Advanced Wastewater Treatment; 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.
Prosecution of Defendants; Specifies that it is defense to prosecution under any law that defendant, as result of mental disease or defect, lacked culpable mental state required as element of crime charged; specifies that mental disease or defect is not otherwise defense to prosecution under any law; removes affirmative defense to criminal prosecution that, at time of commission of acts constituting offense, defendant was insane; revises mitigating circumstance under which departure from lowest permissible sentence is reasonably justified; authorizes incorporation into convicted defendant's criminal sentence certain specialized treatment for mental health disease or defects; specifies that certain provisions do not prevent sentencing court from considering defendant's mental disease or defect when imposing sentence within permissible sentencing range.
Right Turns at Intersections Using Traffic Infraction Detectors; Prohibits certain right turns at intersections using traffic infraction detectors; requires certain signage at such intersections.
Elections During Emergencies; Requires that elections, in event of emergency, be conducted in accordance with specified provisions & carried out in certain manner; authorizes supervisors of elections to request approval from Secretary of State to take specified actions under specified conditions; requires that supervisors submit all such requests at once, to extent practicable; authorizes submission of revised or additional requests; requires secretary to approve or deny requests within specified timeframe; requires secretary to consider specified factors; provides that requests are deemed approved under specified conditions; requires secretary to publish approvals & denials on DOS's website; etc.
My Safe Florida Home Program; Revises requirements of inspections provided through specified program; revises requirements to receive grant through specified program; revises what such grants may be used for; revises requirements of certain report.
Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami-Dade County; Requires Miami-Dade County to transfer existing property interest in Coconut Grove Playhouse to Town of Bay Harbor Islands; provides duties of town.
Special Risk Class; Revises Special Risk Class member criteria to include members employed as certain prosecutors & special investigators; provides years of creditable service for full retirement eligibility.
HB 1271 revises Florida law to define "extraordinary collection actions" (like selling debt or filing lawsuits) and explicitly lists "prohibited collection actions" for medical debt. It bans healthcare providers and debt collectors from threatening arrest, garnishing wages, seizing bank accounts, reporting debt to credit bureaus, or denying care due to unpaid bills. The bill requires medical debt buyers to follow specific rules, including returning debt to providers if patients qualify for financial assistance. This directly affects patients with medical debt and healthcare facilities collecting payments, taking effect July 1, 2026.
Family Court Report Cards; Requires Office of State Courts Administrator to establish pilot program beginning on specified date; provides appropriation; requires office to prepare & publish on its website annual family court report card of each judge who presides over family law proceedings in each judicial circuit beginning on specified date; requires office to maintain publicly accessible online database of report cards & certain statewide summaries; requesting Supreme Court to adopt rules.
Conditional Geriatric Release ; Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review, in conjunction with DOC, to establish conditional geriatric release program; specifies eligibility for program; authorizes persons sentenced to custody of department to apply to commission to be considered for conditional geriatric release within specified time before reaching eligibility; specifies that person does not have right to conditional geriatric release; requires commission to consider any evidence relevant to public safety; authorizes commission to consider continued cost to department to house inmate; specifies that commission has sole discretion to determine whether to grant conditional geriatric release; authorizes revocation of conditional geriatric release for violations of any conditions of release; requires rulemaking.
HB 1467 revises Florida's penalties for prostitution and related offenses, primarily increasing consequences for repeat violations. It establishes tiered penalties: first offenses are misdemeanors, second offenses become felonies, and third+ offenses carry harsher penalties. For violations involving soliciting or procuring prostitution (paragraph 2(f)), the bill mandates 100 hours of community service, mandatory educational programs, and a minimum 10-day jail term for second or subsequent offenses. Additionally, it allows courts to order vehicle impoundment for up to 60 days if a vehicle was used in the offense, with specific exceptions for owners who prove hardship or theft. The bill directly affects individuals convicted of prostitution-related crimes under Florida law.
Public Records Requests Pertaining to Law Enforcement Officers; Requires certain identification from person requesting to inspect or copy public record relating to law enforcement officer; requires custodian of public records to retain copy of such identification.
