2023 Bill Summaries
The 2023 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 2023 Bill Summaries
- Agriculture (AG)
- Appropriations (AP)
- Appropriations Committee on Education (AED)
- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
- Banking and Insurance (BI)
- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- Community Affairs (CA)
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Education Postsecondary (HE)
- Education Pre-K -12 (ED)
- Environment and Natural Resources (EN)
- Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Finance and Tax (FT)
- Fiscal Policy (FP)
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- Health Policy (HP)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- Regulated Industries (RI)
- Rules (RC)
- Transportation (TR)
Special Master on Claim Bills
- SB 2 — Relief of the Estate of Molly Parker/Department of Transportation (PDF)
- SB 4 — Relief of Maria Garcia by the Pinellas County School Board (PDF)
- SB 6 — Relief of the Estate of Jason Sanchez by Miami-Dade County (PDF)
- SB 8 — Relief of Leonard Cure/State of Florida (PDF)
- SB 10 — Relief of Kristin A. Stewart by Sarasota County (PDF)
- CS/SB 12 — Relief of Ricardo Medrano-Arzate and Eva Chavez-Medrano as personal representatives of Hilda Medrano/Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office (PDF)
- CS/SB 16 — Relief of Mitchell by the South Broward Hospital District (PDF)
- SB 62 — Relief of Robert Earl DuBoise by the State of Florida (PDF)
Agriculture (AG)
- All 2023 Summaries for Agriculture (PDF)
- CS/CS/SB 902 — Safety Standards for Amusement Rides
- CS/SB 904 — Public Records/Active Amusement Ride Investigation
- CS/HB 959 — Dosage Form Animal Health Products
- CS/HB 1215 — Pub. Rec./Inspectors and Investigators/DACS
- CS/CS/HB 1279 — Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- CS/CS/SB 1676 — Hemp
Appropriations (AP)
- All 2023 Summaries for Appropriations (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 1285 - Florida State Guard
- SB 2500 — General Appropriations Act
- SB 2502 — Implementing the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act
- SB 2504 — Collective Bargaining
- SB 2506 — Capitol Complex
- SB 2510 — Health
- HB 5101 — Education
- HB 5303 — Biomedical Research
Appropriations Committee on Education (AED)
- All 2023 Summaries for Appropriations Committee on Education (PDF)
- CS/SB 7026 — Higher Education Finances
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
- All 2023 Summaries for Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (PDF)
- SB 7030 — Trust Funds/State Opioid Settlement Trust Fund/Department of Children and Families
- HB 7061 — Sheriffs Providing Child Protective Investigative Services
Banking and Insurance (BI)
- All 2023 Summaries for Banking and Insurance (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 3 — Government and Corporate Activism
- CS/SB 180 — Regulation of Securities
- CS/SB 214 — Sales of Firearms and Ammunition
- CS/SB 286 — Legal Instruments
- CS/CS/SB 312 — Insurance
- CS/CS/HB 331— Liens and Bonds
- CS/CS/CS/SB 418 — Insurance
- CS/CS/HB 487 — Department of Financial Services
- CS/HB 599 — Debt Management Services
- CS/HB 607 — Money Services Businesses
- CS/CS/HB 721 — Paid Family Leave Insurance
- HB 793 — Collateral Protection Insurance
- CS/CS/CS/HB 799 — Property Insurance
- CS/CS/HB 837— Civil Remedies
- CS/HB 881— My Safe Florida Home Program
- CS/CS/HB 897 — Group Health Plans
- CS/SB 1002— Motor Vehicle Glass
- CS/CS/HB 1185 — Consumer Protection
- CS/CS/HB 1267 — Consumer Finance Loans
- CS/HB 1353 — Commercial Financing Product Brokers and Providers
- CS/CS/HB 1573 — Continuing Care Providers
- HB 7007 — OGSR/Security and Firesafety Plans
- HB 7035 — OGSR/Citizens Property Insurance Corporation/Cybersecurity Data and Information
- CS/SB 7052 — Insurer Accountability
- SB 7054 — Central Bank Digital Currency
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
- All 2023 Summaries for Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (PDF)
- CS/SB 204 — Task Force on the Monitoring of Children in Out-of-Home Care
- CS/SB 210 — Substance Abuse Services
- CS/CS/SB 272 — Children and Young Adults in Out-of-home Care
- CS/CS/HB 299 — Education and Training for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Form of Dementia
- CS/SB 404 — Public Records/Photograph or Video or Audio Recording of the Killing of a Minor/Autopsy Reports of Minors
- CS/CS/SB 538 — Provisional Child Care Licensing
- CS/CS/HB 625 — Children’s Initiative Projects
- CS/SB 664 — Contracts Entered into by the Department of Children and Families
- CS/CS/HB 775 — Shared Parental Responsibility after Establishment of Paternity
- HB 829 — Operation and Administration of the Baker Act
- CS/SB 914 — Suicide Prevention
- CS/CS/HB 1045 — Certified Peer Specialist Gateway Pilot Program
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1064 — Children Removed from Caregivers
- HB 1087 — Child Support
- CS/SB 1190 — Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program
- SB 1210 — Public Records/Human Trafficking Victims
- CS/HB 1275 — Persons with Disabilities Registry
- CS/HB 1277 — Public Records/Persons with Disabilities Registry
- CS/SB 1278 — Direct-support Organizations
- CS/HB 1301 — Parenting and Time-sharing of Minor Children
- CS/CS/SB 1322 — Adoption
- HB 1349 — Mental Health Treatment
- SB 1396 — Department of Elderly Affairs
- CS/CS/HB 1517 — Agency for Persons with Disabilities
- CS/SB 1540 — Elder and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Fatality Review Teams
- CS/SB 1542 — Public Records/Elder Abuse and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Fatality Review Teams
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1690 — Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking
- SB 7000 — OGSR/Current and Former Public Guardians
Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- All 2023 Summaries for Commerce and Tourism (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 5 — Economic Programs
- CS/HB 179 — Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act
- CS/CS/HB 233 — Deceased Individuals
- CS/CS/SB 262 — Technology Transparency
- CS/SB 552 — Public Records/Broadband Opportunity Program
- CS/HB 737 — Secondhand Goods
- CS/CS/HB 761 — Telephone Solicitation
- SB 892 — State Minimum Wage
- CS/SB 946 — Public Records/Department of State Electronically Filed Records
- SB 948 — Records Electronically Filed with the Department of State
- CS/SB 978 — Secured Transactions
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1068 — Drone Delivery Services
- CS/SB 1154 — Labor Pool Act
- CS/HB 1203 — Registrations and Transfers of Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning System Manufacturer Warranties
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1209 — Rural Development
- CS/HB 1307 — Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- CS/SB 1458 — Roller Skating Rink Safety
- CS/CS/SB 1648 — Public Records/Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs and Law Enforcement Agencies
Community Affairs (CA)
- All 2023 Summaries for Community Affairs (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 89 — Building Construction
- CS/SB 102 — Housing
- CS/CS/SB 170 — Local Ordinances
- CS/CS/SB 250 — Natural Emergencies
- CS/CS/HB 327 — Fire Sprinkler System Projects
- CS/CS/SB 346 — Public Construction
- CS/CS/SB 540 — Local Government Comprehensive Plans
- SB 678 — Disposal of Property
- CS/CS/SB 718 — Local Government
- SB 942 — Authorization of Restrictions Concerning Dogs
- CS/CS/HB 1281 — Preemption Over Utility Service Restrictions
- HB 1373 — County Constitutional Officers
- CS/HB 1575 — Public Safety Emergency Communications Systems
- CS/CS/SB 1604 — Land Use and Development Regulations
Criminal Justice (CJ)
- All 2023 Summaries for Criminal Justice (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 67 — Protection of Specified Personnel
- CS/HB 95 — Rights of Law Enforcement Officers and Correctional Officers
- HB 119 — Visiting County and Municipal Detention Facilities
- CS/SB 164 — Controlled Substance Testing
