Public Records/Service Providers; Defining the term “service provider”; requiring that certain public agency contracts include a requirement that service providers comply with public records laws; requiring the service provider to provide or make available the public records; providing criminal and civil penalties for failure of a service provider to provide public records, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/1/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 292: Public Records/Service Provider Contracts
GENERAL BILL by Wright
Public Records/Service Provider Contracts; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for contractors’ and service providers’ records related to audit or claims resolution which are provided to a public agency pursuant to contract requirements; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Effective Date: On the same date that SB 290 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law
Last Action: 11/1/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 293: Hurricane Protections for Homeowners' Associations
GENERAL BILL by Sirois
Hurricane Protections for Homeowners' Associations; Requires board or committee of homeowners' association to adopt hurricane protection specifications; requires such specifications conform to applicable building codes; prohibits board or committee of association from denying application for installation, enhancement, or replacement of certain hurricane protection; authorizes requirement to adhere to certain guidelines regarding external appearance of structure or improvement on parcel.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 10/27/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 298: Saltwater Intrusion Vulnerability Assessments
GENERAL BILL by Polsky
Saltwater Intrusion Vulnerability Assessments; Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to provide coastal counties, beginning on a specified date, with Resilient Florida Grant Program grants to fund saltwater intrusion vulnerability assessments; specifying the purpose of and requirements for the assessments; requiring the department to update the comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise data set and make certain information received from the saltwater intrusion vulnerability assessments publicly available on its website, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 12/6/2023 Senate - Now in Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 328: Development
GENERAL BILL by Calatayud
Development; Prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from restricting the floor area ratio of certain proposed developments under certain circumstances; authorizing counties and municipalities, respectively, to restrict the height of proposed developments under certain circumstances; defining the term “substantial rehabilitation”; revising conditions for when multifamily projects are considered property used for a charitable purpose and are eligible to receive an ad valorem property tax exemption, etc. APPROPRIATION: $100,000,000
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 1/4/2024 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/09/24, 4:30 pm, 401 Senate Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 382: Continuing Education Requirements
GENERAL BILL by Hooper
Continuing Education Requirements; Requiring, rather than authorizing, a board, or the Department of Business and Professional Regulation when there is no board, to allow by rule that distance learning may be used to satisfy continuing education requirements; revising the requirements that such continuing education must satisfy; requiring the board, or the department when there is no board, to exempt certain individuals from completing their continuing education requirements, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/8/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 579: Use of Private Providers for Plans Review and Inspection
GENERAL BILL by Griffitts
Use of Private Providers for Plans Review and Inspection; Requires private provider firms to qualify as business organizations; authorizes owner or contractor to file complaint with Department of Commerce against local jurisdiction if certain fees are not reduced; requires local jurisdiction to immediately refund fees; authorizes DOC to assess certain fines; prohibits local persons & entities from conducting its own plans review or inspections if private provider is retained; requires local building official to issue permit or provide specified written notice within certain time period.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/20/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 600: Hurricane Protections for Homeowners’ Associations
GENERAL BILL by Ingoglia
Hurricane Protections for Homeowners’ Associations; Requiring the board or a committee of a homeowners’ association to adopt hurricane protection specifications; requiring that such specifications conform to applicable building codes; prohibiting the board or a committee of an association from denying an application for the installation, enhancement, or replacement of certain hurricane protection; authorizing the requirement to adhere to certain guidelines regarding the external appearance of a structure or an improvement on a parcel, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 11/28/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 619: Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms
GENERAL BILL by Tuck
Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms; Provides that professional firms or their employees when performing specified services for certain public projects are considered agents of state or its applicable subdivision when acting within scope of their contract; requires that contracts with such firms must, to extent permitted by law, provide indemnity to state or its applicable subdivision.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/21/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 625: Property Insurance Coverage
GENERAL BILL by Buchanan
Property Insurance Coverage; Removes provisions relating to ineligibility of commercial lines residential condominiums for wind-only coverage by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; requires authorized inspectors to use specified inspection form for roof inspections; authorizes such inspectors to provide appendices to inspection forms for specified purpose; increases property loss assessment coverages under condominium unit owners' residential property policies.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/21/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 656: Continuing Contracts
GENERAL BILL by DiCeglie
Continuing Contracts; Revising the maximum estimated construction cost of construction projects for which a governmental entity may enter into a continuing contract; revising the definition of the term “continuing contract”; requiring the Department of Transportation, for specified testing continuing contracts, to select a certain number of qualified firms and assign such testing in a specified manner, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/30/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 665: Expedited Approval of Residential Building Permits
GENERAL BILL by McClain
