Feb. 4, 2022 | Bill Tracking Report

APA Florida Bill Tracking Report February 4 2022 Ordered by Bill Number HB 0007

Individual Freedom by Avila Individual Freedom: Provides that subjecting individuals to specified concepts under certain circumstances constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin; revises provisions relating to required instruction; prohibits instructional materials reviewers from recommending instructional materials that contain any matter that contradicts certain principles; requires DOE to review school district professional development systems for compliance with certain provisions of law. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Judiciary Committee House State Affairs Committee House Education & Employment Committee (Current Reference) Actions

HB 0057

01/28/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - State Affairs Committee, 02/01/22, 9:00 am, 212 K

02/01/2022

HOUSE Favorable by State Affairs Committee; 16 Yeas, 8 Nays

02/01/2022

HOUSE Now in Education & Employment Committee

Racial and Sexual Discrimination by Fine Racial and Sexual Discrimination: Prohibits state agencies, counties, municipalities, & public K-20 educational institutions from providing mandatory training for employees or students which espouses certain concepts; requires certain diversity & inclusion efforts; requires DMS, in consultation with Florida Commission on Human Relations, to review agency diversity & inclusion training; requires contracts with agency to include option to terminate if contractor provides workforce training that espouses certain concepts; requires contractor to submit certification; requires each agency to report violations; authorizes contractor's placement on discriminatory vendor list. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Education & Employment Committee (Current Reference) House Public Integrity & Elections Committee House State Affairs Committee Actions

HB 0081

08/30/2021

HOUSE Filed

09/17/2021

HOUSE Referred to Education & Employment Committee; Public Integrity & Elections Committee; State Affairs Committee

09/17/2021

HOUSE Now in Education & Employment Committee

State Renewable Energy Goals by Eskamani State Renewable Energy Goals: Prohibits drilling or exploration for, or production of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products & permitting & construction of certain related structures; requires statewide renewable energy electricity & carbon emission reductions by specified dates; directs Office of Energy within DACS to develop unified statewide plan; requires state & public entities to cooperate as requested; provides plan requirements; requires office to submit plan & updates to Governor & Legislature; creates Renewable Energy Advisory Committee within Office of Energy; directs Commissioner of Agriculture to submit specified annual report to Legislature. Effective Date: July 1, 2022

Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 0101

09/13/2021

HOUSE Filed

09/22/2021

HOUSE Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee

09/22/2021

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Improvements to Real Property by Fine Improvements to Real Property: Provides authorized & prohibited activities related to qualifying improvements to real property to be financed by non-ad valorem assessments; provides requirements for local governments, program administrators, & PACE contractors; specifies types of contracts that are unenforceable; requires local governments that have authorized qualifying improvement programs to annually post specified information on their websites. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Ways & Means Committee (Current Reference) House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 0137

01/31/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 02/02/22, 11:30 am, 404 H

02/02/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/02/2022

HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee

Florida Housing Finance Corporation Revenue Bonds by Roth Florida Housing Finance Corporation Revenue Bonds: Designates corporation, rather than SBA, as state fiscal agency to make determinations in connection with specified bonds; authorizes corporation's board of directors to delegate to executive director of corporation authority & power to perform that function; requires executive director to annually report specified information to corporation's board of directors; revises applicable interest rate limitations on bonds of corporation. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Ways & Means Committee House State Affairs Committee House Appropriations Committee Actions

SB 0148

01/31/2022

HOUSE Favorable with CS by Appropriations Committee; 24 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/01/2022

HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

02/02/2022

HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

Individual Freedom by Diaz Individual Freedom; Providing that subjecting any individual, as a condition of employment, membership, certification, licensing, credentialing, or passing an examination, to training, instruction, or any other required activity that espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates, or compels such individual to

believe specified concepts constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin; revising the requirements for required instruction on health education; prohibiting instructional materials reviewers from recommending instructional materials that contain any matter that contradicts certain principles, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Education Senate Rules (Current Reference) Actions

SB 0152

01/13/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 01/18/22, 11:00 am, 412 K

01/18/2022

SENATE Favorable by Education; 6 Yeas, 3 Nays

01/18/2022

SENATE Now in Rules

Supermajority Vote for Legislative Preemption by Farmer, Jr. Supermajority Vote for Legislative Preemption; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to require a supermajority vote of each house to approve a general law preempting a subject of legislation to the state, etc.

Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Judiciary Senate Rules Actions

HB 0157

09/14/2021

SENATE Filed

09/21/2021

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules

Transportation Projects by Andrade Transportation Projects: Revises amount of state revenues committed by DOT for public transportation projects; includes progressive design-build contracts as innovative technique DOT may use; provides exception to annual monetary cap on contracts for certain progressive design-build contracts; removes limits on types of projects DOT may combine into design-build contract; provides terms under which DOT may enter into progressive design-build contracts; provides for selection & award process; provides for advertising of such contracts; requires rulemaking; authorizes applicant to request to keep existing certificate of qualification; provides for maximum capacity rating of applicant to remain in place; removes public records exemption for documents that reveal identity of potential bidder on transportation project. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee House Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee House Commerce Committee (Current Reference) Actions

HB 0177

01/25/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/27/22, 9:00 am, 102 H

01/27/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; 13 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/27/2022

HOUSE Now in Commerce Committee

Requiring Broader Public Support for Constitutional Amendments or Revisions by Roth Requiring Broader Public Support for Constitutional Amendments or Revisions: Proposes amendment to State Constitution to increase percentage of elector votes required to approve amendment to or revision of State Constitution from 60 percent to 66.67 percent, except repeal of amendment or revision

need only be approved by same percentage of elector votes as was required at time of passage of such amendment or revision.

Committees of Reference House Public Integrity & Elections Committee (Current Reference) House Judiciary Committee Actions

SB 0182

09/22/2021

HOUSE Filed

10/06/2021

HOUSE Referred to Public Integrity & Elections Committee; Judiciary Committee

10/06/2021

HOUSE Now in Public Integrity & Elections Committee

Renewable Energy by Brandes Renewable Energy; Authorizing owners of commercial or industrial businesses, or third parties contracted by such owners, to install, maintain, and operate a renewable energy source device on or about the structure in which the business operates or on a property that the business owns or leases; authorizing owners or contracted third parties to sell electricity generated from the device to certain businesses regardless of whether the device is located in a utility’s service territory; exempting the sale of electricity produced by such devices from regulation, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Regulated Industries (Current Reference) Senate Commerce and Tourism Senate Rules Actions

SB 0188

09/14/2021

SENATE Filed

09/21/2021

SENATE Referred to Regulated Industries; Commerce and Tourism; Rules

Civic Literacy Education by Brandes Civic Literacy Education; Requiring the Commissioner of Education to develop criteria for a civic literacy practicum that meets certain goals; authorizing the practicum to be incorporated into a school’s curriculum beginning in a specified school year; establishing the Citizen Scholar Program within the University of South Florida; prohibiting engaging in protest civics from counting toward credit under the Citizen Scholar Program, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Education (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 0196

09/14/2021

SENATE Filed

09/21/2021

SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations

Florida Housing Finance Corporation by Rodriguez (A) Florida Housing Finance Corporation; Designating the corporation, rather than the State Board of Administration, as the state fiscal agency to make determinations in connection with specified bonds; authorizing the corporation’s board of directors, rather than the State Board of Administration, to delegate to its executive director the authority and power to perform that function; requiring the executive director to annually report specified information to the board of directors, rather than the State Board of Administration, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference

Senate Community Affairs Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 0198

11/03/2021

SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

01/28/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 02/02/22, 2:00 pm, 110 S

02/02/2022

SENATE Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable with CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; 6 Yeas, 4 Nays

Water Resources Management by Rodriguez (A) Water Resources Management; Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to grant easements on sovereignty submerged lands for specified mitigation banks under certain conditions; exempting certain docks on recorded easements from certain permit and verification requirements; requiring authorization for certain docks to use submerged lands upon approval of the board; providing that the compliance of certain structures associated with a dock on a parcel of land with certain provisions creates a presumption of compliance with certain environmental impact requirements, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 0202

01/18/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Environment and Natural Resources; 3 Yeas, 2 Nays

01/19/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

01/20/2022

SENATE Now in Community Affairs

Small Business Website Development Grant Program by Farmer, Jr. Small Business Website Development Grant Program; Creating the Small Business Website Development Grant Program within the Department of Economic Opportunity; authorizing certain small businesses to apply for a grant in a specified amount; requiring that grant funds be used for the development of a website, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Commerce and Tourism (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 0208

09/14/2021

SENATE Filed

09/21/2021

SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations

Well Stimulation by Farmer, Jr. Well Stimulation; Citing this act as the “Stop Fracking Act”; defining the term “extreme well stimulation”; prohibiting persons from engaging in extreme well stimulation; prohibiting the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing permits that authorize extreme well stimulation; prohibiting the department from authorizing certain permitholders to engage in extreme well stimulation on or after a specified date, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022

Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Senate Appropriations Actions

HB 0219

09/14/2021

SENATE Filed

09/21/2021

SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations

Real Property Rights by Tuck Real Property Rights: Revises rights that are not affected or extinguished by marketable record titles; revises what types of interests are extinguished by marketable record title; authorizes owner or operator of private property utilized for motor vehicle parking to establish rules, rates, & fines, including parking charges, which govern private persons who park their motor vehicles on such private property; prohibits county or municipality from enacting certain ordinances or regulations; provides that certain ordinances or regulations are null & void; requires persons with certain interests in land which may be extinguished by this act to file specified notice to preserve such interests. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Committees of Reference House Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Judiciary Committee Actions

HB 0221

01/18/2022

HOUSE Reference to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee removed; Reference to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee added; Remaining references: Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee

01/18/2022

HOUSE Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs

02/03/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 02/07/22, 1:30 pm, 404 H

Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by Davis Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Establishes Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion within EOG; provides for appointment of Chief Diversity Officer; prescribes minimum qualifications for Chief Diversity Officer; provides duties of Chief Diversity Officer, including creation of strategic plan that must be periodically updated & review. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Government Operations Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Appropriations Committee House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 0228

10/01/2021

HOUSE Filed

10/22/2021

HOUSE Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee

10/22/2021

HOUSE Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

Resiliency Energy Environment Florida Programs by Rodriguez (A) 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; authorizing a local government to enter into an agreement with a program administrator to administer a REEF program on

the local government’s behalf; specifying underwriting, financing estimate, disclosure, and confirmation requirements for program administrators relating to residential real property, etc. Effective Date: 7/1 /2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs Senate Finance and Tax Senate Rules (Current Reference) Actions

SB 0238

01/14/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

01/19/2022

SENATE Reference to Appropriations removed; Reference to Rules added; Remaining Reference: Rules

01/19/2022

SENATE Now in Rules

Endangered and Threatened Species by Jones Endangered and Threatened Species; Directing the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to protect certain endangered or threatened species, regardless of the status of their federal classification; prohibiting the commission from considering certain costs when designating a species as endangered or threatened; directing the department, in consultation with the Endangered Plant Advisory Council, to protect certain endangered or threatened species, regardless of the status of their federal classification; prohibiting the department from considering certain costs when designating a species as endangered or threatened, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 0242

