SB 380 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Legal Notices

Summary

Legal Notices; 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.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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S 380 c1 → S 380 c2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised to expand the definition of 'governmental agency' to include water management districts and specific local entities like clerks and tax collectors. It also clarifies which entities are authorized to use websites for legal notices and adds requirements for agencies to offer mail or email delivery options to residents who request them.

Scope change

The bill's scope was broadened to include water management districts operating under chapter 373 as governmental agencies and to explicitly authorize clerks of the circuit court, tax collectors, and specified municipalities to use websites for legal notices.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'governmental agency' was updated to explicitly include water management districts operating pursuant to chapter 373, whereas the previous version listed them separately or implied them differently.

The definition of 'special district' was refined to explicitly exclude water management districts operating pursuant to chapter 373 from the special district classification for publication purposes.

ELIGIBILITY

The list of entities authorized to publish legal notices on publicly accessible websites was expanded to explicitly include clerks of the circuit court, tax collectors, and specified municipalities, in addition to counties and school boards.

REQUIREMENT

A new requirement was added mandating that governmental agencies provide notice of legal advertisements via first-class mail or e-mail to any resident or property owner who registers their contact information with the agency.

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Committee

Jan 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Jan 22, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/27/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

upper

Dec 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Nov 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 12/02/25, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building

upper

Nov 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors