Florida 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 47)

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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1509

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Revises requirements for licensure by endorsement as veterinarian.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1541

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Defines "audio conference"; revises list of official records that condominium association is required to maintain to include audio conference recordings; revises association meeting requirements & authorizing associations to use audioconferencing, in addition to videoconferencing, or to use both; revises emergency powers of condominium, residential cooperative, & homeowners' associations to include power to conduct meetings & elections via audioconferencing; revises quorum requirements for residential cooperative association meetings to include audioconferencing.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1457

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Prohibits certain stormwater treatment & net improvement activities; requires DEP to require specified documentation for issuance of environmental resource permit for regional stormwater management systems; provides requirements for environmental resource permits authorizing such systems; authorizes certain permit applicants to purchase & use certain pollution reduction allocations & water quality enhancement credits; requires DEP & water management districts to use specified information to establish drainage areas; provides that certain use of enhancement credits constitutes stormwater treatment; provides that certain pollutant load reductions may not be referred to as enhancement credits; requires DEP to file specified rules for adoption by specified date; provides for water quality enhancement provisional permits; provides for modification of such permits under certain conditions; requires DEP & water management districts to recognize enhancement credits established in provisional permits; clarifies types of mitigation measures for compensating stormwater treatment which DEP or water management district governing boards must consider.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1453

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Authorizes AHCA to conduct retrospective reviews & audits of certain claims under state Medicaid program for specified purpose; requires agency, in coordination with DCF, to implement mandatory work & community engagement requirements for able-bodied adults as condition of obtaining & maintaining Medicaid coverage; specifies types of activities which may satisfy work & community engagement requirements; provides that certain population is required to engage in work or community engagement activities only during standard school hours; requires persons eligible for Medicaid to demonstrate compliance with work & community engagement requirements at specified times as condition of maintaining Medicaid coverage; revises components of Medicaid prescribed-drug spending-control program to include preferred physician-administered drug list, preferred product list, & high-cost drug list; provides that determinations of overpayment under Medicaid program may be based upon retrospective reviews, investigations, analyses, or audits conducted by agency to determine possible fraud, abuse, overpayment, or recipient neglect; requires agency to implement Integrated Managed Care Pilot Program in designated regions by specified date.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1553

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/30/26  
Revises provisions relating to evidence that is admissible to demonstrate past & future medical expenses in personal injury & wrongful death actions.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1539

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Requires civilian to submit to test of his or her blood within certain timeframe after incident if he or she discharges firearm within this state resulting in injury or death; specifies procedure for testing; specifies consequences for refusing to submit to testing; provides for confidentiality & disclosure of test results; provides reporting requirements.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1489

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Requires large health care facilities to develop written financial assistance policies; provides financial assistance eligibility criteria; provides billing & collections rules & prohibitions; prohibits information relating to medical debt from being included in consumer reports, communicated with & reported to consumer reporting agencies, & used for certain decisions; prohibits medical creditors & medical debt collectors from engaging in certain acts during health insurance appeals; limits interest on medical debt under certain circumstances; creates Florida Health Plan; provides eligibility for & coverage of plan; authorizes Florida Health Board to establish financial arrangements with other states & foreign countries; authorizes plan enrollees to choose certain health care providers to have primary care providers & access to care coordination; authorizes enrollees to see health care specialists without referral; requires board to secure repeals & waivers of certain provisions of federal law; provides that plan's responsibility for providing health care is secondary to existing federal programs; requires plan to collect health care costs from collateral sources; prohibits patient care from being affected by fee schedules & financial incentives; prohibits noninstitutional & institutional providers that accept payments from plan from billing patients; provides requirements for capital expenditures by noninstitutional & institutional providers which exceed specified amount; requires Secretary of Health Care Administration to designate health planning regions; provides considerations for such designations; provides requirements for regional planning boards; prohibits certain health insurance policies & contracts from being sold in this state on & after specified date.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1519

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Requires medical examiners to take specified actions when performing autopsy on decedent who is violent offender; requires that autopsy reports for such individuals include certain findings & information; requires notification of certain findings & information to FDLE, DOH, & AHCA; authorizes release of certain patient records to law enforcement agencies without patient authorization; requires school safety specialists to provide school district staff with certain training on adverse effects of specified substances; specifies requirements for training; requires safe-school officers to complete certain training on adverse effects of specified substances; specifies requirements for training.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1479

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Authorizes use of specified funds deposited in Florida Forever Trust Fund for acquisition of lands which preserve certain historic cemeteries; subject to appropriation, authorizing use of additional funds for acquisition of such lands; requires state to be granted easement for ingress & egress to abandoned cemeteries on private lands for specified purposes; requires abandoned cemeteries on private lands to be included in Florida Master Site File; provides that owner of such private land is entitled to conservation easement.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1495

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Authorizes employer to post specified notices on Internet in manner that is accessible to employer's employees; authorizes employer to post specified notices on Internet in manner that is accessible to employer's employees & general public.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1527

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Proposes amendment to State Constitution to require that Senate confirm appointments & removals made by Governor & to require that Legislature authorize extension of state of emergency declared by Governor.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1483

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Creates Vacancy Relief & Risk Mitigation Trust Fund within Florida Housing Finance Corporation for specified purpose; authorizes any unexpended balance at specified time to revert & be reappropriated for certain purpose; provides for future review & termination or re-creation of trust fund.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1487

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Provides & revises requirements for preplanned adoption agreements, surrogacy contracts, & informed consent; requires security background investigations of specified parties; requires donor banks, fertility clinics, & surrogacy agencies to be licensed or certified; requires certain entities & persons to develop best practice policies & submit such policies to specified entity; requires specified material be labeled & records maintained for specified timeframe; requires AHCA & DCF to conduct annual inspections; provides for administrative penalties & corrective action plans; requires certain parties undergo mental & medical evaluations; requires surrogacy agencies maintain escrow accounts & provides requirements for such accounts & escrow agents; requires DCF maintain list of certified surrogacy agencies; authorizes certain parties to petition court to validate surrogacy contract & for expedited affirmation of parental status; authorizes deletion of certain names from certain court documents; requires certain notice; provides requirements if court denies affirmation of parentage; requires AHCA, DOH, & DCF to adopt rules.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1513

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Directs DHSMV to develop Italian-American culture license plate; provides for distribution & use of fees collected from sale of plate.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill S1748

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Providing that the absence of certain mechanisms or features may not be used as evidence of a defective product design, negligence, a duty to warn, strict liability, or evidence to support similar claims, etc.