2024 Legislative Issues
SB 38: Flood Zone Disclosures for Dwelling Units
GENERAL BILL by Stewart
Flood Zone Disclosures for Dwelling Units; Requiring landlords or persons authorized to enter into rental agreements on behalf of landlords to make specified disclosures relating to flood zones before the commencement of a tenancy; requiring landlords to notify current tenants of a change in a dwelling unit’s flood zone designation, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 9/18/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 44: Public Restroom Requirements
GENERAL BILL by Stewart
Public Restroom Requirements; Requiring the Florida Building Commission to adopt certain requirements in the Florida Building Code for certain public restroom facilities newly constructed or renovated after a specified date, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 9/18/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 149: Continuing Contracts
GENERAL BILL by Alvarez
Continuing Contracts; Revises maximum estimated construction cost of construction projects for which governmental entity may enter into continuing contract; revises definition of term "continuing contract"; requires DOT to select certain number of qualified firms & authorize work in specified manner for certain continuing contracts.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 10/11/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 266: Department of Transportation
GENERAL BILL by Hooper
Department of Transportation; Prohibiting the department from annually committing more than a certain percentage of revenues derived from state fuel taxes and motor vehicle license-related fees to public transit projects; replacing the term “public-private partnership agreement” with the term “comprehensive agreement”; prohibiting additional metropolitan planning organizations from being designated in this state after a specified date; creating within the department a local agency program for a specified purpose, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 10/25/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 267: Residential Building Permits
GENERAL BILL by Esposito
Residential Building Permits; Requires governing bodies to create program to expedite process for issuing residential building permits; provides requirements for governing bodies & applicants; authorizes applicants to use private provider for certain reviews; authorizes governing body to issue temporary parcel identification numbers; revises provisions relating to acquiring building permits for residential dwellings; revises timeframes for approving or denying building permits; reduces permit fees; provides certain permits are valid indefinitely.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/2/2023 House - Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
HB 275: Intentional Damage to Critical Infrastructure
GENERAL BILL by Canady
Intentional Damage to Critical Infrastructure; Provides criminal penalties for causing intentional harm or damage to critical infrastructure; provides for civil liability for violations.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/2/2023 House - Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
HB 287: Transportation
GENERAL BILL by Esposito
Transportation; Limits revenues DOT may commit to public transit projects; authorizes DOT to enter into comprehensive agreements with private entities; requires DOT to pay interest to contractor; authorizes DOT to determine whether to reduce bonding requirements; revises time periods during which certain actions must be instituted by claimant; provides presumption regarding death, injury, or damage resulting from motor vehicle crash involving driver of vehicle who is under influence of marijuana; revises contractor's immunity from liability; creates Local Agency Program; provides purposes, prioritization, & eligibility & contract requirements; requires oversight by DOT.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 10/26/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 290: Public Records/Service Providers
GENERAL BILL by Wright
Public Records/Service Providers; Defining the term “service provider”; requiring that certain public agency contracts include a requirement that service providers comply with public records laws; requiring the service provider to provide or make available the public records; providing criminal and civil penalties for failure of a service provider to provide public records, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/1/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
SB 292: Public Records/Service Provider Contracts
GENERAL BILL by Wright
Public Records/Service Provider Contracts; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for contractors’ and service providers’ records related to audit or claims resolution which are provided to a public agency pursuant to contract requirements; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Effective Date: On the same date that SB 290 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law
Last Action: 11/1/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 293: Hurricane Protections for Homeowners' Associations
GENERAL BILL by Sirois
Hurricane Protections for Homeowners' Associations; Requires board or committee of homeowners' association to adopt hurricane protection specifications; requires such specifications conform to applicable building codes; prohibits board or committee of association from denying application for installation, enhancement, or replacement of certain hurricane protection; authorizes requirement to adhere to certain guidelines regarding external appearance of structure or improvement on parcel.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 10/27/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 382: Continuing Education Requirements
GENERAL BILL by Hooper
Continuing Education Requirements; Requiring, rather than authorizing, a board, or the Department of Business and Professional Regulation when there is no board, to allow by rule that distance learning may be used to satisfy continuing education requirements; revising the requirements that such continuing education must satisfy; requiring the board, or the department when there is no board, to exempt certain individuals from completing their continuing education requirements, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/8/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 579: Use of Private Providers for Plans Review and Inspection
GENERAL BILL by Griffitts
Use of Private Providers for Plans Review and Inspection; Requires private provider firms to qualify as business organizations; authorizes owner or contractor to file complaint with Department of Commerce against local jurisdiction if certain fees are not reduced; requires local jurisdiction to immediately refund fees; authorizes DOC to assess certain fines; prohibits local persons & entities from conducting its own plans review or inspections if private provider is retained; requires local building official to issue permit or provide specified written notice within certain time period.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/20/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 600: Hurricane Protections for Homeowners’ Associations
GENERAL BILL by Ingoglia
Hurricane Protections for Homeowners’ Associations; Requiring the board or a committee of a homeowners’ association to adopt hurricane protection specifications; requiring that such specifications conform to applicable building codes; prohibiting the board or a committee of an association from denying an application for the installation, enhancement, or replacement of certain hurricane protection; authorizing the requirement to adhere to certain guidelines regarding the external appearance of a structure or an improvement on a parcel, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 11/28/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
HB 619: Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms
GENERAL BILL by Tuck
Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms; Provides that professional firms or their employees when performing specified services for certain public projects are considered agents of state or its applicable subdivision when acting within scope of their contract; requires that contracts with such firms must, to extent permitted by law, provide indemnity to state or its applicable subdivision.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/21/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
HB 625: Property Insurance Coverage
GENERAL BILL by Buchanan
Property Insurance Coverage; Removes provisions relating to ineligibility of commercial lines residential condominiums for wind-only coverage by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; requires authorized inspectors to use specified inspection form for roof inspections; authorizes such inspectors to provide appendices to inspection forms for specified purpose; increases property loss assessment coverages under condominium unit owners' residential property policies.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/21/2023 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF
SB 656: Continuing Contracts
GENERAL BILL by DiCeglie
Continuing Contracts; Revising the maximum estimated construction cost of construction projects for which a governmental entity may enter into a continuing contract; revising the definition of the term “continuing contract”; requiring the Department of Transportation, for specified testing continuing contracts, to select a certain number of qualified firms and assign such testing in a specified manner, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 11/30/2023 Senate - Filed
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
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