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| Bill Number | Bill Title | Latest Action | Sponsor & Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB105 | An Act Relating To The Preemption Of The Regulation of Vacation Rentals | Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee | Basabe - Provides local laws, ordinances, or regulations requiring vacation rental owners or operators to provide local government with certain contact information are not prohibited or preempted to state. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| SB92 | An Act Relating To Vacation Rentals | Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules | Garcia - Providing that local laws, ordinances, or regulations requiring vacation rental owners or operators to provide the local government with certain contact information are not prohibited or preempted to the state, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| HB401 | An Act Relating to Sovereign Immunity | Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Judiciary Committee. 2/9/23 Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; 13 Yeas, 4 Nays | Beltran - Removes statutory limits on liability for tort claims against state & its agencies & subdivisions; revises requirements for government entity to settle claim or judgment; revises timeframes within which claim must be presented & within which agency must make final disposition of claim after it is filed to prevent claim from being deemed denied; revises exceptions relating to instituting actions on claims against state or one of its agencies or subdivision. Effective Date: October 1, 2023 |
| HB229 | An Act Relating To Taxation Of Affordable Housing | Referred to Ways & Means Committee; Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee | Cross - Authorizes counties & municipalities to adopt ordinances to grant partial ad valorem tax exemptions to property owners whose properties are used to provide affordable housing; specifies duties of boards of county commissioners & municipal governing bodies adopting ordinances granting such exemptions; requires owners of property that is improperly granted such exemptions to pay owed taxes, penalties, & interest. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| HB23 | An Act Relating To Water And Wastewater Facility Operators | Referred to Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; Infrastructure Strategies Committee. 2/23/23 Favorable with CS by Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee; 17 Yeas, 0 Nays. 3/15/23 Favorable by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; 14 Yeas, 0 Nays. 3/27/23 Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee; 22 Yeas, 0 Nays | Bell - Requires DEP to issue water treatment plant operator licenses, water distribution system operator licenses, & domestic wastewater treatment plant operator licenses by reciprocity to certain applicants; authorizes DEP to issue temporary operator licenses during declared state of emergency; requires DEP to waive application fee for temporary operator licenses. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| SB162 | An Act Relating To Water And Wastewater Facility Operators | Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Regulated Industries; Fiscal Policy. 3/20/23 Favorable with CS by Environment and Natural Resources; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays. 3/29/23 Favorable with CS by Regulated Industries; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays. 4/19/23 Passed by full Senate; 39 Yeas, 0 Nays. 4/20/23 Passed by full House; 114 Yeas, 0 Nays. | Collins - Revising legislative findings and intent; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to issue water treatment plant operator licenses, water distribution system operator licenses, and domestic wastewater treatment plant operator licenses by reciprocity to certain applicants; providing licensure requirements; authorizing the department to issue temporary operator licenses during a declared state of emergency, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| SB170 | An Act Relating To Local Ordinances | Referred to Community Affairs; Rules. 2/8/23 Favorable with CS by Community Affairs; 7 Yeas, 2 Nays. 2/23/23 Favorable with CS by Rules; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays. 3/8/23 Passed Full Senate 29 Yeas, 11 Nays. 5/3/23 Passed full House 82 Yeas, 33 Nays. | Trumbull - Authorizing courts to assess and award reasonable attorney fees and costs and damages in certain civil actions filed against local governments; requiring a board of county commissioners to prepare or cause to be prepared a business impact estimate before the enactment of a proposed ordinance; requiring a county to suspend enforcement of an ordinance that is the subject of a certain legal action if certain conditions are met; requiring a governing body of a municipality to prepare or cause to be prepared a business impact estimate before the enactment of a proposed ordinance, etc. Effective Date: October 1, 2023 |
