Entities that Boycott Israel; Requiring the public fund to make its best efforts to identify certain institutions, organizations, agencies, governments, and other entities in which the public fund has direct or indirect holdings; requiring the public fund to compile and make available the Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities that Boycott Israel List; requiring the Department of Management Services to work with the public fund to determine the companies or other entities with which the state contracts or has grant agreements; requiring applicants to sign a certification form attesting that they comply with specified antidiscrimination laws and will not engage in antisemitic discrimination or antisemitic speech in conjunction with the program or project for which their grant is awarded, etc.
Sponsored bills
Mental Health; Citing this act as the “Tristin Murphy Act”; expanding the programs and diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators and emergency medical technicians for certain purposes and to include veterans treatment court programs; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish misdemeanor or ordinance violation mental health diversion programs; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; expanding eligibility for the Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program to include Hillsborough County, etc. APPROPRIATION: $794,880
Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities; Repealing provisions relating to the definitions, purpose, licensing requirements, applications, proof of financial responsibility requirements, license issuance and discipline provisions, publication of notice of intention to operate requirements, required contents of the notice of intention, publication of the notice of intention requirements, proof of publication requirements, record and reports of operations requirements, provision of emergency licenses, and suspension or revocation of licenses, respectively, of the weather modification law; prohibiting certain acts intended to affect the temperature, the weather, or the intensity of sunlight within the atmosphere of this state; requiring an operator of public infrastructure to report certain information monthly to the Department of Transportation, etc.
Property Insurance Claims; Establishing a mandatory procedure for resolution of disputed insurance claims; requiring insurers, at specified times, to notify policyholders of the mandatory procedure; authorizing a policyholder to file with the Division of Administrative Hearings a petition to resolve claims; requiring the administrative law judge to make a final determination of total coverage within a specified timeframe, etc.
Maddy summarySB 586 (Florida Statute § 718.124) changes the legal time limits for condominium associations to file lawsuits. It delays the start of these time limits until after unit owners elect a majority of the board members. This directly affects condominium associations by altering when they can legally pursue claims against owners or other parties. The bill would have taken effect July 1, 2025, but was indefinitely postponed and died in committee.
Cardiac Services Providers; Revising requirements for licensure of Level I and Level II adult cardiovascular programs; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to update specified rules as new applicable industry standards and guidelines are published, etc.
Tax Exemptions for Surviving Spouses of Quadriplegics; Authorizing the surviving spouses of certain quadriplegics to carry over a certain tax exemption in certain circumstances; authorizing the Department of Revenue to adopt emergency rules, etc.
Maddy summarySB 580 would allow members of the state legislature (state senators and representatives) to legally perform marriage ceremonies, expanding the current list of authorized officiants. This directly affects legislators, enabling them to solemnize marriages as part of their official duties. The key provision amends existing law to explicitly include legislators among those permitted to officiate weddings, alongside clergy, judges, and other designated officials. The bill does not change marriage eligibility or requirements for couples.
State Board of Administration; Revising the federal regulations that apply to the statement of fiduciary standards and responsibilities for the Florida Retirement System Investment Plan; revising the timeframe after which third-party administrators or duly authorized agents of the board are required to cancel financial instruments issued for a specified purpose; authorizing the board to invest no more than a specified percentage in investments that comply with a specified fiduciary standard, etc.
Campaign Communications; Prohibiting campaign-related telephone calls and text messages to specified voters; requiring candidates and other persons or organizations to cease immediately all communications with certain voters; specifying how a voter indicates that he or she no longer consents to such communications; authorizing a voter to bring a certain action in a court of competent jurisdiction, etc.