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2026 Legislative Issues
SB 48: Housing
GENERAL BILL by Gaetz
Housing; Authorizing a landlord to accept reusable tenant screening reports and require a specified statement; defining the term “primary dwelling unit”; requiring, rather than authorizing, local governments to adopt, by a specified date, an ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in certain areas; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to evaluate the efficacy of using mezzanine finance and the potential of tiny homes for specified purposes, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 9/15/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 65: Home Inspectors
GENERAL BILL by Gentry
Home Inspectors; Requires that home inspector examination meet specified requirements certified by DBPR; requires home inspectors to maintain errors & omissions insurance policy.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 10/7/2025 House - Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
SB 78: Home Hardening Products
GENERAL BILL by Osgood
Home Hardening Products; Exempting from sales and use tax impact-resistant doors, garage doors, and windows, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 9/24/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 92: Employee Protections
GENERAL BILL by Gaetz
Employee Protections; Prohibiting agencies and independent contractors from taking specified actions against employees or certain persons for disclosing certain information to the Commission on Ethics; requiring that information disclosed include specified violations or alleged violations; providing that specified provisions protect employees and persons who submit written complaints to the commission or provide information to an investigator during an investigation of a complaint or referral, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 12/1/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 12/09/25, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 185: Sales Tax Exemption for Home Hardening Products
GENERAL BILL by Dunkley
Sales Tax Exemption for Home Hardening Products; Exempts impact-resistant doors, garage doors, & windows from sales and use tax.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 10/21/2025 House - Now in Ways & Means Committee
Bill Text: PDF
HB 197: Employment Eligibility
GENERAL BILL by Jacques ; Michael ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Barnaby ; Miller
Employment Eligibility ; Requires that all private employers, rather than only those employing more than specified number of employees, use E-Verify system to verify new employee's employment eligibility beginning on specified date.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/5/2025 House - Now in Commerce Committee
Bill Text: PDF
SB 208: Land Use and Development Regulations
GENERAL BILL by McClain
Land Use and Development Regulations; Prohibiting local land development regulations from requiring the denial of, or conditioning or delaying the approval of, residential development on the basis of a lack of compatibility under certain circumstances; revising the circumstances under which land development regulations may be applied to a single-family or two-family dwelling; prohibiting local land development regulations from conditioning the approval of an application for certain residential development on the payment of certain fees, charges, or exactions; requiring that a fee or charge imposed by a local government in connection with the review, processing, or inspection of a residential development application meet certain requirements, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/19/2025 Senate - Now in Judiciary
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 241: Landlord Obligations and Construction Contracting
GENERAL BILL by Albert
Landlord Obligations and Construction Contracting; Requires landlords to provide & maintain specified cooling equipment for tenants; requires landlord to repair or replace such cooling equipment within specified timeframe; provides construction; provides exceptions; provides applicability; revises definitions of terms "class A air-conditioning contractor" & "mechanical contractor" to include additional services that such contractors may perform.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/5/2025 House - Withdrawn prior to introduction
Bill Text: PDF
HB 255: Condominium Associations
GENERAL BILL by Snyder
Condominium Associations; Provides that condominium association's turnover certificate & annual report must be maintained as part of association's official records; requires board of administration of condominium association to file with Division of Condominiums, Timeshares, & Mobile Homes turnover certificate within specified timeframe; requires turnover certificate to include certain information; requires division to maintain publicly accessible online database of turnover certificates, which must include specified information; requires division to create & maintain searchable electronic database of turnover certificates.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 10/23/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 299: Blue Ribbon Projects
GENERAL BILL by Melo
Blue Ribbon Projects; Requires that development project meet certain requirements to qualify as blue ribbon project; authorizes development of development area in phases; requires that blue ribbon project have blue ribbon plan; requires that project receive dollar-for-dollar credits from local government; specifies that project may be located on land with any future land use designation or zoning designation; prohibits required amendment of comprehensive plan or required rezoning for approval of project; authorizes landowner to apply to local government for approval of project; requires that project that meets certain requirements receive administrative approval; authorizes applicant to appeal denial of project application to Department of Commerce; authorizes person whose substantial interests are or may be affected by approval of project to file petition with Department of Commerce requesting administrative hearing.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/12/2025 House - Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
SB 302: Nature-based Solutions for Improving Coastal Resilience
GENERAL BILL by Garcia
Nature-based Solutions for Improving Coastal Resilience; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules and guidelines for nature-based solutions for improving coastal resilience; requiring the department, in consultation with the Division of Insurance Agent and Agency Services of the Department of Financial Services, to conduct a statewide feasibility study regarding the value of nature-based solutions being used for a specified purpose, etc. APPROPRIATION: $250,000
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/24/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 12/02/25, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
