Florida’s Legislative Session has ended, but a special session is to come that will finalize the state’s budget. Below is a list of bills that may have an impact on the solid waste industry and where they stand. If you have questions on any bill, please contact the SWANA FL Legislative Committee.
Bills to be Sent to the Governor for Action (companion bill listed to show a connection)
SB 200: Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan
GENERAL BILL by Berman
- Laid on Table, refer to HB 295
HB 295: Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan
GENERAL BILL by Casello; Hart; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bartleman; Eskamani; Harris; Hunschofsky; Joseph; López, J.; Mooney; Nixon; Valdés; Woodson
(FILED 1/29/2025) Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan; Requires DEP to develop comprehensive waste reduction & recycling plan, create & convene technical assistance group, & submit report to Legislature.
- Last committee meeting Bill Analysis
- PASSED the House Floor. 116-0. (4/16/2025)
- PASSED by the Senate. 38-0. (4/29/2025)
- Ordered Enrolled (4/29/2025)
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CS/HB 1239: Energy Infrastructure Investment
GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee; Kincart Jonsson; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Yeager
- Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 1574
CS/CS/SB 1574: Energy Infrastructure Investment
GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy; Regulated Industries; DiCeglie
(AMENDED 4/22/2025) Energy Infrastructure Investment; Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish an experimental mechanism that meets certain requirements to facilitate certain energy infrastructure investments in gas; providing requirements for gas infrastructure investments, etc.
- Last committee meeting Bill Analysis
- PASSED the Senate Floor with Amendments. 37-0. (4/24/2025)
- PASSED the House Floor with Amendments. 112-0. (4/30/2025)
- Ordered Enrolled (4/30/2025)
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GENERAL BILL by Cobb; Hunschofsky; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Tant; Yarkosky
(FILED 01/17/2025) Farm Products; Provides that collection, storage, processing, & distribution of farm product is activity of bona fide farm operation which governmental entity may not prohibit, restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit.
- Last committee meeting Bill Analysis
- PASSED the House Floor. 114-0. (4/23/2025)
- PASSED the Senate Floor. 37-0. (5/02/2025)
- Ordered Enrolled (5/02/2025)
GENERAL BILL by Truenow
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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GENERAL BILL by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; Anderson; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Barnaby; Mooney; Overdorf
(AMENDED 3/18/2025) Brownfields; Revises & removes provisions relating to institutional controls for mapping purposes; monetary compensation; site rehabilitation agreements; tax credits; brownfield area designations; & participation in brownfield program; prohibits DEP & local pollution control programs from denying specified status or refusing to issue specified order for certain brownfield sites.
- Last committee meeting Bill Analysis
- PASSED the House Floor. 116-0. (4/16/2025)
- PASSED the Senate Floor with Amendments. 32-0. (5/02/2025)
- Ordered Enrolled (5/02/2025)
GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Environment and Natural Resources; Truenow; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Brodeur
- Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 733
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GENERAL BILL by Appropriations; Community Affairs; DiCeglie
(AMENDED on the Senate Floor) Emergencies; Prohibiting certain local governments from adopting ordinances for substantial improvements or repairs to a structure which include cumulative substantial improvement periods; prohibiting certain entities from assessing impact fees for specified replacement structures; revising public hurricane shelter funding prioritization requirements for the Division of Emergency Management; authorizing certain servicemembers to provide medical care in specified circumstances; revising requirements for the state comprehensive emergency management plan, etc.
- Last committee meeting Bill Analysis
- PASSED the Senate Floor with Amendments. 37-0. (4/09/2025)
- PASSED the House Floor with Amendments. 115-1. (4/29/2025)
- PASSED the Senate Floor with Amendments. 34-1. (5/02/2025)
- PASSED the House Floor as Amended. 106-0 (5/02/2025)
- Ordered Engrossed, then Enrolled (5/02/2025)
GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee; Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee; Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; McFarland
- Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 180
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GENERAL BILL by Commerce and Tourism; Leek
(AMENDED 3/25/2025) Wine Containers; Revising an exception to the maximum allowable capacity for an individual container of wine sold in this state, etc.
