2022 Bill Summaries
The 2022 Bill Summaries are reports created by committee staff that give brief explanations of legislation that passed this session in both the House and Senate. These summaries are created by committee staff and do not represent the opinion of any Senator, Senate Officer, or Senate Office.
PDF of all 2022 Bill Summaries
- Agriculture (AG)
- Appropriations (AP)
- Banking and Insurance (BI)
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- Community Affairs (CA)
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Education (ED)
- Environment and Natural Resources (EN)
- Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Finance and Tax (FT)
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- Health Policy (HP)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- Reapportionment (RE)
- Regulated Industries (RI)
- Rules (RC)
- Transportation (TR)
Special Master on Claim Bills
- CS/SB 58 — Relief of Yeilyn Quiroz Otero/Miami-Dade County (PDF)
- CS/SB 70 — Relief of Donna Catalano by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (PDF)
- CS/SB 74 — Relief of Harry Augustin Shumow by the Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County, d/b/a Jackson Memorial Hospital (PDF)
- CS/SB 80 — Relief of Christeia Jones/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (PDF)
Agriculture (AG)
- All 2022 Summaries for Agriculture (PDF)
- SB 474 — Recreational Off-highway Vehicles
- CS/SB 1006 — State Symbols
- CS/HB 1097 — Florida Citrus
- SB 1186 — Agritourism
Appropriations (AP)
- All 2022 Summaries for Appropriations (PDF)
- CS/HB 3 — Law Enforcement
- CS/SB 96 — Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund
- SB 98 — Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund
- SB 2508 — Environmental Resources
- SB 2510 — Florida Gaming Control Commission
- SB 2512 — Aircraft
- SB 2514 — Electronic Filing of Taxes
- SB 2516 — Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims
- SB 2518 — Information Technology
- SB 2524 — Education
- SB 2526 — Health
- SB 2530 — Motor Vehicle Title Fees
- HB 5001 — General Appropriations Act
- HB 5003 — Implementing the 2022-2023 General Appropriations Act
- HB 5005 — Collective Bargaining
- HB 5009 — State Group Insurance Program
- HB 5011 — Inflation Fund
- HB 5013 — Trust Fund/Opioid Settlement Clearing Trust Fund/DFS
- HB 5301 — Capitol Complex
- CS/HB 7027 — The Judicial Branch
- CS/HB 7029 — Time Limitations for Preadjudicatory Juvenile Detention Care
Banking and Insurance (BI)
- All 2022 Summaries for Banking and Insurance (PDF)
- SB 156 — Loss Run Statements
- CS/HB 273 — Money Services Businesses
- HB 357 — Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers
- CS/HB 381 — Breach of Bond Costs
- CS/CS/HB 389 — Money Services Businesses
- HB 459 — Step-therapy Protocols
- SB 546 — Consumer Finance Loans
- CS/HB 689 — Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- CS/CS/CS/HB 749 — Fraud Prevention
- CS/CS/HB 837 — Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program
- CS/SB 838 — Fire Investigators
- CS/HB 925 — Benchmark Replacements for London Interbank Offered Rate
- CS/CS/CS/HB 959 — Department of Financial Services
- SB 968 — Individual Retirement Accounts
- CS/HB 1023 — Insolvent Insurers
- SB 1058 — Property Insurer Reimbursements
- CS/HB 1099 — Living Organ Donors in Insurance Policies
- CS/SB 1502 — Estates and Trusts
- CS/SB 1526 — Public Records/Annuity Contract Payees
- CS/SB 1680 — Financial Institutions
- SB 7016 — OGSR/Information Submitted by Insurers/Department of Financial Services
- SB 7018 — OGSR/Injured or Deceased Employee/Department of Financial Services
- SB 7020 — OGSR/Office of Financial Regulation
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- All 2022 Summaries for Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (PDF)
