Rep. Tiffany Esposito

Maddy summaryThis resolution designates January 27, 2026, as "Florida Gulf Coast University Day" in Florida. It is a ceremonial designation with no new policy or funding changes, solely recognizing FGCU's history and contributions. The resolution honors the university's founding, growth, and community impact as described in its preamble. It does not affect any laws, regulations, or stakeholders beyond the symbolic recognition.

Lee County; Creates Duke Farm Stewardship District; establishes legal boundaries; provides for jurisdiction & charter; provides for membership, election, terms of office, & duties of governing board members; provides for meetings; provides for district treasurer, selection of public depository, & district budgets & financial reports; provides district powers; provides for bonds, borrowing, & trust agreements; provides for future ad valorem taxation & special assessments; provides requirements for termination, contraction, or expansion of district; specifies that certain district property is public; provides for referendum.

Improving Screening for and Treatment of Blood Clots; Requires hospitals with emergency departments to develop & implement policies & procedures & conduct training for rendering of appropriate medical attention for persons at risk of forming venous thromboembolisms; repeals provisions requiring DOH to contract with private entity to establish statewide venous thromboembolism registry at no cost to state; provides requirements for private entity; requires hospitals with emergency department, beginning on date certain, to regularly report certain information; requires department to require private entity to use nationally recognized platform to collect certain data; requires private entity to provide regular reports to department on such data; requires agency, by date certain, to provide to Governor & Legislature specified report; provides requirements for such report; provides applicability; revises requirements for certain annual inservice training for certified nursing assistants employed by nursing home facilities; revises training requirements for certain certified nursing assistants who may be delegated tasks in nursing home facilities; provides legislative findings; requires assisted living facilities to provide a consumer information pamphlet containing specified information to residents.

Proration of or Not Requiring Continuing Education; Revises applicability of provisions related to proration of or not requiring continuing education.

Jai Alai Permitholders; Authorizes holders of valid pari-mutuel permit to lease certain facilities to any other holder of same pari-mutuel permit or to any jai alai permitholder when located within specified radius of each other; authorizes such lessees to apply for certain license; prohibits such lessees from operating cardroom or slot machine at leased facility; requires certain jai alai permitholders to conduct minimum number of live performances using their existing permit.

Building Permits for Single-family Dwellings; Prohibits expiration of certain building permits issued by county before certain timeframe or specified event, whichever is later; provides that certain persons are not subject to discipline for performing job without applicable permits if otherwise authorized by law; prohibits expiration of certain building permits issued by county before certain timeframe or specified event, whichever is later; prohibits local government from requiring building permits for certain projects; provides exception; requires contractor who performs work without building permit to maintain certain records; requires local government to issue building permit for certain building permit applications within specified timeframe; specifies that certain permit applications are deemed approved by local government; requires local government to issue such permit within certain timeframe.

Industries and Professional Activities; Renames, removes, & redesignates specified boards, commissions, & councils established within DBPR; changes office locations of certain divisions; requires DBPR to provide to Division of Professions summary of changes to statutory law within specified time period after adjournment of session; revises retail nicotine product dealer administrative penalties; authorizes Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco to assist any agent of DACS in enforcing state hemp program; authorizes division to enter any public or private premises during specified timeframe in performance of its duties.

Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Provides penalty for failure by ambulatory surgical center to timely provide good faith estimate; requires AHCA to notify DLR upon adoption of certain federal rules.

Administrative Procedure; Specifies that issuance of guidance document or other statement interpreting statute without express statutory delegation to issue such guidance is an invalid exercise; requires statement of estimated regulatory costs for proposed or existing rules; requires retrospective cost-benefits analysis for specified rules after specified period; requires publication of materials used to produce estimates of regulatory costs in specified fashion; provides additional requirements for cost-benefit analyses; revises requirements for review of rules by JPAC; requires additional information to be published in FAC; provides for expiration of rules after specified period unless readopted; provides requirements for readoption process; providing exceptions to expiration & requires review of such exempt rules; provides for limited extension of expiration in certain circumstances; provides that party subject to enforcement action may challenge action on basis that agency lacked statutory authority for rule or guidance document; provides for challenges to rules for failure to comply with specified provisions.

Electronic Delivery of Notices Between Landlords and Tenants; Authorizes landlord or tenant to electronically deliver notices to other party if certain conditions are met; requires addendum to rental agreement to be in specified form; authorizes party to revoke his or her agreement to electronic delivery without invalidating notices previously sent by e-mail; specifies when such revocation takes effect; authorizes party to update his or her e-mail address; specifies when such update takes effect; provides that notice delivered by e-mail is deemed delivered at time e-mail is sent; provides exception; requires sender of e-mail to maintain certain information.