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Legislative Updates

(UPDATED 3/31/2026) The 2026 Florida Legislative Session ended Friday, March 13, without passage of a state budget – the only bill the legislature is required to pass. There are three special sessions being discussed to address unfinished business:

  1. Budget, in mid-April, after the Easter and Passover holidays
  2. Property Tax, no date or timetable set yet
  3. Redistricting, at the Governor’s proclamation in January, lawmakers will convene in Tallahassee commencing at 12 p.m., Monday, April 20, and extend no later than 11:59 p.m., Friday, April 24

Below is the the disposition of bills that could have impacted the waste and recycling industry as of this posting. If you have any questions on these bills, contact the SWANA FL Legislative Committee Chair:

Bills that have been approved by the Governor: (NOTE: companion bills have been left off)

CS/CS/CS/SB 290: Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

GENERAL BILL by Rules; Fiscal Policy; Agriculture; Truenow

Prohibiting counties from enacting or enforcing any law that restricts or prohibits the use of gasoline-powered farm equipment or gasoline-powered landscape equipment or that distinguishes such equipment from any other equipment under certain circumstances; prohibiting an application for a development on an ecologically significant parcel in a low-density municipality from being administratively approved without an attestation provided by the developer; establishing the Florida Food Animal Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program; revising the Florida Forest Service’s powers, authority, and duties, etc.

  • Effective Date: 7/01/2026
  • Read the bill
  • What it does
    • For a new land application site permit or permit renewal issues after July 1, 2020, the permittee shall ensure that only Class AA biosolids are applied to the soil.
      • All permits must comply by July 1, 2028.
      • Loval governments that do not transport outside of their county boundary have until July 1, 2031, to comply

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CS/CS/CS/HB 1417: Department of Environmental Protection

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee ; Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee ; LaMarca ; Boyles

Removes provisions creating the Environmental Regulation Commission; requires certain solar facility permit applicants to incorporate certain protections in the development and implementation of erosion and sediment control plans for the construction of such facilities; specifies requirements for such plans; revises the date by which certain major permitted sources of air pollution must pay an annual operation license fee; ratifies specified rules relating to the Lower Santa Fe and Ichetucknee Rivers and Priority Springs minimum flows and recovery strategy for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to provisions which require ratification of any rule exceeding the specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs, etc.

  • Effective Date: 7/01/2026
  • Read the bill
  • What it does
    • The bill eliminates the Environmental Regulation Commission
    • The bill revises the annual deadline for major sources of air pollution to pay operating license fees to DEP to June 30 of each year.
    • Was amended to remove all provisions related to biosolids, because of the other biosolids legislation ongoing currently, they didn’t want to get into the the mix of what’s happening with the class 2A and class B biosolids in this particular bill.

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Bills that passed both chambers and are ready to be sent to the Governor for action: (NOTE: companion bills are not included)

HB 4039: Solid Waste Disposal Facility in Broward County

LOCAL BILL by Daley

Defines “Monarch Hill Landfill”; requires feasibility study & public hearing before any expansion of Monarch Hill Landfill; provides requirements for study & public hearing.

  • Passed both chambers and is ready to be sent to the Governor for action
  • Read the bill
  • What it does, at a minimum
    • Requires a feasibility study and public hearing before any expansion of the Monarch Hill Landfill

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CS/HB 1245: Biosolids Management

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee; Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; Shoaf

Prohibiting the land application of bulk Class AA biosolids fertilizer and compost products from exceeding the appropriate agronomic rate; requiring the owner or operator of certain land application sites to maintain application records for a specified timeframe and make such records available to the Department of Environmental Protection upon request; requiring the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, on a specified basis and beginning on a specified date, to publish and make publicly available recommended agronomic rates for the reuse of bulk Class AA biosolids fertilizer and compost products; prohibiting Class AA biosolids fertilizer products and certain Class AA biosolids compost products from being marketed or distributed for agricultural land application unless specified requirements are met, etc.

