Over 30 new Florida Laws to take effect on October 1, 2023 – full LIST here.

Despite the fact that the previous 2023 Florida legislature session ended on May 5, scores of new legislation are expected to go into effect on October 1.

Among these is a new legislation requiring golf cart drivers under the age of 18 to have a valid learner’s permit or driver’s license when on the road, as well as another that will impose misdemeanour penalties and a $2,500 fine for interrupting a public event such as a ball game or concert.

Here is a look at all the legislation changes taking effect Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023:

1. HB 67: Protection of Specified Personnel (Companion bill SB 174)
2. SB 170: Local Ordinances (Companion bill HB 1515)
3. SB 180: Regulation of Securities (Companion bill HB 253)
4. SB 232: Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons (Companion bill HB 603)
5. HB 319: Interference With Sporting or Entertainment Events (Companion bill SB 764)
6. HB 329: Electronic Monitoring of Persons Charged with or Convicted of Offenses Involving Schools or Students (Companion bill SB 496)
7. HB 331: Liens and Bonds (Companion bill SB 624)
8. HB 431: Solicitation of Minors to Commit Lewd or Lascivious Act (Companion bill SB 486)
9. HB 535: Funeral Service Benefits for Public Safety Officers
10. SB 708: Estoppel Letters (Companion bill HB 743)
11. HB 825: Assault or Battery on Hospital Personnel (Companion bill SB 568)
12. SB 838: Proceeds Funding Motorcycle Safety Education
13. HB 919: Homeowners’ Associations (Companion bill SB 1114)
14. SB 942: Authorization of Restrictions Concerning Dogs (Companion bill HB 941)
15. HB 949: Operation of a Golf Cart
16. HB 959: Dosage Form Animal Health Products (Companion bill SB 1056)
17. HB 965: Driver License, Identification Card, and Motor Vehicle Registration (Companion bill SB 996)
18. HB 967: Medicaid Coverage of Continuous Glucose Monitors (Companion bill SB 988)
19. HB 1047: Offenses Against Certain Animals
20. SB 1210: Public Records/Human Trafficking Victims (Companion bill HB 841)
21. HB 1263: Criminal Sentencing
22. HB 1297: Capital Sexual Battery (Companion bill SB 1342)
23. HB 1359: Offenses Involving Fentanyl or Fentanyl Analogs (Companion bill SB 1226)
24. HB 1367: Unlawful Dumping (Companion bill SB 1368)
25. HB 1375: Battery by Strangulation (Companion bill SB 1334)
26. HB 1465: Firearm and Destructive Device Offenses (Companion bill SB 1456)
27. HB 1611: City of Bartow, Polk County
28. SB 2500: Appropriations (Companion bill HB 5305)
29. SB 7000: OGSR/Current or Former Public Guardians (Companion bill HB 7037)
30. HB 7003: OGSR/Water Management District Surplus Lands (Companion bill SB 7004)
31. SB 7006: OGSR/Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (Companion bill HB 7001)
32. HB 7007: OGSR/Security and Fire safety System Plans (Companion bill SB 7040)
33. SB 7008: OGSR/Building Plans, Blueprints, Schematic Drawings, and Diagrams (Companion bill HB 7009)
34. SB 7016: Department of Corrections (Companion bill HB 929)
35. SB 7022: OGSR/Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission/Safe-school Officers (Companion bill HB 7029)
36. HB 7031: OGSR/Address of a Victim of an Incident of Mass Violence (Companion bill SB 7012)
37. HB 7035: OGSR/Citizens Property Insurance Corporation/Cybersecurity Data and Information (Companion bill SB 7042)

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