- Last committee meeting Bill Analysis
- PASSED the Senate Floor with Committee Substitute. 36-1. (4/09/2025)
- PASSED the House Floor with Amendments. 115-0. (4/29/2025)
- Ordered Enrolled (4/29/2025)
HB 6015: Limitation of Size of Individual Wine Containers
GENERAL BILL by Oliver; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Hinson
- Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 578
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CS/SB 108: Administrative Procedures
GENERAL BILL by Rules; Grall; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Burgess; Avila
(AMENDED 3/12/2025) Administrative Procedures; Requiring agencies to publish a certain notice of intended agency action within a specified timeframe; deleting a provision related to the timeframe within which rules are required to be drafted and formally proposed; providing that a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative submitted after a notice of change is made in good faith only if the proposal contains certain statements; requiring agencies, by a specified date and in coordination with the committee, to review specified rules adopted before a specified date; requiring that regulatory plans submitted by agencies include certain schedules for rule review and certain desired updates to such plans, etc.
- Last committee meeting Bill Analysis
- PASSED the Senate Floor with Amendments. 39-0. (3/19/2025)
- PASSED the House Floor with Amendments. 111-0. (4/29/2025)
- PASSED the Senate Floor with Amendments. 37-0. (4/30/2025)
- Ordered Engrossed, then Enrolled (4/30/2025)
CS/CS/HB 433: Administrative Procedures
GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee; Government Operations Subcommittee; Overdorf; Esposito
- Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 108
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GENERAL BILL by Appropriations; Banking and Insurance; Rodriguez; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gruters; Burgess
GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee; Bankson; LaMarca; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Barnaby; Benarroch; Black; Chamberlin; Kendall; Miller; Plasencia
(AMENDED 4/23/2025) Legal Tender; Specifies that gold coin & silver coin are legal tender for specified purpose; prohibits persons from being required to offer or accept any legal tender for specified purpose; prohibits persons from incurring liability for refusing to offer or accept legal tender; specifies that governmental entity that tenders or accepts gold coin or silver coin need not comply with certain provisions; requires custodians of gold coin or silver coin which hold public deposits to meet certain requirements; requires OFR to approve application & application renewal for custodian of gold coin or silver coin under certain circumstances; prohibits persons from engaging in or advertising that they engage in activity of custodian of gold coin or silver coin for compensation without license; specifies that obligations of custodian to owner of gold coin or silver coin are fiduciary in nature for specified purpose.
- Last committee meeting Bill Analysis
- PASSED the House Floor with Amendments. 112-1. (4/23/2025)
- Substituted for CS/CS/SB 132 (4/29/2025)
- PASSED the Senate Floor with Amendments. 38-0. (4/29/2025)
- PASSED the House Floor with Amendments. 113-0. (4/30/2025)
- Ordered Engrossed, then Enrolled (4/30/2025)
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CS/CS/SB 492: Mitigation Banks (was changed to Land Development due to some amendments, but was changed back)
GENERAL BILL by Rules; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; McClain
(AMENDED 4/21/2025) Land Development; Beginning on a specified date, revising the schedule for credit release upon issuance of a mitigation bank credit permit; authorizing a mitigation bank applicant to propose an alternative credit release schedule; prohibiting mitigation credits from being released for freshwater wetland creation until certain conditions are met; requiring the department and water management districts to apply proximity factor multipliers in a specified manner; limiting the timeframe for the permit applicant to rely on a credit availability determination for specified purposes, etc.
- Last committee meeting Bill Analysis
- PASSED the Senate Floor with Amendments. 35-3. (4/29/2025)
- PASSED the House Floor with Amendments. 87-26. (4/30/2025)
- PASSED the Senate Floor with Amendments. 30-3. (5/02/2025)
- Ordered Engrossed, then Enrolled (5/02/2025)
CS/CS/HB 1175: Mitigation Banks
GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee; Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; Duggan; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Barnaby
- Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 492
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CS/CS/CS/HB 683: Construction Regulations
GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee; Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee; Griffitts; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Benarroch; Salzman
(AMENDED 3 TIMES) Construction Regulations; Requires DEP to adopt minimum standards for installation of synthetic turf on specified properties; prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing any pronouncement that prohibits, or is enforced to prohibit, property owners from installing synthetic turf meeting certain requirements; requires local governmental entities to approve or deny certain price quotes & provide notice to contractors within specified timeframe; prohibits state or certain political subdivisions from penalizing or rewarding bidders for performing larger or smaller volumes of construction work for state or political subdivisions; provides exemption from Florida Building Code to systems or equipment located within spaceport territory which is used for specified purposes; prohibits local governments from requiring copies of contracts & certain associated documents for issuance of building permits or as requirement for submitting building permit applications; revises conditions under which specified contractors may elect to use private provider to provide inspection services; authorizes private providers to use automated or software-based plans review systems designed to make certain determinations; requires local building officials to issue permits within specified timeframe if such permit application is related to certain single-trade plans reviews; authorizes certain inspections to be performed in person or virtually.