09/16/2021

SENATE Filed

10/13/2021

SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations

Racial and Sexual Discrimination by Gruters Racial and Sexual Discrimination; Requiring each agency head to take certain measures to prevent the use of training for agency employees which espouses certain concepts; authorizing municipalities to provide certain training, workshops, or programming; prohibiting municipalities from providing mandatory employee training that espouses certain concepts; requiring contracts with an agency which are entered into or renewed on or after a specified date to include the option to terminate if the contractor provides workforce training that espouses certain concepts; requiring public K-20 educational institutions to ensure certain diversity and inclusion efforts and to prohibit certain discrimination, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Judiciary (Current Reference) Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Senate Rules Actions

HB 0247

09/16/2021

SENATE Filed

10/13/2021

SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules

Florida Main Street Program and Historic Preservation Tax Credits by Salzman Florida Main Street Program and Historic Preservation Tax Credits: Specifies eligibility requirements for

receiving specified tax credits for taxpayers that rehabilitate certified historic structures; specifies amount of tax credits; authorizes carryforward, sale, & transfer of tax credits; provides DOR audit & examination powers; requires return of forfeited tax credits; requires DOR to provide annual reports to Legislature. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Ways & Means Committee House Commerce Committee Actions

SB 0280

10/11/2021

HOUSE Filed

10/22/2021

HOUSE Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; Commerce Committee

10/22/2021

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Local Ordinances by Hutson Local Ordinances; 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; authorizing a prevailing county to enforce the ordinance after a specified period, except under certain circumstances; 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: 10/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs Senate Rules Actions

SB 0286

01/27/2022

SENATE Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (349788); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 28 Yeas / 8 Nays); Immediately certified

01/27/2022

SENATE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed

01/27/2022

HOUSE In Messages

Vacation Rentals by Garcia Vacation Rentals; 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: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Regulated Industries Senate Community Affairs Senate Rules Actions

SB 0290

10/13/2021

SENATE Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules

10/18/2021

SENATE Withdrawn from Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules

10/18/2021

SENATE Withdrawn prior to introduction

Surplus State-owned Nonconservation Lands by Ausley Surplus State-owned Nonconservation Lands; Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to dispose of surplus nonconservation lands under certain circumstances;

authorizing the board to convey such lands to fiscally constrained counties under certain circumstances; authorizing the board of trustees to sell or lease surplus nonconservation lands located in fiscally constrained counties to private entities under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Rules Actions

HB 0299

01/31/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Environment and Natural Resources; 6 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/01/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

02/02/2022

SENATE Now in Community Affairs

Social Media Platforms by Sabatini Social Media Platforms: Provides requirements for social media platforms relating to acceptable use policies, quarterly transparency reports, & complaint system; authorizes AG to bring action against social media platforms & to recover certain costs. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Regulatory Reform Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 0303

10/14/2021

HOUSE Filed

10/26/2021

HOUSE Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee; Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee; Commerce Committee

10/26/2021

HOUSE Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee

Sanitary Sewer Lateral Inspection Programs by Truenow Sanitary Sewer Lateral Inspection Programs: Authorizes counties & municipalities to access sanitary sewer laterals within their jurisdiction for specified purposes; requires counties & municipalities to notify private property owners within specified timeframe if county or municipality intends to access owner's sanitary sewer lateral; provides that counties & municipalities that establish programs are legally & financially responsible for all work done; requires counties & municipalities that establish programs to consider economical methods for counties & municipalities; authorizes program established by county or municipality to evaluate & rehabilitate sanitary sewer laterals on residential & commercial properties to use state or local funds allocated for environmental preservation or protection of water quality.

Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee Actions

HB 0309

10/14/2021

HOUSE Filed

10/26/2021

HOUSE Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee

10/26/2021

HOUSE Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee

Private Provider Inspections of Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems by Fetterhoff Private Provider Inspections of Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems: Authorizes private

provider inspections of onsite sewage treatment & disposal systems; prohibits DEP from charging inspection & permit fees; specifies requirements for private providers & onsite sewage treatment & disposal system owners & authorized contractors; authorizes DEP to audit performance of such inspections; authorizes private providers to conduct evaluations & assessments of onsite sewage treatment & disposal systems. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee (Current Reference) House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 0316

01/12/2022

HOUSE Favorable with CS by Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; 14 Yeas, 1 Nay

01/12/2022

HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

01/13/2022

HOUSE Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

Preemption of Tree Pruning, Trimming, and Removal by Stewart Preemption of Tree Pruning, Trimming, and Removal: Repealing a provision relating to tree pruning, trimming, or removal on residential property, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Judiciary Senate Rules Actions

SB 0320

09/22/2021

SENATE Filed

10/13/2021

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules

Preemption of Recyclable and Polystyrene Materials by Stewart Preemption of Recyclable and Polystyrene Materials; Removing the preemption of local laws regarding the regulation of auxiliary containers, wrappings, or disposable plastic bags; removing the preemption of local laws regarding the use or sale of polystyrene products to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources (Current Reference) Senate Community Affairs Senate Rules Actions

HB 0323

09/22/2021

SENATE Filed

10/13/2021

SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission by Sirois Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Requires certain forms relating to boating under influence be provided by FWCC rather than DHSMV; authorizes certain athletic teams & sports to operate humanpowered vessel within specified waterway; revises authorized conditions for determining vessels at risk of becoming derelict; prohibits municipalities & counties from designating public bathing beach & swim areas within specified waterway; repeals provisions relating to derelict vessels & relocation & removal of such vessels; authorizes FWCC to provide derelict vessel grants to local governments; requires FWCC to adopt rules; authorizes FWCC employees & Florida Forest Service to operate drones for specified purposes. Effective Date: July 1, 2022

Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee (Current Reference) House State Affairs Committee Actions

HB 0325

12/01/2021

HOUSE Favorable with CS by Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; 17 Yeas, 0 Nays

12/03/2021

HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

12/07/2021

HOUSE Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

Vacation Rentals by Fischer Vacation Rentals: Requires advertising platforms to collect & remit taxes for certain transactions; revises certain regulated activities of public lodging establishments & public food service establishments preempted to state; expands authority of local laws, to include requiring vacation rentals to register with vacation rental registration program; authorizes local governments to adopt vacation rental registration program & impose fines for failure to register; preempts regulation of advertising platforms to state; authorizes Division of Hotels & Restaurants to issue & deliver notice to cease & desist for certain violations; authorizes division to collect attorney fees & costs & impose fine on advertising platforms for violations. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Committees of Reference House Regulatory Reform Subcommittee House Ways & Means Committee (Current Reference) House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 0337

01/27/2022

HOUSE Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee; 10 Yeas, 6 Nays

01/28/2022

HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

02/01/2022

HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee

Administrative Procedures by McClain Administrative Procedures: Applies certain provisions applicable to all rules other than emergency rules to repromulgated rules; provides requirements for certain notices; provides requirements for material incorporated by reference; revises circumstances under which proposed rule's adverse impact on small businesses is considered to exist; revises requirements for agency's consideration of lower cost regulatory alternative; provides that failure of agency to meet deadlines applicable to rule required to be repromulgated constitutes repeal of rule; provides requirements for Florida Administrative Code; provides requirements for agency's regulatory plan. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Government Operations Subcommittee House Appropriations Committee House State Affairs Committee (Current Reference) Actions

HB 0349

01/27/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Committee, 01/31/22, 3:00 pm, 212 K

01/31/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Appropriations Committee; 17 Yeas, 5 Nays

02/01/2022

HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee

Water Resources Management by Sirois Water Resources Management: Authorizes Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund to grant easements on sovereignty submerged lands for specified mitigation banks; directs DEP to create

& modify specified rules; exempts certain docks on recorded easements from certain permit & verification requirements; granting certain docks authorization to use submerged lands upon approval of board; provides that specified structures associated with docks create presumption of specified compliance. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee (Current Reference) House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 0362

12/01/2021

HOUSE Favorable with CS by Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; 13 Yeas, 4 Nays

12/06/2021

HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

12/08/2021

HOUSE Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged by Rodriguez (A) Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged; Revising ownership entities for nonprofit homes qualifying for an exemption from ad valorem taxation to include certain limited partnerships, etc.

Effective Date: 1/1/2023 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs Senate Finance and Tax (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 0366

01/28/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 02/02/22, 8:30 am, 37 S

02/02/2022

SENATE Favorable by Community Affairs; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/02/2022

SENATE Now in Finance and Tax

State Renewable Energy Goals by Berman State Renewable Energy Goals; Revising the definitions of the terms “biomass” and “renewable energy”; prohibiting the drilling or exploration for, or production of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products on the lands and waters of the state; requiring that all electricity used in this state be generated by renewable energy by a specified date; directing the Office of Energy within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in consultation with other state agencies, state colleges and universities, public utilities, and other private and public entities, to develop a unified statewide plan to generate this state’s electricity from renewable energy and reduce this state’s carbon emissions by specified dates, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources (Current Reference) Senate Regulated Industries Senate Rules Actions

HB 0375

09/28/2021

SENATE Filed

10/13/2021

SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Regulated Industries; Rules

Professional Structural Engineers by Toledo Professional Structural Engineers: Prohibits specified persons from using specified name or title; prohibits person who is not licensed professional structural engineer from using specified names & titles or practicing professional structural engineering; authorizes Board of Professional Engineers to refuse

to certify applicant for professional structural engineer license for certain reasons; exempts certain applicants who apply for licensure from having to pass certain national examination; specifies acts that constitute grounds for disciplinary action, including civil penalties, against professional structural engineer. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Regulatory Reform Subcommittee (Current Reference) House State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 0377

10/20/2021

HOUSE Filed

11/05/2021

HOUSE Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee; State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee

11/05/2021

HOUSE Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee

Legislation by Initiative by Geller Legislation by Initiative: Proposes amendment to State Constitution to allow proposal & approval of laws by initiative without legislative or gubernatorial approval; prescribes requirements for such initiatives; requires extraordinary vote of Legislature to amend or repeal laws approved by voters; provides for Supreme Court review of initiative petitions; & requires ballot statements for such initiatives to include statement of economic impact.

