Sen. Tina Polsky

Public Records/Sale or Transfer of Ammunition; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for records containing certain information pertaining to a buyer or transferee who is not found to be prohibited from receipt or transfer of ammunition; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; Requiring a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States; establishing a procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; providing that the agreement becomes effective upon the occurrence of specified actions, etc.

Maddy summarySB 1186 proposes to define "final group of applicants" for university president positions as at least two candidates receiving final consideration. It clarifies that meetings vetting applicants - particularly portions disclosing confidential applicant information - are exempt from public records and meeting laws. This procedural bill affects university search committees and applicants by establishing specific criteria for the final candidate pool and limiting public disclosure during the vetting process. The bill died in committee in June 2025 and was never enacted.

Legal Representation Contracts; Defining the term “contingency fee”; prohibiting the Department of Legal Affairs from entering into certain contracts until the Attorney General makes a specified written determination; requiring the Attorney General to request proposals from private attorneys after making such determination; providing that the request for proposals and the contract award are not subject to challenge under the Administrative Procedure Act, etc.

Weapons and Firearms; Citing this act as the “Responsible Gun Ownership Act”; requiring a background check on every sale or other transfer of a firearm; providing criminal penalties; revising requirements for the safe storage of firearms; prohibiting the manufacture, assembly, importing, purchasing, selling, or transferring of any firearm not imprinted with a valid serial number; creating the Veteran’s Firearm Suicide Reduction Task Force, etc.

Elections Affected by Disasters; Requiring that a certain notice be posted on affected municipalities’ websites; requiring the Secretary of State to consider certain sectors when assessing the impact on their jurisdiction and the ability of voters to participate in elections; requiring the Division of Elections to maintain a specified number of strategic elections equipment reserves in specified locations; providing that the use of the uniform statewide ballot application may not be required for requests for vote-by-mail ballots from certain voters, etc.

Elections; Requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; repealing a provision relating to the Office of Election Crimes and Security; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; revising the information a third-party voter registration organization is required to provide to the Division of Elections of the Department of State, etc.

Telephone Solicitation; Revising the definition of the terms “telephone solicitor” and “telephonic sales call”; revising the conditions for awarding attorney fees in civil actions relating to telephone solicitation, etc.

Firearms; Revising the definition of the term “machine gun”; ranking certain offenses related to bump-fire stocks on level 5 of the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code, etc.

Florida Museum of Black History; Providing legislative intent; establishing the Florida Museum of Black History Board of Directors; prohibiting specified members of the board from holding state or local elective office while serving on the board; requiring that the board work jointly with the Foundation for the Museum of Black History, Inc., etc.