| SB346 | An Act Relating To Public Construction | Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules. 3/15/23 Favorable with CS by Community Affairs; 6 Yeas, 3 Nays. 3/29/23 Favorable with CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; 7 Yeas, 1 Nay. 4/19/23 Favorable by Rules; 19 Yeas, 0 Nays. 4/27/23 Passed full Senate 36 Yeas, 0 Nays. 5/3/23 Passed full House 83 Yeas, 29 Nays. | DiCeglie - Providing that applications for approval of a development permit or development order which are under review by a municipality are deemed approved after a specified timeframe; requiring a certain list to include a dollar valuation using reasonable market rates of the estimated cost to complete items on the list; revising the timeframe within which proceedings must commence to resolve disputes between vendors and local governmental entities; revising the conditions that require a public entity to pay or release amounts subject to certain disputes or claims, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| HB383 | An Act Relating To Public Construction | Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; Commerce Committee; State Affairs Committee. 2/22/23 Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; 14 Yeas, 4 Nays. 4/19/23 Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee; 20 Yeas, 0 Nays | Griffitts - Provides that certain permit applications shall be deemed approved; revises provisions relating to payments for purchases of construction services by local governmental entities & public entities; revises time periods within which certain proceedings must be commenced & concluded; provides dates by which undisputed portion of certain payment requests must be paid. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| HB359 | An Act Relating To Local Government Comprehensive Plans | Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee. 2/22/23 Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; 17 Yeas, 0 Nays. | Duggan - Authorizes certain administrative modifications to capital improvement schedules; provides that prevailing party in challenge to plan or plan amendment is entitled to recover attorney fees & costs; awards attorney fees & costs, including reasonable appellate attorney fees & costs, to prevailing party in challenge to compliance of small scale development amendment. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| HB361 | An Act Relating To Municipal Water & Sewer Rates | Referred to Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee; Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; Commerce Committee | Robinson (F) - Requires municipality to charge customers receiving its utility services in another municipality same rates, fees, & charges as it charges consumers within its municipal boundaries. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| SB102 | An Act Relating To Housing | Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations. 2/8/23 Favorable by Community Affairs; 9 Yeas 0 Nays. 2/22/23 Favorable with CS by Appropriations; 17 Yeas, 0 Nays. 3/8/23 Passed by full Senate 40 Yeas, 0 Nays. 3/24/23 Passed by full House 103 Yeas, 6 Nays. 3/28/23 Signed by the Governor. | Calatayud - Housing; Citing this act as the "Live Local Act"; deleting the authority of local governments to adopt or maintain laws, ordinances, rules, or other measures that would have the effect of imposing controls on rents; providing an exemption from ad valorem taxation for land that meets certain criteria; authorizing local governments to adopt ordinances to provide an ad valorem tax exemption for portions of property used to provide affordable housing meeting certain requirements. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| SB604 | An Act Relating to Sovereign Immunity | Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations | Gruters - Sovereign Immunity; Increasing the statutory limits on liability for tort claims against the state and its agencies and subdivisions; prohibiting an insurance policy from conditioning payment of benefits on the enactment of a claim bill; specifying that the limitations in effect on the date a final judgment is entered apply to that claim; requiring the Department of Financial Services to adjust the limitations on tort liability every year after a specified date, etc. Effective Date: October 1, 2023 |
| HB671 | An Act Relating To Residential Building Permits | Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee; State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee. 3/28/23 Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee on 03/28/23; 11 Yeas, 4 Nays. | Esposito - Residential Building Permits: Removes provisions relating to acquiring building permits for certain residential dwellings; requires local jurisdiction to reduce permit fees; revises timeframes for approving or denying building permits; specifies when permit application is deemed complete & sufficient; requires opportunity for in-person or virtual meeting before second request for additional information may be made; reduces permit fees if certain timeframes are not met; specifies that permit requirements apply to single-family residential units & single-family residential dwellings; Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| SB682 | An Act Relating To Residential Building Permits | Referred to Community Affairs; Regulated Industries; Rules | DeCeglie - Residential Building Permits; Deleting provisions relating to issuing building permits for certain residential dwellings; revising the timeframes for approving or denying certain building permits; revising the actions a local government must take after receiving specified information; requiring local governments to offer certain applicants the opportunity to meet in person or electronically; reducing permit fees by a certain percentage