Rep. Toby Overdorf

Development Permits and Orders; Requires counties & municipalities to meet specified requirements regarding minimum information necessary for certain zoning applications; revises timeframes for processing applications for approvals of development permits or development orders; defines "substantive change"; provides refund parameters in situations where county or municipality fails to meet certain timeframes.

Environmental Management; Requires that nonindustrial stormwater management systems be designed with side slopes that meet certain minimum design requirements; provides exception; superseding certain side slope rules; revises construction relating to causes of action for damages to real or personal property directly resulting from certain discharges or other conditions of pollution.

Social Media Protection for Minors; Requires social media platforms to disclose policies & provide resources, measures, & disclaimers; authorizes social media platforms to post compliance statements on Internet homepage or user login page; prohibits schools from using or having social media platform accounts & requiring students to register, enroll, or participate in social media platforms for educational purposes.

Restrictions on Firearms and Ammunition During Emergencies; Repeals provisions relating to specified automatic restrictions on firearms & ammunition during certain declared emergencies.

Earned Wage Access Services; Requires each provider of earned wage access services to register with FSC; provides registration requirements; specifies mechanisms by which registrations can be denied, not renewed, or revoked; provides requirements provider registered to provide earned wage access services must comply with; specifies prohibited acts; specifies interplay between earned wage access services provided by provider & operation of other state laws related to those services; provides administrative remedies & penalties.

Suits Against the Government; Abolishes common-law doctrine of home venue privilege with respect to action against state; increases statutory limits on liability for tort claims against state & its agencies & subdivisions; authorizes subdivision of state to settle claim in excess of statutory limit without further action by Legislature regardless of insurance coverage limits; prohibits insurance policy from conditioning payment of benefits on enactment of claim bill; specifies limitations in effect on date claim accrues apply to that claim; revises period within which certain claims must be present to certain entities; revises exceptions relating to instituting actions on tort claims against state or one of its agencies or subdivisions; revises period after which failure of certain entities to make final disposition of claim shall be deemed final denial of claim; revises statute of limitations for tort claims against state or one of its agencies or subdivisions & exceptions thereto.

Electronic Health Records; Requires certain hospitals to make patient's electronic health records available through a specified network directly or through a third-party vendor; requires hospitals & pharmacies to make available specified information for certain purpose.

Foreign Polluters; Urges Congress to support solutions that examine pollution differential between United States production & other countries & that hold foreign polluters accountable for their pollution.

Expedited Approval of Residential Building Permits; Requires governing bodies to create or update program to expedite process for issuing residential building permits; authorizes applicants to use private provider; requires governing body to establish registry of qualified contractors for specified purpose; authorizes governing body to issue addresses & temporary parcel identification numbers; requires governing body to issue specified number or percentage of building permits; provides applicant has vested rights when conditions are met; prohibits governing body from making changes to preliminary plat without written consent; requires applicant to indemnify & hold harmless certain entities & persons.

Advanced Technology; Creates Government Technology Modernization Council; provides for council membership, meetings, & duties; requires certain entities, persons, & state agencies to adopt safety & transparency standards & provide statements & disclosures for communications & interactions generated by artificial intelligence; prohibits knowingly possessing, controlling, intentionally viewing, or intentionally creating, or reproducing specified child pornography generated by certain means; authorizes DLA to bring actions for violations under Florida Deceptive & Unfair Trade Practices Act; provides civil & criminal penalties.