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Florida will have more than 30 new laws effective October 1st

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Naples News Now
October 02, 2023

In Florida, more than thirty new laws will go into force this Sunday, October 1, months after the legislative session ends.

Many times, new laws in Florida take effect on July 1, October 1, and January 1 of the following year. Several new pieces of legislation are set to take effect in October.

 Two of which will directly affect the real estate sector:

HOA accountability and transparency: House Bill 919 includes provisions to enhance homeowners associations’ (HOAs’) accountability and openness. The bill establishes a HOA Bill of Rights and includes measures to prevent conflicts of interest, bribery, and fraudulent voting.

HB 919 also keeps fines from becoming a lien on homeowners and permits the replacement of executives and directors in specific situations.

Tools for combating detrimental regulations: Municipalities frequently enact laws that have an effect on nearby companies both directly and indirectly. Many of these municipal laws may have unanticipated consequences that the entire business community will notice.

According to Senate Bill 170, local governments must demonstrate how new ordinances will affect businesses and halt the implementation of any ordinances that are the subject of legal challenges.

For anyone found guilty of raping a kid under the age of twelve, a law permits judges to sentence convictions to death.

We believe that the worst offenses in Florida should receive the toughest punishments possible, according to Governor Ron DeSantis.

Making, selling, or delivering fentanyl items that resemble vitamins or candies is punishable by another piece of legislation with a required minimum punishment of three years in prison. Giving them to minors as adults carries a $1 million fine and a life sentence in jail.

If you do that, you’re going to spend the rest of your life rotting in prison, DeSantis declared. “That is just fundamentally wrong, and it’s evil.” “Assuming responsibility for those who deal in this stuff and treating them like murderers is imperative.”

Golf cart operators are subject to additional laws. Adolescents who do not have a valid driver’s license or learner’s permit cannot operate golf carts on public roadways. An official government-issued photo ID is required for every driver.

Criminal Justice

  • HB 67: Protection of Specified Personnel (Companion bill SB 174)

  • SB 232: Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons (Companion bill HB 603)

  • HB 319: Interference With Sporting or Entertainment Events (Companion bill SB 764)

  • HB 329: Electronic Monitoring of Persons Charged with or Convicted of Offenses Involving Schools or Students (Companion bill SB 496)

  • HB 331: Liens and Bonds (Companion bill SB 624)

  • HB 431: Solicitation of Minors to Commit Lewd or Lascivious Act (Companion bill SB 486)

  • HB 825: Assault or Battery on Hospital Personnel (Companion bill SB 568)

  • HB 1047: Offenses Against Certain Animals

  • HB 1263: Criminal Sentencing

  • HB 1297: Capital Sexual Battery (Companion bill SB 1342)

  • HB 1359: Offenses Involving Fentanyl or Fentanyl Analogs (Companion bill SB 1226)

  • HB 1367: Unlawful Dumping (Companion bill SB 1368)

  • HB 1375: Battery by Strangulation (Companion bill SB 1334)

  • HB 1465: Firearm and Destructive Device Offenses (Companion bill SB 1456)

  • SB 7016: Department of Corrections (Companion bill HB 929)

Community Affairs

Banking and Insurance

Children and Families

  • SB 7000: OGSR/Current or Former Public Guardians (Companion bill HB 7037)

  • SB 1210: Public Records/Human Trafficking Victims (Companion bill HB 841)

Government Oversight and Operations

  • HB 535: Funeral Service Benefits for Public Safety Officers

  • HB 1611: City of Bartow, Polk County

  • SB 2500: Appropriations (Companion bill HB 5305)

  • HB 7003: OGSR/Water Management District Surplus Lands (Companion bill SB 7004)

  • SB 7006: OGSR/Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (Companion bill HB 7001)

  • HB 7007: OGSR/Security and Fire safety System Plans (Companion bill SB 7040)

  • SB 7008: OGSR/Building Plans, Blueprints, Schematic Drawings, and Diagrams (Companion bill HB 7009)

  • SB 7022: OGSR/Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission/Safe-school Officers (Companion bill HB 7029)

  • HB 7031: OGSR/Address of a Victim of an Incident of Mass Violence (Companion bill SB 7012)

Health and Human Services

  • HB 959: Dosage Form Animal Health Products (Companion bill SB 1056)

  • HB 967: Medicaid Coverage of Continuous Glucose Monitors (Companion bill SB 988)

Housing

  • SB 708: Estoppel Letters (Companion bill HB 743)

  • HB 919: Homeowners’ Associations (Companion bill SB 1114)

  • SB 942: Authorization of Restrictions Concerning Dogs (Companion bill HB 941)

  • HB 7035: OGSR/Citizens Property Insurance Corporation/Cybersecurity Data and Information (Companion bill SB 7042)

Transportation

  • SB 838: Proceeds Funding Motorcycle Safety Education

  • HB 949: Operation of a Golf Cart

  • HB 965: Driver License, Identification Card, and Motor Vehicle Registration (Companion bill SB 996)

The article originally appeared on Florida Realtors