if certain timeframes are not met, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| SB540 | An Act Relating To Local Government Comprehensive Plans | Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules. 3/29/23 Favorable with CS by Judiciary; 8 Yeas, 3 Nays. 4/11/23 Favorable with CS by Rules; 13 Yeas, 5 Nays. 4/19/23 Passed by full Senate; 29 Yeas, 10 Nays. 5/2/23 Passed by full House 87 Yeas, 30 Nays. 5/9/23 Signed by the Governor. | DiCeglie - Local Government Comprehensive Plans; Authorizing certain administrative modifications to capital improvement schedules; providing that the prevailing party in a challenge to a plan or plan amendment is entitled to recover attorney fees and costs; awarding attorney fees and costs, including reasonable appellate attorney fees and costs, to the prevailing party in a challenge to the compliance of a small scale development amendment, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| SB718 | An Act Relating To Municipal Boundaries | Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules. 3/22/23 Favorable with CS by Community Affairs; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays. 4/5/23 Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays. 4/24/23 Favorable with CS by Rules; 19 Yeas, 0 Nays. 4/26/23 Passed by full Senate 35 Yeas, 4 Nays. 5/2/23 Passed by full House 91 Yeas, 26 Nays. | Yarborough - Specifying the measurement of land during annexation procedures; removing certain procedures regarding elector votes during annexation procedures; revising contraction procedures when qualified voters desire to be excluded from municipal boundaries; prohibiting contraction under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| HB765 | An Act Relating To Building Permit Applications to Local Governments | Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee | Roth - Requires local government to post & update information on its website; requires electronic submission of application; authorizes local government to provide notice of expiration within specified timeframe; prohibits local government from issuing permit unless specified information is included with permit & provided to applicant; revises application process; prohibits local government from requesting additional information from & imposing additional requirements on applicant other than those posted on its website; revises amount by which permit fee must be reduced in certain instances; provides limitation on specified fee. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| SB842 | An Act Relating To Public Records | Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | Harrell - Public Records/Reports of County or Municipal Code Violations; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying and location information of persons reporting a potential violation of a county or municipal code or ordinance; providing for retroactive application; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law |
| HB653 | An Act Relating To Municipal Annexation And Contraction | Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee. 3/10/23 Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays | Canady - Municipal Annexation and Contraction: Revises annexation procedures, prerequisites to annexation, & contraction procedures. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| HB975 | An Act Related To Solid Waste Management | Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee. 3/20/23 Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; 11 Yeas, 5 Nays. | Holcomb - Solid Waste Management: Prohibits municipalities & counties from prohibiting or unreasonably restraining private entities from providing recycling or solid waste management services to certain properties; authorizes municipalities & counties to require such private entities to obtain permits, licenses, or nonexclusive franchise equivalents that meet certain requirements; requires municipalities & counties to apply certain fees to all permit, license, & nonexclusive franchise equivalent holders; provides requirements for contracts or franchises in place as of specified date. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| SB798 | An Act Related To Solid Waste Management | Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules | Ingoglia - Solid Waste Management; Prohibiting municipalities and counties from prohibiting or unreasonably restraining private entities from providing recycling or solid waste management services to certain properties; authorizing municipalities and counties to require such private entities to obtain permits, licenses, or nonexclusive franchise equivalents that meet certain requirements; providing requirements for contracts or franchises in place as of a specified date, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| SB1238 | An Act Relating To Energy Regulation | Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules | Rodriguez - Energy Regulation; Requiring determinations on building new energy generating facilities to take certain factors into consideration; prohibiting local governmental entities from requiring or prohibiting certain building materials, vehicles, or home heating elements under certain circumstances; providing an exception; prohibiting the adoption or enforcement of certain state and regional programs to regulate greenhouse gas emissions without specific legislative authorization, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| HB1217 | An Act Relating To Energy Regulation | Referred to Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee; Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee; Commerce Committee | Melo - Energy Regulation: Requires determinations on building new energy generating facilities to take certain factors into consideration; prohibits local governmental entities from requiring or prohibiting certain building materials, vehicles, or home heating elements; authorizes local governmental entities to adopt bid specifications for public works projects that take energy savings or production into consideration; prohibits adoption or enforcement of certain state & regional programs to regulate greenhouse gas emissions without specific legislative authorization. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| HB1331 | An Act Relating To Municipal Utilities | Referred to Education & Employment Committee; Appropriations Committee; Commerce Committee. 3/21/23 Favorable with CS by Energy, Communications & Cybersecurity Subcommittee; 17 Yeas, 1 Nay. | Busatta Cabrera - Authorizes municipality to impose & collect surcharge on utility customers; requires such surcharges be based on percentage of utility customers located outside municipal boundaries; authorizes municipality to transfer portion of its public utility & water or wastewater utilities earnings to its general fund; requires such percentages be established or reestablished by local referendum; subjecting water & wastewater utilities owned, operated, managed, controlled, or provided by municipalities to regulation by commission. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| HB1499 | An Act Relating To Affordable Housing | Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; State Affairs Committee | Skidmore - Affordable Housing: Authorizes municipalities to create community land bank programs to sell eligible real property by private sale for purposes of affordable housing & provides requirements for such programs; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to allocate tax credit to certain projects; authorizes tax credit to be transferred by recipient; authorizes corporation to establish procedures, exercise powers, & prepare annual plan; requires plan to be approved by Governor; provides FHFC with certain powers & responsibilities relating to Affordable Housing Construction Loan Program; provides requirements for program. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| HB1515 | An Act Relating To Local Ordinances | Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee. 3/15/23 Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee; 13 Yeas, 4 Nays. 3/20/23 Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee; 10 Yeas, 5 Nays. 3/23/23 Favorable by State Affairs Committee; 14 Yeas, 6 Nays | Brackett - Local Ordinances: Authorizes courts to assess & award reasonable attorney fees & costs & damages in certain civil actions filed against local governments; specifies limitation on awards & restriction on fees & costs of certain litigation; provides certain procedures for continued meetings on proposed ordinances; provides duties of board of county commissioners & governing body of municipalities. Effective Date: October 1, 2023 |
| HJR405 | A joint resolution proposing amendments to Section 5 and 6 of Article VI and Section 4 of Article IX and the creation of Section 8 of Article VI of the State 5 Constitution. | Referred to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee | Tramont - Prohibition on Open Primaries and Nonpartisan Elections: Proposes amendments to State Constitution to provide that only qualified electors with same party affiliation as candidate for office may vote in primary election for such office, to provide that candidates for office may not be prohibited from disclosing party affiliation or qualifying for office based on party affiliation & to prohibit exclusively nonpartisan elections. |
| SB950 | An Act Relating To Resiliency Energy Environment Florida Programs | Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy. 3/22/23 Favorable with CS by Community Affairs; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays. | Rodriguez - 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; revising and specifying public recording requirements for assessment financing agreements and notices of lien; revising requirements for qualifying improvements; revising the calculation of non-ad valorem assessment limits; specifying additional annual reporting requirements for program administrators, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| SB714 | An Act Relating To Vacation Rentals | Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy. 3/14/23 Favorable with CS by Regulated Industries; 5 Yeas, 2 Nays. 4/18/23 Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; 9 Yeas, 5 Nays. 4/25/23 Favorable with CS by Fiscal Policy; 17 Yeas, 3 Nays. 4/27/23 Passed by full Senate 28 Yeas, 10 Nays. 5/3/23 Passed by full House with amendment 73 Yeas, 39 Nays. Senate refused amendment concurrence. Died in House messages. | DiCeglie - Vacation Rentals; Requiring advertising platforms to collect and remit specified taxes for certain vacation rental transactions; defining the term "advertising platform"; revising the regulated activities of public lodging establishments and public food service establishments preempted to the state to include licensing; requiring advertising platforms to require that persons placing advertisements for vacation rentals include certain information in the advertisements and attest to certain information. Effective Date: Upon Becoming Law |
