Senate Bills
Table of Contents
SB 0102 – Housing
Housing; Citing this act as the "Live Local Act"; deleting the authority of local governments to adopt or maintain laws, ordinances, rules, or other measures that would have the effect of imposing controls on rents; providing an exemption from ad valorem taxation for land that meets certain criteria; authorizing local governments to adopt ordinances to provide an ad valorem tax exemption for portions of property used to provide affordable housing meeting certain requirements; suspending, for a specified period, the General Revenue Fund service charge on documentary stamp tax collections; authorizing the Governor, under the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund, to approve state or local public infrastructure projects to facilitate the development or construction of affordable housing, etc. APPROPRIATION: $711,000,000 Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2023
Sponsor
Calatayud
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 0204 – Task Force on the Monitoring of Children in Out-of-Home Care
Task Force on the Monitoring of Children in Out-of-Home Care; Creating the task force adjunct to the Department of Law Enforcement; providing requirements for member appointments, election of a chair, and meetings; requiring the Florida Institute for Child Welfare to conduct certain focus groups and individual interviews and submit its findings to the task force by a specified date; requiring the Department of Children and Families to submit certain monthly reports to the task force through a specified date, etc. APPROPRIATION: $140,076
Sponsor
Rouson
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 0218 – Genetic Counselors Using Telehealth
Genetic Counselors Using Telehealth; Revising the definition of the term “telehealth provider” to include persons licensed as genetic counselors, etc.
Sponsor
Harrell
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 0478 – Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Program
Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Program; Renaming the Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program as the Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Program; revising criteria for a school district’s eligibility to participate in the program; deleting an obsolete provision requiring the University of Florida’s College of Education to conduct a specified evaluation, etc.
Sponsor
Perry
Effective Date
May 30, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 0508 – Problem-solving Courts
Problem-solving Courts; Revising the responsibilities of coordinators of treatment-based drug court programs; requiring such programs to collect specified data and information for certain purposes; requiring such programs to annually report certain information and data to the Office of the State Courts Administrator; authorizing courts to determine how long a person may be admitted into certain programs; revising admission requirements for certain programs; revising eligibility requirements for voluntary admission into certain substance abuse programs, etc.
Sponsor
Rouson
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 0558 – Certified Nursing Assistants
Certified Nursing Assistants; Authorizing nursing home facilities to allow their registered nurses to delegate certain tasks to certified nursing assistants who meet specified criteria; providing for the designation of such certified nursing assistants as qualified medication aides; requiring that medication administration be included in certain performance improvement activities tracked by nursing homes in accordance with federal regulations; providing that the time spent by certified nursing assistants performing the duties of a qualified medication aide may not be included in the computing of certain minimum staffing ratio requirements for direct care provided to residents, etc.
Sponsor
Burton
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 1550 – Prescription Drugs
Prescription Drugs; Citing this act as the "Prescription Drug Reform Act"; specifying additional prohibited acts related to the Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act; requiring certain drug manufacturers to notify the Department of Business and Professional Regulation of reportable drug price increases on a specified form on the effective date of such increase; requiring the Division of Consumer Services of the Department of Financial Services to designate an employee as the primary contact for consumer complaints involving pharmacy benefit managers; providing a grandfathering provision for certain pharmacy benefit managers operating as administrators; requiring pharmacy benefits plans and programs, beginning on a specified date, to annually submit a certain attestation to the Office of Insurance Regulation, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,127,525
Sponsor
Brodeur
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 7014 – Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Justice; Requiring that the secretary of the Department of Juvenile Justice oversee the establishment of the Florida Scholars Academy; requiring the academy to provide students with greater access to secondary and postsecondary educational opportunities; specifying that the academy is a component of the delivery of public education within Florida’s Early Learning-20 education system; requiring the department to provide early notice to school districts regarding the siting of new juvenile justice detention facilities, etc. APPROPRIATION: $12,000,000
Sponsor
Criminal Justice
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 7064 – Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking; Increasing criminal penalties for specified offenses involving adult theaters; providing a civil cause of action for victims of human trafficking against certain entities or persons; authorizing judicial circuits to establish educational programs for persons convicted of or charged with certain violations; creating the Statewide Data Repository for Anonymous Human Trafficking Data at the University of South Florida, etc.
