HB 421, titled "Peer Support for First Responders," revises the definition of "first responder." This bill expands the current definition to include specified support personnel. The purpose of this change is to ensure these support personnel are eligible for and can receive peer support services.
Pet Insurance and Wellness Programs; Requires pet insurers to make certain disclosures to pet insurance applicants & policyholders, including summary of their bases or formulas for determination of claim payments under pet insurance policy; requires pet insurers to disclose certain requirements for required medical examinations of pet; authorizes pet insurance applicants & policyholders to examine & return insurance policies & riders within certain timeframe; authorizes pet insurers to issue policies that exclude coverage on basis of preexisting conditions; provides that pet insurer has specified burden of proof with regard to such exclusions; authorizes pet insurers to issue new policies that impose waiting period for specified illnesses, diseases, or conditions; prohibits pet insurers from issuing policies imposing waiting period for accidents; authorizes pet insurers to require examination after purchase of policy; prohibits pet insurer from requiring medical examination to renew policy; prohibits insurance applicants' eligibility from being based on participation or lack of participation in wellness programs.
HB 1313 re-creates the Resilient Florida Trust Fund. This fund is re-established within the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to support initiatives related to Florida's resilience.
Electronic Transmittal of Court Orders; Requires clerk of court, within 6 hours after court issues ex parte order for involuntary commitment, to submit order electronically to sheriff or law enforcement agency in county where order is to be served; requires clerk of court, within 6 hours after certain summons is issued, to submit summons electronically and, if applicable, copy of petition for involuntary services & notice of hearing to law enforcement agency to effect service on certain persons; requires clerk of court to transmit electronically, within certain timeframe after court issues risk protection order & notice of hearing, copy of order, notice of hearing, petition to appropriate law enforcement agency for service upon respondent; requires clerk of court to transmit electronically, within certain timeframe after court issues temporary ex parte risk protection order or risk protection order, copy of notice of hearing, petition, & temporary ex parte risk protection order or risk protection order, as applicable, to sheriff; requires that electronic copy of temporary ex parte risk protection order or risk protection order be certified by clerk of court & that electronic copy be served in same manner as certified copy.
Florida Statutes; Adopting the Florida Statutes 2025 and designating the portions thereof that are to constitute the official law of the state; providing that the Florida Statutes 2025 shall be effective immediately upon publication; providing that general laws enacted during the 2024 regular session and prior thereto and not included in the Florida Statutes are repealed; providing that general laws enacted after the 2024 regular session are not repealed by this adoption act, etc.
Florida Statutes; Amending provisions to conform to section 63 of chapter 2024-140, Laws of Florida, which directs the Division of Law Revision to prepare a reviser’s bill for the 2025 Regular Session of the Legislature to change the term “Division of Investigative and Forensic Services” to “Division of Criminal Investigations” wherever it appears in the Florida Statutes, etc.
HB 575 proposes a change in the official designation of a major body of water. If enacted, the bill would rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Florida Statutes; Deleting provisions which have become inoperative by noncurrent repeal or expiration and, pursuant to s. 11.242(5)(b) and (i), F.S., may be omitted from the 2024 Florida Statutes only through a reviser’s bill duly enacted by the Legislature, etc.
Florida Statutes; Deleting provisions that have expired, have become obsolete, have had their effect, have served their purpose, or have been impliedly repealed or superseded; replacing incorrect cross-references and citations; correcting grammatical, typographical, and like errors; removing inconsistencies, redundancies, and unnecessary repetition in the statutes; and improving the clarity of the statutes and facilitating their correct interpretation, etc.
Gulf of America; Requires state agencies to update geographic materials to reflect new federal designation of "Gulf of Mexico" as "Gulf of America"; & requires instructional materials & library media center collections adopted or acquired by certain entities on or after specified date to reflect new federal designation of "Gulf of Mexico" as "Gulf of America".
Immigration; Providing criminal penalties for adult unauthorized aliens who knowingly enter or attempt to enter this state after entering the United States by eluding or avoiding examination or inspection by immigration officers; providing enhanced criminal penalties for second or subsequent convictions; specifying that such aliens are not eligible for any civil citation or other prearrest or postarrest diversion program; providing criminal penalties for an adult unauthorized alien who, after having been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or having departed the United States during the time an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding, thereafter enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in this state, etc.
Immigration; Providing that certain persons who vote in an election are guilty of a felony; prohibiting the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles from issuing a driver license or identification card to unauthorized aliens and undocumented immigrants; requiring a state attorney to seek to have the court sentence certain persons as dangerous unauthorized alien offenders; creating the State Board of Immigration Enforcement within the Department of Law Enforcement; creating the State Immigration Enforcement Council within the State Board of Immigration Enforcement for a specified purpose; requiring the Attorney General to initiate judicial proceedings in the name of the state in order to enforce compliance with an immigration detainer issued by a federal immigration agency; creating the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program within the Division of Emergency Management within the Executive Office of the Governor for a specified purpose, etc. APPROPRIATION: $298,830,552
