Rep. Chip LaMarca

Maddy summaryThis resolution (HR 8083) recognizes the existing economic and cultural ties between Florida and Quebec. It highlights that Quebec visitors contribute over $2.5 billion annually to Florida's tourism sector and that bilateral trade reached $2.6 billion in 2024. The resolution acknowledges cooperation in areas like tourism, business investment, educational exchanges, and environmental partnerships, such as climate resilience and clean energy collaboration. It does not create new laws or obligations but formally affirms these ongoing relationships. The resolution was introduced in the Florida House on February 26, 2026.

Florida Panthers; Commends Florida Panthers for their victory in NHL's 2025 Stanley Cup Finals and for their contributions to this state's sports legacy.

Downtown Development Authority of City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County; Removes expiration date of Fort Lauderdale Downton Development Authority; provides for transfer of assets upon dissolution pursuant to law.

My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; Limits participation in My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to certain structures & buildings on condominium property; prohibits condominium association from applying for hurricane mitigation inspection or mitigation grant under pilot program unless certain association property or condominium property is established as common element & association has complied with specified requirements; revises approval requirements to receive mitigation grant; removes amount of grant funding for certain projects; revises improvements for which mitigation grant may be used; requires improvements to be identified in final hurricane mitigation inspection in order for association to receive grant funds; requires grant funds to be awarded for mitigation improvement that will result in mitigation credit, discount, or other rate differential; requires mitigation improvements to be made to all openings.

Condominium and Cooperative Associations; Prohibits a person whose community association manager license is revoked from having an indirect or direct ownership interest in, or being an employee, a partner, an officer, a director, or a trustee of, a community association management firm for a specified timeframe; requires a licensee to create and maintain an online licensure account with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; requires a community association manager to identify on his or her online licensure account certain information; requires a licensee to provide specific information on his or her online licensure account; requires that such information be updated within a specified timeframe; requires a community association management firm to identify on its online licensure account the community association managers it employs to provide community association management services.

Trust Funds/My Safe Florida Home Trust Fund/Department of Financial Services; Creates My Safe Florida Home Trust Fund within DFS; specifies sources of funds & purpose of trust fund; requires that certain percentage of specified sales tax be distributed into fund; requires Department of Revenue to distribute certain funds within specified timeframe.

Anchoring and Mooring at Seaports; Authorizes certain seaports to designate no anchoring or mooring zones for certain boats anchored in certain waters for specified time period for specified purposes; specifies boundary limits for no anchoring or mooring zones; authorizes certain seaports to apply to FWCC to establish no anchoring or mooring zones; requires applicant to hold specified number of public hearings; requires commission to consult with other entities; authorizes commission to modify no anchoring or mooring zone boundaries; requires certain seaports to annually review boundaries of approved no anchoring or mooring zones & submit revised application; requires certain information to be included in seaport security plans & seaport strategic plans.

Special Alcoholic Beverage Licenses Issued to Residential Condominiums; Excludes certain residential condominiums that sell alcoholic beverages from limitation of number of specified licenses issued; requires licenses to be issued only to person or corporation that manages food & beverage operations; prohibits licensee from selling certain alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption; prohibits licensee from selling alcoholic beverages after time for serving or consumption of food has elapsed.

Broward County; Provides nonapplicability of provisions on alcoholic beverage-related actions & activities to special alcoholic beverage licenses issued for premises that are located within identified areas of Broward County; provides nonapplicability of such provisions to actions & activities of other alcoholic entities in relation to special alcoholic beverage licenses & premises; defines specified areas of county to which such provisions do not apply.

Maddy summaryBased on the provided abstract, HB 483 pertains to an Emergency Communications State Plan. The bill's primary action is to define the term "first responder" within the context of this plan. The abstract does not provide further details on the plan's mechanisms or its broader effects.