CS/HB 313: Housing
GENERAL BILL by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee ; Nix
Housing; Requires, rather than authorizing, local governments to adopt, by specified date, ordinance to allow accessory dwelling units in certain areas; requires that such ordinances apply prospectively; prohibits inclusion of certain requirements or prohibitions in such ordinances; removes requirement that application for building permit to construct accessory dwelling unit include certain affidavit; revises accessory dwelling units that apply toward satisfying certain component of local government's comprehensive plan; prohibits denial of homestead exemption for certain portions of property on specified basis; requires that rented accessory dwelling unit be assessed separately from homestead property & taxed according to its use; authorizes local government to provide density bonus incentive to landowners who make certain real property donations to assist in provision of affordable housing for military families; requires OPPAGA to evaluate efficacy of using mezzanine finance & potential of tiny homes for specified purposes; requires office to consult with certain entities; requires office to submit certain report to Legislature by specified date.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 12/11/2025 House - CS Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 322: Construction
GENERAL BILL by McClain
Construction; Revising the obligation of landlords to maintain certain premises to include making reasonable provisions for functioning facilities for cooling; revising the definitions of the terms “class A air-conditioning contractor” and “mechanical contractor”; authorizing the Construction Industry Licensing Board to award a specified number of hours of general continuing education credit per renewal cycle for certain professional association engagement; prohibiting a certificateholder or registrant from receiving credit for certain activities, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/17/2025 Senate - Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 360: Home Inspectors
GENERAL BILL by Martin
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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/17/2025 Senate - Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 399: Land Use and Development Regulations
GENERAL BILL by Borrero
Land Use and Development Regulations; Prohibits local governments from adopting certain local land development regulations; establishes requirements for certain local land development regulations that impose fee, charge, or exaction; declares certain local land development regulations null & void; requires OPPAGA to perform study to identify effect of removing Urban Development Boundary or similar boundaries in Miami-Dade County and other counties; requiring OPPAGA to submit specified report to Legislature by specified date.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/18/2025 House - Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
HB 405: Commercial Construction Projects
GENERAL BILL by Griffitts
Commercial Construction Projects; Provides that provisions contained in public construction contracts which purport to waive, release, or extinguish certain rights of contractor are void & unenforceable; requires Florida Building Commission, in consultation with DBPR, to create uniform commercial building permit application; requires such application to include certain information & be accepted statewide; prohibits such application from being modified; authorizes local enforcement agencies to require supplemental forms or additional documentation or plans for specified commercial construction projects; provides requirements for such supplemental forms; requires local enforcement agencies to allow certain reviews to take place simultaneously; requires commission to electronically publish on its website & make available to local enforcement agencies & applicants such application by specified date; requires local enforcement agencies to reduce permit fees for commercial construction projects by certain percentages; prohibits local enforcement agencies from collecting any fees for commercial construction projects.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/12/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 434: Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes
GENERAL BILL by Leek
Assessment of Property Used for Residential Purposes; Defining the term “changes or improvements made to improve the property’s resistance to wind damage”; prohibiting the consideration of the increase in just value of a property which is attributable to changes or improvements made to improve the property’s resistance to wind damage in determinations of the assessed value of certain property, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 12/1/2025 Senate - Referred to Finance and Tax; Appropriations; Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 441: Conservation Lands
GENERAL BILL by Kendall ; Tant ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Benarroch ; Black ; Eskamani ; Gossett-Seidman
Conservation Lands; Requires Division of State Lands to publish certain information on its website before Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund meets to review proposed sale of conservation lands; requires that certain parcels proposed for exchange be appraised in accordance with certain criteria; removes provisions requiring division to submit certain requests to Acquisition & Restoration Council for review; removes provisions requiring division to provide certain recommendations to board; requires division to publish certain information on its website before council meets to review proposed land exchange; requires division to submit certain requests to council for review & requiring council to provide recommendations to division in certain circumstances; requires division to provide certain recommendations to board of trustees in certain circumstances; requires governing board of water management district to publish certain information on its website before meeting to review proposed sale or exchange of certain lands.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/24/2025 House - Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
SB 456: Tourist Development Tax
GENERAL BILL by Smith
Tourist Development Tax; Authorizing the use of proceeds from the tourist development tax to fund public safety improvements, affordable housing, and workforce housing, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 12/1/2025 Senate - Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 457: Alternative Sources of Weather Information
GENERAL BILL by Gerwig
Alternative Sources of Weather Information; Requires state comprehensive emergency plan evaluate integration of supplemental weather observational data & advanced forecasting products & effect on specified areas; defines “advanced forecasting products” & “supplemental weather observational data”; requires Division of Emergency Management to take specified actions to integrate, evaluate, & promote supplemental weather observational data & advanced forecasting products in certain manner.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/24/2025 House - Now in Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
