Florida 2026 5th Special Session All Bills
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida Senate Bill S2516
Introduced
5/7/26
Refer
5/7/26
Establishing the Florida Center for Nursing within the University of South Florida; providing that a specified fee waiver applies to a student's out-of-pocket expenses for tuition and fees after other aid is applied; providing that the LINE Fund was established for shortages in health science professions in addition to nursing; requiring institutions awarded grant funds to submit an annual report by a certain date to the center instead of the Board of Governors or the Department of Education; requiring the Office of Reimagining Education and Career Help to provide specified data to the department, etc.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida House Bill H5403
Introduced
5/5/26
Refer
5/5/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Refer
5/12/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Engrossed
5/29/26
Enrolled
5/29/26
Provides appropriation to DOC; requires appropriated funds to be used in certain manner; requires department to begin planning & design phase for construction of certain facilities; requires department to make certain recommendations to Legislature; requires department to contract with construction management entity in certain circumstances; authorizes Division of Bond Finance of SBA to issue bonds for certain purposes; creates financing oversight committee; provides membership & duties of committee.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida House Bill H5301
Introduced
5/5/26
Refer
5/5/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Refer
5/12/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Engrossed
5/29/26
Enrolled
5/29/26
Removes provisions relating to Florida health care innovation; revises payment methodology for reimbursement of Medicaid providers; provides legislative intent; creates Eligibility Assistance Program within DCF; provides program requirements; requires department to select independent contractor based on specified criteria to operate program; provides Medicaid waiver funding requirements for certain individuals; requires APD & AHCA to reconcile funding amounts in specified manner.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida Senate Bill S2518
Introduced
5/7/26
Refer
5/7/26
Requiring the Social Services Estimating Conference to develop certain official information relating to the pilot program for individuals with developmental disabilities; authorizing the Department of Children and Families, as authorized by and consistent with appropriated funding, to contract with a specified organization to provide grief support services to help certain children and youth; revising the monthly room and board rates the department is required to pay to certain foster parents and caregivers; renaming the Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program as the Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Program, etc.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida Senate Bill S0002
Introduced
5/7/26
Refer
5/7/26
Authorizing an elected officer, except while serving as a legislator, to remain in elective office and receive accumulated Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) proceeds after the officer attains a certain age; revising the cost-of-living adjustment for eligible Special Risk Class retirees; defining the term "eligible Special Risk Class retiree"; revising required employer retirement contribution rates for each membership class and subclass of the Florida Retirement System; revising required allocations from the Contributions Clearing Trust Fund to provide disability coverage to members of the investment plan of the Florida Retirement System, etc.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida Senate Bill S2508
Introduced
5/7/26
Refer
5/7/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Engrossed
5/29/26
Enrolled
5/29/26
Abrogating the scheduled expiration of provisions relating to the remission of surcharges for specified criminal offenses and noncriminal moving traffic violations to the Department of Revenue to fund the state agency law enforcement radio system and to provide technical assistance with respect to statewide systems of regional law enforcement communications, etc.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida House Bill H5501
Introduced
5/5/26
Refer
5/5/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Refer
5/12/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Failed
5/29/26
Revises how taxes collected from documentary stamp tax are distributed; prohibits transfer of specified funds to South Florida Regional Transportation Authority.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida Senate Bill S2502
Introduced
5/7/26
Refer
5/7/26
Revising the services required to be provided by regional consortium service organizations under certain circumstances; creating the Regional Consortia Service Organization Supplemental Services Program; establishing the Rural Incentive for Professional Educators (RIPE) Program within the Department of Education for a specified purpose; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a budget amendment requesting additional spending authority to implement specified programs and payments, etc.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida Senate Bill S2500
Introduced
5/7/26
Refer
5/7/26
Providing moneys for the annual period beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, and supplemental appropriations for the period ending June 30, 2026, to pay salaries, and other expenses, capital outlay - buildings, and other improvements, and for other specified purposes of the various agencies of state government, etc.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida Senate Bill S2506
Introduced
5/7/26
Refer
5/7/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Engrossed
5/29/26
Enrolled
5/29/26
Revising the distribution of the proceeds of the fuel sales tax, etc.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida House Bill H5201
Introduced
5/5/26
Refer
5/5/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Refer
5/12/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Engrossed
5/29/26
Enrolled
5/29/26
Provides for resolution pursuant to specified instructions of collective bargaining issues at impasse between state & certified representatives of bargaining units for state employees.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida Senate Bill S2504
Introduced
5/7/26
Refer
5/7/26
Providing for the resolution of collective bargaining issues at impasse between the state and certified bargaining units for state employees, etc.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida House Bill H5701
Introduced
5/5/26
Refer
5/5/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Refer
5/12/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Engrossed
5/29/26
Enrolled
5/29/26
Removes 2025-2026 fiscal year limitation on prohibiting certain deductibles and copays, prohibiting enforcement of certain monetary caps, requiring that certain costs be absorbed at the expense of the Inland Protection Trust Fund, and providing exceptions.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida Senate Bill S2512
Introduced
5/7/26
Refer
5/7/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Failed
5/29/26
Increasing the number of circuit judges in certain judicial circuits; increasing the number of county court judges in certain counties, etc.
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Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Florida Senate Bill S2514
Introduced
5/7/26
Refer
5/7/26
Engrossed
5/12/26
Failed
5/29/26
Revising conditions under which a specified scholarship account's funds revert to the state; providing a supplement for districts that have a decline in enrollment; requiring that fiscally constrained districts receive a higher calculation than non-fiscally constrained districts, etc.