Sen. Erin Grall

District Courts of Appeal; Providing for the reduction in the number of judges on the First District Court of Appeal and the Second District Court of Appeal upon the occurrence of an event that otherwise would have resulted in a judicial vacancy; providing a limitation on the automatic reduction of judges on the First District Court of Appeal and the Second District Court of Appeal, etc.

Administrative Procedures; Applying certain provisions applicable to all rules other than emergency rules to rules amended or repromulgated after a specified date; requiring that notice of a proposed rule be published in the Florida Administrative Register within a specified timeframe after the most recent notice of rule development; requiring that certain rule repeals be considered presumptively correct in a proceeding before the Division of Administrative Hearings or a court of competent jurisdiction; requiring that emergency rules be published in the Florida Administrative Code; authorizing agencies to supersede an emergency rule through adoption of another emergency rule; requiring agency review of rules and repromulgation of rules that do not require substantive changes within a specified timeframe; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection and water management districts to conduct a holistic review of certain permitting processes and programs, etc.

Withholding Funds from the Return of Cash Bonds; Requiring a clerk of the court to withhold from the return of a cash bond posted by a criminal defendant or his or her spouse, rather than to withhold from the return of a cash bond posted on behalf of the criminal defendant by a person other than a bail bond agent, funds for specified purposes; requiring all cash bond forms to display a specified notice, etc.

Open Door Grant Program; Increasing the amount the Department of Education may reimburse an institution through the Open Door Grant Program for a completed workforce training program, etc.

Side-by-side Vehicles; Authorizing the operation of side-by-side vehicles under certain circumstances; prohibiting persons under a certain age from operating a side-by-side vehicle on a public road or street; authorizing local governmental entities to enact certain ordinances pertaining to side-by-side vehicles; defining the terms “side-by-side vehicle” and “UTV”, etc.

Resilience Districts; Creating the "Resilience District Act of 2023"; authorizing the establishment of infrastructure resilience districts through a petition by certain persons; prohibiting a local government from initiating an infrastructure resilience district without such petition; authorizing the establishment of condominium resilience districts through a petition by certain persons; authorizing the payment of certain fees for project management of infrastructure resilience districts; specifying the powers the district may exercise, etc.

Child Care and Early Learning Providers; Revising licensing standards for all licensed child care facilities; requiring the Department of Children and Families to conduct specified screening of child care personnel within a specified timeframe and issue provisional approval of such personnel; requiring the department and certain local governmental agencies to develop and implement a plan to eliminate duplicative and unnecessary inspections of home child care providers; revising requirements for private prekindergarten providers; revising reading intervention requirements for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program students, etc.

Insurance; Providing construction relating to the recovery of damages under the common-law remedy of bad faith against insurers; revising a prohibition against the continued writing of private passenger automobile insurance by certain insurers; prohibiting insurers providing homeowners’ insurance or commercial property insurance from canceling, nonrenewing, or terminating a policy during a pending claim except under certain circumstances; deleting a requirement that a Citizens Property Insurance Corporation policyholder making a claim for water damage has the burden of proving that the damage was not caused by flooding; providing that if a roof deductible is applied under a personal lines residential property insurance policy, no other deductible may be applied to certain other losses, etc.

Removal of Unknown Parties in Possession; Revising requirements for service on unknown parties in possession, etc.

Liens and Bonds; Requiring the clerk of the court to serve a copy of a notice of contest of claim on certain persons after it has been recorded; requiring service of documents to be made in a specified manner; revising the process for notarizing a notice of commencement; requiring the clerk to serve a copy of a notice of contest of lien on certain persons after it has been recorded; revising the amount required in addition to the deposit or bond which applies toward attorney fees and court costs, etc.