Committees of Reference House Public Integrity & Elections Committee (Current Reference) House Rules Committee House Judiciary Committee Actions

SB 0380

10/20/2021

HOUSE Filed

11/05/2021

HOUSE Referred to Public Integrity & Elections Committee; Rules Committee; Judiciary Committee

11/05/2021

HOUSE Now in Public Integrity & Elections Committee

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Rodriguez (A) Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Defining the term “greenhouse gas”; prohibiting the adoption or enforcement of certain state and regional programs to regulate greenhouse gas emissions without specific legislative authorization, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources (Current Reference) Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Senate Rules Actions

SB 0388

09/29/2021

SENATE Filed

10/13/2021

SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules

Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by Berman Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Establishing the office within the Executive Office of the Governor; providing for the appointment of a Chief Diversity Officer; providing the duties of the Chief Diversity Officer, including creation of a strategic plan that must be periodically updated and the review of certain agency programs and policies, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022

Committees of Reference Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 0398

10/01/2021

SENATE Filed

10/13/2021

SENATE Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations

Transportation Projects by Hooper Transportation Projects; Revising the requirement for the annual commitment of State Transportation Trust Fund revenues for public transportation projects by the Department of Transportation; providing that the department’s program for innovative transportation projects may include progressive designbuild contracts; revising the department’s authority relating to design-build contracts; revising procedures relating to certificates of qualification issued by the department to construction contractors seeking certification to bid on certain contracts, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Transportation Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Actions

HB 0401

12/06/2021

SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

01/28/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 02/02/22, 2:00 pm, 110 S

02/02/2022

SENATE Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable with CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; 10 Yeas, 0 Nays

Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged by Smith (D) Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged: Revises ownership entities for certain nonprofit homes qualifying for exemption from ad valorem taxation to include certain limited partnerships. Effective Date: January 1, 2023 Committees of Reference House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Ways & Means Committee House State Affairs Committee (Current Reference) Actions

HB 0403

01/27/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Ways & Means Committee, 01/31/22, 3:00 pm, 404 H

01/31/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Ways & Means Committee; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/31/2022

HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee

Local Ordinances by Giallombardo Local Ordinances: Authorizes courts to assess & award attorney fees & costs & damages in certain civil actions filed against local governments; requires local governments to prepare business impact statement before adoption of proposed ordinances; specifies requirements for posting & content of statement; requires counties & municipalities to suspend enforcement of certain ordinances subject of

certain legal actions; requires courts to give priority to certain cases; specifies factors court must consider in determining whether ordinance is arbitrary or unreasonable provides declaration of important state interest. Effective Date: October 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee (Current Reference) House State Affairs Committee Actions

HB 0421

11/23/2021

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 12/01/21, 1:30 pm, 404 H

12/01/2021

HOUSE Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; 11 Yeas, 4 Nays

12/01/2021

HOUSE Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee

Long-term Cleanup of Water Bodies by Truenow Long-term Cleanup of Water Bodies: Directs DEP to procure specified technology for the purpose of long-term clean up of water bodies. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee Actions

HB 0423

10/27/2021

HOUSE Filed

11/05/2021

HOUSE Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee

11/05/2021

HOUSE Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee

Building Inspection Services by LaMarca Building Inspection Services: Revises eligibility requirements for building code inspector or plans examiner; revises special conditions that may be imposed on provisional certificates; authorizes partial completion of internship program to be transferred between jurisdictions & private entities; limits administrative fee that local jurisdiction can charge; provides certificate of occupancy or completion is automatically granted & issued; requires local building official to provide written certificate of occupancy or completion within specified time. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Regulatory Reform Subcommittee House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Commerce Committee (Current Reference) Actions

SB 0442

01/31/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 02/02/22, 11:30 am, 404 H

02/02/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; 17 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/02/2022

HOUSE Now in Commerce Committee

Powers of Land Authorities by Rodriguez (A) Powers of Land Authorities; Authorizing land authorities to assist the counties in which they are located with certain activities addressing flooding and sea-level rise, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022

Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Community Affairs Senate Rules (Current Reference) Actions

HB 0445

01/28/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 02/02/22, 8:30 am, 37 S

02/02/2022

SENATE Favorable by Community Affairs; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/02/2022

SENATE Now in Rules

Transportation Network Companies by Botana Transportation Network Companies: Provides limitation on certain fees charged by airports or seaports; prohibits certain airports & seaports from removing, degrading, or impeding access to certain services, benefits, or infrastructure. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 0449

11/10/2021

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

02/01/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee, 02/03 /22, 9:00 am, 102 H - PCS

02/03/2022

HOUSE Temporarily Postponed by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Land Acquisition Trust Fund by Mooney, Jr. Land Acquisition Trust Fund: Provides annual appropriation to DEP to implement Florida Keys Stewardship Act by entering into financial assistance agreements with specified local governments for specified purposes; prohibits use of such funds to implement certain projects & programs. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee House Appropriations Committee Actions

HB 0463

11/02/2021

HOUSE Filed

11/10/2021

HOUSE Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee

11/10/2021

HOUSE Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Botana Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Prohibits adoption or enforcement of certain state & regional programs to regulate greenhouse gas emissions without specific legislative authorization. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee

Actions

HB 0491

11/02/2021

HOUSE Filed

11/10/2021

HOUSE Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee

11/10/2021

HOUSE Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee

Energy by Skidmore Energy: Revises & creates various provisions relating to farm renewable energy production tax credit, statewide emergency shelter plan, lease of manmade stormwater management systems for floating solar energy systems, energy efficiency of state buildings, statewide policy for renewable energy resource & efficiency, Residential Energy Efficiency Upgrades Program, greenhouse gas reduction, registry, & inventory, Wastewater Treatment Plant Energy Program, Farm Renewable & Efficiency Demonstrations Program, & solar consumer protections. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Ways & Means Committee House Appropriations Committee House Commerce Committee Actions

SB 0494

11/03/2021

HOUSE Filed

11/19/2021

HOUSE Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; Appropriations Committee; Commerce Committee

11/19/2021

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission by Hutson Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Requiring land management agencies to consider, in consultation with the commission, as part of certain state land management plans, the feasibility of using portions of such lands as gopher tortoise recipient sites; revising the notices a person must be given for failure to submit to certain tests for alcohol, chemical substances, or controlled substances; authorizing individuals, when participating in certain athletic team practices or competitions, to operate a human-powered vessel within the marked channel of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway under certain circumstances; revising the vessel conditions that an officer of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or a law enforcement agency may use to determine that a vessel is at risk of becoming derelict, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Senate Appropriations Actions

HB 0495

01/31/2022

SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/03/22

02/03/2022

SENATE Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading

02/03/2022

SENATE Retained on Special Order Calendar

Tax Exemption for Affordable Housing by Rodriguez (Ant) Tax Exemption for Affordable Housing: Authorizes counties & municipalities to adopt ordinances to grant ad valorem tax exemptions to property owners whose properties are used for governmental or public purpose of providing affordable housing; provides conditions for such exemptions; specifies

procedures that apply if property is transferred to a person for other purposes; specifies exemption improperly granted by property appraiser will not be assessed penalty or interest. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Ways & Means Committee House State Affairs Committee Actions

HB 0501

11/19/2021

HOUSE Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; State Affairs Committee

11/19/2021

HOUSE Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee

12/01/2021

Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 12/03/21, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)

Prohibition of Public Funds for Lobbying by Gregory Prohibition of Public Funds for Lobbying: Prohibits local governments and not-for-profit organizations from using public funds to retain lobbyists; provides exceptions for local government full-time employees; provides sanctions for violations; authorizes people to file complaints with the Commission on Ethics; requires commission to provide a report to specified entities; specifies procedures for disciplining violators. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Public Integrity & Elections Committee House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 0512

11/19/2021

HOUSE Referred to Public Integrity & Elections Committee; Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee

11/19/2021

HOUSE Now in Public Integrity & Elections Committee

01/07/2022

HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction

Vacation Rentals by Burgess Vacation Rentals; Requiring advertising platforms to collect and remit taxes for certain transactions; revising the regulated activities of public lodging establishments and public food service establishments preempted to the state to include licensing; expanding the authority of local laws, ordinances, or regulations to include requiring vacation rentals to register with local vacation rental registration programs; authorizing local governments to adopt vacation rental registration programs and impose fines for failure to register; requiring advertising platforms to require that persons placing advertisements for vacation rentals include certain information in the advertisements and attest to certain information, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law Committees of Reference Senate Regulated Industries Senate Community Affairs Senate Appropriations (Current Reference) Actions 02/04/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

02/04/2022

SENATE Reference to Rules removed; Reference to Appropriations added; Remaining reference: Appropriations

02/04/2022 HB 0515

SENATE Now in Appropriations

Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates by Robinson (F) Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates: 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, 2022 Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Commerce Committee Actions

SB 0518

11/04/2021

HOUSE Filed

11/19/2021

HOUSE Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee

11/19/2021

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Private Property Rights to Prune, Trim, and Remove Trees by Brodeur Private Property Rights to Prune, Trim, and Remove Trees; Revising conditions under which a local government may not require a notice, application, approval, permit, fee, or mitigation for the pruning, trimming, or removal of a tree on residential property; specifying when a tree poses an unacceptable risk, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Current Reference) Senate Rules Actions

SB 0536

01/18/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Community Affairs; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/20/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

01/20/2022

SENATE Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Administrative Procedures by Diaz Administrative Procedures; Applying certain provisions applicable to all rules other than emergency rules to repromulgated rules; requiring an agency to provide notice of a regulatory alternative to the Administrative Procedures Committee within a certain timeframe; requiring an agency to provide a copy of any proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative to the committee within a certain timeframe; requiring agency review of rules and repromulgation of rules that do not require substantive changes within a specified timeframe; requiring an agency to identify and describe each rule it plans to develop, adopt, or repeal during the forthcoming year in the agency’s annual regulatory plan, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Judiciary Senate Appropriations (Current Reference) Senate Rules Actions 01/19/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Judiciary, 01/24/22, 3:00 pm, 412 K

01/24/2022

SENATE Favorable by Judiciary; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/25/2022

SENATE Now in Appropriations

SB 0548

Energy by Polsky Energy; Establishing a tax credit for electricity produced from a renewable energy source located on an operational farm in this state; authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to lease manmade stormwater management systems for floating solar energy systems; requiring the Public Service Commission, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Department of Environmental Protection, to adopt rules for a renewable and energy efficiency portfolio standard; establishing the Residential Energy Efficiency Upgrades Program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for a specified purpose, etc. APPROPRIATION: $250,000 Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law Committees of Reference Senate Regulated Industries (Current Reference) Senate Finance and Tax Senate Appropriations Actions

HB 0569

10/19/2021

SENATE Filed

11/03/2021

SENATE Referred to Regulated Industries; Finance and Tax; Appropriations

Local Business Protection Act by McClure Local Business Protection Act: Authorizes businesses to claim damages from county or municipality if county or municipality enacts or amends certain ordinances or charter provisions; limits amount of business damages that may be recovered; specifies ordinances & charter provisions that do not result in liability; requires presuit procedures before businesses file action for business damages; authorizes courts to award reasonable attorney fees & costs; specifies counties & municipalities are not liable for damages if they take actions within specified timeframe. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Committees of Reference House Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Judiciary Committee Actions

HB 0571

01/31/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 02/02/22, 11:30 am, 404 H - PCS

02/02/2022

HOUSE Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; 11 Yeas, 6 Nays

02/03/2022

HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed

Powers of Land Authorities by Mooney, Jr. Powers of Land Authorities: Authorizes land authorities to assist counties in which they are located with certain activities addressing flooding & sea-level rise. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee Actions 01/24/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - State Affairs Committee, 01/26/22, 9:00 am, 212 K

01/26/2022

HOUSE Favorable by State Affairs Committee; 21 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/26/2022

HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

SB 0580

Rent Control Measures by Torres, Jr. Rent Control Measures; Deleting requirements for the termination, expiration, extension, and renewal of local governmental rent control measures, etc. Effective Date: 07/01/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Commerce and Tourism Senate Rules Actions

SB 0586

10/20/2021

SENATE Filed

11/03/2021

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Commerce and Tourism; Rules

Legislation by Initiative by Torres, Jr. Legislation by Initiative; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to authorize the proposal and enactment of legislation by initiative and to provide for Supreme Court review of initiative petitions proposing legislation, etc.