| HB833 | An Act Relating To Vacation Rentals | Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; Commerce Committee. 3/29/23 Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee on 03/28/23; 12 Yeas, 3 Nays. 4/12/23 Favorable by Ways & Means Committee; 13 Yeas,10 Nays. 4/18/23 Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee on 04/17/23; 10 Yeas, 7 Nays. | Duggan - Vacation Rentals: Revises provisions relating to vacation rentals including taxes collected by advertising platforms; licensing; local registration; information included on advertising platforms. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
| HB1625 | An Act Relating To Local Occupational Licensing | Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee; State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee | Mooney - Local Occupational Licensing: Prohibits local governments from requiring license issued by local government or state for certain job scopes; prohibits local governments from requiring license issued by local government or state to obtain building permit for such job scopes; authorizes local governments to impose local licensing requirements for certain specialty jobs scopes. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
| HB627 | An Act Relating To Housing | Referred to State Affairs Committee; Ways & Means Committee; Appropriations Committee. 3/8/23 Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee; 18 Yeas, 3 Nays. 3/20/23 Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee; 19 Yeas, 2 Nays | Housing: Removes authority of local governments to adopt or maintain laws, ordinances, rules, or other measures that would have effect of imposing controls on rents; specifies requirements & restrictions on counties in approving housing developments; authorizes local governments to adopt ordinances to provide ad valorem tax exemption for portions of property used to provide affordable housing; revises total amount of community contribution tax credits which may be granted for projects; provides sales tax exemption for building materials used in construction of affordable housing units; Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
| SB288 | An Act Relating To The Florida Main Street Program | Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations. 2/14/23 Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays. 3/14/23 Favorable with CS by Finance and Tax; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays. | DiCeglie - Florida Main Street Program and Historic Preservation Tax Credits; Citing this act as the "Main Street Historic Tourism and Revitalization Act"; providing a credit against the state corporate income tax and the insurance premium tax for qualified expenses in rehabilitating certain historic structures; specifying eligibility requirements for the tax credit; specifying requirements for the Division of Historical Resources of the Department of State for evaluating and certifying applications for tax credits; specifying the order in which the credit is applied against the corporate income tax or franchise tax, etc. Effective Date: January 1, 2024 |
| HB154 | An Act Relating To Condominium & Cooperative Associations | 2/21/23 Favorable with CS by Regulated Industries; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays; 3/16/23 Favorable with CS by Fiscal Policy; 20 Yeas, 0 Nays. 4/12/23 Passed by full Senate 40 Yeas, 0 Nays. 5/2/23 Passed by full House with amendment 118 Yeas, 0 Nays. 5/3/23 Senate concurred with amendment 39 Yeas, 0 Nays. | Bradley - Condominium and Cooperative Associations; Revising the circumstances under which community association managers or management firms must comply with a specified provision; revising who must have milestone inspections performed for buildings; requiring architects or engineers performing milestone inspections to submit a specified progress report to a local enforcement agency within a specified timeframe under certain circumstances; revising requirements relating to budget meetings; specifying that certain disputes are not subject to nonbinding arbitration and must be submitted to presuit mediation. Upon becoming law. |
| HB1395 | An Act Relating To The Management & Safety Of Condominium & Cooperative Buildings | Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee; State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee3/20/23 Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee; 11 Yeas, 0 Nays. 3/29/23 Favorable by State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; 13 Yeas, 0 Nays. 4/18/23 Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee; 19 Yeas, 0 Nays | Lopez (V) - Management and Safety of Condominium and Cooperative Buildings: Revises practice standards for community association managers & management firms; revises provisions relating to milestone inspections; authorizes municipalities to adopt certain ordinances; removes certain review & report by Florida Building Commission; revises requirements for purchase of flood insurance for certain policies; revises provisions relating to structural integrity reserve study; revises requirements for alternative dispute resolution, presuit mediation, & civil actions. Effective Date: July 1, 2023 |
