Podiatric Medicine
In plain English Requires some podiatric physicians to complete continuing education and allows them to use unapproved cellular or tissue products with patient consent under specified conditions.
Official synopsis: Requiring certain podiatric physicians, instead of all podiatric physicians, to complete specified continuing education; authorizing podiatric physicians to perform procedures using cellular or tissue-based products not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration under certain circumstances; specifying requirements for the cellular or tissue-based…
Became lawChapter No. 2026-124 · 2026-06-12
Transportation
In plain English Requires motor carriers to obtain licenses instead of registrations, changes motor fuel tax reporting rules, raises the property damage threshold for crash reporting, and allows license plate frames under certain conditions, among other changes.
Official synopsis: Requiring licensing, rather than registration, of motor carriers; revising reporting periods and due dates for motor fuel use tax returns; revising the apparent amount of property damage that requires the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash to notify law enforcement of the crash;…
Became lawChapter No. 2026-39 · 2026-04-22
Public Records/E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety for Providing Renewal Notices
Expanding an exemption from public records requirements for e-mail addresses collected by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for providing renewal notices to include e-mail addresses collected for use as a method of notification generally and not only for the purpose of providing…
Became lawChapter No. 2026-40 · 2026-04-22
Admissible Evidence in Personal Injury or Wrongful Death Actions
Providing that evidence admissible in personal injury or wrongful death actions may be used for rebutting, as well as for proving, the amount of certain damages; providing that such evidence may be offered by any party, etc.
FailedDied in Judiciary · 2026-03-13
Health Insurance Claims
Expanding the scope of the statewide provider and health plan claim dispute resolution program to include resolution of denied prior authorization requests; providing that participation in the program is mandatory and prohibiting providers and health plans from opting out of the claim dispute resolution process;…
FailedDied in Banking and Insurance · 2026-03-13
Employers Receiving Economic Development Incentives from State Agencies
Requiring an employer to sign an agreement with a state agency that is awarding an economic development incentive before becoming eligible for the economic development incentive; authorizing persons and entities to report a suspected violation to the Attorney General within a specified timeframe; requiring the…
FailedDied in Governmental Oversight and Accountability · 2026-03-13
Regulation of Public Swimming Pools and Bathing Places
Providing that, notwithstanding an exemption from supervision or regulation, certain pools are subject to annual inspections by the Department of Health to ensure compliance with specified standards; providing the Public Swimming Pool and Spa Technical Committee with the sole authority to review and approve certain…
FailedDied in Health Policy · 2026-03-13
Transportation
Revising the membership composition of the Florida Transportation Research Institute; requiring the Department of Transportation to coordinate with the Department of Commerce, specified ports, and the Federal Government for a certain purpose; revising the visible signals given by an approaching emergency vehicle upon which a…
FailedDied in returning Messages · 2026-03-13
Insurance Claims Payments to Health Care Providers
Prohibiting payment adjudicators from downcoding health care services under certain circumstances; specifying that payment adjudicators are solely responsible for certain violations of law; requiring certain utilization review entities to only use a certain prior authorization form; revising the definition of the term "claim", etc.
FailedDied in Banking and Insurance · 2026-03-13
Relief of Sean Hurley by the Orange County Sheriff's Office
Providing for an appropriation to compensate Mr. Hurley for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of the Orange County Sheriff's Office; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees, etc.
FailedDied in Special Master on Claim Bills · 2026-03-13
Funding for Body Cameras
Revising the definition of the term "infrastructure" to include body cameras in circumstances, etc.
FailedDied in Finance and Tax · 2026-03-13
Religious Expression in Public Schools
Proposing the creation of a section of the State Constitution to provide protection from discrimination for student and school personnel religious expression in public schools, etc.
FailedDied in Rules · 2026-03-13
Charter Schools
Authorizing Florida College System institutions and state universities to sponsor job engine charter schools; requiring that specified tax funds be provided annually to the sponsor of a job engine charter school, etc.
FailedDied in Education Pre-K – 12 · 2026-03-13
Recognizing Judea and Samaria
Citing this act as the "Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act"; prohibiting state agencies from using the term "West Bank" in official government materials; prohibiting state agencies from using moneys to create official government materials using such term; requiring instructional materials and library media center collections…
FailedDied in Rules · 2026-03-13
Department of Environmental Protection
Deleting provisions creating the Environmental Regulation Commission; requiring that residential properties of a specified size located in a certain area connect to a central sewer system or upgrade to a specified type of nutrient-reducing wastewater treatment system; authorizing remediation plans for certain properties to have…
Not out of committeeLaid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 1417 · 2026-03-09
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