Committees of Reference Senate Ethics and Elections (Current Reference) Senate Judiciary Senate Rules Actions

SB 0602

10/20/2021

SENATE Filed

11/03/2021

SENATE Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules

Land Acquisition Trust Fund by Rodriguez (A) Land Acquisition Trust Fund; Requiring an annual appropriation from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to the Department of Environmental Protection to implement the Florida Keys Stewardship Act or to acquire land within the Florida Keys Area of Critical State Concern for specified purposes; prohibiting the department from using the appropriated funds to implement wastewater management projects or programs, etc.Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Senate Appropriations Actions

HB 0603

10/21/2021

SENATE Filed

11/03/2021

SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations

Land Acquisition Trust Fund by Bell Land Acquisition Trust Fund: Provides annual appropriation to DEP to implement Heartland Headwaters Protection & Sustainability Act; requires funds to be used & distributed for specified purposes. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee House Appropriations Committee

Actions

SB 0608

11/15/2021

HOUSE Filed

12/06/2021

HOUSE Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee

12/06/2021

HOUSE Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

Sanitary Sewer Lateral Inspection Programs by Brodeur Sanitary Sewer Lateral Inspection Programs; Defining the term “continuous monolithic pipe system”; authorizing counties and municipalities, respectively, to access sanitary sewer laterals within their jurisdiction for specified purposes; requiring counties and municipalities to notify private property owners within a specified timeframe if the county or municipality intends to access the owner’s sanitary sewer lateral; authorizing a program established by a county or a municipality to evaluate and rehabilitate sanitary sewer laterals on residential and commercial properties to use state or local funds allocated for environmental preservation or the protection of water quality, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Community Affairs Senate Appropriations (Current Reference) Actions

SB 0620

01/28/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 02/02/22, 8:30 am, 37 S

02/02/2022

SENATE Favorable by Community Affairs; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/02/2022

SENATE Now in Appropriations

Local Business Protection Act by Hutson Local Business Protection Act; Citing this act as the "Local Business Protection Act"; authorizing certain businesses to claim business damages from a county or municipality if the county or municipality enacts or amends certain ordinances or charter provisions; limiting the amount of business damages that may be recovered; specifying ordinances and charter provisions that do not result in liability for business damages; requiring businesses and counties or municipalities to follow certain presuit procedures before businesses file an action for business damages, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Committees of Reference Senate Judiciary Senate Appropriations Actions

HB 0621

01/27/2022

SENATE Read Second Time; Amendments Adopted (834272, 507868); Amendment Adopted as Amended (609228); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 22 Yeas / 14 Nays); Immediately certified

01/27/2022

SENATE Engrossed Text (E1) Filed

01/27/2022

HOUSE In Messages

Infrastructure Project Funding by Fine Infrastructure Project Funding: Prohibits administering agency from disbursing funds from any category of General Appropriations Act for infrastructure projects under certain conditions; requires grantee to use revenues for infrastructure projects for certain activities only; prohibits water management districts from disbursing funds to grantees for water-related projects unless certain conditions are met; prohibits potential grantees from seeking funds for water-related projects under certain conditions; provides criteria under which applicants may apply for water project grant funding; prohibits applicants from seeking water project grant funding under certain conditions. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference

House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Appropriations Committee House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 0631

11/16/2021

HOUSE Filed

12/06/2021

HOUSE Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Commerce Committee

12/06/2021

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Airport Funding by Grall Airport Funding: Revises types of airports eligible for specified funding of master planning & eligible aviation development projects by DOT. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee House Commerce Committee (Current Reference) Actions

HB 0635

02/01/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee, 02/03 /22, 9:00 am, 102 H

02/03/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; 17 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/03/2022

HOUSE Now in Commerce Committee

Building Permits by Maggard Building Permits: Prohibits certain persons or entities from making substantive changes to building plans after permit has been issued; provides exceptions; requires certain persons to provide certain information to certain persons or entities; provides that certain persons are subject to disciplinary action under certain circumstances; prohibits local government from prohibiting or restricting demolition permits for single-family residential structures located in certain areas; provides that local governments may only review demolition permits administratively for compliance with certain regulations; prohibits property owner from being penalized for demolition in compliance with demolition permit; prohibits local governments from imposing additional requirements on certain structures. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Regulatory Reform Subcommittee House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Commerce Committee Actions

SB 0644

01/21/2022

HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

01/25/2022

HOUSE Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee

02/03/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 02/07/22, 1:30 pm, 404 H

Building Regulation by Brodeur Building Regulation; Revising eligibility requirements for a person applying to become certified as a building code inspector or plans examiner; revising the special conditions or requirements that the Florida Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board may impose on provisional certificates; prohibiting local laws, ordinances, or regulations that prohibit or restrict a private property owner’s ability

to obtain a building permit to demolish a single-family residential structure located in certain flood zones if certain conditions are met; requiring the local jurisdiction to provide access to certain documents to a private provider, owner, and contractor, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs Senate Regulated Industries Senate Rules (Current Reference) Actions

HB 0673

02/01/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Regulated Industries; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/02/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed

02/03/2022

SENATE Now in Rules

Tourist Development Taxes by Shoaf Tourist Development Taxes: Authorizes certain coastal counties to be reimbursed for use of tourist development tax revenues for tourism training; revises percent of tourist development tax revenues that may used to reimburse for expenses incurred in providing public safety services; authorizes certain rural counties to be reimbursed for use of tourist development tax revenues for certain purposes regardless of whether certain other requirements are met. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Ways & Means Committee House Commerce Committee Actions

SB 0674

11/19/2021

HOUSE Filed

12/13/2021

HOUSE Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; Commerce Committee

12/13/2021

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Public Meetings During Declared States of Emergency by Cruz Public Meetings During Declared States of Emergency; Providing for the suspension of certain statutory provisions during declared states of emergency for a specified timeframe; authorizing governing bodies to use communications media technology to conduct meetings during declared states of emergency; providing that certain remote participation by a governing body member in a meeting constitutes that individual’s presence at such meeting and counts toward a quorum during a declared state of emergency; authorizing members of a governing body to attend certain meetings in person or through communications media technology, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Senate Rules Actions

SB 0676

10/27/2021

SENATE Filed

11/16/2021

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Rules

Drinking Water in Public Schools by Cruz

Drinking Water in Public Schools; Subject to legislative appropriation, requiring district boards to coordinate with district school boards to identify certain schools and to provide funding to those schools by a specified date; requiring school districts, as applicable, to install filters that meet certain specifications on drinking water sources; requiring school districts, as applicable, to post signage on certain water sources and requiring school districts to publish specified information on school district websites, etc. APPROPRIATION: $3,000,000 Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Education (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 0680

10/27/2021

SENATE Filed

11/16/2021

SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations

02/03/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 02/08/22, 9:00 am, 412 K

Public School Transportation by Cruz Public School Transportation; Revising the requirement that district school boards provide transportation for certain students; requiring a district school superintendent to request a review of a hazardous walking condition upon receipt of a written request from a parent of a student; requiring, rather than authorizing, a district school board to initiate a specified proceeding relating to hazardous walking conditions, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Education (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Senate Appropriations Actions

HB 0681

10/27/2021

SENATE Filed

11/16/2021

SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations

Impact Fee Credits by Rodriguez (Ant) Impact Fee Credits: Revises area within which impact fee credits are assignable & transferable.

Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Ways & Means Committee House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 0684

11/22/2021

HOUSE Filed

12/13/2021

HOUSE Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; State Affairs Committee

12/13/2021

HOUSE Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee

The Legislature by Cruz The Legislature; Citing this act as the "Truth in Government Act"; deleting provisions regarding the administration of oaths and affirmations to witnesses appearing before legislative committees, and associated penalties, to conform to changes made by the act; requiring that persons addressing a

legislative committee take an oath or affirmation of truthfulness; providing exceptions; requiring that the committee chair or other member of the committee administer the oath or affirmation; providing criminal penalties for certain false statements before a legislative committee, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Judiciary (Current Reference) Senate Criminal Justice Senate Rules Actions

HB 0685

10/27/2021

SENATE Filed

11/16/2021

SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Rules

Rural Development by Drake Rural Development: Reduces required grant match percentage rate & authorizes in-kind contributions under Regional Rural Development Grants Program; removes match requirement under specified conditions; increases percentage of grants that DEO may award; revises criteria for awarding grants; removes local match requirement. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House State Affairs Committee House Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Commerce Committee Actions

SB 0686

01/28/2022

HOUSE Reference to Ways & Means Committee removed; Remaining references: Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, Commerce Committee

01/28/2022

HOUSE Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee

02/03/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/07/22, 4:00 pm, 102 H

Energy Security and Disaster Resilience Pilot Program by Cruz Energy Security and Disaster Resilience Pilot Program; Creating the pilot program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing the purpose of the pilot program; providing for the issuance of grants to offset costs relating to onsite solar energy storage systems for certain facilities; providing requirements for the application process; directing the department to conduct or contract to conduct a specified study, publish the study on its website, and provide copies of the study to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing for expiration of the pilot program; providing an appropriation, etc. APPROPRIATION: $10,000,000 Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Committees of Reference Senate Regulated Industries (Current Reference) Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 0696

10/27/2021

SENATE Filed

11/16/2021

SENATE Referred to Regulated Industries; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations

Transportation Network Companies by Perry Transportation Network Companies; Providing a limitation on certain fees charged by airports or seaports; prohibiting certain airports and seaports from removing, degrading, or impeding access to certain services, benefits, or infrastructure, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022

Committees of Reference Senate Transportation (Current Reference) Senate Banking and Insurance Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 0706

10/27/2021

SENATE Filed

11/16/2021

SENATE Referred to Transportation; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations

School Concurrency by Perry School Concurrency; Revising provisions specifying when school concurrency is deemed satisfied; specifying that proportionate-share mitigation must be set aside and not spent if an improvement has not been identified, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs Senate Education Senate Rules (Current Reference) Actions

HB 0707

02/01/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Education; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/02/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed

02/02/2022

SENATE Now in Rules

Home Kitchen Operations by Learned Home Kitchen Operations: Exempts home kitchen operations from food permitting requirements; provides requirements for sale of home kitchen food products; preempts regulation of home kitchen operations to state; authorizes DACS to investigate complaints, conduct inspections, & impose disciplinary actions. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Committees of Reference House Regulatory Reform Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 0711

12/13/2021

HOUSE Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee

02/01/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Regulatory Reform Subcommittee, 02/03/22, 2:00 pm, 212 K - PCS

02/03/2022

HOUSE Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee; 17 Yeas, 0 Nays

Endangered and Threatened Species by Diamond Endangered and Threatened Species: Revises legislative intent of Florida Endangered & Threatened Species Act; directs FWCC & DACS to protect certain endangered or threatened species; revises criteria for placement of species on Regulated Plant Index by DACS; prohibits FWCC & DACS from considering certain costs when designating species as endangered or threatened. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee

Actions

HB 0717

11/23/2021

HOUSE Filed

12/13/2021

HOUSE Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee

12/13/2021

HOUSE Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee

Agritourism by Tomkow Agritourism: Revises legislative intent regarding promotion of agritourism; prohibits denial or revocation of property's agricultural classification; requires certain farm buildings, structures, facilities, or other improvements to be assessed according to specified provisions. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee House Ways & Means Committee House State Affairs Committee (Current Reference) Actions

HB 0729

01/27/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Ways & Means Committee, 01/31/22, 3:00 pm, 404 H

01/31/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Ways & Means Committee; 13 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/31/2022

HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee

Everglades Protection Area by Aloupis, Jr. Everglades Protection Area: Requires comprehensive plans & plan amendments that apply to certain lands within or near Everglades Protection Area to follow state coordinated review process; requires DEP to make determinations, consult, & coordinate with specified entities regarding such plans & amendments; provides additional limitation for compliance determination of such plans & plan amendments; prohibits & provides requirements for adoption of certain development amendments within Everglades Protection Area. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee (Current Reference) House State Affairs Committee Actions

