Florida 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 97)
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0970
Introduced
12/18/25
Refer
1/7/26
Failed
3/13/26
Enacting the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; requiring member states to meet certain requirements to join and participate in the compact; providing criteria that a respiratory therapist licensee must satisfy to practice under the compact; authorizing a certain licensing authority or government agency to establish the scope of practice for a licensee providing therapy in a remote state; authorizing member states to participate with other member states in joint investigations of licensees under certain circumstances; establishing the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0972
Introduced
12/18/25
Refer
1/7/26
Failed
3/13/26
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Health or the Board of Respiratory Care pursuant to the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for certain meetings or portions of meetings of the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission or the executive committee of the commission; providing an exemption from public records requirements for recordings, minutes, and records generated during exempt portions of such meetings; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida House Bill H4043
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
1/5/26
Refer
1/5/26
Refer
1/5/26
Engrossed
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Engrossed
3/11/26
Enrolled
3/11/26
Requires district to wind down its affairs & adopt dissolution plan by specified date; dissolves district on specified date; provides for continued operation of irrevocable community trust or foundation; transfers district assets & liabilities to Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0978
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
1/7/26
Failed
3/13/26
Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules to enforce maximum class size restrictions; requiring that a school district's plan for its mental health assistance program include contracts or interagency agreements that provide for one licensed mental health therapist per school; requiring that such plan include policies and procedures ensuring that every classroom has a corner for students to regulate emotional control and that teachers assign homework that is purposeful and assigned with consideration of students' time outside the classroom, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida House Bill H0839
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
1/5/26
Refer
1/5/26
Refer
1/5/26
Refer
2/13/26
Provides penalties for persons found to have repeatedly engaged in unlicensed practice of engineering.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida House Bill H0843
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
1/5/26
Refer
1/5/26
Refer
1/5/26
Failed
3/13/26
Requires Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco to inspect on regular basis place or premises of certain retail nicotine products dealers; provides that applicant for retail nicotine products dealer permit, by accepting permit, agrees to such inspections; authorizes division to assess certain fines & penalties for violations involving sale of certain nicotine dispensing devices, or advertising, promoting, or displaying for sale such devices; prohibits dealers of certain nicotine dispensing devices that do not prohibit individuals under 21 years of age on licensed premises from advertising, promoting, or displaying for sale such devices in specified manner; provides applicability; authorizes dealers of certain nicotine dispensing devices that prohibit individuals under 21 years of age on licensed premises to advertise, promote, or display for sale such devices in specified manner.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0984
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
1/7/26
Engrossed
2/26/26
Refer
3/5/26
Enrolled
3/11/26
Requiring a former employer to provide death benefits to certain beneficiaries for a specified time period under certain circumstances, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0988
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
1/7/26
Failed
3/13/26
Citing this act as the "Marine and Aquatic Native Threatened Animal Protection Act"; prohibiting the taking, possession, transportation, or exportation of endangered, threatened, or vulnerable aquatic animal species from state waters for certain purposes; prohibiting the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission from issuing, renewing, or approving certain licenses; providing penalties, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida House Bill H0845
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
1/5/26
Refer
1/5/26
Refer
1/5/26
Failed
3/13/26
Requires OPPAGA, beginning on specified date, to perform study of public & private employee child care assistance programs; provides requirements for study; requires office to submit certain report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; provides for future repeal of study.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0974
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
1/7/26
Failed
3/13/26
Requiring the Department of Health to charge a reduced fee for the issuance, replacement, or renewal of medical marijuana use registry identification cards for qualified patients who are honorably discharged veterans; providing requirements for proof of identification, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida House Bill H0847
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
1/5/26
Refer
1/5/26
Failed
3/13/26
Increases combined total amount of credits which may be granted to business enterprises during any calendar year.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0980
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
1/7/26
Failed
3/13/26
Citing this act as the "Florida Age-Gate Act"; defining the term "non-FDA-authorized nicotine dispensing device"; requiring an applicant for a retail nicotine products dealer permit to consent to inspections and searches of the licensed premises by the Department of Law Enforcement for specified purposes; providing civil and criminal penalties for retail tobacco products dealers that sell or advertise, promote, or display for sale non-FDA-authorized nicotine dispensing devices; prohibiting certain dealers that sell non-FDA-authorized nicotine dispensing devices from advertising, promoting, or displaying such devices if such dealers do not prohibit persons younger than 21 years of age on the licensed premises, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida House Bill H0841
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
1/5/26
Refer
1/5/26
Refer
2/18/26
Engrossed
2/25/26
Refer
2/26/26
Failed
3/13/26
Requires renewal to be recorded electronically & removes provisions relating to validation stickers.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0982
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
1/7/26
Failed
3/13/26
Deleting provisions requiring a validation sticker to be issued with each license plate and requiring certain license plates to include validation stickers; requiring that registration renewals be recorded electronically; deleting a provision requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide certain entities with validation stickers; deleting provisions requiring that validation stickers meet certain specifications, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S0986
Introduced
12/19/25
Refer
1/7/26
Failed
3/13/26
Defining the term "public place"; revising the definition of the terms "smoking" and "vape" or "vaping"; prohibiting smoking or vaping a marijuana product in public places in this state, with exceptions, etc.