Rep. Daryl Campbell

Maddy summaryHB 185 would exempt impact-resistant doors, garage doors, and windows from Florida's sales and use tax. These products must meet specific safety standards, such as ASTM International E1886/E1996 or Florida Building Code Testing Standards, to qualify. The exemption applies to homeowners purchasing these safety products for home hardening, directly reducing their costs for hurricane-resistant upgrades. The bill would take effect on July 1, 2026, if passed.

Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; Prohibits use of nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another person as defense to criminal offense, to excuse or justify person's conduct, or to mitigate severity of offense.

Storage of Handguns in Private Conveyances and Vessels; Provides requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances & vessels; requires law enforcement agencies to engage in specified promotional campaign; provides that certain firearms education, safety, & training courses shall include instruction on requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances & vessels; revises required warnings for transfer or sale of firearms; provides declaration of important state interest.

Prohibited Discrimination Based on Hairstyle; Prohibits discrimination based on protected hairstyle in K-20 public education system & specified private schools.

Drowning Prevention Education; Requires DOH to develop educational materials on drowning prevention safety measures & safe bathing practices for specified purposes; provides requirements for such materials; requires hospitals, birth centers, & home birth providers to provide educational materials to new parents & caregivers as part of their postpartum education & care; requires childbirth educators to provide informational materials to parents or caregivers receiving childbirth education from them.

Public Postsecondary Reports on Pell Grant Eligibility and Food Insecurity; Requires Commissioner of Agriculture to report specified information relating to Pell-grant eligible students at state universities & Florida College System institutions to Legislature by specified date; & requires OPPAGA to conduct study to evaluate food insecurity on campuses of state universities & Florida College System institutions.

Public Records; Provides that it is a violation of specified provisions to fail to acknowledge public records request promptly & respond to such request in good faith; revises various provisions relating to custodians of public records, agencies, fees, & penalties; requires written, detailed cost estimate be provided upon request to persons seeking to inspect or copy public record; requires courts to assess specified costs, fees, & penalties.

Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; Provides public records & meetings exemptions relating to Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact & its committees; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statements of public necessity.

Doula Support for Healthy Births Pilot Program; Establishes pilot program in Broward, Miami-Dade, & Palm Beach Counties for specified purpose; requires DOH, in collaboration with its maternal & child health section, to implement & oversee pilot program; requires pilot program to target specified populations for enrollment; specifies services that must be provided under pilot program; requires department to collaborate with specified entities to integrate doula services into existing maternal health programs & facilitate outreach & service delivery; authorizes department to integrate doula services into existing maternal & child health programs as expansion of pilot program, subject to certain requirements; creates Doula Certification Task Force within department for specified purpose; requires department to oversee & provide administrative support to task force; requires task force to submit final report of its findings & recommendations to Governor & Legislature by specified date.

Maddy summaryHB 555 would allow Florida counties and municipalities to license home caregivers within their own jurisdictions, shifting authority from the state to local governments. This bill directly affects home caregivers seeking to work in specific communities and local governments that would establish their own licensing processes. The key provision creates a new section (163.212) in Florida law explicitly authorizing local licensing, while maintaining existing state oversight for other occupations. The bill would take effect on July 1, 2026, if passed. This is a procedural change to licensing authority, not a modification of caregiver qualifications or services.