  • Passed both chambers and is ready to be sent to the Governor for action
  • Read the bill
  • What it does, at a minimum
    • Land application of bulk Class AA biosolids fertilizer and biosolids compost products may not exceed the appropriate agronomic rate. Land application of bulk Class AA biosolids fertilizer and biosolids compost products at or below the agronomic rate must be managed so that beneficial reuse, rather than biosolids disposal, is the primary objective as evidenced by the manner and circumstances of the application.
    • The department shall initiate rulemaking no later than November 1, 2026, to amend rule 62-640, Florida Administrative Code, to implement the provisions of this section relating to the bulk distribution and marketing of Class AA biosolids, including provisions addressing recordkeeping at the time Class AA biosolids are distributed or marketed in bulk.

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CS/HB 1285: Biosolids Management

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee ; Boyles

Biosolids Management ; Prohibiting the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing or renewing a permit for certain biosolids land application sites if there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment and which meets specified requirements, etc.

  • Passed both chambers and is ready to be sent to the Governor for action
  • Read the bill
  • What it does, at a minimum
    • The department may not issue or renew a permit for a land application site which authorizes disposal or land application of septage, as defined in s. 381.0065(2), as Class B biosolids if there is a permitted wastewater treatment facility that accepts septage for higher levels of treatment which is less than 30 miles from a proposed Class B biosolids land application site.

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CS/CS/HB 1019: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee; Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; Conerly; Blanco; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Abbott; Albert; Alvarez, D.; Alvarez, J.; Anderson; Andrade; Antone; Aristide; Baker; Bankson; Bartleman; Basabe; Benarroch; Berfield; Black; Booth; Borrero; Botana; Boyles; Brackett; Brannan; Buchanan; Busatta; Campbell; Canady; Cassel; Chamberlin; Chambliss; Chaney; Cobb; Cross; Daley; Daniels; Driskell; Duggan; Dunkley; Edmonds; Eskamani; Esposito; Fabricio; Franklin; Gantt; Garrison; Gentry; Gerwig; Giallombardo; Gonzalez Pittman; Gossett-Seidman; Gottlieb; Greco; Griffitts; Grow; Harris; Hart-Lowman; Hinson; Hodgers; Holcomb; Hunschofsky; Jacques; Johnson; Kendall; Kincart Jonsson; Koster; LaMarca; Long; López, J.; Maggard; Maney; McClure; McFarland; Melo; Michael; Miller; Mooney; Nix; Nixon; Oliver; Overdorf; Owen; Partington; Perez; Plakon; Plasencia; Porras; Rayner; Redondo; Rizo; Robinson, F.; Robinson, W.; Rosenwald; Salzman; Sapp; Shoaf; Sirois; Skidmore; Smith; Snyder; Spencer; Stark; Steele; Tant; Tendrich; Tomkow; Trabulsy; Tramont; Tuck; Valdés; Weinberger; Woodson; Yarkosky; Yeager; Young

Prohibits, beginning on specified date, certain use & sale, purchase, or distribution of aqueous film-forming foam; requires, beginning on specified date, certain entities to submit aqueous film-forming foam inventories & disposal plans to DEP; prohibits, beginning on specified date, possession & use of aqueous film-forming foam; authorizes DEP to administer certain grants or cost share programs; provides penalties & injunctive relief; requires certain public entities disposing of domestic wastewater biosolids and treated effluent to quarterly conduct specified samplings & submit results to DEP; limits purpose such samplings until specified standards are established by EPA & adopted by DEP.

  • Passed both chambers and is ready to be sent to the Governor for action
  • Read the bill
  • What it does, at a minimum
    • All public entities disposing of domestic wastewater biosolids and treated effluent that have a designed average daily flow of 25,000 or more gallons per day must quarterly conduct at least one biosolids and treated effluent sampling, as applicable, for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate, and submit the results to the department.