HB 489: Terminology Associated with Florida Housing Finance Corporation
GENERAL BILL by Owen
Terminology Associated with Florida Housing Finance Corporation; Revises & provides definitions pertaining to corporation.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 11/24/2025 House - Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
SB 492: Contracting
GENERAL BILL by Arrington
Contracting; Providing minimum penalties for certain unlawful actions, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 12/1/2025 Senate - Referred to Criminal Justice; Regulated Industries; Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 501: Construction Disruption Assistance
GENERAL BILL by Eskamani
Construction Disruption Assistance; Creates Construction Impact Relief Revolving Loan Program; providing requirements for program; providing reporting requirements for Department of Commerce; provides that COM or any of its officers, employees, agents, or contractors are not liable in any civil action arising out of or relating to specified duties of program; provides that COM is not liable for any damages resulting from COM denying applicant loan or delaying loan disbursement or from certain activities; provides construction; provides that certain determinations, prioritizations, & decisions made are deemed final agency action & not subject to further judicial review; requires COM, by specified date, to submit annual report containing certain information to Governor & Legislature.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/24/2025 House - Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
SB 546: Conservation Lands
GENERAL BILL by Mayfield
Conservation Lands; Requiring the Division of State Lands to publish certain information on its website before the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund meets to review the proposed sale of conservation lands; requiring that certain parcels proposed for exchange be appraised in accordance with certain criteria; requiring the governing board of a water management district to publish certain information on its website before meeting to review the proposed sale or exchange of certain lands, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/18/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 548: Growth Management
GENERAL BILL by McClain
Growth Management; Deleting an exception to an applicability provision relating to concurrency; requiring that a demonstrated-need study use plan-based methodology for a certain purpose; revising the voting threshold required for approval of an ordinance increasing an impact fee beyond certain phase-in limitations; prohibiting local governments and school districts from increasing impact fee rates beyond certain phase-in limitations by more than a specified percentage within a certain timeframe, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/18/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 607: Industries and Professional Activities
GENERAL BILL by Yarkosky
Industries and Professional Activities; Renames, removes, & redesignates specified boards, commissions, and councils established within DBPR; changes office locations of certain divisions; specifies that certain license application requirements apply only to certain professions; provides licensing authority to department rather than licensing boards; removes postlicensure education requirements for brokers, broker associates, and sales associates; removes continuing education requirements for licensure renewal as broker, broker associate, and sales associate; removes continuing education requirements for licensure renewal due to inactive status; revises provisions pertaining to board to transfer powers, duties, and responsibilities of board to DBPR; granting certain authority to department, rather than Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board; requires department to adopt rules; revises violations for which retail tobacco products dealers are penalized; revises retail nicotine product dealer administrative penalties; requires FDLE to accept and process certain fingerprints; specifies procedures for submitting and processing fingerprinting; requires department to conduct certain background checks.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 12/2/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 612: Construction Disruption Assistance
GENERAL BILL by Smith
Construction Disruption Assistance; Creating the "Construction Disruption Assistance Act"; establishing the Construction Impact Relief Revolving Loan Program within the Department of Commerce; requiring the department to provide specified financial assistance to eligible small businesses within construction zones; requiring the department to develop a public awareness and marketing campaign to promote the program in partnership with specified entities, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/20/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 638: Condominium Associations
GENERAL BILL by Trumbull
Condominium Associations; Requiring condominium associations to maintain turnover certificates and annual reports as part of their official records; requiring the board of administration of a condominium association to file with the Division of Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes a turnover certificate within a specified timeframe; requiring the division to create and maintain a searchable electronic database of turnover certificates, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 12/9/2025 Senate - Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 705: Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property
GENERAL BILL by Owen
Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property; Revises time in which action founded on design, planning, or construction of improvement to real property shall be commenced; revises date on which statute of limitations period for such action begins; revises latest date by which action shall be commenced.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 12/16/2025 House - Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
SB 800: Engineering
GENERAL BILL by Mayfield
Engineering; Providing penalties for persons found to have repeatedly engaged in the unlicensed practice of engineering; establishing the Engineering Student Loan Assistance Program; providing for the program’s management by the Florida Engineers Management Corporation; providing the purpose of the program, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 12/16/2025 Senate - Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 911: Florida Building Code Construction Requirements
GENERAL BILL by Mooney