- Last committee meeting Bill Analysis
- PASSED the House Floor with Amendments. 114-0. (4/23/2025)
- PASSED the Senate Floor with Amendments. 36-0. (4/30/2025)
- Ordered Enrolled (4/30/2025)
CS/CS/CS/SB 712: Construction Regulations
GENERAL BILL by Rules; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Community Affairs; Grall
- Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 683
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Bills that Failed (details on both bills provided)
CS/HB 1609: Waste Incineration
GENERAL BILL by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Weinberger; Borrero; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Rizo
(AMENDED 3/26/2025) Waste Incineration; Prohibits local government or DEP, respectively, from issuing construction permit for certain new solid waste disposal facility or waste-to-energy facility in specified areas.
- Last committee meeting Bill Analysis
- PASSED the House Floor with an Amendment. 99-13. (4/23/2025)
- PASSED the Senate Floor with Amendment. 24-13 (4/30/2025)
- PASSED the House Floor with Amendment. 111-1. (5/01/2025)
- PASSED the Senate Floor with Amendment. 26-10. (5/02/2025)
- House REFUSES TO CONCUR; Requests Senate to Recede (5-02/2025)
- Senate REFUSES TO RECEDE from Amendments; Insist House Concur (5/02/2025)
- DID NOT PASS
CS/CS/SB 1822: Waste Management
GENERAL BILL by Rules; Community Affairs; Martin
(AMENDED 4/16/2025) Waste Management; Deleting obsolete provisions that provide legislative findings and require the Department of Environmental Protection to review and update a specified report; preempting the regulation of auxiliary containers to the state; permitting rules, regulations, or ordinances restricting the use of glass auxiliary containers within the boundaries of a public beach; prohibiting a local government and the Department of Environmental Protection, respectively, from issuing a construction permit for certain solid waste disposal facilities in certain counties, etc.
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GENERAL BILL by Avila
(FILED 2/24/2025) Waste Incineration; Prohibiting a local government or the Department of Environmental Protection, respectively, from issuing a construction permit for a certain new solid waste disposal facility or a waste-to-energy facility in specified areas, etc.
- First committee meeting Bill Analysis
- DID NOT PASS
CS/HB 1609: Waste Incineration
- Was initially Related to SB 1008, but HB 1609 was amended to be Related to SB 1822
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GENERAL BILL by Environment and Natural Resources; Rodriguez
(AMENDED 3/25/2025) Waste Facilities; Prohibiting state or local governmental entities from approving permits for specified waste facilities, etc.
- First committee meeting Bill Analysis
- DID NOT PASS
HB 1199: Solid Waste Facilities
GENERAL BILL by Gentry; Cassel; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bartleman
(FILED 2/26/2025) Solid Waste Facilities; Prohibits state or local governmental entities from applying for or approving permits for specified solid waste facilities.
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HB 565: Regulation of Auxiliary Containers
GENERAL BILL by Blanco
(FILED 2/12/2025) Regulation of Auxiliary Containers; Defines “auxiliary container”; requires DEP to review & update specified report; prohibits local regulation of auxiliary containers; preempts such regulation to state.
- First committee meeting Bill Analysis
- DID NOT PASS
CS/CS/SB 1822: Waste Management
- Was initially Related to HB 565, but SB 1822 was amended to be Related to HB 1609
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CS/SB 800: Requirements for Battery Manufacturers
GENERAL BILL by Commerce and Tourism; McClain
(AMENDED 3/25/2025) Requirements for Battery Manufacturers; Prohibiting cell manufacturers or marketers from selling consumer or nonconsumer products powered by medium-format, portable, lithium, or primary batteries, etc.
- Second committee meeting Bill Analysis
- DID NOT PASS
HB 1201: Requirements for Battery Manufacturers
GENERAL BILL by Gentry
(FILED 2/26/2025) Requirements for Battery Manufacturers; Prohibits cell manufacturers or marketers from selling consumer or nonconsumer products powered by medium-format, portable, lithium, or primary batteries unless specified requirements are met.