- CS/SB 232 — Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons
- CS/CS/HB 269 — Public Nuisances
- CS/CS/SB 306 — Catalytic Converters
- CS/HB 319 — Interference With Sporting or Entertainment Events
- CS/HB 329 — Electronic Monitoring of Persons Charged with or Convicted of Offenses Involving Schools or Students
- CS/CS/HB 365 — Controlled Substances
- CS/CS/SB 376 — Automatic Sealing of Criminal History Records and Making Confidential and Exempt Related Court Records
- CS/SB 384 — Violent Offenses Committed Against Criminal Defense Attorneys
- CS/HB 431 — Solicitation of Minors to Commit Lewd or Lascivious Act
- CS/CS/SB 450 — Death Penalty
- CS/HB 537 — Custody and Supervision of Specified Offenders
- CS/HB 543 — Public Safety
- CS/HB 605 — Expunction of Criminal History Records
- CS/HB 667 — Victims of Crime
- CS/SB 676 — Level 2 Background Screenings
- SB 736 — Controlled Substances
- HB 825 — Assault or Battery on Hospital Personnel
- CS/CS/HB 935 — Chiefs of Police
- CS/HB 1047 — Offenses Against Certain Animals
- CS/HB 1105 — Rapid DNA Grant Program
- HB 1207 — Operation New Hope
- CS/CS/HB 1297 — Capital Sexual Battery
- CS/HB 1327 — Pub. Rec./Investigative Genetic Genealogy Information and Materials
- CS/SB 1332 — Missing Persons
- CS/CS/HB 1359 — Offenses Involving Fentanyl or Fentanyl Analogs
- CS/HB 1375 — Battery by Strangulation
- CS/HB 1465 — Firearm and Destructive Device Offenses
- CS/SB 1478 — Criminal Sentencing
- CS/HB 1577 — Crime Victim Compensation Claims
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1595 — Law Enforcement Operations
- CS/CS/HB 1627 — Pretrial Release and Detention
- CS/SB 7014 — Juvenile Justice
- CS/CS/SB 7016 — Department of Corrections
- SB 7018 — Inmate Welfare Trust Fund
- HB 7025 — Pub. Rec./Safe School Officers
- HB 7031 — OGSR/Address of a Victim of an Incident of Mass Violence
Education Postsecondary (HE)
- All 2023 Summaries for Education Postsecondary (PDF)
- CS/CS/CS/SB 266 — Higher Education
- SB 274 — Nursing Education Pathway for Military Combat Medics
- SB 596 — Board of Governors of the State University System
- CS/SB 598 — Higher Educational Facilities Financing
- CS/SB 732 — Collegiate Purple Star Campuses
- CS/CS/SB 846 — Agreements of Educational Entities with Foreign Entities
- CS/CS/HB 931 — Postsecondary Educational Institutions
- CS/SB 1272 — Educational Grants
Education Pre-K -12 (ED)
- All 2023 Summaries for Education Pre-K -12 (PDF)
- CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 1 — School Choice
- CS/CS/HB 19 — Individual Education Plans
- CS/SB 190 — Interscholastic Extracurricular Activities
- CS/SB 196 — Guidance Services on Academic and Career Planning
- CS/CS/HB 225 — Interscholastic and Intrascholastic Activities
- CS/CS/SB 240 — Education
- HB 265 — High School Equivalency Diplomas
- CS/SB 290 — Public School Student Progression for Students with Disabilities
- CS/CS/HB 301 — Emergency Response Mapping Data
- CS/HB 379 — Technology in K-12 Public Schools
- CS/HB 389 — Menstrual Hygiene Products in Public Schools
- CS/CS/HB 443 — Education
- CS/SB 478 — Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Program
- CS/HB 551 — Required African-American Instruction
- CS/CS/HB 633 — K-12 Education
- CS/HB 733 — Middle School and High School Start Times
- HB 795 — Private Instructional Personnel
- HB 891 — Year-round School Pilot Program
- CS/HB 1035 — K-12 Teachers
- CS/CS/HB 1069 — Education
- CS/HB 1125 — Interstate Education Compacts
- CS/HB 1127 — Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact
- CS/CS/HB 1259 — Education
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1537 — Education
- CS/HB 1597 — Florida Virtual School
- CS/SB 7020 — OGSR/Mobile Suspicious Activity Reporting Tool
- SB 7022 — OGSR/Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission/Safe-school Officers
- CS/CS/HB 7039 — Student Outcomes
Environment and Natural Resources (EN)
- All 2023 Summaries for Environment and Natural Resources (PDF)
- CS/HB 109 — State Park Campsite Reservations
