Sales Tax Exemption for Disabled Veterans; Creating an exemption from specified taxes on sales made to certain veterans; requiring a person seeking an exemption to apply to the Department of Revenue using a certain form and submit supporting documentation as required by the department, etc.
HB 6013 repeals the existing ban on bump-fire stocks, which are devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more rapidly. This change directly affects gun owners who use or wish to purchase these devices, as well as manufacturers producing them. The key provision simply removes the prohibition, permitting the sale, possession, and use of bump-fire stocks without legal restriction. The bill does not introduce new regulations or safety measures, only reversing a prior restriction.
Intestate Succession Involving a Person Born Out of Wedlock; Revises circumstances used to determine intestate succession involving persons born out of wedlock
Specialty License Plates; Increasing the annual use fee for the Florida Wildflower license plate and providing a discount for owners purchasing the plate for more than a specified number of vehicles; directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop certain specialty license plates; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plates, etc.
SB 1186 proposes to define "final group of applicants" for university president positions as at least two candidates receiving final consideration. It clarifies that meetings vetting applicants - particularly portions disclosing confidential applicant information - are exempt from public records and meeting laws. This procedural bill affects university search committees and applicants by establishing specific criteria for the final candidate pool and limiting public disclosure during the vetting process. The bill died in committee in June 2025 and was never enacted.
Local Governing Authorities; Providing that certain construction projects are exempt from concurrency; authorizing a local government to grant a construction project at a charter school an exemption from concurrency; providing a method for a developer to provide a certain contribution in lieu of paying an education impact fee; restricting building requirements that may be imposed by a local governing authority against a startup charter school, etc.
Fees/Dog Breeders; Requires dog breeders to pay registration & renewal fees in amounts to be determined by DACS; provides limit on such fees; requires department to notify certificateholder of annual renewal fee by specified date.
Home Hardening; Exempts from sales & use tax impact-resistant doors, garage doors, & windows during specified month; specifies distribution of certain tax revenue proceeds.
Rent of Affordable Housing Dwelling Units; Prohibits certain landlords of specified dwelling units from increasing rent during term of rental agreement.
Insurance Regulations; Requires documentation supporting that financial considerations & payments to affiliates by reciprocal insurers are fair & reasonable; authorizes reciprocal insurers to require subscriber contributions; provides applicability of specialty insurer provisions & nonapplicability of continuing care provider requirements to bondholders; specifies circumstances under which continuing care providers may withdraw specified percentage of required minimum liquid reserve; provides that continuing care & continuing care at-home contracts are not subordinate to any secured claims & must be treated with higher priority over all other claims in event of receivership or liquidation proceedings against continuing care provider; requires each continuing care facility to have its own designated resident representative; provides requirements for providers who borrow or solicit funds from residents; prohibits persons from acting or holding themselves as management companies for continuing care retirement communities without certificate of authority; provides guidelines for commissioner to determine if provider or facility is insolvent or in imminent danger of becoming insolvent; requires office to record notices of lien against continuing care facilities' properties.
Campaign Communications; Prohibiting campaign-related telephone calls and text messages to specified voters; requiring candidates and other persons or organizations to cease immediately all communications with certain voters; specifying how a voter indicates that he or she no longer consents to such communications; authorizing a voter to bring a certain action in a court of competent jurisdiction, etc.
Temporary Cash Assistance Eligibility; Removing the prohibition against awarding benefits to a person who has a felony drug conviction for trafficking; removing specified requirements for a person convicted of a drug felony to receive benefits, etc.
