Transportation Concurrency ; Revises facilities required to be identified in capital improvements element of comprehensive plan that imposes transportation concurrency for small counties.
Term Limits for Members of County Commissions and District School Boards; Proposes amendments to Constitution to provide term limits for members of boards of county commissioners & district school boards; provides applicability.
Service Lateral Assessment and Rehabilitation; Requires all utility systems to establish & maintain comprehensive condition assessment program; provides requirements for such program; provides for enforcement & compliance; requires utility systems to annually submit specified reports to DEP; provides for funding.
Residential Property Insurance Policy Cancellations, Nonrenewals, and Rate Changes; Prohibits insurers from canceling or nonrenewing, within certain timeframes, policies covering personal residential or commercial residential properties damaged by hurricanes or wind losses; provides that such prohibition applies to flood damages caused by hurricanes; provides that insurer may not cancel personal residential or commercial residential property insurance policies until certain repairs are made or specified policy renewal expires; prohibits certain claims for loss or damage from being covered under extended or renewed policy.
Community Services for Needy Individuals and Families; Provides goals of Hope Florida; creates Hope Florida Office within EOG; provides duties of office; provides eligibility requirements for Hope Florida participants; specifies that Hope Florida is voluntary; specifies mechanisms by which individuals may receive assistance; requires office to designate state agency to perform certain functions; requires Hope Navigators to be embedded in communities for specified purposes; requires care plans to include certain steps & timelines; specifies duties of Hope Florida partner network; requires specified state agencies to participate in Hope Florida at direction of EOG; requires participating state agencies to use existing resources & personnel, if possible; authorizes other entities to participate in Hope Florida at direction of office.
Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services; Revising contract requirements for the Florida Pregnancy Care Network, Inc.; requiring the Department of Health to conduct annual visits to each organization within the network; providing requirements for the visits, etc.
Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations; Providing an exception to the requirement that the Department of Children and Families immediately forward certain allegations to a law enforcement agency; requiring Child Protection Teams to consult with a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse when evaluating certain reports; authorizing, under a certain circumstance, a parent or legal custodian from whom a child was removed to request specified examinations of the child, etc.
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.
