Domestic Violence and Protective Injunctions; Reclassifying penalties for committing a domestic violence offense if a person has a prior conviction for domestic violence; providing that sentencing and incentive gain-time eligibility determinations are made without regard to a penalty enhancement; establishing an electronic monitoring pilot program in a specified county; requiring the sheriff, in consultation with certain persons, to design and implement the pilot program; providing requirements for the pilot program; requiring the Department of Corrections to complete an evaluation and provide specified reports to the Legislature; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to enter injunctions against dating violence and sexual violence into a statewide verification system, etc.
Rep. Randy Maggard
Sponsored bills
Faith-based Content in Batterers' Intervention Programs; Specifies that batterers' intervention programs may include faith-based activities, but may not require participation in such activities.
Systems of Law and Terrorist Organizations; Providing that the Department of State may administratively dissolve a corporation that has been designated as a terrorist organization in certain situations; providing that a person who receives military training from a domestic terrorist organization in certain situations commits a specified crime; providing a person who knowingly provides or attempts or conspires to provide material support or resources to a domestic terrorist organization commits a specified crime; providing that a person who willfully becomes a member of a domestic terrorist organization and serves under the direction or control of such organization with a specified intent commits a specified crime; authorizing the Chief of Domestic Security to designate an organization a domestic terrorist organization or a foreign terrorist organization if certain requirements are met; requiring the Chief to provide specified written notice to the Governor, the Cabinet, and the organization of the designation; providing that the Governor and the Cabinet may by a majority vote approve or reject the designation; requiring the Chief to publish such designation in the Florida Administrative Register within a specified time period after approval of the designation by the Governor and the Cabinet; providing that certain students of school districts and Florida College System institutions are ineligible for specified fee waivers; prohibiting students who promote domestic terrorist organization or foreign terrorist organizations from being awarded certain public institution funds, etc.
Dangerous Crimes; Requires court to remand person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, dangerous crime to custody immediately; requires such person to remain in custody pending sentencing without possibility of release on bond; revising definition of "dangerous crime."
Collective Bargaining; Provides for resolution pursuant to specified instructions of collective bargaining issues at impasse between state & certified representatives of bargaining units for state employees.
Maddy summaryHB 5205 revises the required contribution rates that state and local government employers must pay into the Florida Retirement System (FRS) for different employee groups (membership classes and subclasses). It establishes new contribution rate schedules in Sections 4 and 5 of the law to address funding shortfalls in the retirement system. The bill directly affects public employers, including state agencies, schools, and municipalities, by changing their mandatory retirement contribution percentages. It takes effect on July 1, 2026, as part of the state's effort to maintain actuarially sound retirement funding.
Electric Utility Ten-year Site Plans; Revises information required to be included in 10-year site plans; revises procedures for review & approval or rejection of such plans by PSC; requires electric utilities to submit revised plans to commission under certain conditions; prohibits electric utilities from filing applications for certification of certain electrical power plant sites; revises information commission is required to consider in its review of such plans; increases amount of fee commission is authorized to establish for review of such plans; revises content of rules commission is authorized to adopt for submitting, processing, & approving such plans.
Maddy summaryHB 411 revises Florida's legal definition of "autism" and "autism spectrum disorder" to align with the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The bill updates the current description - which previously used outdated terms like "pervasive developmental disability" - to reflect current medical understanding of autism as a neurologically based condition affecting social interaction, communication, and behavior. This change directly affects state agencies, schools, and healthcare providers that rely on the statutory definition for eligibility, service planning, and data collection related to autism. The revised definition will take effect on July 1, 2026.
Land and Water Management; Prohibits counties & municipalities from adopting laws, regulations, rules, policies, or ordinances that prohibit adjacent upland activities that are outside certain wetland buffers; repeals provisions relating to land management review teams.
Water Safety Requirements for the Rental of Residential Property; Requires vacation rental licensee to equip certain rental units with specified water safety features; provides for civil liability; provides exception.