Florida Building Code Construction Requirements; Requires Florida Building Commission to require, beginning with next edition of Florida Building Code, that certain buildings or structures be constructed with specified materials & meet certain impact resistance requirements.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 12/29/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 948: Local Government Land Development Regulations and Orders
GENERAL BILL by McClain ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Rodriguez
Local Government Land Development Regulations and Orders; Revising, for counties and municipalities, respectively, the application procedures for development permits and orders; creating the “Florida Starter Homes Act”; prohibiting local governments from adopting land development regulations governing lots on residential real property unless such adoption meets specified requirements; prohibiting local governments from adopting certain land development regulations if a lot on residential real property is connected to a public water system or a public sewer system, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/5/2026 Senate - Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 992: Resilient Buildings
GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez
Resilient Buildings; Specifying that owners of resilient buildings are eligible to receive a specified tax credit; specifying that a resilient building may qualify for such tax credit only once; authorizing a building owner to carry forward the unused amount of a tax credit to a subsequent tax year; authorizing the transfer of all or part of the tax credits under certain conditions; prohibiting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation from authorizing tax credits that exceed a certain amount; creating the Florida Resilient Building Advisory Council adjunct to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 12/22/2025 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 1109: Building Inspections During an Emergency
GENERAL BILL by Cross
Building Inspections During an Emergency; Authorizes Governor to allow individuals to work in specified positions if they meet certain requirement; requires DEM & DBPR to develop certain training; requires certain local governments to develop certain training.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/7/2026 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 1138: Qualified Contractors
GENERAL BILL by Massullo
Qualified Contractors; Requiring the governing body of a local government, by a specified date, to create a program that authorizes an applicant to use a qualified contractor to conduct preapplication review of an application; requiring the development services office of a local government to establish a registry of a specified number of qualified contractors to be used to conduct preapplication reviews; prohibiting a local government from enforcing any additional criteria for qualified contractors beyond what is authorized by the act; prohibiting local governments from creating or establishing additional regulations for the approval of a final plat, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/5/2026 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 1143: Local Government Land Development Regulations and Orders
GENERAL BILL by Nix
Local Government Land Development Regulations and Orders; Revises, for counties & municipalities, respectively, application procedures for development permits & orders; prohibits local governments from adopting land development regulations governing lots on residential real property unless such adoption meets specified requirements; prohibits local governments from adopting certain land development regulations if lot on residential real property is connected to public water system or public sewer system; requires that land development regulations adopted by local government allow lots to front or abut shared space instead of public right-of-way; establishes cause of action; authorizes award of specified remedies; provides for waiver of sovereign immunity.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/7/2026 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 1175: Safety Design Standards for Office Surgery Suites
GENERAL BILL by Redondo
Safety Design Standards for Office Surgery Suites; Requires Florida Building Commission & State Fire Marshal to establish safety design standards for certain office surgical suites by specified date; defines "office surgery suites."
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/7/2026 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 1183: Transportation Infrastructure Land Development Regulations
GENERAL BILL by Cross
Transportation Infrastructure Land Development Regulations; Requires governing body of county or municipality to adopt ordinance, & governing body of special district to adopt resolution, establishing specified transit-oriented development (TOD) zones & rural livable urban village (LUV) areas; requires local government to zone for mixed use, & authorize certain commercial uses for, lots within TOD zones & rural LUV areas; prohibits local government from imposing certain building regulations in specified TOD zones & rural LUV areas; prohibits reduction or elimination of TOD zones after establishment; prohibits local government from imposing certain regulations for lots that contain historic property; provides private cause of action; authorizes award of specified relief; provides that prevailing plaintiff is entitled to attorney fees & costs; provides waiver of sovereign immunity.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/7/2026 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 1218: Building Requirements of Certain Structures
GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez
Building Requirements of Certain Structures; Requiring the Florida Building Commission to require that the entire building envelope of certain structures meet the impact resistance requirements of the Florida Building Code and be constructed with wind-resistant materials designed and built to withstand a specified wind speed, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/6/2026 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 1227: Preemption to the State
GENERAL BILL by Oliver
Preemption to the State; Prohibits counties, municipalities, & special districts, respectively, from substantially burdening free exercise of religion by adopting or enforcing certain ordinances, regulations, resolutions, rules, or other policies; prohibits local enforcement agency from denying issuance of certificate of occupancy to owner of residential or commercial property based on noncompliance with Florida-friendly landscaping ordinances; prohibits local enforcement agency from denying issuance of building permit for alteration, modification, or repair of single-family residential structure; prohibits local enforcement agency from requiring building permit for construction of playground equipment or fence on certain property; prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing certain ordinances, regulations, resolutions, rules, charter provisions, or other policies or from taking any action to license or otherwise regulate mutual benefit corporations; revises criteria for business to be considered home-based business as it relates to local government regulation of parking.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 1/8/2026 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 1234: Building Permits and Inspections
