Sen. Ed Hooper

Residential Swimming Pool Safety; Citing this act as “The Kacen’s Cause Act”; requiring a home inspector to include certain information relating to swimming pools in his or her report; requiring that new residential swimming pools meet an additional requirement in order to pass final inspection and receive a certificate of completion; prohibiting a property owner from transferring ownership of a parcel that includes a swimming pool unless certain requirements are met, etc.

Household Moving Services; Revising the conditions under which the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is authorized to deny, refuse to renew, or revoke the registration of any mover or moving broker; removing a prohibition that precludes a mover from limiting its liability for the loss or damage of household goods to a specified valuation rate; requiring a mover to indemnify a shipper for the loss of or damage to the shipper’s household goods caused by the mover during a household move; requiring a mover to conduct a physical survey and provide a binding estimate in certain circumstances unless waived by the shipper; requiring the department to prepare a publication that summarizes the rights and responsibilities of, and remedies available to, movers and shippers; requiring a mover to tender household goods for delivery on the agreed upon delivery date or within a specified period unless waived by the shipper; providing criminal penalties, etc.

Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requiring the department to certify for licensure qualified individuals who practice mold assessment or mold remediation and hold certain licenses issued by other states or territories; providing an exception for the issuance of an asbestos consultant’s license; requiring the department to certify asbestos consultants and asbestos contractors for licensure who meet certain exam and other state licensure requirements; removing a time limitation for applying for certain contracting licenses under certain provisions; deleting a requirement limiting the types of boxing exhibitions which require a specified maximum difference in participant weights, etc.

Resiliency Energy Environment Florida Programs; Providing that a property owner may apply to a Resiliency Energy Environment Florida (REEF) program for funding to finance a qualifying improvement and may enter into an assessment financing agreement with a local government; authorizing a local government to enter into an agreement with a program administrator to administer a REEF program on the local government’s behalf; specifying underwriting, financing estimate, disclosure, and confirmation requirements for program administrators relating to residential real property, etc.

Membership Organization Health Coverage; Creating the "Farm Bureau and Not-For-Profit Membership Health Coverage Act of 2021"; defining the terms “farm bureau” and “not-for-profit membership organization”; providing that health coverage provided by certain entities is not insurance; authorizing risks under such coverage to be reinsured; requiring entities providing such coverage to annually file a certain statement, etc.

Florida Hometown Hero Housing Program; Creating the Florida Hometown Hero Housing Program; providing the purpose of the program; specifying requirements for loans under the program; authorizing the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to underwrite and make such loans to specified borrowers; specifying ineligible employees, etc.

Transportation Projects; Revising the requirement for the annual commitment of State Transportation Trust Fund revenues for public transportation projects by the Department of Transportation; providing that the department’s program for innovative transportation projects may include progressive design-build contracts; revising the department’s authority relating to design-build contracts; revising a dollar limit of proposed budget estimates of construction contracts for which an applying contractor may submit certain financial statements, etc.

Resale of Tickets; Providing that certain tickets may be sold as nontransferable tickets only under certain circumstances; providing exceptions; defining the term “nontransferable ticket”; prohibiting the original ticket seller from taking certain actions against a person who purchases or resells a ticket, etc.

Workers’ Compensation Benefits for First Responders; Providing that the time for specified notice in certain cases of compensable posttraumatic stress disorder is measured from the time of the qualifying event or the diagnosis of the disorder, rather than the manifestation of the disorder, whichever is later, etc.

Transportation Facility Designations/98 Points of Light Road; Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.