Rep. Michael Owen

Repetitive Head Impact Prevention; Requires parents and legal guardians registering child in high-risk sport to receive specified educational materials; provides requirements for such materials; requires certain athletic directors, coaches, referees, & trainers of high-risk sports to complete specified training; requires State Surgeon General, in collaboration with others, to develop specified continuing education courses for certain persons; establishes Florida Brain Health in Sports Panel within DOH; provides requirements for panel; authorizes department to use certain funds for certain purposes; provides rulemaking authority to department; designates Parkman-Lewis Day.

Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property; Revises time in which action founded on design, planning, or construction of improvement to real property shall be commenced; revises date on which statute of limitations period for such action begins; revises latest date by which action shall be commenced.

Statewide Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Unit; Requires FDLE to establish & administer Statewide Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism Unit for specified purposes; provides requirements for establishing, administering, & funding such unit.

Department of Commerce; Exempts federal agencies from requirement that conveyance at less than appraised value must state that land will revert to board of trustees if land is not used for its intended purposes as military installation buffer or if military installation closes; revises definition of term "rural community"; repeals provisions, relating to Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Act, legislative intent & purpose, definitions, Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Loan Guarantee Program, applications for grants, establishment of grant ceilings & maximum administrative cost percentages & elimination of population bias, rejection of grant applications & penalties for failure to meet application conditions, & general powers of department under s. 290.0401, respectively; designates Department of Commerce as state agency to receive federal funding from United States Department of Housing & Urban Development to administer Community Development Block Grant Program; provides that department shall administer additional federal funding in accordance with federal law & guidance from Department of Housing & Urban Development; authorizes Department of Commerce to adopt rules.

Bingo Games; Revises requirements to manufacture, issue, & operate instant bingo tickets; requires that instant bingo ticket dispensers have certain features.

Maddy summaryHB 125 designates October 14 of each year as "Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance" in Florida. The bill creates a statutory designation requiring the Governor to issue an annual proclamation for this date, honoring Charlie Kirk's work with Turning Point USA and his advocacy for free speech and civic engagement. This is a purely commemorative measure with no funding, regulatory changes, or direct impact on citizens or institutions. It does not alter existing laws or create new obligations. The designation takes effect July 1, 2026.

Cardiac Service Providers; Revises requirements for licensure of Level I & Level II adult cardiovascular programs; requires AHCA to update specified rules as new applicable industry standards & guidelines are published.

Candidate Qualifying; Requires certain candidates to provide filing officer statement disclosing dual citizenship for nomination & election to federal, state, county, multicounty, district, or judicial office or to district school board.

Maddy summaryHB 489 updates definitions used by Florida's Housing Finance Corporation to clarify eligibility for affordable housing programs. It defines key terms like "demonstrated capacity" (requiring completion of at least three U.S. affordable housing projects, including one in Florida, within five years) and "qualifying principal" (a person owning 25%+ of a housing entity). The bill also clarifies that "elderly" means 62+ and ensures housing meeting specific criteria qualifies as elderly housing. These changes directly affect housing providers (both nonprofits and for-profits) seeking to develop or manage affordable housing projects funded through the corporation.

Antisemitism Task Force; Creates Antisemitism Task Force within Office of Civil Rights of DLA for specified purpose; requires department to provide administrative & staff support to task force; provides for appointment & terms of members; provides for per diem & travel expenses; provides membership & duties of task force; requires report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; provides for future review & repeal of task force.