Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1221: Department of Financial Services
Status: Passed one chamber, March 11, 2026
Revises provisions related to DFS including financial subsystems, warrants, firefighter employment, , My Safe Florida Home & Condominium Programs, payments, coordinating council, licensing & examination, fire safety, fire codes, licensee requirements, deferred payment processors, public adjusters, bail bonds, abandoned & unclaimed property, & legal tender.
What the bill says
To be entitled 2 An act relating to the Department of Financial 3 Services; amending s. 17.11, F.S.; revising the 4 subsystem used for a certain report of disbursements 5 made; amending s. 17.13, F.S.; requiring the 6 replacement of lost or destroyed warrants; amending s. 7 110.113, F.S.; deleting the Department of Financial 8 Services' authority to make semimonthly salary 9 payments; amending s. 112.3135, F.S.; authorizing a 10 public official to take specified actions in relation 11 to the employment of a relative as a firefighter; amending s. 215.422, F.S.…
From the introduced text, March 2, 2026:
A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the Department of Financial 3 Services; amending s. 17.11, F.S.; revising the 4 subsystem used for a certain report of disbursements 5 made; amending s. 17.13, F.S.; requiring the 6 replacement of lost or destroyed warrants; amending s. 7 110.113, F.S.; deleting the Department of Financial 8 Services' authority to make semimonthly salary 9 payments; amending s. 112.3135, F.S.; authorizing a 10 public official to take specified actions in relation 11 to the employment of a relative as a firefighter; amending s. 215.422, F.S.; requiring agencies to pay 13 interest from available appropriations under certain 14 circumstances; amending s. 215.5586, F.S.; defining 15 terms; revising eligibility requirements for a 16 hurricane mitigation inspection under the My Safe 17 Florida Home Program; revising the circumstances under 18 which applicants may submit a subsequent hurricane 19 mitigation inspection; deleting the requirement that 20 licensed inspectors must determine mitigation measures 21 during initial inspections of eligible homes; deleting 22 inspectors' authorization to inspect townhouses; revising the criteria for eligibility for a hurricane 24 mitigation grant; revising the grant's applicant 25 requirements; removing an expiration date for certain words underlined are additions. hb1221-03-c3 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/CS/CS/HB 1221 2026 26 requirements; revising the improvements that grants 27 may be used for; requiring that improvements be 28 …