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CS/HB 291: Personal Mobility Device Battery Safety Standards
GENERAL BILL by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee; Blanco
(AMENDED 3/26/2025) Personal Mobility Device Battery Safety Standards; Defines “personal mobility device”; prohibits sale of personal mobility device using battery that is not certified as meeting specified ingress protection standard; provides penalties.
- First committee meeting Bill Analysis
- DID NOT PASS
SB 410: Personal Mobility Device Battery Safety Standards
GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez
(FILED 1/30/2025) Personal Mobility Device Battery Safety Standards; Creating the “Florida E-Scooter and E-Bike Battery Safety Act”; defining the term “personal mobility device”; requiring that certain batteries be certified as meeting a specified ingress protection standard; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to coordinate with local governmental entities for compliance purposes, etc.
- DID NOT PASS
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HB 283: Storage and Disposal of Prescription Drugs and Sharps
GENERAL BILL by Grow
(FILED 1/28/2025) Storage and Disposal of Prescription Drugs and Sharps; Requires DOH & DEP to conduct study of safe collection & proper disposal of sharps; requires departments to make specified assessment of use of sharps in home; establishes collection methods to be considered in conducting study; requires departments to submit specified report to Governor & Legislature by certain date; provides for appropriation; provides requirements for establishments that store, warehouse, or hold certain prescription drugs solely for purpose of destruction. APPROPRIATION: $200,000
- DID NOT PASS
SB 668: Storage and Disposal of Prescription Drugs and Sharps
GENERAL BILL by Burgess
(FILED 2/12/2025) Storage and Disposal of Prescription Drugs and Sharps; Requiring the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct a study of the safe collection and proper disposal of sharps; establishing the collection methods to be considered in conducting the study; authorizing the departments to work or contract with counties, municipalities, and private entities; requiring the departments to submit a specified report to the Governor and the Legislature by a certain date; providing requirements for establishments that store, warehouse, or hold certain prescription drugs solely for the purpose of destruction, etc. APPROPRIATION: $200,000
- First committee meeting Bill Analysis
- DID NOT PASS
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GENERAL BILL by Giallombardo; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Miller
(FILED 2/27/2025) Emergencies; Revising provisions related to emergencies including powers, duties, responsibilities of & funding for DEM & political subdivisions, medical care, special needs registry & shelters, planning, reporting, transportation of essentials, debris management, alternate power sources.
- DID NOT PASS
GENERAL BILL by Simon
(FILED 2/27/2025) Emergencies; Authorizing certain servicemembers to provide medical care in specified circumstances; authorizing the Division of Emergency Management to create certain local organizations in county constitutional offices; providing that the division has command and control of specified emergency management efforts; requiring certain political subdivisions to publish specified information on publicly available websites, etc.
- DID NOT PASS
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SB 962: Municipal Solid Waste-to-Energy Program
GENERAL BILL by Davis
(FILED 2/21/2025) Municipal Solid Waste-to-Energy Program; Revising which state agency is responsible for administering the Municipal Solid Waste-to-Energy Program; revising the requirements necessary for municipal solid waste-to-energy facilities to be eligible to receive financial assistance and incentive grant funding, etc.
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HB 1269: Electric Vehicle Battery Management
(FILED 2/26/2025) Electric Vehicle Battery Management; Provides requirements for end-of-life of propulsion batteries; prohibits disposal of specified batteries by landfilling; provides requirements for solid waste collectors & facilities; provides responsibilities for certain persons & entities; requires specified annual reports; provides rulemaking authority to DEP.
- DID NOT PASS
SB 1630: Electric Vehicle Battery Management
GENERAL BILL by Harrell
(FILED 2/28/2025) Electric Vehicle Battery Management; Citing this act as the “Promoting Responsible End-of-Life Management for Electric Vehicle Batteries Act”; providing requirements for the end-of-life of propulsion batteries; prohibiting disposal of specified batteries by landfilling, etc.
- DID NOT PASS
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HB 621: State Renewable Energy Goals
GENERAL BILL by Eskamani
(FILED 2/13/2025) 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 & submit plan to Governor & Legislature; creates Renewable Energy Advisory Committee; directs Commissioner of Agriculture to submit annual report to Legislature.
