Prohibited Sex-reassignment Prescriptions and Procedures; Prohibits person from knowingly aiding or abetting health care practitioner to participate in specified violation; authorizes Attorney General to conduct investigation & bring civil action against health care practitioner or other person; provides for damages, injunctive relief, & civil penalties; provides that any damages collected shall accrue to injured minor.
Marriage and Family Therapists Licensure by Endorsement; Requires Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, & Mental Health Counseling to issue license by endorsement to certain applicants.
HB 789 removes all references to county and school district ad valorem tax levies from over 20 sections of Florida Statutes, including repealing specific provisions like "district school tax" (s. 1011.71) and "school capital outlay surcharge" (s. 1011.715). It amends statutes related to tax powers, bond issuance, and school district funding by deleting outdated language about these levies. The bill does not change current tax rates, collection methods, or financial obligations - only updates legal references to eliminate obsolete terminology. This is a procedural revision to modernize the tax code, not a policy change affecting taxpayers or local governments.
Sovereign Immunity of Public Transit Contractors in Tort Actions; Designates certain public transit contractors & people acting on behalf of such contractors as agents of state for purposes of provisions relating to sovereign immunity in tort actions; defines "public transit."
Trust Funds/Re-creation/Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund/EOG; Re-creating Emergency Preparedness & Response Fund within EOG, Division of Emergency Management; abrogates provisions relating to termination of fund.
HB 587 revises Florida's definition of "medical review committee" in statute 766.101 to clarify which organizations qualify under this legal term. It expands the list to include 12 specific types of committees, such as those from hospitals, professional societies, mental health facilities, the Department of Corrections, and health departments. The bill maintains existing confidentiality protections, ensuring committee proceedings and reports cannot be used as evidence in civil or disciplinary cases against healthcare providers. This change directly affects healthcare organizations and government entities that operate these committees, ensuring consistent application of peer review standards. The revision takes effect July 1, 2026.
Gender Identity Employment Practices; Specifies employment policy of this state relating to person's sex; prohibits employees & contractors of certain employers from being required to use certain pronouns or requiring such employers to use pronoun that does not correspond to employee's or contractor's sex; prohibits certain forms from offering specified options relating to applicant's sex; prohibits adverse personnel action on basis of gender ideology; provides administrative & civil remedies; provides reasonable attorney fees & costs; authorizes DMS to adopt rules; provides it is unlawful employment practice for certain employers to require certain training, instruction, or activity as condition of employment.
Marriage and Family Therapist Licensure by Endorsement; Requiring the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling to issue a license by endorsement to certain applicants, etc.
Statewide Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Unit; Requires FDLE to establish & administer Statewide Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism Unit for specified purposes; provides requirements for establishing, administering, & funding such unit.
Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in Public Postsecondary Education; Creates Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in Public Postsecondary Education.
States of Emergency; Provides that state of emergency renewed by Governor expires within specified timeframe; authorizes Legislature to extend state of emergency under specified circumstances; provides that such extension is valid for specified timeframe; prohibits such timeframe from exceeding end of next regular session; requires Governor to immediately issue certain executive order or proclamation consistent with Legislature's concurrent resolution terminating state of emergency; prohibits Governor from declaring substantially similar state of emergency under specified conditions; requires AG to update quarterly specified audit, rather than annually.
Government Waste and Misconduct; Requires specified parties prepare a report investigating & evaluating specified subjects & identifying certain funds; requires AG to take certain actions to recover specified funds; requires such recovered funds be used for certain purpose; requires specified funds be transferred & used for certain purpose; creates Working Floridians Tax Rebate Program within DOR for certain purpose; requiring the program be funded in a specified manner; granting state funds to certain people who have received federal Earned Income Tax Credit.