- CS/HB 111 — Flooding and Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Studies
- CS/CS/CS/SB 162 — Water and Wastewater Facility Operators
- HB 407 — Apalachicola Bay Area of Critical State Concern
- HB 641 — Restoration of Osborne Reef
- CS/CS/SB 724 — Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative
- CS/CS/HB 847 — Vessel Regulations
- CS/HJR 1157 — Fishing and Hunting
- CS/HB 1161 — Venomous Reptiles
- CS/CS/HB 1367 — Unlawful Dumping
- CS/CS/HB 1379 — Environmental Protection
- CS/CS/HB 1405 — Biosolids
- CS/CS/HB 1489 — Designation of Brevard Barrier Island Area as Area of Critical State Concern
- HB 7003 — OGSR/Water Management District Surplus Lands
- HB 7027 — Ratification of Rules of the Department of Environmental Protection
Ethics and Elections (EE)
- All 2023 Summaries for Ethics and Elections (PDF)
- HJR 31 — Partisan Elections for Members of District School Boards
- CS/HB 199 — Ethics Requirements for Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts
- HB 411 — Residency of Local Elected Officials
- HB 477 — Term Limits for District School Board Members
- CS/SB 666 — Form of Candidate Oath
- CS/CS/SB 774 — Ethics Requirements for Public Officials
- CS/SB 7050 — Elections
Finance and Tax (FT)
Fiscal Policy (FP)
- All 2023 Summaries for Fiscal Policy (PDF)
- CS/SB 1416 — Dissolution of Marriage
- SB 7064 — Human Trafficking
Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- All 2023 Summaries for Governmental Oversight and Accountability (PDF)
- CS/CS/CS/HB 49 — Abandoned and Historic Cemeteries
- CS/CS/SB 110 — State Board of Administration
- CS/SB 234 — Statutorily Required Reports
- CS/SB 242 — Fiscal Accountability
- CS/CS/SB 256 — Employee Organizations Representing Public Employees
- CS/CS/SB 258 — Prohibited Applications on Government-issued Devices
- CS/CS/SB 284 — Energy
- CS/CS/HB 535 — Funeral Service Benefits for Public Safety Officers
- CS/HB 621 — Death Benefits for Active Duty Servicemembers
- CS/SB 726 — Library Cooperative Grants
- CS/CS/HB 1121 — Florida Retirement System
- CS/CS/SB 1188 — Contract Liability
- CS/CS/SB 1310 — Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements
- CS/HB 1441 — Florida Museum of Black History
- CS/SB 1616 — Public Records/Transportation and Protective Services
- SB 7006 — OGSR/Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network
- SB 7008 — OGSR/Building Plans, Blueprints, Schematic Drawings, and Diagrams
- CS/SB 7024 — Retirement
Health Policy (HP)
- All 2023 Summaries for Health Policy (PDF)
- CS/HB 33 — Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact
- HB 35 — Public Records and Meetings/Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact
- CS/CS/HB 121 — Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility
- CS/CS/HB 139 — Benefits, Training, and Employment for Veterans and Their Spouses
- SB 218 — Genetic Counselors Using Telehealth
- CS/CS/SB 230 — Health Care Practitioner Titles and Designations
- CS/CS/SB 238 — Public Records/Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices
- CS/SB 252 — Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices
- CS/SB 254 — Treatments for Sex Reassignment
- HB 267 — Telehealth Practice Standards
- SB 300 — Pregnancy and Parenting Support
- CS/HB 385 — Professional Counselors Licensure Compact
- CS/CS/HB 387 — Medical Use of Marijuana
- CS/CS/CS/HB 391 — Home Health Aides for Medically Fragile Children
- CS/SB 558 — Certified Nursing Assistants
- CS/SB 612 — Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup
- SB 614 — Mammography Reports
- SB 768 — Referral of Patients by Health Care Providers
- CS/CS/HB 783 — Opioid Abatement
- CS/HB 967 — Medicaid Coverage of Continuous Glucose Monitors
- CS/HB 1133 — Physician Assistant Licensure
- CS/CS/SB 1352 — Sickle Cell Disease Medications, Treatment, and Screening
- CS/CS/HB 1387 — Department of Health
- CS/CS/HB 1471 — Health Care Provider Accountability
- CS/CS/SB 1550 — Prescription Drugs
- CS/SB 1552 — Public Records/Pharmacy Benefit Managers
- CS/SB 1580 — Protections of Medical Conscience
