Affordable Housing Property Tax Exemption; Revising a specified finding that a taxing authority must make in order to elect not to exempt certain property from certain ad valorem taxation; authorizing certain property owners in a multifamily project to apply for and continue to receive an exemption, etc.
Specialty License Plates/Outsider License Plate; Directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop an Outsider license plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plate, etc.
Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged; Revises eligibility requirement for Florida limited partnerships applying for certain ad valorem tax exemption.
Public Records/Office of Financial Regulation; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for information received by the Office of Financial Regulation pursuant to certain cybersecurity event provisions relating to information systems and customer information of loan originators, mortgage brokers, and mortgage lenders and for information received by the office as a result of investigations and examinations of such cybersecurity events; providing a public records exemption for certain information in reports of financial exploitation; providing an exemption from public records requirements for information received by the office pursuant to certain cybersecurity events, documents relating to information systems, and customer information of money services businesses and for information received by the office as a result of investigations and examinations of such cybersecurity events; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Traffic Infractions Resulting in a Crash with Another Vehicle; Requiring the imposition of specified civil penalties and periods of driver license suspension on a person found at a mandatory hearing to have committed certain traffic infractions that resulted in a crash with another vehicle, in addition to any other penalties; requiring persons cited for specified infractions that result in a crash with another vehicle to appear at a certain mandatory hearing; requiring certain owners and operators of motor vehicles to establish and maintain the ability to respond in damages for liability on account of certain accidents, etc.
Medical Freedom; Citing this act as the "Medical Freedom Act"; repealing a provison relating to the future repeal of the definition of the term “messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine”; prohibiting a vaccine manufacturer from offering or paying, and a health care practitioner from receiving, specified financial incentives for the administration of a vaccine; requiring certain health care practitioners and paramedics to, before administering one or more vaccines to a minor child, provide the parent or legal guardian with specified materials; providing that specified amendments made by the act to s. 456.0575, F.S., take effect on a specified date or within a specified timeframe after the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine adopt certain materials by joint rule, whichever occurs later, etc.
Waste Facilities; Prohibiting a local government or the Department of Environmental Protection, respectively, from issuing a construction permit for certain solid waste disposal and waste-to-energy facilities under certain circumstances, etc.
SB 1422 designates Florida's coral reefs as "critical natural infrastructure" and a nature-based solution for mitigating climate risks like storms and flooding, specifically protecting reefs in Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach Counties. The bill establishes a tiered penalty system for reef damage: fines start at $225 for minor damage (≤1 sq. m) and rise to $1,500 per square meter for extensive harm (>10 sq. m), with multipliers for repeat offenses (up to quadruple penalties). It also clarifies the Department of Environmental Protection as the state's lead agency for reef protection and allows habitat equivalency analysis for calculating compensation. The law takes effect July 1, 2026.
Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death; Deleting a provision that precludes certain persons from recovering damages for medical negligence resulting in death, etc.
This Florida Senate Memorial (SM 1714) urges Congress to pass H.R. 260, the "No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act," to stop taxpayer funds from reaching the Taliban. It specifically references that over $40 million weekly in U.S. taxpayer money is allegedly being sent to the Taliban through questionable channels, despite its history of human rights abuses and ties to other terrorist groups. The memorial requests Congress implement a strategy to block this funding flow. As a symbolic resolution (not a binding bill), it directs Florida's delegation to advocate for H.R. 260's passage.
Litigation Financing Consumer Protection; Citing this act as the “Litigation Investment Safeguards and Transparency Act”; authorizing courts to consider the existence of a litigation financing agreement under certain circumstances; prohibiting specified acts by litigation financiers; requiring certain parties to a legal proceeding, or their counsels of record, which have entered into a litigation financing agreement with a foreign person, a foreign principal, or a sovereign wealth fund to file and serve a notice identifying specified information with the court, agency, or tribunal and all other parties to the legal proceeding within a specified timeframe, etc.
Educational Facilities; Requiring the Office of Educational Facilities and the Office of Safe Schools to collaborate with specified entities to review the State Requirements for Educational Facilities, etc.
