Sale or Transfer of Ammunition; Citing this act as "Jaime’s Law"; requiring background checks for the sale or transfer of ammunition; providing exceptions, etc.
Construction Disruption Assistance; Creating the "Construction Disruption Assistance Act"; establishing the Construction Impact Relief Revolving Loan Program within the Department of Commerce; requiring the department to provide specified financial assistance to eligible small businesses within construction zones; requiring the department to develop a public awareness and marketing campaign to promote the program in partnership with specified entities, etc.
Tourist Development Tax; Revising the percentage of tourist development tax revenues that must be spent to promote and advertise tourism in order for any tourist development tax revenues to be used for a specified purpose, etc.
Florida Highway Patrol Body Camera Use; Requiring members of the Florida Highway Patrol to wear a functioning body camera under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to adopt certain policies and procedures, ensure compliance with certain public records and retention requirements, and provide certain training; providing that an officer who does not comply with certain requirements, policies, and procedures may be subject to disciplinary action, etc. APPROPRIATION: $2,000,000
Maddy summarySB 626 updates Florida's school immunization requirements by allowing the Department of Health to add new communicable diseases to the mandatory list through rulemaking, instead of pre-listing them. It directly affects all Florida students entering public or private schools, as it modifies which diseases require vaccination for attendance. The bill keeps existing requirements for diseases like polio, measles, mumps, and chickenpox but gives the Department authority to expand the list based on current health needs. The changes will take effect July 1, 2026, and immunizations must remain free at county health departments. The bill does not add new diseases immediately but establishes a process for future updates.
Conditional Geriatric Release; Requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review, in conjunction with the Department of Corrections, to establish the conditional geriatric release program; requiring the commission to consider any evidence relevant to public safety; authorizing the commission to consider the continued cost to the department to house the inmate, etc.
Parole for Long-term Prisoners; Providing that certain offenders serving long-term prison sentences are parole eligible under certain circumstances; providing conditions of parole for such persons; providing for disposition of savings produced by such a program of parole, etc.
Tourist Development Tax; Authorizing the use of proceeds from the tourist development tax to fund public safety improvements, affordable housing, and workforce housing, etc.
Protection of Parental Rights; Prohibiting a court from denying or restricting certain parental rights based solely on a parent’s status as a qualified patient for purposes of medical marijuana use; prohibiting the presumption of neglect or child endangerment based solely on a parent’s status as a qualified patient for purposes of medical marijuana use, etc.
Maddy summarySB 242 repeals Section 381.96 of Florida Statutes, which previously governed pregnancy support and wellness services. This procedural bill removes an existing legal provision but does not create new services or funding. The repeal takes effect on July 1, 2026, after which the repealed statute will no longer apply. The bill directly affects the legal framework for pregnancy support services in Florida, though it does not specify new policies to replace the repealed section.