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CS/HB 1217: Prohibited Governmental Policies Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee; Snyder; Jacques; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Tramont

Prohibits governmental entities from adopting certain net zero policies; prohibits governmental entities from using public funds in any manner that supports, implements, or advances certain net zero policies; prohibits governmental entities from imposing any charge to advance certain net zero policies; requires each governmental entity to annually submit to Department of Revenue certain affidavit; prohibits governmental entities from implementing, administering, or enforcing certain programs.

  • Passed both chambers and is ready to be sent to the Governor for action
  • Read the bill
  • What it does, at a minimum
    • A governmental entity may not enact or enforce, or require any person or legal entity to enact or enforce, a resolution, ordinance, rule, code, or policy to support a net zero policy, including as a condition of any contract or agreement between the governmental entity and a third party.
    • A governmental entity may not use, pay, or distribute public funds in any manner that supports, implements, or advances a net zero policy by doing a number of things.

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CS/CS/HB 803: Building Permits and Inspections

GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee; Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee; Trabulsy; Overdorf; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Chaney; López, J.; Plasencia; Valdés

Building Permits and Inspections; Providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county; requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services; providing that certain persons are not subject to discipline for performing a job without applicable permits and inspections if otherwise authorized by law; prohibiting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation from denying a building permit for certain residential manufactured buildings; prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing a certain zoning, land use, or development regulation that treats an offsite-constructed residential dwelling differently or more restrictively than certain dwellings in the same district; requiring local governments to exempt certain owners and contractors from requiring a building permit for the installation of temporary residential hurricane and flood protection walls or barriers that meet certain requirements; requiring a local government to make certain decisions relating to certain building permits within a specified timeframe; prohibiting an association or certain committees from requiring a building permit as a prerequisite for a certain review, etc.

  • Passed both chambers and is ready to be sent to the Governor for action
  • Read the bill
  • What it does, at a minimum
    • By July 1, 2027, the commission must adopt by rule a uniform commercial building permit application to be used statewide for commercial construction projects and a uniform residential building permit application to be used statewide for residential construction projects. To the extent feasible, the uniform commercial building permit application and the uniform residential building permit application adopted by the commission must be capable of integration with existing building permit software systems used by local governments and must account for local amendments to the Florida Building Code.

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CS/HB 967: Electronic Payments Made to Units of Local Governments

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee; Buchanan

Requires units of local government to accept certain forms of payments; requires such local governments accept payments online.

  • Passed both chambers and is ready to be sent to the Governor for action
  • Read the bill
  • What it does, at a minimum
    • Local governments are required to accept credit cards, charge cards, debit cards, or other means of electronic funds transfers for online payment.

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HB 145: Suits Against the Government

GENERAL BILL by McFarland

Increasing the statutory limits on the liability of the state and its agencies and subdivisions for tort claims; revising exceptions relating to instituting actions on tort claims against the state or one of its agencies or subdivisions; revising the period after which the failure of certain entities to make a final disposition of a claim shall be deemed a final denial of the claim for certain purposes; revising the statute of limitations for tort claims against the state or one of its agencies or subdivisions and exceptions thereto, etc.

  • Passed both chambers and is ready to be sent to the Governor for action
  • Read the bill
  • What it does, at a minimum
    • Increased claims limits from $200,000 per person and $300,000 per incident to $350,000 per person and $500,000 per incident.

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Bills that failed to pass:

CS/SB 1196: Waste Facilities

GENERAL BILL by Environment and Natural Resources; Sharief

Prohibiting a local government or the Department of Environmental Protection, respectively, from issuing a construction permit for certain solid waste disposal and waste-to-energy facilities under certain circumstances, etc.

  • Died in its second committee of reference

CS/HB 1089: Waste Facilities

GENERAL BILL by Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee; Bartleman

Prohibits local government & DEP from issuing construction permit for certain solid waste disposal & waste-to-energy facilities under certain circumstances.