HB 0739

01/21/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee, 01 /25/22, 3:30 pm, 212 K

01/25/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; 14 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/25/2022

HOUSE Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

Local Government Land Development Actions by Borrero Local Government Land Development Actions: Specifies deficiencies county or municipality may provide comments on regarding applications for development permits or development orders; requires local governments to adopt residential infill development standards; provides guidelines for local governments in developing residential infill development standards; requires local governments to adopt regulations to be used by applicants seeking designations as residential infill development; prohibits local government from denying applications if applicant has generally complied with regulations; requires local governments to amend their development regulations & comprehensive plans to incorporate residential infill developments as zoning classifications; specifies deficiencies over which local government may provide comments or request information on regarding applications for building permits. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference

House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Commerce Committee House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 0758

12/13/2021

HOUSE Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee; State Affairs Committee

12/13/2021

HOUSE Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee

02/03/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 02/07/22, 1:30 pm, 404 H

Education by Diaz Education; Establishing the Charter School Review Commission within the Department of Education; requiring the Commissioner of Education to appoint members; authorizing the commission to solicit and review charter school applications; requiring that the district school board that oversees the school district where a charter school approved by the commission will be located shall serve as the charter school’s sponsor; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct an analysis of charter school capital outlay and submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Education Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Senate Appropriations (Current Reference) Actions

HB 0761

01/21/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 01/26/22, 3:30 pm, 412 K

01/26/2022

SENATE Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable with CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; 6 Yeas, 2 Nays

01/28/2022

SENATE Now in Appropriations

Inventories of Critical Wetlands by Truenow Inventories of Critical Wetlands: Requires each water management district governing board, in cooperation with local governments, to develop list of critical wetlands for acquisition using funds from Land Acquisition Trust Fund; requires boards to consider certain criteria when including wetlands on list.

Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee Actions

HB 0777

01/28/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - State Affairs Committee, 02/01/22, 9:00 am, 212 K

02/01/2022

HOUSE Favorable by State Affairs Committee; 20 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/01/2022

HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

Local Tax Referenda Requirements by Robinson (W) Local Tax Referenda Requirements: Requires referenda elections related to tourist development taxes, tourist impact taxes, children's services & independent special district property taxes, increases in county & municipal ad valorem tax millages, ninth-cent fuel tax, local option fuel taxes, & certain school district millage elections to be held on day of general elections. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference

House Public Integrity & Elections Committee House Ways & Means Committee House State Affairs Committee (Current Reference) Actions

SB 0780

01/20/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Ways & Means Committee, 01/24/22, 1:00 pm, 404 H

01/24/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Ways & Means Committee; 17 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/24/2022

HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee

Airports by Hutson Airports; Revising the types of airports eligible for specified funding of master planning and eligible aviation development projects by the Florida Department of Transportation, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Transportation Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Senate Appropriations (Current Reference) Actions

SB 0800

01/21/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/26/22, 1:00 pm, 110 S

01/26/2022

SENATE Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; 11 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/26/2022

SENATE Now in Appropriations

Economic Development by Albritton Economic Development; Authorizing municipalities to exempt by ordinance the public service tax that specified users would pay on electrical energy purchases; providing an exemption from the state tax on sales, use, and other transactions for building materials used in the rehabilitation of real property in an opportunity zone; revising the qualification criteria and tax credit amounts for new and existing businesses under the Rural Job Tax Credit Program; establishing a rural opportunity tax refund program for qualified target industry businesses in rural areas, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Commerce and Tourism Senate Finance and Tax (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Actions

HB 0807

11/30/2021

SENATE Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; 10 Yeas, 0 Nays

11/30/2021

SENATE Now in Finance and Tax

12/09/2021

Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 12/10/21, 1:30 pm, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)

Agricultural Practices by Rayner Agricultural Practices: Requires, rather than authorizes, DACS to develop & adopt rules for certain measures & best management practices for statewide pollution reduction; requires DACS to develop & adopt rules to provide financial assistance guidelines for implementation of such measures & practices; exempts such financial assistance from specified procurement; requires such rules to be updated within specified timeframe & to provide specified administrative fines. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee (Current Reference)

House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 0828

12/01/2021

HOUSE Filed

12/13/2021

HOUSE Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee

12/13/2021

HOUSE Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee

Critical Infrastructure by Hutson Critical Infrastructure; Creating the "Critical Infrastructure Standards and Procedures Act"; requiring a local government asset owner procuring certain components, services, or solutions or entering into certain contracts to require conformance with certain standards, beginning on a specified date; requiring such a local government asset owner to ensure that certain contracts require that certain components meet certain minimum standards, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (Current Reference) Senate Rules Actions

SB 0832

02/02/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/02/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

02/03/2022

SENATE Now in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Implementation of the Recommendations of the Blue-Green Algae Task Force by Stewart Implementation of the Recommendations of the Blue-Green Algae Task Force; Requiring owners of certain onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems to have the systems periodically inspected, beginning on a specified date; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to administer the inspection program; requiring new or revised basin management action plans to include a list that identifies and prioritizes certain spatially focused projects, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Senate Appropriations (Current Reference) Actions

SB 0834

01/21/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 01/26/22, 3:30 pm, 110 S

01/26/2022

SENATE Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; 10 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/27/2022

SENATE Now in Appropriations

Long-term Cleanup of Harmful Algal Blooms by Brodeur Long-term Cleanup of Harmful Algal Blooms; Citing this act as the “Implementation of Long-term Solutions for Cleaning Florida’s Water Bodies Act”; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to take certain actions to physically remove, reduce, clean up, and respond to harmful algal blooms; requiring the department to give preference to innovative technologies that meet certain standards, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference

Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Actions

HB 0835

11/22/2021

SENATE On Committee agenda - Environment and Natural Resources, 11/30/21, 9:00 am, 37 S

11/30/2021

SENATE Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; 6 Yeas, 0 Nays

11/30/2021

SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Smart Region Zones by Duggan Smart Region Zones: Authorizes contiguous group of four or more counties to apply to Enterprise Florida, Inc., to receive designation as smart region zone; provides requirements for such designation; authorizes smart region zone centers of excellence & certain projects within smart region zone to apply to Enterprise Florida, Inc., for funding; requires smart region zone centers of excellence to submit reports. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee House Commerce Committee Actions

SB 0840

12/02/2021

HOUSE Filed

12/16/2021

HOUSE Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee

12/16/2021

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Residential Property Riparian Rights by Albritton Residential Property Riparian Rights; Requiring land surveyors to give preference to using the prolongation-of-property-line method to establish a property owner’s riparian rights along a channel under certain circumstances; requiring courts to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing party in a civil action under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Judiciary Senate Rules Actions

HB 0841

01/31/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Rules, 02/03/22, 9:00 am, 412 K

02/03/2022

SENATE Favorable by Rules; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/03/2022

SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

Residential Property Riparian Rights by DiCeglie Residential Property Riparian Rights: Requires land surveyors to give preference to using prolongationof-property-line method to establish property owner's riparian rights along channel; requires courts to award reasonable attorney fees & costs to prevailing party in civil actions. Effective Date: upon becoming a law

Committees of Reference House Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Judiciary Committee Actions

HB 0851

01/31/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee, 02/02/22, 8:00 am, 404 H

02/02/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/02/2022

HOUSE Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee

School Concurrency by McClain School Concurrency: Revises provisions specifying when school concurrency is satisfied; specifies proportionate-share mitigation may be set aside & not spent if improvement has not been identified.

Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Education & Employment Committee (Current Reference) House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 0856

01/19/2022

HOUSE Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/19/2022

HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

01/20/2022

HOUSE Now in Education & Employment Committee

Private Provider Inspections of Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems by Brodeur Private Provider Inspections of Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems; Authorizing private provider inspections of onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems under certain conditions; prohibiting the Department of Environmental Protection from charging certain inspection and permit fees; specifying requirements for private providers and onsite sewage treatment and disposal system owners and authorized contractors; revising the list of providers authorized to perform onsite sewage treatment and disposal system evaluations, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Senate Appropriations (Current Reference) Actions

SB 0882

01/07/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 01/12/22, 4:30 pm, 110 S

01/12/2022

SENATE Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable with CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/14/2022

SENATE Now in Appropriations

Inventories of Critical Wetlands by Brodeur Inventories of Critical Wetlands; Requiring each water management district governing board, in cooperation with local governments, to develop a list of critical wetlands for acquisition using funds from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund; requiring the boards to consider certain criteria when including wetlands on the list, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference

Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Community Affairs Senate Rules (Current Reference) Actions

SB 0886

02/02/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Community Affairs; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/04/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

02/04/2022

SENATE Now in Rules

Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates by Jones Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates; Requiring a municipality to charge customers receiving its utility services in another municipality the same rates, fees, and charges as it charges consumers within its municipal boundaries under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Regulated Industries Senate Rules Actions

SB 0904

11/09/2021

SENATE Filed

11/30/2021

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Regulated Industries; Rules

Agricultural Practices by Farmer, Jr. Agricultural Practices; Revising the definition of the term “best management practice”; requiring, rather than authorizing, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop and adopt rules for interim measures, best management practices, or other measures to achieve certain levels of pollution reduction statewide; requiring the department to develop and adopt rules for guidelines for providing financial assistance to parties implementing such measures and practices; providing that such financial assistance is exempt from certain provisions, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 0908

11/15/2021

SENATE Filed

11/30/2021

SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations

Fees/Electric Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles by Brandes Fees/Electric Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles; Imposing specified additional annual flat fees on electric vehicles; imposing a license tax and an additional annual flat fee on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; authorizing persons and entities to biennially renew vehicle registrations for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; providing for the distribution of proceeds from the additional fees, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2022, but only if SB 918 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law Committees of Reference Senate Transportation (Current Reference) Senate Finance and Tax Senate Appropriations

Actions

SB 0918

11/15/2021

SENATE Filed

11/30/2021

SENATE Referred to Transportation; Finance and Tax; Appropriations

Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure by Brandes Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure; Revising a requirement for the Department of Transportation’s goals relating to mobility; requiring that certain funds be used for specified purposes relating to the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Program, beginning in a specified fiscal year; requiring the department to establish the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Program; providing the purpose of the program; requiring the Department of Transportation to seek programmatic federal approval for the issuance of permits and for the accommodation as a utility of the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in highway rights-of-way, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference Senate Transportation (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 0920

11/15/2021

SENATE Filed

11/30/2021

SENATE Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations

Electric Vehicle Transportation Electrification Plan by Perry Electric Vehicle Transportation Electrification Plan; Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt rules for an electric vehicle transportation electrification plan that meet certain requirements; providing timeframes for the commission to propose the plan’s rules and for final rule adoption; authorizing entities that provide electric vehicle charging stations to the public to intervene and participate in certain commission proceedings involving rates, terms, or conditions for offering electric vehicle charging to the public, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Regulated Industries Senate Transportation (Current Reference) Senate Rules Actions

HB 0923

01/13/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Regulated Industries, 01/18/22, 1:30 pm, 412 K

