Veterans' Assistance; Requires DVA, subject to appropriation, to expand programs connecting veterans & their families & survivors to certain services, benefits, & support; requires DVA to host public events for such purpose; requires report.
Resilience Infrastructure Loans; Creating the Resilience Infrastructure Loan Program within the Department of Commerce for a specified purpose; requiring the department to contract with the State Board of Administration for a specified purpose; providing requirements and interest rates for the loan program, etc. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate
Deactivation from Transportation Network Company Digital Networks; Specifying circumstances when deactivation may occur; requiring a transportation network company (TNC) to establish and maintain a deactivation policy; requiring TNCs to review an appeal and make a determination on the appeal within a certain timeframe; requiring TNCs to make a certain assessment when making such determination, etc.
SB 1220 revises Florida's definition of a "Class A air-conditioning contractor" in Section 489.105 of the Florida Statutes. The bill clarifies that these contractors may install, maintain, repair, and design central air-conditioning, refrigeration, heating, and ventilating systems - including duct cleaning requiring partial disassembly - but excludes work like gas lines, electrical wiring, or pool piping. It also updates related licensing provisions in Sections 489.113, 489.117, and 553.998 to align with the revised definition. This bill directly affects licensed contractors performing HVAC work in Florida, ensuring their scope of practice is explicitly defined under state law.
Annual Rate Increases for Coverages by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; Providing that the required annual rate increases and the limits on such increases for coverages by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation do not apply to new policies issued after a specified date or to subsequent renewals of such policies, etc.
Tax Credits for Investment in Rural Communities; Creating the “Florida Rural Jobs Act”; requiring the Department of Commerce to accept applications for approval as rural funds in a specified manner; requiring the department to distribute revoked investment authority among certain rural funds; granting a credit against state tax liability for specified investors; providing restrictions on the credit, etc.
Availability of Marijuana for Adult Use; Revising the sales tax exemption for the sale of marijuana and marijuana delivery devices to apply only to purchases by qualified patients and caregivers; revising background screening requirements for caregivers; authorizing MMTCs licensed to cultivate or process marijuana to use contractors to assist with the cultivation and processing of marijuana but providing that the licensee is ultimately responsible for all operations relating to the cultivation and processing and for maintaining physical possession of the marijuana at all times; authorizing MMTCs licensed to cultivate and process marijuana to sell marijuana at wholesale to other registered MMTCs only if certain conditions are met; requiring an MMTC to obtain a facility permit before selling, dispensing, or storing marijuana in a facility, etc.
Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Providing requirements for issuance, denial, suspension, and revocation of ambulatory surgical center licenses; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to make or cause to be made specified inspections of licensed facilities; requiring the agency to coordinate periodic inspections to minimize costs and disruption of services; providing that specified provisions govern the design, construction, erection, alteration, modification, repair, and demolition of licensed facilities; requiring licensed facilities to establish an internal risk management program; providing certain investigative and reporting requirements for internal risk managers relating to the investigation and reporting of allegations of sexual misconduct or sexual abuse at licensed facilities, etc.
Educational Choice; Revises authorized uses Family Empowerment Scholarship Program & Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program funds to include specified tuition & fees; & defines specified terms.
Pub.Rec./Electronic Systems; Provides public records exemption for electronic systems that provide background information on vendors seeking to do business with state; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
HB 6005 removes a legal time limit (statute of repose) that previously restricted when condominium associations could file lawsuits. This directly affects condominium associations by allowing them to pursue legal action for certain property-related claims without being bound by a fixed deadline. The key provision eliminates the "statute of repose" for specific actions, meaning associations can now file lawsuits even if a certain period has passed since the issue occurred. This changes the legal process for resolving disputes involving condominium properties.
Relief/Estate of Danielle Maudsley/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Provides or relief of Estate of Danielle Maudsley; provides appropriation to compensate estate for Ms. Maudsley’s death as result of alleged negligence of Trooper Daniel Cole & Florida Highway Patrol, division of DHSMV; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation & attorney fees. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $1,750,000