- DID NOT PASS
SB 1496: State Renewable Energy Goals
GENERAL BILL by Berman
(FILED 2/27/2025) 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 in certain locations; prohibiting the permitting and construction of certain structures intended for the drilling or exploration for, or production or transport of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products in certain locations; providing for statewide net zero carbon emissions by a specified date; directing the Office of Energy within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in consultation with other state agencies, Florida College System institutions and state universities, public utilities, and other private and public entities, to develop a unified statewide plan to generate the state’s electricity from renewable energy and reduce the state’s carbon emissions by specified dates, etc.
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SB 836: Auxiliary Containers, Wrappings, and Disposable Plastic Bags
GENERAL BILL by Smith
(FILED 2/18/2025) Auxiliary Containers, Wrappings, and Disposable Plastic Bags; Removing the state preemption on the regulation of certain auxiliary containers, wrappings, and disposable plastic bags, etc.
HB 6023: Auxiliary Containers, Wrappings, and Disposable Plastic Bags
GENERAL BILL by Bartleman; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell
(FILED 2/19/2025) Auxiliary Containers, Wrappings, and Disposable Plastic Bags; Removes state preemption on regulation of certain auxiliary containers, wrappings, & disposable plastic bags.
- DID NOT PASS
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HB 35: Heat Illness Prevention
GENERAL BILL by Gottlieb; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell; Chambliss; Eskamani; Harris; López, J.; Rosenwald; Woodson
(FILED 12/09/2024) Heat Illness Prevention; Requires certain employers to implement outdoor heat exposure safety program that has been approved by specified departments; specifies requirements for safety program; provides responsibilities for certain employers & employees; provides exceptions; requires specified annual training on heat illness & providing requirements for such training.
- DID NOT PASS
SB 510: Heat Illness Prevention
GENERAL BILL by Rouson; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Smith
(FILED 2/05/2025) Heat Illness Prevention; Requiring certain employers to implement an outdoor heat exposure safety program that has been approved by specified departments; providing responsibilities for certain employers and employees; requiring specified annual training on heat illness and providing requirements for such training, etc.
- DID NOT PASS
GENERAL BILL by Gottlieb; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bartleman; Bracy Davis; Campbell; Chambliss; Driskell; Eskamani; Harris; Hinson; Joseph; López, J.; Robinson, F.; Rosenwald; Skidmore
(FILED 2/26/2025) Labor Regulations; Provides that all employee organizations that are certified as bargaining agent, & not just those representing certain employees, may deduct dues & assessments from salaries of certain employees; removes provision requiring certain employee organizations to petition for recertification; provides applicability; requires certain employers to implement outdoor heat exposure safety program that has been approved by specified departments; specifies requirements for safety program; provides responsibilities for certain employers & employees; provides exceptions; requires specified annual training on heat illness & providing requirements for such training; requires DACS, in conjunction with DOH, to adopt specified rules; requires certain contracting agents to contribute funds to qualified benefit providers for benefit of workers; provides contribution amount; requires such contributions to be made within certain time period; provides requirements for such contributions; provides duties of qualified benefit providers; authorizes qualified benefit provider to use specified percentage of contributions for administrative functions; requires worker to select qualified benefit provider; authorizes worker to change his or her qualified benefit provider annually; requires contracting agents to provide certain information to its workers; provides requirements for organization to become qualified benefit provider; provides cause of action.
- DID NOT PASS
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HB 341: Identification Cards for Public Works Employees
GENERAL BILL by Woodson
(FILED 2/03/2025) Identification Cards for Public Works Employees; Requires OPPAGA to produce report on how state could provide an ID card for public works employees identifying them as first responders; provides requirements for report.
- DID NOT PASS
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CS/HB 301: Suits Against the Government
GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee; McFarland
(AMENDED 4/08/2025) Suits Against the Government; Increases statutory limits on liability for tort claims against state & its agencies & subdivisions; authorizes subdivision to settle claim in excess of statutory limit without legislative action regardless of insurance coverage limits; prohibits insurance policy from conditioning benefits on enactment of claim bill; specifies that limitations in effect on date claim accrues apply to that claim; revises period within which certain claims must be presented; revises exceptions relating to instituting tort claims against state or agencies or subdivisions; revises period after which failure of certain entities to make final disposition of claim shall be deemed final denial of claim for certain purposes; revises statute of limitations for tort claims against state or one of its agencies or subdivisions & exceptions.