01/18/2022

SENATE Favorable by Regulated Industries; 7 Yeas, 1 Nay

01/19/2022

SENATE Now in Transportation

Ad Valorem Tax Exemption by Fischer Ad Valorem Tax Exemption: Proposes amendment to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to periodically increase the twenty-five thousand dollar exemption on a homestead property's assessed value that is greater than fifty thousand dollars. Effective Date: Not Specified Committees of Reference House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Ways & Means Committee (Current Reference) House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 0932

01/25/2022

HOUSE Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; 11 Yeas, 3 Nays

01/25/2022

HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

01/26/2022

HOUSE Now in Ways & Means Committee

Everglades Protection Area by Rodriguez (A) Everglades Protection Area; Requiring comprehensive plans and plan amendments that apply to certain lands within or near the Everglades Protection Area to follow the state coordinated review process; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with specified entities, to make certain determinations for such plans and amendments, to provide written determinations to the local government and specified entities within a specified timeframe, and to coordinate with the local government and specified entities on certain planning strategies and mitigation measures; authorizing site-specific text changes for small scale future land use map amendments; prohibiting the adoption of small scale development amendments for properties located within or near the Everglades Protection Area, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources (Current Reference) Senate Community Affairs Senate Rules Actions

HB 0943

11/16/2021

SENATE Filed

11/30/2021

SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules

Preemption of Local Government Wage Mandates by Harding Preemption of Local Government Wage Mandates: Prohibits political subdivisions from enacting, maintaining, or enforcing, directly or indirectly, wage mandates in amount greater than state or federal minimum wage rate; specifies that certain wage mandates are void. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Committees of Reference House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Regulatory Reform Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee (Current Reference) Actions

SB 0950

02/01/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Regulatory Reform Subcommittee, 02/03/22, 2:00 pm, 212 K

02/03/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee; 11 Yeas, 6 Nays

02/03/2022

HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee

Percentage of Elector Votes Required to Approve an Amendment or a Revision to the State Constitution by Rodriguez (A) Percentage of Elector Votes Required to Approve an Amendment or a Revision to the State Constitution; Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to increase the percentage of elector votes required to approve an amendment to or a revision of the State Constitution from 60 percent to 66.67 percent, except that the repeal of an amendment or revision need only be approved by the same percentage of elector votes as was required at the time of passage of such amendment or revision, etc.

Committees of Reference Senate Ethics and Elections (Current Reference) Senate Judiciary Senate Rules

Actions

SB 0962

11/17/2021

SENATE Filed

11/30/2021

SENATE Referred to Ethics and Elections; Judiciary; Rules

Residential Development Projects for Affordable Housing by Bradley Residential Development Projects for Affordable Housing; Authorizing counties and municipalities, respectively, to approve any residential development project on parcels zoned for commercial or industrial use if certain conditions are met, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs Senate Transportation Senate Rules (Current Reference) Actions

HB 0965

01/27/2022

SENATE Now in Rules

01/31/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Rules, 02/03/22, 9:00 am, 412 K

02/03/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Rules; 15 Yeas, 1 Nay

Environmental Management by Truenow Environmental Management: Provides for water quality enhancement areas & permits, enhancement service areas, & enhancement credits; directs DEP & water management districts to authorize sale & use of enhancement credits for specified purposes; directs DEP to maintain specified ledgers; revises requirements for developers & homebuilders to qualify for graywater technology incentives; authorizes & requires DEP to adopt & modify specified rules. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 0976

02/01/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee, 02 /03/22, 11:30 am, 212 K

02/03/2022

HOUSE Favorable with CS by Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; 16 Yeas, 1 Nay

02/04/2022

HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

Construction by Perry Construction; Prohibiting specified governmental entities from requiring participation in a paid subscription service to access solicitations of competitive bids or proposals which must be publicly advertised; requiring that such solicitations be available on the publicly accessible website of the applicable governmental entity after the solicitation has been advertised; prohibiting the local enforcing agency from requiring a substantive change to plans and specifications once they have been found to be in compliance and a permit is issued, if such change would result in more than a de minimis increase in the overall cost of the project, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Senate Rules Actions 11/18/2021

SENATE Filed

12/13/2021 HB 0981

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules

Residential Development Projects for Affordable Housing by Payne Residential Development Projects for Affordable Housing: Authorizes counties & municipalities to approve residential development projects using specified approval process; provides approval for affordable housing development or residential development project is self-executing. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Committees of Reference House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee Actions

HB 1019

02/01/2022

HOUSE Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee; 21 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/01/2022

HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed

02/02/2022

HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

Saltwater Intrusion Vulnerability Assessments by Duggan Saltwater Intrusion Vulnerability Assessments: Requires coastal counties to conduct vulnerability assessments analyzing effects of saltwater intrusion on water supplies & preparedness to respond to threats & provide copies to DEP & water management districts; requires water management districts to submit certain projects to DEP; requires DEP to update comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability & sea level rise data, make certain information available online, & provide cost-share funding to coastal counties. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 1020

12/27/2021

HOUSE Filed

01/07/2022

HOUSE Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee

01/07/2022

HOUSE Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee

Building Plans by Perry Building Plans; Specifying that local building code administrators and certain marshals and inspectors do not have discretionary authority to change certain building plans under specified circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Banking and Insurance Senate Rules Actions

SB 1030

11/22/2021

SENATE Filed

12/13/2021

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Banking and Insurance; Rules

Impact Fee Credits by Taddeo Impact Fee Credits; Revising the area within which impact fee credits are assignable or transferable, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022

Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Transportation Senate Rules Actions

HB 1035

11/22/2021

SENATE Filed

12/13/2021

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Transportation; Rules

Incorporation of Municipalities by Williamson Incorporation of Municipalities: Revises date feasibility study for proposed incorporation of municipality must be submitted to Legislature; revises required elements of feasibility study to include documentation concerning accuracy of specified information & proof of passage of nonbinding referendum by voters of proposed municipality. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Public Integrity & Elections Committee (Current Reference) House State Affairs Committee Actions

HB 1089

01/19/2022

HOUSE Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/19/2022

HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

01/20/2022

HOUSE Now in Public Integrity & Elections Committee

Affordable Housing by Woodson Affordable Housing: Provides tax credit against corporate income taxes to landlords who lease or sell dwelling units under specified conditions to college students & recent college graduates; specifies maximum amount of tax credit available in any one year; prohibits landlords from transferring tax credits except under specified conditions; authorizes DOR to adopt rules & coordinate with Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing; requires Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing to determine certain affordable housing rental needs for certain purposes. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Ways & Means Committee House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 1098

01/03/2022

HOUSE Filed

01/10/2022

HOUSE Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; State Affairs Committee

01/10/2022

HOUSE Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee

Smart Region Zones by Brodeur Smart Region Zones; Authorizing a group of four or more contiguous counties to apply to Enterprise Florida, Inc., to receive designation as a smart region zone; authorizing the designated smart region zone centers of excellence and certain projects within a smart region zone to apply to Enterprise Florida, Inc., for funding; requiring smart region zone centers of excellence to submit quarterly reports containing specified information to Enterprise Florida, Inc., etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Commerce and Tourism (Current Reference)

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 1102

11/30/2021

SENATE Filed

12/13/2021

SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations

Farming Operations by Farmer, Jr. Farming Operations; Revising the definitions of the terms “farm operation” and “nuisance” for purposes of the Florida Right to Farm Act, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Judiciary (Current Reference) Senate Agriculture Senate Rules Actions

SB 1124

11/30/2021

SENATE Filed

12/13/2021

SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Agriculture; Rules

Preemption of Local Government Wage Mandates by Gruters Preemption of Local Government Wage Mandates; Creating the "Wage Mandate Preemption Act"; deleting the definition of the term “employer contracting to provide goods or services for the political subdivision”; revising prohibitions relating to political subdivisions enacting, maintaining, or enforcing wage mandates in an amount greater than the state or federal minimum wage; specifying that any wage mandate that conflicts with such prohibitions is void, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs Senate Commerce and Tourism (Current Reference) Senate Rules Actions

HB 1127

02/02/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Community Affairs; 5 Yeas, 3 Nays

02/03/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

02/03/2022

SENATE Now in Commerce and Tourism

Limiting Subject of Constitutional Amendments Proposed by Citizen Initiative by Beltran Limiting Subject of Constitutional Amendments Proposed by Citizen Initiative: Proposes amendment to Section 3 of Article XI of State Constitution to limit revisions or amendments of State Constitution by citizen initiative to matters relating to procedural subjects or to structure of government or of State Constitution. Effective Date: Not Specified Committees of Reference House Public Integrity & Elections Committee House Judiciary Committee Actions 01/28/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Judiciary Committee, 02/01/22, 9:00 am, 404 H

02/01/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Judiciary Committee; 14 Yeas, 6 Nays

02/01/2022

HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

HB 1145

Regulation of Single-use Plastic Products by Mooney, Jr. Regulation of Single-use Plastic Products: Authorizes certain coastal communities to establish pilot programs to regulate single-use plastic products; provides requirements for establishing such pilot programs; requires DEP to submit updated retail bag reports with conclusions & recommendations to Legislature by specified dates. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 1150

01/04/2022

HOUSE Filed

01/10/2022

HOUSE Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee

01/10/2022

HOUSE Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee

Taxation of Affordable Housing by Rodriguez (A) Taxation of Affordable Housing; Authorizing counties and municipalities to adopt ordinances to grant partial ad valorem tax exemptions to property owners whose properties are used to provide affordable housing; specifying requirements for eligibility for such exemptions; specifying duties of boards of county commissioners and municipal governing authorities adopting ordinances granting such exemptions; requiring property owners improperly granted such exemptions to pay owed taxes, penalties, and interest, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs Senate Finance and Tax Senate Appropriations (Current Reference) Actions

SB 1158

01/24/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Finance and Tax, 01/27/22, 9:00 am, 110 S

01/27/2022

SENATE Favorable by Finance and Tax; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/27/2022

SENATE Now in Appropriations

Home Kitchen Operations by Jones Home Kitchen Operations; Exempting home kitchen operations from food permitting requirements under certain circumstances; specifying requirements for the sale of home kitchen food products; preempting regulation of home kitchen operations to the state; authorizing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to investigate complaints about a home kitchen operation, conduct inspections, and impose disciplinary actions, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Committees of Reference Senate Regulated Industries (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Senate Rules Actions

SB 1162

12/03/2021

SENATE Filed

01/05/2022

SENATE Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations; Rules

02/03/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Regulated Industries, 02/08/22, 12:30 pm, 412 K

Infrastructure Project Funding by Broxson

Infrastructure Project Funding; Prohibiting an administering agency from disbursing funds from any category of the General Appropriations Act for infrastructure projects under certain conditions; requiring a grantee to use the revenues for infrastructure projects for certain activities; prohibiting water management districts from appropriating or disbursing funds to grantees for water-related projects unless certain conditions are met; prohibiting certain entities from applying for water project grant funding, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 1170

12/06/2021

SENATE Filed

01/05/2022

SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations

State Housing Assistance Programs by Brandes State Housing Assistance Programs; Removing powers of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to develop and administer the State Apartment Incentive Loan Program; renaming the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program as the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Block Grant Program; removing municipalities from eligibility under the program; providing that the corporation shall distribute moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the program, rather than distribute moneys in the Local Government Housing Trust Fund; revising eligible counties and distribution calculations under the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Block Grant Program; revising the guaranteed amount for each state fiscal year; Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Senate Rules Actions