Sponsor
Fiscal Policy
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 0144 – Lactation Spaces
Lactation Spaces; Requiring each county courthouse to provide at least one lactation space for members of the public by a specified date; providing requirements for such lactation space; authorizing the use of state or private funds to provide lactation spaces in appellate courthouses; providing exceptions, etc.
Sponsor
Berman
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 0732 – Collegiate Purple Star Campuses
Collegiate Purple Star Campuses; Defining the term “military student”; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules and the Board of Governors to adopt regulations to establish the Collegiate Purple Star Campuses program; specifying program criteria for participating Florida College System institutions, state universities, and career centers, etc.
Sponsor
Wright
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 346 – Special Observances
Designating each November as “Veterans Appreciation Month”; authorizing the Governor to issue a proclamation with specified information, etc
Sponsor
Blaise Ingoglia (R-Spring Hill)
Chamber Position
Support – The Chamber supports our military and veteran community.
Status
Companion bill passed - HB 357
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Rouson
SB 0724 – Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative
Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative; Establishing the Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative within the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying allowable uses of the funding; requiring the creation of a 10-year Florida Seagrass Restoration Plan; requiring the initiative to submit an annual report by a specified date to the Governor, the Legislature, the Secretary of Environmental Protection, and the executive director of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; establishing the Initiative Technology Advisory Council as part of the initiative, etc. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate
Sponsor
Boyd
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 1552 – Public Records/Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Public Records/Pharmacy Benefit Managers; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for examination and investigation reports and work papers relating to pharmacy benefit managers; expanding a public records exemption for the books and records of administrators held by the Office of Insurance Regulation for purposes of examination, audit, and inspection to incorporate the inclusion of pharmacy benefit managers as administrators under the Florida Insurance Code; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing statements of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: On the same date that SB 1550 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law
Sponsor
Brodeur
Effective Date
January 1, 2024
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 2500 – Appropriations
Appropriations; Providing moneys for the annual period beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, and supplemental appropriations for the period ending June 30, 2023, to pay salaries, and other expenses, capital outlay - buildings, and other improvements, and for other specified purposes of the various agencies of state government, etc. APPROPRIATION: $117,026,747,547 Effective Date: except as otherwise provided
Sponsor
Appropriations
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 2502 – Implementing the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act
Implementing the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act; Incorporating by reference certain calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program; revising the limitation on enrollment of full-time equivalent virtual students residing outside of school districts; authorizing school districts to adopt specified salary incentives and other strategies under certain circumstances; extending for 1 fiscal year the exemption of certain rules pertaining to the medical use of marijuana from certain rulemaking requirements; requiring certain sheriffs’ offices to transfer child protective investigation services to the Department of Children and Families, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2023, or, if this act fails to become a law until after that date, it shall take effect upon becoming a law and shall operate retroactively to July 1, 2023
Sponsor
Appropriations Committee
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson
SB 418 – Insurance
Insurance; Specifying a qualification for a local governmental entity’s representative on a self-insurer’s governing body; revising membership requirements for specified members of the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology; authorizing insurers to file with the Office of Insurance Regulation personal lines residential property insurance rating plans providing rate differentials based on certain windstorm mitigation construction standards; revising the timeframe for advance notices from insurers to insureds of automatic bank withdrawal increases, etc.
Sponsor
Perry
Effective Date
July 1, 2023
Status
Passed
Chamber Position
Support
Voted For Chamber's Position
- Jim Boyd
- Danny Burgess
- Jay Collins
- Nick DiCeglie
- Ed Hooper
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Darryl Ervin Rouson