Sen. Jonathan Martin

Professional Services Contracts; Providing that a professional services contract between a design professional and a contracting party, rather than between a design professional and a public agency, may require the design professional to indemnify and hold harmless the contracting party, and its officers and employees, only against certain liability and damages; specifying that a professional services contract must require a design professional to perform to a certain level of professional skill and care; prohibiting a professional services contract from subjecting a design professional to a different standard of care, etc.

Roofing Material Restrictions for Homeowners’ Associations; Revising the prohibition on the adoption of certain covenants, rules, or guidelines by a homeowners’ association or a specified committee of an association to include a prohibition on requiring specific types of materials for the building or rebuilding of a roof if the built or rebuilt roof meets certain criteria and standards; revising the prohibited clauses in homeowners’ association documents to include a requirement that a property owner may not be precluded from using any type of building material to build or rebuild his or her roof if the built or rebuilt roof meets certain criteria and standards, etc.

Florida Retirement Savings Task Force; Citing this act as the “Florida Retirement Savings Task Force Act”; creating the Florida Retirement Savings Task Force adjunct to the Department of Commerce; requiring the department to provide administrative, technical, and staff support to the task force; providing that members serve without compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel reimbursement; authorizing the task force to receive confidential and exempt information under specified conditions, etc.

Correctional Officers, Correctional Probation Officers, and Institutional Security Specialists; Citing this act as the "Correctional and Probation Officer Fairness Act"; requiring that, beginning on a specified date, the minimum annual base rate of pay for a correctional officer, a correctional probation officer, or an institutional security specialist be no less than $60,000; requiring the Department of Management Services to submit an annual compensation analysis report to the Governor and Legislature, beginning on a specified date; requiring, beginning with a specified fiscal year and subject to legislative appropriation, an annual increase to the base rate of pay for correctional officers, correctional probation officers, and institutional security specialists, etc.

Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act; Requiring that finished kratom products sold to consumers at certain establishments meet certain requirements; requiring that kratom products be manufactured only by a processor who holds a certain permit issued by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing requirements for finished kratom products produced in this state and subsequently shipped or transported out of this state for sale outside of this state; providing that a processor whose kratom product contains a controlled substance or other prohibited substances is in violation of the act, etc. APPROPRIATION: $3,711,749

Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance; Designating October 14 of each year as “Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance”; authorizing the Governor to issue an annual proclamation, etc.

Adoption and Display of Flags by Governmental Entities; Prohibiting a governmental entity from displaying, placing, or causing to be placed certain flags on real property; providing a penalty; specifying flags a governmental entity may display on such property; prohibiting a local government from adopting certain ordinances or regulations relating to the flag of the local government, etc.

Maddy summarySB 352 revises Florida's definition of "common entity" for motor vehicle distributors and manufacturers. It defines a "common entity" as an organization controlled by or owning over 30% of another entity in the auto industry, or owned by entities that control over 30% of a manufacturer/distributor. The bill includes two key exemptions: (1) entities tied to distributors licensed before March 1, 2023, meeting specific conditions, and (2) U.S.-incorporated manufacturers of vehicles without franchised dealers in Florida. These changes aim to clarify regulatory relationships within the auto industry and take effect July 1, 2026.

Relief of the Estate of M.N. by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office; Providing for the relief of the Estate of M.N. by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office; providing an appropriation to compensate the estate for injuries sustained by M.N. and her subsequent death as a result of the negligence of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees, etc. CLAIM: $2,588,259

Home Inspectors; Revising elements of the required course of study for home inspectors; revising home inspector disclosure requirements; requiring home inspectors to maintain an errors and omissions insurance policy in a specified amount, etc.