  • Died in its third committee of reference

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HB 1167: Advanced Wastewater Treatment

GENERAL BILL by Cross

Requires certain sewage disposal facilities to submit specified reports to DEP; requires DEP, in consultation with water management districts & sewage disposal facilities, to submit specified reports to Governor & Legislature & post such reports on its website.

  • Died in its first committee of reference

SB 1468: Advanced Wastewater Treatment

GENERAL BILL by Berman

Requiring certain sewage disposal facilities to submit specified reports to the Department of Environmental Protection beginning on a specified date and annually thereafter; requiring the department, in consultation with water management districts and sewage disposal facilities, to submit specified reports to the Governor and Legislature beginning on a specified date and annually thereafter, and to post such reports on its website, etc.

  • Died in its second committee of reference

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CS/SB 240: Auxiliary Containers

GENERAL BILL by Environment and Natural Resources; Garcia; (CO-INTRODUCERS) SmithJonesBradley

Preempting the regulation of auxiliary containers to the state; providing exceptions; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a uniform ordinance for the use and disposition of single-use, nonrecyclable auxiliary containers; prohibiting the use, sale, or distribution of certain single-use auxiliary containers on such lands; repealing a provision relating to the regulation of polystyrene products preempted to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, etc.

  • Died in its second committee of reference

HB 575: Auxiliary Containers

GENERAL BILL by Weinberger; Basabe; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Cassel; Eskamani; Tendrich

Defines “auxiliary container” and “single-use”; removes obsolete provisions; preempting regulation of auxiliary containers to state; provides exceptions; requires DEP to develop uniform ordinance for use and disposition of single-use, nonrecyclable auxiliary containers; provides requirements for development of such ordinance; requires that sale or distribution of single-use plastic auxiliary containers on lands managed by Division of Recreation & Parks of DEP be eliminated to greatest extent possible; prohibits use, sale, or distribution of certain single-use auxiliary containers on such lands; requires department to develop and make available on its website statewide Marine Debris Reduction Plan; provides requirements for such plan; removes s. 500.90, F.S., relating to regulation of polystyrene products preempted to DACS.

  • Died in its first committee of reference

HB 629: Regulation of Auxiliary Containers

GENERAL BILL by Esposito

Preempts regulation of auxiliary containers to state; authorizes rules, regulations, & ordinances restricting use of glass auxiliary containers within boundaries of public beach or state park; authorizes Division of Recreation & Parks to regulate auxiliary containers within state parks.

  • Died in its first committee of reference

SB 766: Waste Management

GENERAL BILL by Martin

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; authorizing the Division of Recreation and Parks to regulate auxiliary containers within state parks; specifying that certain local ordinances and restrictions are permitted, etc.

  • Died in its first committee of reference

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SB 958: Local Regulation of Drinking Straws and Stirrers

GENERAL BILL by Bradley

Prohibiting local governmental entities from enacting any rule, regulation, or ordinance for drinking straws or stirrers which does not meet specified requirements; providing requirements for local governmental entities that elect to enact rules, regulations, or ordinances for drinking straws or stirrers, etc.

  • Died in its second committee of reference

HB 865: Local Regulation of Drinking Straws and Stirrers

GENERAL BILL by Blanco; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Grow

Prohibits local governmental entities from enacting any rule, regulation, or ordinance for drinking straws or stirrers which does not meet specified requirements; provides requirements for local governmental entities that elect to enact rules, regulations, or ordinances for drinking straws or stirrers.

  • Died in its first committee of reference

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HB 37: Removal, Storage, and Cleanup of Electric Vehicles

GENERAL BILL by Nix

Requires counties to establish daily administration fee for proper storage of certain electric vehicles; authorizes municipalities to establish daily administration fee for proper storage of certain electric vehicles; provides maximum amount for such fees; defines “daily administration fee” & “proper storage”; provides that motor vehicle insurers are not required to pay certain costs; provides that reasonable fee for service includes any daily administration fee.