Expedited Approval of Residential Building Permits; Requires governing bodies to create program to expedite process for issuing residential building permits; authorizes governing body to issue temporary parcel identification numbers; requires governing body to issue specified number or percentage of building permits; provides applicant has vested rights when conditions are met; requires specified persons to mail signed, certified letter with information to DBPR & DOC after governing body creates program.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 12/7/2023 House - Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
SB 684: Residential Building Permits
GENERAL BILL by DiCeglie
Residential Building Permits; Requiring certain governing bodies, by a date certain, to create a program to expedite the process for issuing residential building permits before a final plat is recorded; requiring a governing body to issue a certain number or percentage of building permits requested in an application when certain conditions are met; requiring local jurisdictions to reduce permit fees by a certain percentage under certain circumstances; revising the timeframes for approving or denying certain building permits, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 12/5/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 749: Flood Damage Prevention
GENERAL BILL by Basabe
Flood Damage Prevention; Provides maximum voluntary freeboard requirements for new construction & substantial improvements to existing construction; prohibits voluntary freeboard from being used in calculation of maximum allowable height for certain construction; authorizes local governments to adopt by ordinance minimum freeboard requirement or maximum voluntary freeboard that exceeds minimum requirements; requires Florida Building Commission to adopt by rule minimum freeboard requirements & to incorporate such requirements into next edition of FBC; requires commission to review freeboard requirements every 5 years.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 12/6/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 781: Unsolicited Proposals for Public-private Partnerships
GENERAL BILL by Clemons
Unsolicited Proposals for Public-private Partnerships; Revises provisions to authorize, rather than require, responsible public entity to publish notice of unsolicited proposal for qualifying project in specified manner & accept other proposals for same project; authorizes responsible public entity to proceed with unsolicited proposal for qualifying project without public bidding process if responsible public entity holds public meeting that meets certain requirements & makes certain determination; requires responsible public entity to consider certain factors; requires responsible public entity to publish certain report in Florida Administrative Register for certain period in certain circumstances; revises certain determinations that responsible public entity must make before approving comprehensive agreement.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 12/27/2023 House - Now in Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
HB 791: Development Permits and Orders
GENERAL BILL by Overdorf ; Esposito
Development Permits and Orders; Requires counties & municipalities to meet specified requirements regarding minimum information necessary for certain zoning applications; revises timeframes for processing applications for approvals of development permits or development orders; provides refund parameters in situations where county or municipality fails to meet certain timeframes; defines term "substantive change."
Effective Date: 10/1/2024
Last Action: 12/7/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 812: Expedited Approval of Residential Building Permits
GENERAL BILL by Ingoglia
Expedited Approval of Residential Building Permits; Requiring certain governing bodies, by a date certain, to create a program to expedite the process for issuing residential building permits before a final plat is recorded; requiring certain governing bodies, by a date certain, to update their programs to conform to the Florida Building Code; requiring a local building official and a local governing body to mail a signed, certified letter with specified information to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation and the Department of Commerce, respectively, after the governing body creates the program, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 12/8/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 870: Unsolicited Proposals for Public-private Partnerships
GENERAL BILL by Boyd
Unsolicited Proposals for Public-private Partnerships; Authorizing, rather than requiring, a responsible public entity to publish notice of an unsolicited proposal for a qualifying project in a specified manner and that other proposals for the same project will be accepted; authorizing a responsible public entity to proceed with an unsolicited proposal for a qualifying project without a public bidding process if the responsible public entity holds a public meeting that meets certain requirements and makes a certain determination; requiring the responsible public entity to consider certain factors; requiring the responsible public entity to publish a certain report in the Florida Administrative Register for a certain period of time in certain circumstances, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 12/12/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 972: Artificial Intelligence
GENERAL BILL by Gruters
Artificial Intelligence; Creating the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council within the Department of Management Services; requiring the department to provide administrative support to the council; requiring members to be appointed to the council by a specified date; requiring each state agency to prepare and submit, by a specified date and using money appropriated by the Legislature, an inventory report for all automated decision systems that are being developed, used, or procured by the agency; providing legislative intent; prohibiting a county or a municipality or a political subdivision thereof from regulating the private and public use of artificial intelligence systems, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 12/15/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 989: Department of Financial Services
GENERAL BILL by LaMarca
Department of Financial Services; Revises requirements for My Safe Florida Home Program mitigation grants; requires eligible surplus lines insurers to respond to department or OIR after receipt of requests for documents & information concerning consumer complaints; provides duties & prohibited acts for adjusters; requires insurers subject to Florida Insurance Guaranty Association requirements to prepare, implement, & maintain data transfer plan; provides circumstances under which virtual currency held or owing by banking organizations are not presumed unclaimed; provides that intangible property held by attorneys in fact & agents in fiduciary capacity are presumed unclaimed; revises maximum amount that department shall retain from funds of unclaimed property to make certain payment.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 1/9/2024 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Bill Text: PDF
SB 1012: Employment of Ex-offenders
GENERAL BILL by Calatayud
Employment of Ex-offenders; Prohibiting the denial of a license, permit, or certification because of an arrest for a crime not followed by a conviction; providing the circumstances and mitigating factors that an agency must consider to determine whether granting a license, permit, or certification to a person would pose a direct and substantial risk to public safety; authorizing a person to petition a state agency at any time for a decision as to whether his or her prior conviction disqualifies him or her from obtaining a license, permit, or certification; requiring an agency to provide applicants with certain written notice if the agency intends to base its denial of an application for a license on a prior conviction, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 1/4/2024 Senate - Referred to Regulated Industries; Criminal Justice; Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1130: Florida Building Code
GENERAL BILL by Martin
Florida Building Code; Providing that certain unvented attics and enclosed rafter assemblies meet specified requirements of the code; directing the Florida Building Commission to adopt the provisions of the act into the Florida Building Code by a certain date, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 1/2/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 1079: Coastal Construction and Assessments
GENERAL BILL by McFarland
Coastal Construction and Assessments; Provides that only coastal counties & coastal municipalities that received written authorization from DEP may establish construction zoning & building code exceptions to coastal construction control lines; prohibits DEP from delegating authority to coastal counties & coastal municipalities that did not receive such authorization; authorizes DEP to award grants to coastal counties for certain saltwater intrusion vulnerability assessments & provide certain cost-share funding; requires DEP to update certain data & make certain information available on its website.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 12/30/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 1098: Department of Financial Services
GENERAL BILL by DiCeglie
Department of Financial Services; Renaming the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services in the Department of Financial Services as the Division of Criminal Investigations; revising requirements for My Safe Florida Home Program mitigation inspections and mitigation grants; providing requirements for certain contracts entered into and purchases made by the Florida Joint Underwriting Association; revising the duties of the State Fire Marshal; revising the date on which stocks and other equity interests in business associations are presumed unclaimed, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 1/4/2024 Senate - Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1150: Development Permits and Orders
GENERAL BILL by Perry
Development Permits and Orders; Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to meet specified requirements regarding the minimum information necessary for certain zoning applications; revising required duties that a county or municipality, respectively, must perform upon receipt of an application for approval of a development permit; revising timeframes for processing certain applications for approvals of development permits or development orders, etc.
Effective Date: 10/1/2024
Last Action: 1/2/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1166: Main Street Historical Tourism and Revitalization Act
GENERAL BILL by DiCeglie
Main Street Historical Tourism and Revitalization Act; Citing this act as the "Main Street Historical Tourism and Revitalization Act"; providing a credit against the state corporate income tax and the insurance premium tax for qualified expenses in rehabilitating certain historic structures; specifying eligibility requirements for the tax credit; prohibiting entities or individuals from receiving more than a certain amount in tax credits; specifying the order in which the credit is applied against the corporate income tax or franchise tax; specifying the order in which the credit is applied against the insurance premium tax, 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, 2024
Last Action: 1/2/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 1183: Florida Main Street Program and Historic Preservation Tax Credits
GENERAL BILL by Barnaby
Florida Main Street Program and Historic Preservation Tax Credits; Specifies eligibility requirements for receiving specified tax credits for taxpayers that rehabilitate certified historic structures; specifies requirements for DOR relating to applications & credits; specifies requirements for such tax credits; authorizes carryforward, sale, & transfer of tax credits; provides limitation; revises order in which tax credits against corporate income tax credit or franchise tax are applied; revises order in which tax credits & deductions against insurance premium tax are applied.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 1/3/2024 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 1200: Enforcement of the Florida Building Code
GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez
Enforcement of the Florida Building Code; Revising local governments’ responsibilities in enforcing the Florida Building Code to include any process or enforcement related to obtaining and finalizing a building permit; revising a local government’s prohibition on funding certain activities, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 1/3/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1330: Resilience Districts
GENERAL BILL by Calatayud
Resilience Districts; Designating the “Resilience District Act of 2024”; declaring that this act constitutes the sole authority for resilience districts; providing that the establishment of resilience districts is through a petition by certain persons; specifying requirements for the size of resilience districts; specifying acceptable uses of resilience districts; authorizing the payment of certain fees for project management of resilience districts, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 1/4/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 1335: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
GENERAL BILL by Maggard
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requires certain persons & entities to create & maintain online system account; removes provisions requiring competency-based mentor program at ports & DBPR's submission of annual report; removes requirement that DBPR consider certain characteristics for applicants for certification as deputy pilot; creates employee leasing companies licensing program; removes provision relating to DBPR's Board of Employee Leasing Companies; revises requirements for DBPR rules; revises eligibility requirements for licensure as barber & licensure by examination to practice cosmetology; revises types of penalties that may be recommended by local jurisdiction enforcement body against contractor; revises payment limitations for payments made from DBPR's Florida Homeowners' Construction Recovery Fund; revises requirements for certification as designated representative of prescription drug wholesale distributor; removes provisions relating to Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation; replaces Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation with Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, & Mobile Homes as manager & administrator of Florida Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund. APPROPRIATION: $315,692
