Rep. Dan Daley

Maddy summaryHR 8033 designates March 2025 as "Irish Heritage Month" in Florida. The bill formally recognizes and celebrates Irish cultural heritage and contributions within the state during that month. It does not create new programs, funding, or legal obligations - only a ceremonial designation. This designation applies to state government activities and public communications in Florida during March 2025.

Maddy summaryHB 39 would have increased the property tax exemption for disabled Florida ex-servicemembers from $10,000 to $5,000 (though the bill text actually reduces the exemption amount, contradicting the abstract). It applies to veterans honorably discharged with a 10%+ disability from wartime service or misfortune, or their unremarried surviving spouses. To qualify, applicants must provide a U.S. Government or VA disability certificate to their county property appraiser. The bill was withdrawn before introduction on February 28, 2025, and never advanced.

Sampling of Beach Waters and Public Bathing Spaces; Revises provisions related to bacteriological sampling of beach waters & public bathing places, including rule adoption & enforcement; issuance of health advisories; closure of beach waters & public bathing places; & notification & signage requirements.

Coral Springs Improvement District, Broward County; Prohibits board of supervisors of district from receiving bids on certain contracts; provides exception; requires board to comply with certain statutory bidding procedures; authorizes board to reject all bids if such rejection is in best interests of district; provides that competitive bidding for certain contracts is subject to statutory provisions; authorizes district to apply to DMS to purchase certain commodities & contractual services.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new section in Florida law that officially defines the term "antisemitism" using the working definition adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2016. The legislation provides specific contemporary examples of antisemitism, such as denying the Holocaust, holding Jewish people collectively responsible for actions by Israel, or applying double standards to the State of Israel compared to other nations. It explicitly states that criticizing Israel in a manner similar to how other countries are criticized does not count as antisemitism under this definition. The law aims to help monitor and report hate crimes while ensuring it does not infringe on First Amendment rights or conflict with existing antidiscrimination laws.

Pub. Rec./Clerks of the Circuit Court, Deputy Clerks, and Clerk Personnel; Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of current clerks of circuit court, deputy clerks of circuit court, & clerk of circuit court personnel & names & personal identifying & location information of spouses & children of such clerks, deputy clerks, & clerk personnel; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides for retroactive application; provides statement of public necessity.

Verification of Eligibility for Homestead Exemption; Requires DOR to provide form for specified purpose; authorizing property appraisers to provide tentative verification of eligibility for specified exemptions & discounts; requires such form to indicate specified information; prohibits specified decisions from certain review.

Designation of a Diagnosis on Motor Vehicle Registrations; Requires language on application form for motor vehicle registration to allow applicant to indicate that applicant has been diagnosed with, or is parent or legal guardian of child or ward who has been diagnosed with, specified disabilities or disorders; requires specified designation to be included in motor vehicle record; prohibits inclusion of specified information in motor vehicle record for certain purposes; requires DHSMV to allow specified persons to update motor vehicle registration to include or remove specified designation at any time.

Pub. Rec./Recording Notification Service; Providing that certain information submitted to the clerk of the circuit court or property appraiser for the purpose of registering for a recording notification service or a related service is confidential and exempt from public records requirements; providing an exception; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a directive to the Division of Law Revision; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

School Safety; Revises provisions & establishes reporting requirements for school guardian programs & school guardians; revises school safety requirements for DOE, school districts, charter schools, & school safety specialists.