  • Died in its third committee of reference

CS/CS/CS/SB 260: Removal, Storage, and Cleanup of Electric Vehicles

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs; Transportation; Burgess

Removal, Storage, and Cleanup of Electric Vehicles; Requiring counties to establish a daily administration fee for the proper storage of certain electric vehicles; providing a maximum amount for such fees; defining the terms “daily administration fee” and “proper storage”; providing that motor vehicle insurers are not required to pay certain costs, etc..

  • Died on the Senate Floor

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CS/SB 912: Battery Collection and Recovery

GENERAL BILL by Environment and Natural Resources; McClain

Creating the “Safe Battery Collection and Recovery Act”; requiring a producer to fulfill certain requirements, beginning on a specified date, before selling, offering for sale, or distributing for sale in this state any covered battery or battery-containing product; requiring a BSO operating in this state to submit a battery stewardship plan to the Department of Environmental Protection for review and approval, beginning on a specified date; providing fiscal duties for a BSO implementing an approved battery stewardship plan; requiring a BSO to submit a report to the department annually beginning on a specified date, etc.

  • Died in its second committee of reference

HB 1067: Battery Collection and Disposal

GENERAL BILL by Gentry

Repeals provisions relating to battery requirements for consumers, manufacturers, & sellers; prohibits producers or retailers from selling, offering, or distributing any battery or battery containing product unless certain conditions are met; provides requirements for battery stewardship organizations regarding collection & disposal of batteries & battery containing products; requires DEP to take certain actions regarding plans & data for such collection & disposal; prohibits certain point-of-sale fees; authorizes fee-based battery collection & mail-back service for covered batteries; provides requirements for disposal of batteries beginning on specified date; provides exemption from liability for producers, retailers, & battery stewardship organizations; provides for penalties & civil actions.

  • Died in its first committee of reference

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SB 262: Storage and Disposal of Prescription Drugs and Sharps

GENERAL BILL by Burgess

Exempting an establishment that stores, warehouses, or holds noncontrolled prescription drugs solely for the purpose of arranging for their destruction from compliance with specified provisions, etc.

  • Died in its first committee of reference

CS/HB 607: Industries and Professional Activities

GENERAL BILL by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee; Yarkosky

Renames, removes, & redesignates specified boards, commissions, and councils established within DBPR; changes office locations of certain divisions; specifies that certain license application requirements apply only to certain professions; provides licensing authority to department rather than licensing boards; removes postlicensure education requirements for brokers, broker associates, and sales associates; removes continuing education requirements for licensure renewal as broker, broker associate, and sales associate; removes continuing education requirements for licensure renewal due to inactive status; revises provisions pertaining to board to transfer powers, duties, and responsibilities of board to DBPR; granting certain authority to department, rather than Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board; requires department to adopt rules; revises violations for which retail tobacco products dealers are penalized; revises retail nicotine product dealer administrative penalties; requires FDLE to accept and process certain fingerprints; specifies procedures for submitting and processing fingerprinting; requires department to conduct certain background checks.

  • Died in its third committee of reference

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SB 136: Protections for Public Employees who use Medical Marijuana as Qualified Patients

GENERAL BILL by Polsky; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Smith

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; providing exceptions; requiring a public employer to provide, within a specified timeframe, written notice of an employee’s or a job applicant’s right to explain or contest a positive marijuana test result, etc.

  • Died in its first committee of reference

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HB 75: Public Works Employee Identification Cards

GENERAL BILL by Woodson

Defines “public works employee”; requires political subdivisions to issue identification cards to certain public works employees.

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HB 855: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

GENERAL BILL by Long; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell

Provides for ratification of certain rules for cleanup target levels for PFAS compounds; authorizes DEP to update statewide cleanup target levels as necessary; requires such updates to be ratified by Legislature; requires department to adopt interim screening values until United States Environmental Protection Agency establishes final standards for additional PFAS compounds; provides eligibility requirements to apply for prospective purchaser protection; requires department to review applications for completeness within specified timeframe; provides that application is deemed approved; specifies timeframe in which liability protection is effective; provides liability protection for certain contaminations; authorizes department or other parties to pursue cost recovery; requires department to issue completion letters; specifies circumstances under which prospective purchaser forfeits liability protection; requires department & DOR to ensure eligibility to financial assistance for certain sites; prohibits fire service providers from using certain Class B firefighting foam after specified date except.

