SB 586 (Florida Statute § 718.124) changes the legal time limits for condominium associations to file lawsuits. It delays the start of these time limits until after unit owners elect a majority of the board members. This directly affects condominium associations by altering when they can legally pursue claims against owners or other parties. The bill would have taken effect July 1, 2025, but was indefinitely postponed and died in committee.
Voluntary Nonopioid Advance Directive Forms; Requires health care facility to create voluntary nonopioid advanced directive form; provides requirements for such form; authorizes individual to revoke form for any reason by specified means; provides immunity from civil & criminal liability for health care practitioners; provides exception.
Adult Day Care Centers; Excepting certain adult day care services from certain established or negotiated Medicaid reimbursement rates; requiring adult day care center operators to annually complete an 8-hour continuing education course approved by the Department of Elderly Affairs; providing that the course may be offered in person or online; providing that classroom hours spent teaching an approved course or lecturing at an approved seminar may be counted toward fulfilling an operator’s continuing education requirements, etc.
Invalid Restrictive Covenants in Health Care; Specifying that certain restrictive covenants in employment agreements relating to certain licensed physicians are not supported by a legitimate business interest; declaring that such restrictive covenants are void and unenforceable, etc.
Prohibition of Pyramid Promotional Schemes; Prohibits person from establishing, promoting, operating, or participating in pyramid promotional scheme; requires DLA to issue & serve complaint & cease & desist order; establishes procedures for cease & desist orders; provides for restitution; authorizes DLA to apply for injunction; provides requirements for injunction; authorizes court to appoint receiver; provides for powers & duties of such receivership; authorizes court to issue order to stay certain actions & requires such actions be assigned to judge who appointed receiver; provides that specified provisions & penalties are in addition to civil, administrative, or criminal actions provided by law.
Local Government Official Salaries; Revising the base salary used to calculate the compensation of a clerk of the circuit court and a county comptroller, a supervisor of elections, and a property appraiser, respectively, etc.
This bill updates the legal definition of "machine gun" to explicitly include firearms equipped with bump stocks. Under this change, using bump stocks with semi-automatic firearms would now be classified as a machine gun offense under state law. This directly affects individuals who use firearms modified with bump stocks, subjecting them to the same penalties that apply to actual machine guns. The policy change clarifies that bump stocks fall under existing machine gun regulations without creating new restrictions.
Foreclosure Procedures; Specifying mandatory requirements for foreclosure sales; requiring that a request to deviate from certain procedures be in a separate pleading; requiring courts to set forth any deviations in writing in the final judgement of foreclosure or other order, etc.
Designation of the State Birds; Designating the American flamingo as the official state bird and the Florida scrub-jay as the official state songbird; providing that such designations supersede the designation of the mockingbird as the official Florida state bird, etc.
Public Postsecondary Academic Freedom; Requires SBE & BOG to ensure FCS institutions & state universities, respectively, are free from political influence & interference in specified activities; removes prohibition against such boards shielding students, faculty, & staff from specified speech; provides that students & faculty in State University System & Florida College System have specified rights relating to academic freedom.
Insurance Practices; Revising the calculation that the Chief Financial Officer performs to set the rate of interest payable on judgments or decrees; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation of the Financial Services Commission to create specified reports on related entities and compensation of executive officers for insurers, licensees, and registrants; revising the facts the office must consider in determining whether a rate is excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory; requiring insurers to send policyholders a written estimate of the amount of loss under certain circumstances, etc.
Family Law Proceedings; Requires court reporter to transcribe certain proceedings or requires audio recording; provides that either party in dissolution of marriage proceeding may request jury trial; requires judge to make specific findings concerning certain allegations if party against whom allegations were made retains parental responsibility; creates pilot project in specified judicial circuit.