Judiciary (JU)
- All 2023 Summaries for Judiciary (PDF)
- CS/HB 27 — Judgment Liens
- CS/SB 50 — Public Records/Judicial Assistants
- CS/CS/SB 130 — Domestic Violence
- CS/HB 133 — Fees in Lieu of Security Deposits
- SB 144 — Lactation Spaces
- CS/CS/HB 213 — Limitation of Actions Involving Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies
- CS/CS/SB 226 — Support for Dependent Adult Children
- CS/CS/SB 264 — Interests of Foreign Countries
- CS/SB 360 — Causes of Action Based on Improvements to Real Property
- HB 441 — Removal of Unknown Parties in Possession
- SB 508 — Problem-solving Courts
- CS/CS/SB 600 — Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors
- CS/HB 619 — State Estate Tax
- SB 662 — Student Online Personal Information Protection
- SB 708 — Estoppel Letters
- CS/HB 977 — Clerks of Court
- CS/CS/HB 1119 — Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-prolonging Procedures
- CS/HB 1205 — Advertisements for Legal Services
- CS/HB 1417 — Residential Tenancies
- CS/CS/HB 1419 — Real Property Fraud
- SB 1438 — Protection of Children
- SB 1442 — Terrorism
- CS/HB 1571 — Juvenile Court Proceedings
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (MS)
- All 2023 Summaries for Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security (PDF)
- CS/HB 339 — Education of Dependents of Deceased or Disabled Servicemembers, Prisoners of War, and Persons Missing in Action
- CS/HB 485 — Veterans’ Services and Recognition
- CS/SB 574 — Termination of Agreements by a Servicemember
- CS/HB 635 — Dental Services for Veterans
- CS/HB 1189 — Monuments
- CS/SB 1318 — Spaceflight Entity Liability
- CS/CS/SB 1480 — Grants for Nonprofit Organization Safety
- CS/HB 7041 — Space Florida
Regulated Industries (RI)
- All 2023 Summaries for Regulated Industries (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 125 — Utility System Rate Base Values
- CS/CS/SB 154 — Condominium and Cooperative Associations
- CS/HB 341—911 Public Safety Telecommunicator Certifications
- CS/CS/HB 437 — Property Owners’ Right to Install, Display, and Store Items
- CS/CS/HB 639 — Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses
- HB 719 — Practice of Veterinary Medicine
- CS/CS/SB 752 — Temporary Commercial Kitchens
- CS/CS/SB 770 — Residential Loan Alternative Agreements
- CS/CS/HB 869 — Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- CS/CS/HB 919 — Homeowners’ Associations
- HB 1091 — Licensing Fee Relief
- CS/HB 1221 — Broadband Internet Service Providers
- CS/CS/HB 1383 — Specialty Contractors
- CS/CS/CS/SB 1418 — Emergency Communications
- HB 1459 — Registration Fees for Malt Beverage Brands and Labels
- SB 7044 — Changes in Ownership or Interest in Pari-mutuel Permits
Rules (RC)
- All 2023 Summaries for Rules (PDF)
- CS/SM 160 — Redesignation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
- SM 176 — Balancing the Federal Budget
- SM 848 — People of Iran
- SM 1036 — Florida National Guard
- SM 1382 — United States Department of Defense
- CS/HB 1521 — Facility Requirements Based on Sex
- CS/CS/SB 1718 — Immigration
Transportation (TR)
- All 2023 Summaries for Transportation (PDF)
- CS/CS/HB 21 — Transportation Facility Designations
- CS/SB 106 — Florida Shared-Use Nonmotorized Trail Network
- CS/HB 155 — Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority
- CS/CS/CS/HB 425 — Transportation
- CS/CS/HB 637 — Motor Vehicle Dealers, Manufacturers, Importers, and Distributors
- CS/CS/HB 645 — Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act
- CS/CS/HB 657 — Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits
- CS/CS/SB 766 — Enforcement of School Bus Passing Infractions
- CS/CS/SB 838 — Proceeds Funding Motorcycle Safety Education
- CS/CS/HB 949 — Operation of a Golf Cart
- CS/HB 965 — Driver License, Identification Card, and Motor Vehicle Registration Applications
- CS/CS/HB 1123 — Commercial Service Airport Transparency and Accountability
- CS/CS/HB 1191 — Use of Phosphogypsum
- CS/CS/CS/HB 1305 — Department of Transportation
- CS/HB 1397 — Regional Transportation Planning