HB 35 revises Florida's definition of a "habitual traffic offender" by adding three specific traffic violations that count toward this designation. It includes failing to stop after a crash causing death or injury, driving a commercial vehicle while disqualified, and driving without a valid license. Drivers who accumulate three or more convictions for these offenses (or similar violations from other jurisdictions) within a 5-year period could face enhanced penalties. The bill expands the list of qualifying offenses beyond previous standards, affecting individuals with repeated serious traffic violations. It takes effect July 1, 2026.
Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services; Prohibiting a licensee of funeral or cemetery services from entering into certain contracts, agreements, or arrangements; revising the requirements for an applicant seeking licensure by endorsement to be an embalmer; deleting an exception to the educational requirements for an applicant seeking licensure to be a funeral director; authorizing a licensee or a licensed facility to dispose of human remains in a specified manner if the legally authorized person of the decedent fails, neglects, or refuses to direct the disposition, etc.
OGSR/Persons Provided Public Emergency Shelter; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for the addresses and telephone numbers of persons provided public emergency shelter and held by the agency that provided the emergency shelter; deleting the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.
Public Records/Body Camera Recordings Recorded by a Code Inspector; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for body camera recordings recorded by a code inspector under certain circumstances; providing exceptions; requiring a local government to retain body camera recordings for a specified timeframe; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Security Services at Places of Worship; Providing an exemption from licensure requirements for certain volunteers who provide armed security services for places of worship, etc.
Prohibited Governmental Policies Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Prohibits governmental entities from adopting certain net zero policies; prohibits governmental entities from using public funds in any manner that supports, implements, or advances certain net zero policies; prohibits governmental entities from imposing any charge to advance certain net zero policies; requires each governmental entity to annually submit to Department of Revenue certain affidavit; prohibits governmental entities from implementing, administering, or enforcing certain programs.
Official Actions of Local Governments; Prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from funding or promoting or taking official action as it relates to diversity, equity, and inclusion; providing that certain ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, programs, and policies are void; providing that a county commissioner, a member of the governing body of a municipality, or any other county or municipal official acting in an official capacity who violates certain provisions commits misfeasance or malfeasance in office, etc.
Conservation Lands; Requires Division of State Lands to publish certain information on its website before Acquisition & Restoration Council or Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund meets to review proposed sale of conservation lands; requires that certain parcels proposed for exchange be appraised in accordance with certain criteria; removes provisions requiring division to submit certain requests to Acquisition & Restoration Council for review; removes provisions requiring division to provide certain recommendations to board of trustees; requires division to publish certain information on its website before council or board of trustees meets to review proposed land exchange; requires division to submit certain requests to council for review & requiring council to provide recommendations to division in certain circumstances; requires division to provide certain recommendations to board of trustees in certain circumstances; requires governing board of water management district to publish certain information on its website before meeting to review proposed sale or exchange of certain lands.
Deductions for Certain Losses of Alcoholic Beverages; Authorizes distributor of vinous, spirituous, or malt beverages to make excise tax deduction in its monthly tax report for alcoholic beverages that have become unsellable through warehouse breakage, spoliation, evaporation, or expiration or that have become unfit for human consumption; requires distributors that distribute more than one type of alcoholic beverage to deduct their gross taxes for products according to those specified in specified manner; excludes extraordinary losses of vinous, spirituous, or malt beverages from such deductions; authorizes distributor to deduct actual gallonage of extraordinary loss.
HB 1219 designates a specific mangrove island adjacent to Jupiter Sound's Intracoastal Waterway as "Andrew 'Red' Harris Spoil Island" and requires the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to install markers identifying the location. The bill directly affects the physical designation of this island and the DEP's responsibilities for public signage. It creates a new statutory section (258.603, F.S.) with no policy changes beyond the naming and marker requirement. The bill takes effect July 1, 2026.
Assessments Levied on Recreational Vehicle Parks; Providing that certain special assessments on recreational vehicle parks levied by counties, municipalities, and special districts, respectively, may not be levied against a certain portion of a recreational vehicle parking space or campsite; requiring counties, municipalities, and special districts, respectively, to consider a recreational vehicle park’s occupancy rates for a certain purpose, etc.
SB 428 revises Florida's Swimming Lesson Voucher Program to lower the maximum age for eligible children from 7 to 4 years old. The bill directly affects low-income families (at or below 200% of the federal poverty level) with children aged 1 through 4 who qualify for free swimming lessons. It updates the program's eligibility criteria in statute, requiring children to be between 1 and 4 years old (instead of 1-7) to receive a voucher. The program aims to increase water safety by removing barriers for younger children in qualifying families.