- Last committee meeting Bill Analysis
- PASSED the House Floor. 103-11. (4/16/2025)
- Received by the Senate (4/22/2025)
- DID NOT PASS
SB 1570: Suits Against the Government
GENERAL BILL by DiCeglie; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Rouson
(FILED 2/27/2025) Suits Against the Government; Increasing the statutory limits on liability for tort claims against the state and its agencies and subdivisions; authorizing a subdivision of the state to settle a claim in excess of the statutory limit without further action by the Legislature regardless of insurance coverage limits; prohibiting an insurance policy from conditioning payment of benefits on the enactment of a claim bill; specifying that the limitations in effect on the date the claim accrues apply to that claim, etc.
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GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez
(FILED 2/25/2025) Carbon Sequestration; Creating the Carbon Sequestration Task Force adjunct to the Department of Environmental Protection; providing for task force membership, meetings, and duties; requiring the task force to submit specified reports to the Secretary of Environmental Protection and to the Governor and the Legislature by specified dates, etc. APPROPRIATION: $350,000
- First committee meeting Bill Analysis
- DID NOT PASS
CS/HB 1063: Carbon Sequestration
GENERAL BILL by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; Cross
(AMENDED 4/01/2025) Carbon Sequestration; Creates Carbon Sequestration Task Force adjunct to DEP; requires task force to submit specified reports to Secretary of Environmental Protection, Governor, & Legislature; provides that participation in certain programs or activities is voluntary; requires certain frameworks or enforcement mechanisms to have explicit legislative approval.
- First-meeting Bill Analysis
- DID NOT PASS
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HB 671: Electronic Payment of Public Records Fees
GENERAL BILL by Campbell; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Casello; Harris
(FILED 2/17/2025) Electronic Payment of Public Records Fees; Requires certain agencies to provide electronic option for payment of fees associated with public records requests.
- DID NOT PASS
SB 798: Electronic Payment of Public Records Fees
GENERAL BILL by Rouson
(FILED 2/18/2025) Electronic Payment of Public Records Fees; Requiring an agency subject to ch. 119, F.S., to provide an electronic option for payment of fees associated with a public records request, etc.
- Indefinitely Postponed and Withdrawn From Consideration
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SB 1694: Prohibited Preferences in Government Contracting
GENERAL BILL by Fine
(FILED 2/28/2025) Prohibited Preferences in Government Contracting; Prohibiting an awarding body from giving preference to a vendor on the basis of race or ethnicity; repealing provisions relating to minority participation for lottery retailers; deleting duties and responsibilities of the Office of Supplier Diversity to conform to its repeal by the act; repealing provisions relating to the procurement of personal property and services from funds set aside for minority business enterprises; repealing provisions relating to the Office of Supplier Diversity, etc.
- Withdrawn From Further Consideration.
GENERAL BILL by McClain
(FILED 2/27/2025) Executive Branch; Revising policies regarding equal employment opportunity in state government; repealing a provision relating to utilization of minority business enterprises in contracts for public construction works; revising provisions governing preferences for Florida-based businesses in procurement; repealing a provision relating to the certification of minority business enterprises; authorizing the Attorney General to bring a civil action against a vendor or affiliate that violates specified provisions, etc.
- Indefinitely Postponed and Withdrawn From Consideration
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HB 83: Protections for Public Employees who use Medical Marijuana as Qualified Patients
GENERAL BILL by Rosenwald
(FILED 01/03/2025) Protections for Public Employees who use Medical Marijuana as Qualified Patients; Prohibits public employer from taking adverse personnel action against employee or job applicant for his or her use of medical marijuana if employee or job applicant is qualified patient; provides exceptions; requires public employer to provide written notice of employee’s or job applicant’s right to explain or contest positive marijuana test result within specified timeframe; provides procedures that apply when employee or job applicant tests positive for marijuana; provides cause of action & damages.
- Indefinitely Postponed and Withdrawn From Consideration
SB 142: Protections for Public Employees Who Use Medical Marijuana as Qualified Patients
GENERAL BILL by Polsky
(FILED 01/06/2025) Protections for Public Employees Who Use Medical Marijuana as Qualified Patients; Prohibiting a public employer from taking adverse personnel action against an employee or a job applicant for his or her use of medical marijuana if the employee or job applicant is a qualified patient; requiring a public employer to provide written notice of an employee’s or a job applicant’s right to explain or contest a positive marijuana test result within a specified timeframe; providing a cause of action and damages, etc.
- Indefinitely Postponed and Withdrawn From Consideration
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