TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Governor Rick Scott signed the following bills into law:
| SB 146 | Appointment of Attorneys for Dependent Children with Special Needs – This bill requires certain court costs be paid by the state when pro bono attorneys represent special needs children in dependency proceedings. |
| SB 220 | Bankruptcy Matters in Foreclosure Proceedings – This bill authorizes documents filed in a federal bankruptcy proceeding to be admitted as evidence in a foreclosure. |
| CS/CS/CS/SB 268 | Public Records/Public Guardians/Employees with Fiduciary Responsibility – This bill creates a public record exemption for former and current public guardians and employees with fiduciary responsibility. |
| CS/SB 386 | Consumer Finance – This bill provides additional repayment schedule options for consumer finance loans and sets a maximum delinquency charge of $15 per calendar month for each loan payment in default. |
| CS/SB 394 | Fire Safety – This bill requires the Division of State Fire Marshal to establish specified courses as a part of firefighter and volunteer firefighter training and certification. |
| SB 472 | National Statuary Hall – This bill directs the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to replace the statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith in the National Statuary Hall Collection with a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune. |
| SB 498 | Office of Public and Professional Guardians Direct-Support Organization – This bill repeals the sunset date for the Foundation for Indigent Guardianship. |
| CS/CS/SB 510 | Reporting of Adverse Incidents in Planned Out-of-Hospital Births – This bill requires that adverse incidents of planned births that occur outside of hospitals be reported to the Florida Department of Health. |
| CS/SB 512 | Homestead Waivers – This bill provides language that can be included in a deed to waive spousal homestead rights. |
| CS/CS/SB 568 | Telephone Solicitation – This bill expands the ‘Do Not Call’ list to include direct to voicemail sales calls. |
| CS/CS/SB 622 | Health Care Facility Regulation – This bill amends numerous provisions related to the regulation of health care facilities. |
| SB 660 | Florida Insurance Code Exemption for Nonprofit Religious Organizations – This bill expands the nonprofit religious organizations’ insurance code exemption to include people sharing a common set of ethical or religious beliefs. |
| CS/CS/CS/SB 920 | Deferred Presentment Transactions – This bill creates a new type of small loan up to $1,000. |
| CS/SB 1132 | Vessel Safety Inspection Decals – This bill provides an expiration date for vessel safety inspection decals. |
| SB 1712 | Postsecondary Revenue Bonds and Debt – This bill allows Florida A&M University to participate in the U.S. Department of Education’s Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program. |
| CS/CS/HB 21 | Controlled Substances – This bill takes significant steps to combat opioid abuse in Florida. |
| CS/HB 41 | Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services – This bill codifies the Pregnancy Support Services Program in Florida Statute. |
| HB 53 | Coral Reefs – This bill creates the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area. |
| HB 67 | Florida Slavery Memorial – This bill establishes the Florida Slavery Memorial to honor the nameless and forgotten men, women, and children for their contributions to the United States. |
| CS/HB 85 | Voter Registration List Maintenance – This bill enhances the Florida Department of State’s ability to prevent voter fraud by joining a nongovernmental organization with other states to verify voter registration information. |
| CS/HB 87 | Public Records/Statewide Voter Registration System – This bill creates a public records exemption for voter registration information received by the Florida Department of State from another state in which the information is confidential or exempt. |
| HB 405 | Linear Facilities – This bill provides legal certainty for decisions made under the Power Plan Siting Act and Transmission Line Siting Act. |
| HB 413 | Trusts – This bill updates and revises provisions of the Florida Trust Code relating to revising trust decanting procedures, electronic delivery of trust documents, and trust accounting. |
| CS/CS/HB 429 | Donation and Transfer of Human Tissue – This bill requires the Florida Department of Health to develop and publish on its website educational information relating to tissue transplants. |
| HB 623 | Out-of-Country Foreign Money Judgments – This bill increases protections from unjust foreign court judgments. |
| HB 6021 | The Guardian Ad Litem Direct-Support Organization – This bill continues the Direct Support Organization for the Guardian ad Litem Office. |
| CS/HB 6515 | The Relief of Cathleen Smiley by Brevard County – This bill directs Brevard County to provide $25,000 in relief to Ms. Cathleen Smiley for injuries caused by a county bus. |
| HB 7029 | A Review Under the Open Government Sunset Review Act/Human Trafficking Expunction – This bill continues the public record exemption of criminal history records relating to a victim of human trafficking. |
| HB 7031 | A Review Under the Open Government Sunset Review Act/Criminal Justice Commission – This bill continues the public meeting exemption of a criminal justice commission while members discuss active criminal intelligence or investigative information. |
| HB 7035 | Ratification of St. Johns River Water Management District Rules – This bill ratifies a St. Johns River Water Management District rule for Silver Springs. |
To view the transmittal letters, click HERE.