SB 1186

12/07/2021

SENATE Filed

01/05/2022

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations; Rules

Agritourism by Albritton Agritourism; Revising legislative intent regarding the promotion of agritourism; prohibiting the denial or revocation of a property’s agricultural classification under certain circumstances; requiring certain farm buildings, structures, facilities, or other improvements to be assessed according to specified provisions, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Agriculture Senate Finance and Tax Senate Appropriations (Current Reference) Actions

HB 1211

01/31/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Finance and Tax, 02/03/22, 9:00 am, 110 S

02/03/2022

SENATE Favorable by Finance and Tax; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/03/2022

SENATE Now in Appropriations

Use of School District Revenue by Roach Use of School District Revenue: Proposes amendment to Section 1 of Article VII & creation of new section in Article XII of State Constitution to authorize Legislature, by general law, to provide for use of

revenue from school district levies for educational benefit of students who are not attending full time school or program operated by district school board. Effective Date: Not Specified Committees of Reference House Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee House PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee House Education & Employment Committee Actions

SB 1238

01/05/2022

HOUSE Filed

01/12/2022

HOUSE Referred to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee; Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee; PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; Education & Employment Committee

01/12/2022

HOUSE Now in Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee

Saltwater Intrusion Vulnerability Assessments by Polsky Saltwater Intrusion Vulnerability Assessments; Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to provide grants for saltwater intrusion vulnerability assessments; requiring the department to update the comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise data set and make certain information received from the saltwater intrusion vulnerability assessments available on its website; requiring the department to provide cost-share funding up to a specified amount for awarded grants, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 1248

01/31/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Environment and Natural Resources; 6 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/01/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

02/02/2022

SENATE Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Local Government Land Development Actions by Gruters Local Government Land Development Actions; Specifying the authority of a county or municipality, respectively, to make additional comments on an application for approval of a development permit or development order; requiring local governments to adopt residential infill development standards by a specified date; specifying guidelines local governments must use in developing residential infill development standards; prohibiting a local government from approving applications with many deficiencies; requiring local governments to amend their development regulations and comprehensive plans to incorporate residential infill developments as a zoning classification and incorporate them as an appropriate land use classification, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Rules Actions

SB 1264

12/14/2021

SENATE Filed

01/05/2022

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Environment and Natural Resources; Rules

Ad Valorem Taxation by Brandes

Ad Valorem Taxation; Providing for the periodic increase in the ad valorem taxation exemption on a homestead property’s assessed value that exceeds a specified amount, etc. Effective Date: On the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by SJR 1266 or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and purpose, if such amendment to the State Constitution is approved at the general election held in November 2022 or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that purpose Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Finance and Tax Senate Appropriations Actions

HB 1265

12/15/2021

SENATE Filed

01/05/2022

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations

01/05/2022

Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 01/07/22, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)

Local Regulation of Vessels by Caruso Local Regulation of Vessels: Authorizes local governments to regulate the anchoring of certain vessels.

Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House State Affairs Committee Actions

SB 1266

01/06/2022

HOUSE Filed

01/12/2022

HOUSE Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee

01/12/2022

HOUSE Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee

Homestead Property Exemption by Brandes Homestead Property Exemption; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to provide for the periodic increase of the twenty-five thousand dollar exemption on a homestead property’s assessed value that is greater than fifty thousand dollars, etc.

Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Finance and Tax Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 1310

12/15/2021

SENATE Filed

01/05/2022

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations

01/05/2022

Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 01/07/22, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)

Florida Main Street Program and Historic Preservation Tax Credits by Rodriguez (A) Florida Main Street Program and Historic Preservation Tax Credits; Citing this act as the "Main Street Historic Tourism and Revitalization Act"; specifying eligibility requirements for receiving specified tax credits for taxpayers that rehabilitate certified historic structures; specifying requirements for the Division of Historical Resources of the Department of State for evaluating and certifying applications for

specified tax credits; authorizing the carryforward, sale, and transfer of tax credits; providing the Department of Revenue and the division audit and examination powers for specified purposes related to certified rehabilitation expenses, etc. Effective Date: 1/1/2023 Committees of Reference Senate Commerce and Tourism Senate Finance and Tax (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 1338

02/03/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Finance and Tax; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/03/2022

Removed from agenda - EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference, 02/04/22, 9:00 am, 117 K

02/03/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

Floating Solar Facilities by Diaz Floating Solar Facilities; Defining the term “floating solar facility”; providing that a floating solar facility must be a permitted use in appropriate land use categories in each local government’s comprehensive plan; requiring each local government to amend its development regulations to promote the expanded use of floating solar facilities; requiring the Office of Energy within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to submit specified recommendations to the Legislature to provide a regulatory framework relating to floating solar facilities, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Regulated Industries Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Rules Actions

SB 1340

02/01/2022

SENATE Favorable by Regulated Industries; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/02/2022

SENATE Now in Community Affairs

02/03/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 02/08/22, 3:00 pm, 37 S

School District Levies by Diaz School District Levies; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature, by general law, to provide for the use of revenue from school district levies for the educational benefit of students who are not attending full time a school or program operated by the district school board, etc.

Committees of Reference Senate Education (Current Reference) Senate Finance and Tax Senate Appropriations Actions

HB 1365

12/21/2021

SENATE Filed

01/12/2022

SENATE Referred to Education; Finance and Tax; Appropriations

Road Construction by Maggard Road Construction: Creates Rural Roads Initiative pilot program within DOT; provides purpose; provides application & funding requirements; specifies role of DOT in distributing funds; specifies project standards; requires annual report to Legislature; requires Legislature to designate pilot program review committee; provides appropriation; revises amount of construction contract for which contractor must first be certified by DOT in order to bid on such contract. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference

House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 1377

01/08/2022

HOUSE Filed

01/14/2022

HOUSE Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee

01/14/2022

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Land Acquisition Funding by Roth Land Acquisition Funding: Extends retirement date of bonds issues to fund Florida Forever Act; revises distribution of proceeds from Florida Forever Trust Fund for land acquisition & capital project expenditures; requires specified annual appropriation to Florida Forever Trust Fund; prohibits use of moneys from Land Acquisition Trust Fund for specified costs. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Ways & Means Committee House Appropriations Committee Actions

SB 1380

01/08/2022

HOUSE Filed

01/14/2022

HOUSE Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; Appropriations Committee

01/14/2022

HOUSE Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

Real Property Rights by Rodriguez (A) Real Property Rights; Revising rights that are not affected or extinguished by marketable record titles; revising the types of interests extinguished by marketable record titles; authorizing owners or operators of private property used for motor vehicle parking to establish rules, rates, and fines governing private persons parking on the property; prohibiting counties and municipalities from enacting any ordinance or regulation attempting to restrict or prohibit the owner or operator from adopting such rules, rates, or fines, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law Committees of Reference Senate Judiciary Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Rules Actions

SB 1400

01/31/2022

SENATE Favorable by Judiciary; 10 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/01/2022

SENATE Now in Community Affairs

02/03/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 02/08/22, 3:00 pm, 37 S

Land Acquisition Trust Fund by Burgess Land Acquisition Trust Fund; Providing an annual appropriation to the Department of Environmental Protection to implement the Heartland Headwaters Protection and Sustainability Act; requiring the funds to be used and distributed for specified purposes, etc. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Senate Appropriations (Current Reference) Actions

HB 1411

01/21/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 01/26/22, 3:30 pm, 110 S

01/26/2022

SENATE Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; 10 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/27/2022

SENATE Now in Appropriations

Floating Solar Facilities by Avila Floating Solar Facilities: Provides legislative findings regarding floating solar facilities; requires floating solar facility to be permitted use in certain land-use categories; requires local governments to promote expanded uses of floating solar facilities by taking specified actions; authorizes county to specify buffer & landscaping requirements; provides exceptions on construction of floating solar facilities; requires Office of Energy within DACS to submit specified recommendations regarding floating solar facilities for certain entities. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Commerce Committee Actions

SB 1412

01/25/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/28/2022

HOUSE Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee

02/03/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 02/07/22, 1:30 pm, 404 H

Revisions or Amendments of the State Constitution by Citizen Initiative by Brodeur Revisions or Amendments of the State Constitution by Citizen Initiative; Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to limit revisions or amendments of the State Constitution by citizen initiative to matters relating to procedural subjects or to the structure of the government or of the State Constitution, etc.

Committees of Reference Senate Ethics and Elections (Current Reference) Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Senate Rules Actions

HB 1415

01/03/2022

SENATE Filed

01/12/2022

SENATE Referred to Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules

02/03/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Ethics and Elections, 02/08/22, 12:30 pm, 110 S

Alternative Mobility Funding Systems by Robinson (W) Alternative Mobility Funding Systems: Provides definitions related to alternative mobility funding systems; specifies procedures and requirements for use by local governments in adopting or updating mobility plans, mobility fee systems, and mobility fees; specifies that local governments have burden of proving that imposition or amount of fee or exaction meets certain criteria; prohibits courts from using deferential standard for specified purpose. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference

House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Ways & Means Committee House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 1543

01/08/2022

HOUSE Filed

01/16/2022

HOUSE Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; Commerce Committee

01/16/2022

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Broadband Infrastructure by Tomkow Broadband Infrastructure: Establishes Broadband Pole Replacement Program within Florida Office of Broadband; provides responsibilities of office; provides eligibility requirements for reimbursements under program; provides requirements for program application; requires office to provide certain reimbursements within specified timeframe; requires applicant to meet certain conditions; requires Secretary of Economic Opportunity to apply for certain federal funding; requires office to publish & update certain information; requires audit of Broadband Pole Replacement Trust Fund within specified timeframe; requires report to Governor & Legislature within specified timeframe; provides appropriation.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law, if HB 1545 or similar legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee House Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 1545

02/01/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee, 02/03 /22, 9:00 am, 102 H

02/03/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/03/2022

HOUSE Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee

Trust Funds/Broadband Pole Replacement Trust Fund/DEO by Tomkow Trust Funds/Broadband Pole Replacement Trust Fund/DEO: Creates Broadband Pole Replacement Trust Fund within DEO; provides purpose of trust fund; provides that moneys credited to trust fund shall consist of certain funds; requires that funds in trust fund be used in manner consistent with federal law; provides that balance in trust fund at end of fiscal year remains in trust fund & is available for carrying out purposes of trust fund; provides for future legislative review & termination or re-creation of trust fund. Effective Date: on the same date that HB 1543 or similar legislation takes effect Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee House Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Commerce Committee Actions

SB 1554

02/01/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee, 02/03 /22, 9:00 am, 102 H

02/03/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/03/2022

HOUSE Now in Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee

Municipal Incorporation by Diaz Municipal Incorporation; Requiring that a charter for incorporation of a municipality be approved in a specified nonbinding referendum before the contemplated special act or proposed bill is introduced in

the Legislature; requiring that the certified results of the referendum be attached to the bill when introduced; revising the date when a required feasibility study of a proposed municipal incorporation must be completed and submitted to the Legislature, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Ethics and Elections Senate Rules Actions

HB 1555

01/05/2022

SENATE Filed

01/12/2022

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Ethics and Elections; Rules

Private Property Rights to Prune, Trim, and Remove Trees by McClain Private Property Rights to Prune, Trim, and Remove Trees: Prohibits local governments from requiring notice, application, approval, permit, fee, or mitigation for pruning, trimming, or removal of tree on residential property if property owner possesses certain documentation; provides that tree poses unacceptable risk if removal is only means of practically mitigating its risk below moderate as determined by specified procedures. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Judiciary Committee Actions

