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2019 Legislative Session Tracking
Last Updated 2/15/19
| Bill Number (Click for Bill Text) | Bill Name | Bill Sponsor | Bill Summary | Status | FLTA Position | Notes |
| HB 63 | Property-Assessed Clean Environment | House - Rodrigues | To include sewage treatment improvements as qualifying improvements; revises contract language provided to prospective purchaser if qualifying improvement has been made on property | House: Now in Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcomm. (1:3) No change. |
No position - monitoring only | Companion SB 282 |
| SB 282 | Property-Assessed Clean Environment | Senate - Gruters | Providing findings related to improvements to onsite sewage and treatment systems; adding registered septic tank contractors to the list of contractors authorized to make or install a qualifying improvement; revising the contract language to be provided to a prospective purchaser if a qualifying improvement has been made on a property, etc. | Senate: In Community Affairs (1:3) No change. |
No position - monitoring only | Companion HB 63 |
| SB 54 | Possession of Real Property | Senate - Rouson | Repealing provisions relating to a governmental entity’s establishment of recreational customary use on a portion of a beach above the mean high-water line on private property, etc. |
Senate: In Judiciary Committee (1:4) No change. |
No companion to date 1/16 | |
| SB 118 | Election of Secretary of State/Membership of Cabinet | Senate - Bean | Election of Secretary of State/Membership of Cabinet; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to provide for the election of the Secretary of State and his or her inclusion as a member of the Cabinet, etc. | Senate: In Ethics and Elections Committee (1:3) No change. |
No companion to date 1/16 | |
| HB 91 | Lis Pendens | House: Altman | Provides that person who acquires for value lien on property during course of specified legal actions takes such lien free of claims in certain circumstances; specifies effect of valid, recorded lis pendens in certain circumstances involving judicial sale. | House: Passed Civil Justice Committee now in Justice Appropriations Comm (2:3) |
Companion SB 462 | |
| SB 462 | Lis Pendens | Senate: Powell | Providing that a person who acquires for value a lien on property during the course of specified legal actions takes such lien free of claims in certain circumstances; specifying the effect of a valid, recorded notice of lis pendens in certain circumstances involving a judicial sale, etc. | Senate: Passed Judiciary Committee; now in Community Affairs (2:3) |
Companion HB 91 | |
| HB 163 | Dependent Special Districts | House: J. Cortes | Requires certain prospective buyers to receive disclosure summary before closing on contract for purchase of property in dependent special district; specifies contents of disclosure summary; specifies circumstances under which sales contract may be voided by buyer; authorizes purchasers of property within dependent district to rescind sales contract or collect damages from developer under specified conditions; specifies length of time for which such right applies; authorizes prevailing party to recover reasonable attorney fees; prohibits expenditure of specified funds in defense of action. | House: Now in Local, Federal & VA Committee No change. | No companion to date 1/16 | |
| HB 203 | Pub.Rec./Civilian Personnel Employed by Law Enforcement Agency | House - Zika | Defines term "home address" for purposes of public records exemptions for personal identifying & location information of certain agency personnel & their family members; exempts personal identifying & location information of active or former civilian personnel employed by law enforcement agency, & of spouses & children of such personnel, from public records requirements; provides for legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statements of public necessity. | House: Now in Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee on 2/20/19 (2:3) |
Oppose as written. |
Companion SB 248 |
| SB 248 | Public Records/Civilian Personnel Employed by a Law Enforcement Agency | Senate - Hooper | Defining the term “home addresses” for purposes of public records exemptions for personal identifying and location information of certain agency personnel and their family members; exempting personal identifying and location information of active or former civilian personnel employed by a law enforcement agency, and of spouses and children of such personnel, from public records requirements; providing for legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity, etc. | Senate: Now in Governmental Oversight & Accountability (2:3) | Oppose as written. |
Companion HB 203 |
| HB 409 | Electronic Legal Documents A.K.A. Remote Online Notary |
House - Perez | Authorizes online notarizations; specifies requirements & standards for performance of such online notarizations; requires DOS to adopt rules by specified date. | House: Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee (1:3) No Change. |
SB 548 | |
| SB 548 | Electronic Legal Documents A.K.A. Remote Online Notary |
Senate - Brandes | Electronic Legal Documents; Revising provisions relating to use of the office of notary public; authorizing online notarizations; specifying registration and qualification requirements for online notaries public; prescribing online notarization procedures; specifying the manner by which an online notary public must verify the identity of a principal or a witness, etc. | Senate: Now in Judiciary Subcommittee (1:3) No Change. |
Companion HB 409 | |
| HB 495 | Notice to Homeowners in Mortgage Foreclosure Actions | House - Driskell | Requires foreclosing mortgagee in residential action to provide notice to mortgagor; provides notice requirements. | House: Now in Civil Justice (1:3) No change. |
No Companion to Date |
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