Limited Licenses for Portable Electronics or Eyewear Insurance; Renaming “portable electronics insurance” as “portable electronics or eyewear insurance” to include eyewear for purposes of insurance coverage and licenses; defining the term “eyewear”; revising the definition of the term “portable electronics”, etc.
Pre-K-12 Education; Revising conditions under which a specified scholarship account’s funds revert to the state; providing a supplement for districts that have a decline in enrollment; requiring that fiscally constrained districts receive a higher calculation than non-fiscally constrained districts, etc.
Code Inspector Body Cameras; Requiring a governmental entity that permits its code inspectors to wear body cameras to establish certain policies and procedures; requiring such governmental entity to ensure that certain training occurs, to retain certain data in accordance with public records laws, and to perform a periodic review of actual body camera practices; providing that certain provisions relating to the interception of wire, electronic, and oral communications do not apply to body camera recordings made by code inspectors, etc.
Public Records/Body Camera Recordings Recorded by a Code Inspector; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for body camera recordings recorded by a code inspector under certain circumstances; providing exceptions; requiring a local government to retain body camera recordings for a specified timeframe; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Refrigerant Safety and Agricultural Continuity; Creating the “Refrigerant Safety and Agricultural Continuity Act”; authorizing commercial and agricultural food processing and cold chain industries to continue to purchase, install, and service equipment utilizing R-410A refrigerants through a specified date; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to maintain certain records; providing immunity from liability for certain persons and business entities, etc.
Maddy summarySB 1652 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 statutory description to specify that autism is a "neurologically based developmental disability" causing challenges in social interaction, communication, and behavior, with onset in early childhood. This change affects how state agencies, programs, and records formally reference autism in Florida law, ensuring consistency with current medical standards. The bill does not alter funding, services, or eligibility for autism-related support; it solely updates terminology. It takes effect on July 1, 2026.
Public Records/Experimental Treatment Outcomes; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information contained in a public report published by the Department of Health relating to experimental treatment outcomes and safety signals; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Newborn Screenings; Citing this act as “Mattie’s Law”; requiring that newborns, beginning on a specified date, be screened for biliary atresia; requiring the Department of Health to consult with the Genetics and Newborn Screening Advisory Council before adopting certain rules; requiring hospitals that provide birthing services to screen for biliary atresia in a specified manner, etc.
Space Florida; Revising the definition of the term “governmental purpose”; providing that certain property being used by a nongovernmental lessee pursuant to a project authorized by the Space Florida board of directors is deemed to perform an essential governmental purpose and is exempt from taxation; exempting from the sales and use tax certain tangible personal property leased to private entities; providing that Space Florida is not subject to certain provisions, etc.
Speech and Debate Education; Creating the Florida Speech and Debate Hall of Fame; designating Florida Speech and Debate Week annually in February; establishing the Florida Debate Initiative, Inc., (FDI) as a statewide speech and debate organization that performs certain functions in support of the Florida Civics and Debate Initiative (FCDI) in the Department of Education; requiring the Board of Governors of the State University System and the State Board of Education to develop specified undergraduate and graduate coursework, certificates, and micro-credentials, etc. APPROPRIATION: $2,400,000