- CS/SB 282 — Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
- CS/HB 615 — Human Trafficking
- CS/CS/SB 692 — Sexual Offenses Definitions
- SB 704 — Substance Abuse Service Providers
- CS/CS/HB 893 — Child Welfare Placements
- CS/HB 899 — Mental Health of Students
- SB 934 — Public Records/Homelessness Counts and Information Systems
- CS/CS/HB 963 — Funding for Sheriffs
- CS/HB 1249 — Treatment of Defendants Adjudicated Incompetent to Stand Trial
- CS/CS/SB 1262 — Mental Health and Substance Abuse
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1349 — Guardianship Data Transparency
- CS/CS/HB 1577— Homeless Youth
- CS/SB 1844 — Mental Health and Substance Abuse
- SB 7008 — OGSR/Substance Abuse Impaired Persons
- SB 7010 — OGSR/Public and Professional Guardians
- CS/SB 7034 — Child Welfare
- HB 7065— Child Welfare
Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- All 2022 Summaries for Commerce and Tourism (PDF)
- SB 288 — Electronic Dissemination of Commercial Recordings and Audiovisual Works
- CS/SB 336 — Uniform Commercial Code
- SB 434 — Florida Tourism Marketing
- SB 542 — Evidentiary Standards for Actions Arising During an Emergency
- CS/CS/SB 1474 — Online Training for Private Security Officers
Community Affairs (CA)
- All 2022 Summaries for Community Affairs (PDF)
- CS/CS/HJR 1 — Additional Homestead Property Tax Exemption for Specified Critical Public Service Workforce
- HB 31 — Firefighter Inquiries and Investigations
- CS/HB 105 — Regulation of Smoking by Counties and Municipalities
- CS/SB 196 — Florida Housing Finance Corporation
- SB 352 — Construction Liens
- SB 406 — Secured Transactions
- CS/CS/HB 423 — Building Regulation
- CS/SB 518 — Private Property Rights to Prune, Trim, and Remove Trees
- CS/CS/CS/SB 706 — School Concurrency
- CS/CS/HB 777 — Local Tax Referenda Requirements
- CS/SB 898 — Lodging Standards
- CS/CS/SB 962 — Residential Development Projects for Affordable Housing
- CS/SB 1190 — Two-way Radio Communication Enhancement Systems
- CS/SB 1236 — County and Municipal Detention Facilities
- CS/CS/SB 1382 — Tax Administration
- CS/CS/HB 1563 — Homestead Property Tax Exemptions for Classroom Teachers, Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics, Child Welfare Professionals, and Servicemembers
Criminal Justice (CJ)
- All 2022 Summaries for Criminal Justice (PDF)
- CS/HB 195 — Juvenile Diversion Program Expunction
- HB 197 — Pub. Rec./Nonjudicial Arrest Record of a Minor
- CS/SB 226 — Care for Retired Police Dogs
- CS/SB 266 — Motor Vehicle Insurance
- CS/HB 287 — Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence
- CS/SB 444 — Indecent, Lewd, or Lascivious Touching
- CS/HB 453 — Officer and Firefighter Physical Examination Requirements and Records
- SB 454 — Florida Commission on Offender Review
- CS/SB 722 — Education for Student Inmates
- CS/CS/SB 752 — Probationary or Supervision Services for Misdemeanor Offenders
- HB 873 — Pub. Rec./Execution Information
- CS/SB 1012 — Victims of Crimes
- CS/SB 1046 — Public Records/Law Enforcement Geolocation Information
- CS/SB 1244 — Statutes of Limitation for Offenses Relating to Sexual Performance by a Child
- CS/SB 1534 — Retail Theft
- CS/CS/SB 1798 — Sexually Related Offenses
- HB 6037 — Traveling Across County Lines to Commit a Burglary
- HB 7009 — OGSR/Health Information/Department of Corrections
- HB 7015 — OGSR/Identity of a Witness to Murder
Education (ED)
- All 2022 Summaries for Education (PDF)
- CS/HB 7— Individual Freedom
- CS/HB 173 — Care of Students with Epilepsy or Seizure Disorders
- CS/HB 225 — Charter School Charters
- HB 235 — Restraint of Students with Disabilities in Public Schools
- SB 236 — Children with Developmental Delays
- CS/HB 255 — Private Instructional Personnel Providing Applied Behavior Analysis Services
- CS/HB 395 — “Victims of Communism Day”
- SB 418 — Assistive Technology Advisory Council