  • Died in its first committee of reference

SB 1058: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

GENERAL BILL by Berman

Providing for the ratification of certain rules for cleanup target levels for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); requiring the department to adopt interim screening values until the United States Environmental Protection Agency establishes final standards for additional PFAS compounds; prohibiting fire service providers from using certain Class B firefighting foam after a specified date except under certain circumstances, etc.

  • Died in its first committee of reference

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SB 1464: Food and Plastic Waste Reduction

GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez

Requiring the Department of Education to develop a specified pilot program in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; requiring that the pilot program be offered in a certain percentage of schools, beginning in a specified school year; requiring each participating school district to submit a report to the Department of Education by a specified date, etc.

  • Died in its first committee of reference

HB 1523: Food Waste Reduction

GENERAL BILL by Rayner

Requires DOE to develop specified policy relating to food waste reduction in K-12 schools; provides policy requirements, adoption rates for such policy, & school district requirements.

  • Died in its first committee of reference

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CS/SB 526: Construction Regulations

GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Grall

Construction Regulations; Prohibiting a governmental entity that contracts for a public works project from taking certain actions; requiring the Florida Building Commission to adopt by rule uniform commercial building permit acceptance standards for a specified purpose by a specified date; requiring a local jurisdiction to include a certain reduction in the permit fee on its schedule of fees posted on its website; requiring nonresidential structures built in a flood zone after a specified date to have the lowest floor elevated above the required design flood elevation; revising the products requiring statewide approval to include mitigation products, etc.

  • Died in its third committee of reference

CS/CS/HB 405: Commercial Construction

GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee; Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee; Griffitts; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Barnaby; Mooney; Salzman

Prohibiting a governmental entity from enforcing certain contract provisions for a public works project; requiring the Florida Building Commission to adopt by rule a uniform commercial building permit application for a specified purpose by a specified date; requiring the commission to adopt by rule additional trade-specific permit application forms for certain trades; requiring a local enforcement agency to use and accept the applications and forms adopted by the commission; requiring local enforcement agencies to adopt substantially similar forms for a certain purpose; requiring permit fees that are imposed by a local enforcement agency to be limited to the actual and reasonable costs incurred in reviewing, processing, and administering the permit; requiring a local jurisdiction to include a certain reduction in permit fees on its schedule of fees posted on its website; prohibiting the local jurisdiction from charging fees for plans review services under certain circumstances; requiring the local enforcement agency to reduce the permit fee by specified percentages for an owner or a contractor who retains a private provider for specified purposes.

  • Passed the House Floor
  • Died in Senate Rules

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CS/CS/SB 380: Legal Notices

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs; Judiciary; Trumbull

Revising the definition of the term “governmental agency”; requiring that certain legal notices be continuously published for a specified timeframe when the notices are for a specified purpose and provided under a certain circumstance; authorizing certain counties or specified municipalities, school boards, clerks of the circuit court, and tax collectors to use a publicly accessible website to publish certain advertisements and legal notices under specified conditions, etc.

  • Died in its third committee of reference

CS/HB 1009: Governmental Agency Publication of Advertisements and Public Notices

GENERAL BILL by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Griffitts

Expands definition of term “governmental agency”; revises definition of term “publicly accessible website”; requires that certain legal notices be continuously published for specified timeframe when notices are for specified purpose & provided under certain circumstance; authorizes certain counties or specified municipalities, school boards, clerks of circuit court, & tax collectors to use publicly accessible website to publish certain advertisements & legal notices under specified conditions; revises definition of term “special district.”

  • Passed the House Floor
  • Died in Senate Rules