HB 1557

01/27/2022

HOUSE Favorable by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/27/2022

HOUSE Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee

02/03/2022

HOUSE On Committee agenda - Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 02/07/22, 1:30 pm, 404 H

Parental Rights in Education by Harding Parental Rights in Education: Requires district school boards to adopt procedures that comport with provisions of law for notifying student's parent of specified information; requires procedures to reinforce fundamental right of parents to make decisions regarding upbringing & control of their children; provides requirements for such procedures, school districts, & personnel; requires DOE to review & update specified materials. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Education & Employment Committee House Judiciary Committee (Current Reference) Actions

SB 1580

01/20/2022

HOUSE Favorable with CS by Education & Employment Committee; 15 Yeas, 5 Nays

01/21/2022

HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

01/25/2022

HOUSE Now in Judiciary Committee

Management of Single-use Plastic Products by Rodriguez (A) Management of Single-use Plastic Products; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to update its 2010 retail bag report at specified intervals; authorizing certain coastal communities to establish pilot programs to regulate the use of single-use plastic products; providing for the adoption and expiration of the ordinances required to establish the pilot programs; directing participating municipalities to collect data and submit reports to the municipal governing bodies and the department, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law

Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources (Current Reference) Senate Community Affairs Senate Rules Actions

SB 1726

01/06/2022

SENATE Filed

01/12/2022

SENATE Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Community Affairs; Rules

Broadband by Ausley Broadband; Establishing the Broadband Deployment Task Force within the Department of Economic Opportunity for a specified purpose; requiring the task force to submit annual reports to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; providing that certain information provided to the department from broadband service providers retains its confidentiality and exemption from public disclosure requirements; revising grant application written challenge requirements; establishing positions with the Office of Broadband for a specified purpose, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Commerce and Tourism (Current Reference) Senate Regulated Industries Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 1784

01/07/2022

SENATE Filed

01/12/2022

SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Regulated Industries; Appropriations

Road Construction by Burgess Road Construction; Creating the Rural Roads Initiative Pilot Program within the Department of Transportation; providing the purpose of the pilot program; authorizing the Governor to reallocate funds under certain circumstances; revising the amount of a construction contract for which a contractor must first be certified by the department in order to bid on such contract, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Transportation (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Senate Rules Actions

SB 1800

01/07/2022

SENATE Filed

01/12/2022

SENATE Referred to Transportation; Appropriations; Rules

Broadband Infrastructure by Boyd Broadband Infrastructure; Revising the duties of the Florida Office of Broadband to include administering the Broadband Pole Replacement Program; establishing the Broadband Pole Replacement Program within the office; requiring the Secretary of Economic Opportunity to apply for certain federal funding for the program; requiring that the amount of state funds allocated to the program be reduced by the amount of certain federal funds provided to the program; requiring an audit of the Broadband Pole Replacement Trust Fund within a certain period of time, etc. APPROPRIATION: $400,000,000 Effective Date: Upon becoming a law, if SB 1802 or similar legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law Committees of Reference Senate Commerce and Tourism

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 1802

01/24/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Commerce and Tourism; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/25/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

01/26/2022

SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Broadband Pole Replacement Trust Fund by Boyd Broadband Pole Replacement Trust Fund; Creating the trust fund within the Department of Economic Opportunity; providing the purpose of the trust fund; providing that moneys credited to the trust fund shall consist of certain funds; requiring that funds in the trust fund be used in a manner consistent with federal law; providing that the balance in the trust fund at the end of a fiscal year remains in the trust fund and is available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund; providing for future legislative review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc. Effective Date: On the same date that SB 1800 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law Committees of Reference Senate Commerce and Tourism Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 1816

01/24/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Commerce and Tourism; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/25/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

01/26/2022

SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Land Acquisition Trust Fund by Stewart Land Acquisition Trust Fund; Extending the date by which the Legislature intends for bonds issued to fund the Florida Forever Act to be retired; requiring a specified annual appropriation to the Florida Forever Trust Fund; deleting an obsolete provision; prohibiting the use of certain moneys distributed from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund for specified costs, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 1824

01/19/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Environment and Natural Resources, 01/24/22, 3:00 pm, 37 S

01/24/2022

SENATE Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays

01/24/2022

SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Mobility Funding Systems by Brodeur Mobility Funding Systems; Revising requirements and best practices for local governments applying concurrency to transportation facilities; specifying prohibited uses of, and requirements and best

practices for, mobility plans by local governments; providing requirements for a local government electing to adopt a mobility plan and mobility fee; specifying requirements for, and restrictions on, mobility fees, fee updates, and fee increases, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference) Senate Transportation Senate Appropriations Actions

SB 1834

01/07/2022

SENATE Filed

01/12/2022

SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Transportation; Appropriations

Parental Rights in Education by Baxley Parental Rights in Education; Requiring district school boards to adopt procedures that comport with certain provisions of law for notifying a student’s parent of specified information; requiring such procedures to reinforce the fundamental right of parents to make decisions regarding the upbringing and control of their children in a specified manner; prohibiting a school district from adopting procedures or student support forms that require school district personnel to withhold from a parent specified information or that encourage or have the effect of encouraging a student to withhold from a parent such information; prohibiting a school district from encouraging classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in primary grade levels or in a specified manner, etc. Effective Date: 7/1 /2022 Committees of Reference Senate Education (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Senate Rules Actions

SB 1940

01/07/2022

SENATE Filed

01/12/2022

SENATE Referred to Education; Appropriations; Rules

02/03/2022

SENATE On Committee agenda - Education, 02/08/22, 9:00 am, 412 K

Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience by Brodeur Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience; Establishing the Statewide Office of Resilience within the Executive Office of the Governor; providing for the appointment of a Chief Resilience Officer; requiring the Department of Transportation to develop a resilience action plan for the State Highway System; revising the projects the Department of Environmental Protection may fund within the Resilient Florida Grant Program; extending the dates by which the department must complete a comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea-level rise data set and assessment; requiring the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation to provide tidal and storm surge flooding data to counties and municipalities for vulnerability assessments, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022 Committees of Reference Senate Environment and Natural Resources Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Current Reference) Senate Appropriations Actions 01/31/2022

SENATE Favorable with CS by Environment and Natural Resources; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays

02/01/2022

SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed

02/02/2022

SENATE Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

HB 6003

Legal Rights of the Natural Environment by Eskamani Legal Rights of the Natural Environment: Removes provisions prohibiting local governments from recognizing or granting certain legal rights to natural environment or granting such rights relating to natural environment to person or political subdivision. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee House Judiciary Committee Actions

HB 6017

08/02/2021

HOUSE Filed

09/17/2021

HOUSE Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee; Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee

09/17/2021

HOUSE Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee

Rent Control Measures by Eskamani Rent Control Measures: Deletes provisions that require certain local government measures to expire within specified time period unless extended or renewed. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Commerce Committee House State Affairs Committee Actions

HB 6025

09/13/2021

HOUSE Filed

09/22/2021

HOUSE Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee; State Affairs Committee

09/22/2021

HOUSE Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee

Preemption of Tree Pruning, Trimming, and Removal by Eskamani Preemption of Tree Pruning, Trimming, and Removal: Repeals provisions relating to tree pruning, trimming, & removal on residential property. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Commerce Committee House State Affairs Committee Actions

HB 6029

09/13/2021

HOUSE Filed

09/22/2021

HOUSE Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee; State Affairs Committee

09/22/2021

HOUSE Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee

Traffic Infraction Detectors by Sabatini Traffic Infraction Detectors: Repeals provisions relating to Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Program, authorization to use traffic infraction detectors, distribution of penalties, transitional implementation, & placement & installation. Effective Date: July 1, 2025 Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference)

House Appropriations Committee House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 6033

09/17/2021

HOUSE Filed

09/29/2021

HOUSE Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Commerce Committee

09/29/2021

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Preemption of the Regulation of Vacation Rentals by Grieco Preemption of the Regulation of Vacation Rentals: Repeals provisions preempting regulation of vacation rentals to state. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Regulatory Reform Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Ways & Means Committee House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 6043

09/22/2021

HOUSE Filed

09/29/2021

HOUSE Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; Commerce Committee

09/29/2021

HOUSE Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee

Local Government Communications Services by Eskamani Local Government Communications Services: Removes provisions requiring counties, municipalities, & entities of local government to pay certain taxes on the provision or use of certain telecommunications facilities; removes provisions that identify procedures which must be followed by governmental entities before providing communications services; removes provisions relating to using revenues to issue bonds to finance communications services; removes provisions providing procedures if revenues do not exceed operating costs; removes provision specifying that certain airport authorities or other governmental entities are not exempt from certain procedural requirements related to providing telecommunications services. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Ways & Means Committee House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 6045

10/12/2021

HOUSE Filed

10/22/2021

HOUSE Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways & Means Committee; Commerce Committee

10/22/2021

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Communication Services by Eskamani Communication Services: Deletes provisions limiting authority of, and prohibiting, municipalities and counties from functions related to communications service providers; deletes references to, and administration and provisions of Advanced Wireless Infrastructure Deployment Act. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference

House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference) House State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 6063

10/12/2021

HOUSE Filed

10/22/2021

HOUSE Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee

10/22/2021

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Preemption of Recyclable and Polystyrene Materials by Grieco Preemption of Recyclable and Polystyrene Materials: Removes prohibition of local regulation of auxiliary containers, wrappings, & disposable plastic bags; repeals preemption of use or sale of polystyrene products to DACS. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Regulatory Reform Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee House Commerce Committee Actions

HB 6085

10/20/2021

HOUSE Filed

11/05/2021

HOUSE Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee; Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee

11/05/2021

HOUSE Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee

Farming Operations by Eskamani Farming Operations: Revises definitions of terms "farm operation" & "nuisance " for purposes of Florida Right to Farm Act. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee House Judiciary Committee Actions

HB 6089

11/30/2021

HOUSE Filed

12/13/2021

HOUSE Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee; Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee

12/13/2021

HOUSE Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee

Purchase of Plant Materials for Transportation Projects by Gregory Purchase of Plant Materials for Transportation Projects: Removes provisions requiring that certain percentages of funds allocated by DOT for construction projects be used for purchase of plant materials. Effective Date: July 1, 2022 Committees of Reference House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee (Current Reference) House Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee House Commerce Committee Actions 12/01/2021

HOUSE Filed

HB 7049

12/16/2021

HOUSE Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee; Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee

12/16/2021

HOUSE Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee

Legal Notices by Judiciary Committee Legal Notices: Revises requirements for newspapers publishing legal notices; removes option for publication on newspaper's website; provides for publication of legal notices on certain publicly accessible websites; authorizes governmental agency to publish legal notices on publicly accessible website; authorizes fiscally constrained county to use publicly accessible website only if certain requirements are met; requires governmental agency to provide specified notice to certain residents & property owners relating to alternative methods of receiving notices; provides requirement for public bid advertisements made by governmental agencies on publicly accessible websites. Effective Date: January 1, 2023 Committees of Reference House State Affairs Committee (Current Reference) Actions 02/02/2022

HOUSE Filed (Formerly PCB JDC2)

02/04/2022

HOUSE Referred to State Affairs Committee

02/04/2022

HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee

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