- CS/HB 461 — Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program Student Service Requirements
- CS/SB 520 — Public Records and Public Meetings
- SB 638 — Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program
- CS/CS/SB 758 — Education
- CS/SB 1048 — Student Assessments
- SB 1054 — Financial Literacy Instruction in Public Schools
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1421 — School Safety
- CS/HB 1467 — K-12 Education
- SB 1552 — Direct-support Organization for the Florida Prepaid College Board
- CS/CS/HB 1557 — Parental Rights in Education
- SB 7004 — OGSR/Technology Systems/State University or a Florida College System Institution
- SB 7006 — OGSR/Campus Emergency Response
- SB 7044 — Postsecondary Education
Environment and Natural Resources (EN)
- All 2022 Summaries for Environment and Natural Resources (PDF)
- SB 442 — Powers of Land Authorities
- CS/CS/SB 494 — Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- CS/HB 513 — Comprehensive Review Study of the Central and Southern Florida Project
- CS/SB 606 — Boating Safety
- CS/CS/SB 856 — Private Provider Inspections of Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems
- CS/CS/SB 882 — Inventories of Critical Wetlands
- CS/HB 909 — Pollution Control Standards and Liability
- CS/CS/CS/HB 965 — Environmental Management
- CS/CS/CS/HB 967 — Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification
- CS/CS/SB 1000 — Nutrient Application Rates
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1078 — Soil and Water Conservation Districts
- CS/SB 1110 — Grease Waste Removal and Disposal
- CS/CS/SB 1432 — Vessel Anchoring
- CS/HB 1475 — Cleanup of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
- CS/SB 1658 — Executive Appointments
- CS/HB 7053 — Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience
Ethics and Elections (EE)
- All 2022 Summaries for Ethics and Elections (PDF)
- CS/CS/SB 524 — Election Administration
- CS/CS/HB 921 — Campaign Financing
- CS/CS/HB 7001 — Implementation of the Constitutional Prohibition Against Lobbying by a Public Officer
- HB 7003 — Implementation of the Constitutional Prohibition Against Lobbying by a Former Justice or Judge
Finance and Tax (FT)
Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- All 2022 Summaries for Governmental Oversight and Accountability (PDF)
- CS/CS/SB 514 — Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Educational Requirements
- CS/CS/HB 1057 — Evidence of Vendor Financial Stability
- CS/CS/HB 1445 — OGSR/Dependent Eligibility Information/DMS
- HB 5007 — State-administered Retirement Systems
- SB 7024 — OGSR/Alleged Victim or Victim of Sexual Harassment
- SB 7026 — OGSR/Dependent Eligibility Verification Services
Health Policy (HP)
- All 2022 Summaries for Health Policy (PDF)
- CS/HB 5 — Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality
- CS/SB 292 — Newborn Screenings
- SB 312 — Telehealth
- CS/HB 469 — Patient Care in Health Care Facilities
- SB 534 — Prescription Drugs Used in the Treatment of Schizophrenia for Medicaid Recipients
- HB 539 — Nursing Home Financial Reporting
- CS/CS/CS/HB 543 — Uterine Fibroid Research and Education
- CS/SB 544 — Drug-related Overdose Prevention
- CS/SB 566 — Mental Health Professional Licensure
- HB 593 — Telecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- CS/SB 632 — Occupational Therapy
- CS/CS/SB 768 — Department of Health
- CS/SB 806 — Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Forms of Dementia Education and Public Awareness
- HB 855 — Managed Care Plan Performance
- CS/CS/SB 926 — Licensure Examinations for Dental Practitioners
- CS/CS/SB 988 — In-person Visitation
- CS/HB 1209 — Administration of Vaccines
- CS/CS/SB 1222 — Acute and Post-acute Hospital Care at Home
- CS/CS/HB 1239 — Nursing Homes
- CS/SB 1260 — Independent Hospital Districts
