Florida 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 40)

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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1598

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Requiring that the Secretary of State be elected, rather than appointed, and serve a specified term; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote for the early voting period or election day at an early voting site or his or her polling place and cast a ballot immediately thereafter; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; revising the information a third-party voter registration organization is required to provide to the Division of Elections of the Department of State, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1582

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Defining the term "statewide data sharing system"; revising the recordkeeping, transaction, and reporting requirements of certain secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers regarding transaction information to be shared with law enforcement agencies for inclusion in the statewide data sharing system, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1550

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Revising the powers and duties of the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes; authorizing a person injured by a violation of state law to file a complaint with the Department of Legal Affairs; prohibiting a mobile home park owner or such owner's employees or agents from engaging in certain actions relating to electronic billing or payment systems; requiring certain proof of expenses or factors to be included in a notice for a proposed increase in lot rental amount; revising the circumstances under which, and the timeframe in which, a park owner may terminate a tenancy; authorizing specified persons or entities to pay a lot rental amount in a certain manner, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1343

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Engrossed
2/25/26  
Refer
2/26/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Revises methods by which applicants can qualify for customer representative license.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1596

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Increasing the minimum amount of professional liability coverage certain physicians and osteopathic physicians, respectively, are required to maintain as a condition of licensure, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1351

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Authorizes certain entities meeting specified criteria to serve as qualified Medicaid providers for purposes of making presumptive Medicaid eligibility determinations for pregnant women; requires DCF to ensure that such providers are adequately trained & monitored for compliance when serving in such roles; requires AHCA to provide Medicaid coverage to pregnant women deemed presumptively eligible for duration of specified time period; provides that pregnant women deemed presumptively eligible are entitled to coverage of all medically necessary services under Medicaid program during such eligibility period; requires that all prior authorizations granted before or during such period remain in effect for duration of such period; requires agency, within specified timeframe, to seek federal approval to extend allowable period of presumptive Medicaid eligibility coverage for pregnant women; requires agency & department to initiate certain rulemaking within specified timeframe.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1526

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Requiring the Florida Building Commission and the State Fire Marshal, within their respective codes, to establish safety design standards for certain office surgery suites by a specified date, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1331

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Requires certain organizations & agencies to provide employees with annual training approved by DCF relating to protection of children from abuse & neglect; provides requirements for such training; requires DCF to create process to approve qualified accrediting organizations; requiring such organization maintain certain records; requires DCF review status of accredited child safety organizations at certain intervals; requires DCF to collect & analyze certain reports of abuse which are reported from or occurred at child-serving organization; requires OIR to approve rating plans for employer's liability insurance which provide premium discount to certain child-serving organizations; provides requirements for such plans; requires OPPAGA to conduct study on affordability & availability of liability coverage for child-serving organizations; requires office to provide certain report to Legislature by certain date.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1580

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Repealing a provision relating to penalties and violations related to illegal gambling; authorizing a person who is ineligible for employment with the commission to submit a waiver request to the commission asking to be considered eligible for employment if the person possesses certain expertise or experience; revising the standards of conduct for current and former commissioners and employees of the commission; authorizing a slot machine licensee to apply to the commission to change the location of its designated slot machine gaming area under certain circumstances; providing criminal penalties for persons who stake, bet, or wager any money or other thing of value upon the result of certain games, contests, matches, races, or sports if such persons have knowledge that the outcome of the games, contests, matches, races, or sports is prearranged or predetermined; revising the criminal penalties for persons who rent or lease a house for gambling purposes, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1604

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Creating the Vacancy Relief and Risk Mitigation Trust Fund within the Florida Housing Finance Corporation for a specified purpose; authorizing any unexpended balance at a specified time to revert and be reappropriated for a certain purpose; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1602

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/9/26  
Creating the "Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program Act"; establishing the Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program in certain counties, subject to legislative appropriation; requiring a landlord to submit to the contracted program administrator required documentation within a specified time period to apply for funding; authorizing a landlord to apply for up to a specified dollar amount from the funds, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1572

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Establishing the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight within the Department of Financial Services; requiring local governments to notify the agency after authorizing specified referenda; deleting a requirement that a specified hotline be operated for a certain amount of time each day; requiring specified employees to take a certain training annually; requiring that certain employees who report information to the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight be afforded the same protection as whistle-blowers, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1335

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Requires, beginning on specified date, that newborns to be screened for biliary atresia; requires DOH to consult with Genetics & Newborn Screening Advisory Council before adopting certain rules; requires department, by specified date, to implement certain education campaign relating to biliary atresia.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1329

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
2/9/26  
Refer
2/9/26  
Refer
2/26/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Revises the timeframe during which tentative budgets, and the length of time for which final budgets, must be posted on county websites; requires the county to hold a budget workshop for a specified purpose by a certain date; requires the county to post a certain budget reduction exercise or link on its website; requires counties to publish budget development calendars, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1341

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Expands jurisdiction of law enforcement officers for Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco; provides DBPR enforcement authority over employment eligibility verification; revises prohibitions relating to minors for talent agencies; requires Barbers' Board & Board of Cosmetology, respectively, to establish certain minimum standards & penalties for failing to adhere to such standards; requires department to report penalties imposed to DOE; authorizes department to take certain actions against certain establishments for violating laws relating to hemp extract; authorizes department to validate identity & work authorization of applicant before issuing license or renewing license; specifies personal identification information department may request from applicant; authorizes department to submit such personal identification information to & enter into memoranda of understanding with appropriate federal agencies; requires department to suspend license of person not authorized to work in United States; requires department to reinstate license without charge; provides immunity; authorizes division to suspend or revoke permit of dealer if division finds sufficient evidence of violation of laws of this state or any other state or territory of United States; prohibits licensed or permitted dealers from possessing, selling, intending to sell, delivering, or giving nitrous oxide on or from dealer's licensed premises; provides criminal penalties.