GENERAL BILL by DiCeglie
Building Permits and Inspections; Providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county; requiring the Florida Building Commission to modify the Florida Building Code to exempt from building permit requirements the installation of certain walls or barriers; providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a local government; revising definitions and defining terms; requiring certain services to be subject to an agreement, rather than a written contract, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/6/2026 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1260: Building Inspections During an Emergency
GENERAL BILL by DiCeglie
Building Inspections During an Emergency; Authorizing the Governor to allow individuals to work in specified positions if they meet certain requirements; requiring the Division of Emergency Management and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to develop certain training, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/6/2026 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 1305: Resilient Buildings
GENERAL BILL by Barnaby
Resilient Buildings; Authorizes owners of resilient buildings to receive certain tax credits; provides requirements for tax credit application, receipt, amounts, eligibility, & use; creates Florida Resilient Building Advisory Council; provides duties & requirements for membership of such council.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/8/2026 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 1321: Educational Facilities
GENERAL BILL by Conerly
Educational Facilities; Revises provisions related to educational facilities, including duties of DOE relating to educational facilities of school districts & Florida College System institutions; school district educational facilities plan performance & productivity standards; State Requirements for Educational Facilities; inspection of specified educational & ancillary plants; district school board requirements; requirements related to state uniform building code for public educational facilities construction; remodeling projects; & Special Facility Construction Committee..
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/8/2026 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 1359: My Safe Florida Home Program
GENERAL BILL by Hodgers
My Safe Florida Home Program; Revises requirements of inspections provided through specified program; revises requirements to receive grant through specified program; revises what such grants may be used for; revises requirements of certain report.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/9/2026 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 1394: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
GENERAL BILL by Martin
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Revising the primary investigative, enforcement, and prosecutorial responsibilities of law enforcement officers appointed by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; revising the lists of persons or entities that may request copies of certain documentation relied on by an employer to verify a new employee’s employment eligibility to include the department; revising a provision prohibiting talent agencies from sending or causing to be sent any employee or minor to certain locations for certain purposes; providing that a public lodging establishment or public food service establishment that distributes or sells hemp extract in violation of the state hemp program is subject to specified penalties, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/8/2026 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1592: Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property
GENERAL BILL by Gruters
Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property; Revising the time in which an action founded on the design, planning, or construction of an improvement to real property shall be commenced; revising the date on which the statute of limitations period for such action begins; defining the terms “completion of the improvement” and “completion of the contract”, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 1/9/2026 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1646: Educational Facilities
GENERAL BILL by Simon
Educational Facilities; Revising the formula to calculate funds for remodeling, renovation, maintenance, repairs, and site improvement of existing facilities; requiring a board to prioritize a specified amount of funds to correct unsafe, unhealthy, or unsanitary conditions; requiring the Department of Education to participate in a design review process; authorizing a district school board to enter into a contingency construction contract, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/9/2026 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1662: Prohibited Preferences
GENERAL BILL by McClain
Prohibited Preferences; Prohibiting executive agencies from using racial or gender set-asides, preferences, or quotas when making certain decisions; revising factors local governments are authorized to consider in making decisions regarding local bids and contracts for public construction works; revising the criteria each agency uses to evaluate professional services; deleting a provision requiring consideration of minority and gender representation when making appointments to the statewide advisory board for the Florida Small Business Development Center Network; deleting provisions requiring that preferences be given to specified entities seeking to attract minority conventions to Florida, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/9/2026 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 1666: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
GENERAL BILL by Burgess
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Revising the list of boards and programs established under the Division of Professions within the department; designating the Division of Professions of the department as the division overseeing yacht and ship brokers; deleting a requirement that the board regulating cosmetologists or cosmetology specialists review an applicant’s criminal record; renaming the Certified Public Accountant Education Minority Assistance Advisory Council as the Certified Public Accountant Education Opportunity Assistance Advisory Council; revising the quorum requirements of the Construction Industry Licensing Board, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 1/9/2026 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
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