- CS/CS/SB 1374 — Clinical Laboratory Testing
- CS/HB 1521 — Professional Counselors Licensure Compact
- HB 1523 — Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Professional Counselors Licensure Compact
- CS/SB 1770 — Donor Human Milk Bank Services
- CS/CS/SB 1950 — Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Program
- SB 7000 — OGSR/Nonviable Birth Certificates
- SB 7002 — OGSR/Information Relating to Medical Marijuana Held by the Department of Health
Judiciary (JU)
- All 2022 Summaries for Judiciary (PDF)
- CS/HB 95 — Controlled Substances
- CS/HB 265 — Value of Motor Vehicles Exempt from Legal Process
- CS/HB 397 — Court Fiscal Administration
- CS/CS/SB 596 — Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsels
- CS/SB 598 — Public Records/Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Office
- CS/SB 620 — Local Business Protection Act
- CS/CS/SB 634 — Judicial Notice
- HB 817 — Emergency Medical Care and Treatment of Minors
- CS/HB 905 — Protective Injunctions
- CS/CS/SB 1062 — Service of Process
- HB 1119 — Grandparent Visitation Rights
- CS/CS/SB 1304 — Public Records/Trust Proceedings
- CS/SB 1368 — Trusts
- CS/SB 1380 — Real Property Rights
- CS/HB 1571 — Residential Picketing
- CS/CS/SB 1796 — Dissolution of Marriage
- CS/SB 1808 — Immigration Enforcement
- CS/HB 6513 — Relief of Kareem Hawari/Osceola County School Board
- SB 7014 — COVID-19-related Claims Against Health Care Providers
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- All 2022 Summaries for Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (PDF)
- CS/HB 45 — Educational Opportunities for Disabled Veterans
- CS/SB 254 — Religious Institutions
- CS/SB 430 — Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
- CS/SB 438 — United States Space Force
- SB 562 — Military Occupational Licensure
- CS/SB 896 — Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans
- SB 1360 — Governor’s Medal of Freedom
- SB 1712 — Veteran Suicide Prevention Training Pilot Program
- CS/HB 7055 — Cybersecurity
- CS/HB 7057 — Public Meetings/Cybersecurity
Reapportionment (RE)
- All 2022 Summaries for Reapportionment (PDF)
- CS/SJR 100 — Joint Resolution of Apportionment
- CS/SB 102 — Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State
Regulated Industries (RI)
- All 2022 Summaries for Regulated Industries (PDF)
- HB 159 — Pub. Rec./Lottery Winners
- SB 222 — Swimming Pool Specialty Contracting Services
- SB 350 — Procedures for Petitions for Utility Rate Relief
- CS/HB 375 — Structural Engineering Recognition Program for Professional Engineers
- CS/HB 481 — Temporary Underground Power Panels
- CS/CS/HB 741 — Net Metering
- CS/CS/SB 1140 — Alarm Systems
- CS/CS/HB 1411 — Floating Solar Facilities
- CS/SB 1764 — Municipal Solid Waste-to-Energy Program
- SB 7036 — Lifeline Telecommunications Service
Rules (RC)
- All 2022 Summaries for Rules (PDF)
- CS/HM 43 — Atrocities and Genocide in Cuba
- CS/SM 174 — Trade
- SM 302 — Recognizing Veteran Suicide
- HM 791 — Organ Harvesting Practices of the People’s Republic of China
- SM 826 — Florida National Guard
- SM 982 — Memorial/Internal Revenue Service Regulations
- CS/HB 7049 — Legal Notices
Transportation (TR)
- All 2022 Summaries for Transportation (PDF)
- SB 144 — Identification Cards
- CS/CS/SB 160 — Transportation-related Facility Designations
- CS/CS/SB 364 — Specialty License Plates
- CS/CS/CS/HB 399 — Motor Vehicle and Vessel Law Enforcement
- HB 631 — Airport Funding
- CS/SB 754 — Mobile Home Registration Periods
- SB 914 — Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- CS/CS/HB 915 — Commercial Motor Vehicle Registration
- SB 1038 — Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council
- CS/HB 1435 — Code and Traffic Enforcement
- HB 1469 — Transportation Facility Designations
- CS/CS/SB 1614 — Public Records/Motor Vehicle Crashes/Traffic Citations