This bill creates the University of Florida Diabetes Institute within the University of Florida College of Medicine to advance research, prevention, treatment, and education related to all forms of diabetes. The institute will conduct scientific research, develop clinical care strategies, provide patient services, train healthcare professionals, and collaborate with various organizations while maintaining a secure data repository for research purposes. It authorizes the institute to run statewide pilot programs, convene a research consortium to coordinate efforts and seek funding, and submit annual reports to state leadership starting in 2027. The institute's operations will depend on available funding from the state budget or other sources.
Felony Battery; Provides enhanced criminal penalties for persons who commit subsequent battery after having prior conviction for resisting officer with violence.
Problem-solving Court Reports; Requires specified data to be included in problem-solving court reports; revises frequency with which mental health & treatment-based drug court program reports must be reported to Office of State Courts Administrator.
Recovery Residences; Specifies level of background screening DCF must require of certain persons; prohibits department from requiring certain existing licensed service providers that are seeking to add licensed services or one or more additional levels of care at existing licensed location or at one or more new locations to admit individuals for services during probationary period, if certain requirements are met within specified timeframe; removes provisions prohibiting certified recovery residences from denying individual access to housing on or after specified date.
HB 645 renames "portable electronics insurance" to "portable electronics and eyewear insurance" and defines "eyewear" to include items like glasses and sunglasses. It creates a new limited insurance license for retail vendors selling these products, allowing their employees (under specific conditions) to sell this coverage without individual agent licenses. Key provisions require clear customer disclosures about coverage duplication, separate billing for the insurance, and detailed written materials explaining policy terms. The bill also removes an outdated definition of "portable electronics transaction" from Florida law.
HB 603 updates Florida's ethics rules for public employees by expanding the definition of "relative" to include foster parents and foster children. This change directly affects public employees and school board members, who must now consider foster relationships when applying gift restrictions. The bill revises Section 112.312 to include foster parents/children in the "relative" definition, ensuring school board members (per Section 1001.421) cannot accept gifts over $50 from foster relatives. The policy clarifies existing ethics standards without creating new restrictions, applying to all public employees subject to these rules. The change takes effect July 1, 2026.
Assessments Levied on Recreational Vehicle Parks; Provides that certain special assessments on recreational vehicle parks levied by counties, municipalities, & special districts, respectively, may not be levied against certain portion of recreational vehicle parking space or campsite; requires counties, municipalities, & special districts, respectively, to consider recreational vehicle park's occupancy rates for certain purpose.
Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcasts; Prohibits airports from using information broadcast or collected by automatic dependent surveillance broadcast systems for specified purposes under certain conditions.
Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder; Requires DHSMV to establish program to improve communication between individuals with autism spectrum disorder & law enforcement officers under certain circumstances; requires DHSMV to develop & make available to such individuals certain envelope & card by specified date; provides requirements for envelope & card; authorizes such individuals to request envelope & card from DHSMV or tax collector's office beginning on specified date; requires Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission within FDLE to establish employment training component relating to such individuals; provides requirements for training law enforcement officers on interacting with such individuals; requires training component to be included in specified course by specified date; requires specified law enforcement officers to complete training component by specified date.
Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Requires Division of Telecommunications within DMS to consult with certain entities to conduct feasibility study regarding specified alert system; provides requirements for such alert system; requires division to report to Legislature results of feasibility study by specified date; revises legislative findings to include victims of dating violence; authorizes victims of dating violence to apply to participate in Attorney General's address confidentiality program.
Code Inspector Body Cameras; Requires governmental entity that permits its code inspectors to wear body cameras to establish certain policies & procedures; requires such governmental entity to ensure that certain training occurs, to retain certain data in accordance with public records laws, & to perform periodic review of actual body camera practices; provides that certain provisions relating to interception of wire, electronic, & oral communications do not apply to body camera recordings made by code inspectors.
Human Trafficking Education For Initial Nurse Licensure; Requires completion of course on human trafficking for initial licensure of registered nurses or licenses practical nurses, beginning on specified date.
