My Safe Florida Home Trust Fund/Department of Financial Services; Creating the My Safe Florida Home Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services; requiring that a certain percentage of specified insurance premium tax be distributed into the fund; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc.
Health Care Patient Protection; Requiring hospital emergency departments to develop and implement policies and procedures, conduct training, record weights in a certain manner, designate a pediatric emergency care coordinator, and conduct specified assessments; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to adopt certain rules for comprehensive emergency management plans; requiring the agency to collect and publish the results of specified assessments submitted by hospitals by specified dates, etc.
Security Deposits; Prohibiting a security deposit paid in connection with a residential tenancy which is collected before occupancy from exceeding the equivalent of 1 month’s rent; prohibiting such security deposit that is paid during the term of the lease from exceeding a specified percentage of the equivalent of 1 month’s rent, etc.
Opticianry; Deleting the ability of an optician to delegate specified acts to unlicensed supportive personnel; deleting an exception to optician licensure requirements for employees working under the direct supervision of a physician or optometrist, etc.
SB 1206 revises insurance requirements for drivers working with transportation network companies (like Uber or Lyft). It directly affects these drivers by mandating higher minimum insurance coverage limits when they are actively working through the app. The key provision requires transportation network companies to provide insurance that covers drivers during active service periods, ensuring better protection than current standard personal auto policies. This policy change aims to clarify and strengthen insurance coverage for drivers in the ride-sharing industry.
End-of-life Options; Creating the "Florida End-of-Life Options Act"; providing criteria for individuals to request certain medication as qualified patients; specifying responsibilities for attending physicians and consulting physicians; requiring persons who have custody or control of any unused medication prescribed under the act to dispose of it in a specified manner; specifying requirements for the death certificate of qualified patients who die by self-administration of medication prescribed in accordance with the act, etc.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Providing exceptions to a provision prohibiting the court from appointing the public defender to represent certain persons who are not indigent; providing that the opinion of a qualified professional, rather than that of a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practicing within the framework of an established protocol with a psychiatrist, may be the basis for the court to grant a petition for the appointment of a guardian advocate; authorizing a qualified professional, rather than a physician or the patient’s psychiatric nurse, to restrict a patient’s access to his or her clinical records if the qualified professional believes such access to the records is harmful to the patient; requiring the qualified professional who assessed the patient, rather than the treating physician or psychiatric nurse practicing within the framework of an established protocol with a psychiatrist, to document in the patient’s clinical record that the patient is able to give express and informed consent for admission, etc.
Required Instruction in Cursive Writing; Requiring students in specified grades to receive instruction in cursive writing; providing requirements for such instruction; requiring students to demonstrate proficiency in cursive writing by the end of a specified grade, etc.
SB 1720 would have protected specific savings accounts from being seized by creditors. It proposed two new exemptions: "homeowner savings plans" (for Florida homestead property owners saving tax savings on their homes) and "qualified home disaster mitigation accounts" (for funds used on home repairs after disasters). These accounts would have been shielded from attachment, garnishment, or legal claims by creditors. The bill required federal tax-exempt status for homeowner savings plans before taking effect and was never enacted, as it died in committee in June 2025.
Ultra-processed Food; Prohibiting the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from requiring school cafeteria personnel to adhere to specified federal guidelines under certain circumstances; defining the term “ultra-processed food”; prohibiting a public school from serving or selling ultra-processed food on school grounds during the school day, etc.
Material that is Harmful to Minors; Defining the term “harmful to minors”; revising the list of materials used in a classroom which are subject to the objection process by parents or residents, etc.
K-12 School Transportation; Requiring school districts to provide transportation to students in kindergarten through grade 12 under certain circumstances; requiring district school boards to provide transportation to students in kindergarten through grade 12 who live more than 1 mile from the nearest appropriate school; requiring the use of artificial intelligence programs for specified purposes within a certain timeframe of such programs being made available; revising the criteria for walkways parallel and perpendicular to the road to be considered a hazardous walking condition, etc.