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 1/5/2024 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 1381: Interstate Mobility
GENERAL BILL by Alvarez
Interstate Mobility; Requires respective boards of occupations, or DBPR if there is no board, to allow licensure by endorsement if applicant meets certain criteria; requires applicants of professions that require fingerprints for criminal history checks to submit such fingerprints before board or DBPR issues license by endorsement; requires that costs associated with fingerprint processing be borne by applicant; if fingerprints are submitted through authorized agency or vendor, requiring such agency or vendor to collect processing fees & remit them to FDLE; requires applicable health care regulatory boards, or DOH if there is no board, to issue license or certificate to applicants who meet specified conditions; requires DOH to verify certain information using National Practitioner Data Bank; specifies circumstances under which person is ineligible for license; authorizes boards or DOH to revoke license upon specified finding; authorizes boards or DOH to require that applicants successfully complete jurisprudential examination; requires DOH to submit annual report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; revises licensure by endorsement requirements for practice of acupuncture, medicine, professional or practical nursing, pharmacy, midwifery, speech-language pathology & audiology, nursing home administration, occupational therapy, radiology, respiratory therapy, dietetics & nutrition, electrology, massage therapy, opticianry, physical therapy, physical therapist assistantship, psychology & school psychology, & clinical social work, marriage & family therapy, & mental health counseling, respectively; authorizes boards & DOH to continue processing applications for licensure by endorsement, as authorized under Florida Statutes (2023), for specified timeframe.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 1/6/2024 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 1507: Fees to Enforce Florida Building Code
GENERAL BILL by Chambliss
Fees to Enforce Florida Building Code; Provides that fees for enforcement of Florida Building Code may be used to enforce any process or enforcement relating to building permits; prohibits fees from being used for specified government activities that are not related to obtaining building permit.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 1/8/2024 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 1526: Local Regulation of Nonconforming or Unsafe Structures
GENERAL BILL by Avila
Local Regulation of Nonconforming or Unsafe Structures; Designating the "Resiliency and Safe Structures Act"; prohibiting local governments from prohibiting, restricting, or preventing the demolition of certain structures unless necessary for public safety; authorizing local governments to review demolition permit applications only for a specified purpose; prohibiting additional local land development regulations or public hearings, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 1/5/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1544: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
GENERAL BILL by Hooper
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requiring persons or entities licensed or permitted by the department’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, or applying for such license or permit, to create and maintain an account with the division’s online system and provide an e-mail address to the division; specifying application requirements; prohibiting the division from processing applications not submitted through the online system; creating the employee leasing companies licensing program under the department; replacing the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation with the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes as the manager and administrator of the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 1/5/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1600: Interstate Mobility
GENERAL BILL by Collins
Interstate Mobility; Requiring the respective boards of occupations, or the Department of Business and Professional Regulation if there is no board, to allow licensure by endorsement if the applicant meets certain criteria; requiring applicants of professions that require fingerprints for criminal history checks to submit such fingerprints before the board or department issues a license by endorsement; requiring the department, and authorizing the board, to review the results of the criminal history checks according to specific criteria to determine if the applicants meet the requirements for licensure; requiring the applicable health care regulatory boards, or the Department of Health if there is no board, to issue a license or certificate to applicants who meet specified conditions, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 1/5/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 1647: Local Regulation of Nonconforming and Unsafe Structures
GENERAL BILL by Roach
Local Regulation of Nonconforming and Unsafe Structures; Prohibits local governments from restricting or preventing demolition of certain structures & buildings; authorizes local government to review application for demolition permit; requires replacement structures to be developed in accordance with local development regulations; preempts certain regulation to state.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 1/9/2024 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Bill Text: PDF
SB 1762: Resilient Communities Grant Program
GENERAL BILL by Rouson
Resilient Communities Grant Program; Creating the program within the Department of Children and Families; authorizing counties and municipalities to apply for participation in the program; requiring counties and municipalities to work with the local managing entity before applying to participate in the program; requiring the Florida Certification Board and managing entities to develop criteria for the review of submitted applications and award grant funding, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 1/5/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1766: Flood Damage Prevention
GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez
Flood Damage Prevention; Citing this act as the “Flood Damage Prevention Act of 2024”; providing specified maximum voluntary freeboard requirements for new construction and substantial improvements to existing construction; prohibiting voluntary freeboard from being used in the calculation of the maximum allowable height for certain construction; requiring the Florida Building Commission to develop and adopt by rule minimum freeboard requirements by a specified date and to incorporate such requirements into the next edition of the Florida Building Code, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 1/5/2024 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
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