Senate Bill 748 (2023) - The Florida Senate

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CS/CS/SB 748: My Safe Florida Home Program

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Banking and Insurance ; Boyd

My Safe Florida Home Program; Providing that licensed, rather than certified, inspectors are to provide hurricane mitigation inspections on site-built, single-family, residential properties that have been granted a homestead exemption; revising the hurricane mitigation inspectors that may be selected by the Department of Financial Services to provide hurricane mitigation inspections; revising the criteria for mitigation grant eligibility for homeowners; revising the improvements for eligible homes for which mitigation grants may be used; deleting a provision authorizing low-income homeowners to use grant funds for specified purposes, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
Last Action: 4/28/2023 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 881 (Ch. 2023-176) -SJ 624
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Banking and Insurance (BI)
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
Fiscal Policy (FP)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/14/2023	Senate	• Filed
2/23/2023	Senate	• Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
3/7/2023	Senate	• Introduced
3/10/2023	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/15/23, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/15/2023	Senate	• CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
3/17/2023	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
3/21/2023	Senate	• CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
4/6/2023	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/12/23, 11:30 am, 110 Senate Building
4/12/2023	Senate	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
4/13/2023	Senate	• Now in Fiscal Policy
4/17/2023	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
4/20/2023	Senate	• CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
4/21/2023	Senate	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/25/2023	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/23 • CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
4/28/2023	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 623 • Substituted CS/HB 881 -SJ 624 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 881 (Ch. 2023-176) -SJ 624

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CS/CS/SB 748, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/21/2023 at 3:48 PM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) 4/21/2023 (pdf)

Related Bills (3)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
H 881 (er)	My Safe Florida Home Program	Insurance & Banking Subcommittee	Identical	Last Action: 6/1/2023 Chapter No. 2023-176
H 1477	Insurance	Driskell	Compare	Last Action: 5/5/2023 H Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 881 (Ch. 2023-176)
S 1688	Insurance	Jones	Compare	Last Action: 5/5/2023 S Died in Banking and Insurance, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 881 (Ch. 2023-176)

Citations - Statutes (2)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
215.5586	My Safe Florida Home Program.	Page 2 (pdf)
215.5588	Florida Disaster Recovery Program.	Page 12 (pdf)

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CS/SB 748, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/17/2023 at 10:31 AM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Pre-Meeting) 4/11/2023 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Post-Meeting) 4/12/2023 (pdf) Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) 4/19/2023 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 881 (c1)	My Safe Florida Home Program	Insurance & Banking Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 6/1/2023 Chapter No. 2023-176

Committee Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
925002 - Amendment Delete lines 69 - 223 and insert:	Fiscal Policy (Boyd)	4/17/2023 6:17 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/21/2023	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (2)

Date	Committee	Result
4/12/2023 11:30 AM	Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government	14 Yeas - 0 Nays
4/20/2023 9:30 AM	Fiscal Policy	20 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (2)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
215.5586	My Safe Florida Home Program.	Page 2 (pdf)
215.5588	Florida Disaster Recovery Program.	Page 11 (pdf)

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SB 748, Original Filed Version Posted 2/14/2023 at 9:04 AM

Bill Text:	Web Page \| PDF

Analyses:	Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 3/14/2023 (pdf) Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 3/17/2023 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
H 881 (c1)	My Safe Florida Home Program	Insurance & Banking Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 6/1/2023 Chapter No. 2023-176

Committee Amendments (1)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
402088 - Amendment Delete lines 72 - 248 and insert:	Banking and Insurance (Boyd)	3/14/2023 12:04 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/17/2023	Web Page PDF

Committee Votes (1)

Date	Committee	Result
3/15/2023 1:00 PM	Banking and Insurance	12 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (2)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
215.5586	My Safe Florida Home Program.	Page 2 (pdf)
215.5588	Florida Disaster Recovery Program.	Page 12 (pdf)

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