Florida SB 1366: Claims Against the Government

Bill Text

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Claims Against the Government 
2026-03-04T13:45:00Z 
Increasing the statutory limits on the liability of the state and its agencies and subdivisions for tort claims; revising exceptions relating to instituting actions on tort claims against the state or one of its agencies or subdivisions; revising the period after which the failure of certain entities to make a final disposition of a claim shall be deemed a final denial of the claim for certain purposes; revising the statute of limitations for tort claims against the state or one of its agencies or subdivisions and exceptions thereto, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 1366 

 By the Committee on Rules; and Senators Brodeur and Rouson 

 595-03397-26 20261366c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to claims against the government; 
 3 amending s. 768.28, F.S.; increasing the statutory 
 4 limits on the liability of the state and its agencies 
 5 and subdivisions for tort claims; revising exceptions 
 6 relating to instituting actions on tort claims against 
 7 the state or one of its agencies or subdivisions; 
 8 revising the period after which the failure of certain 
 9 entities to make a final disposition of a claim shall 
 10 be deemed a final denial of the claim for certain 
 11 purposes; revising the statute of limitations for tort 
 12 claims against the state or one of its agencies or 
 13 subdivisions and exceptions thereto; deleting obsolete 
 14 language; making technical changes; providing 
 15 applicability; amending ss. 29.0081, 39.8297, 343.811, 
 16 and 944.713, F.S.; conforming cross references; 
 17 conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 
 18 reenacting ss. 45.061(5), 95.11(6)(f), 110.504(4), 
 19 111.071(1)(a), 125.01015(2)(b), 163.01(3)(h) and 
 20 (15)(k), 190.043, 213.015(13), 252.51, 252.89, 
 21 252.944, 260.0125(2), 284.31, 284.38, 322.13(1)(b), 
 22 337.19(1), 341.302(17), 343.811(3), 351.03(4)(c), 
 23 373.1395(6), 375.251(3)(a), 381.0056(9), 393.075(3), 
 24 394.9085(7), 395.1055(10)(g), 403.706(17)(c), 
 25 409.175(15)(b), 409.993(1), (2)(a), and (3)(a), 
 26 420.504(8), 455.221(3), 455.32(5), 456.009(3), 
 27 456.076(15)(a), 471.038(3), 472.006(11)(b), 
 28 497.167(7), 513.118(2), 548.046(1), 556.106(8), 
 29 589.19(4)(e), 627.7491(3) and (4), 723.0611(2)(c), 
 30 760.11(5), 766.1115(4), 766.112(2), 768.1355(3), 
 31 768.1382(7), 768.295(4), 946.5026, 946.514(3), 
 32 961.06(8), 984.09(3), 1002.33(12)(h), 1002.333(6)(b), 
 33 1002.34(17), 1002.37(2), 1002.55(3)(l), 1002.83(10), 
 34 1002.88(1)(p), 1006.24(1), and 1006.261(2)(b), F.S., 
 35 relating to offers of settlement; limitations other 
 36 than for the recovery of real property; volunteer 
 37 benefits; payment of judgments or settlements against 
 38 certain public officers or employees; office of the 
 39 sheriff; the Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of 
 40 1969; suits against community development districts; 
 41 taxpayer rights; liability; tort liability; tort 
 42 liability; limitation on liability of private 
 43 landowners whose property is designated as part of the 
 44 statewide system of greenways and trails; scope and 
 45 types of coverages; effect of waiver of sovereign 
 46 immunity; driver license examiners; suits by and 
 47 against the Department of Transportation; rail 
 48 program; power to assume indemnification and insurance 
 49 obligations; railroad-highway grade-crossing warning 
 50 signs and signals; limitation on liability of a water 
 51 management district with respect to areas made 
 52 available to the public for recreational purposes 
 53 without charge; limitation on liability of persons 
 54 making available to the public certain areas for 
 55 recreational purposes without charge; school health 
 56 services program; general liability coverage; 
 57 behavioral provider liability; rules and enforcement; 
 58 local government solid waste responsibilities; 
 59 licensure of family foster homes, residential child 
 60 caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; lead 
 61 agencies and subcontractor liability; the Florida 
 62 Housing Finance Corporation; legal and investigative 
 63 services; the Management Privatization Act; legal and 
 64 investigative services; impaired practitioner 
 65 programs; the Florida Engineers Management 
 66 Corporation; the Department of Agriculture and 
 67 Consumer Services; administrative matters; conduct on 
 68 premises and refusal of service; physician’s 
 69 attendance at match; liability of the member operator, 
 70 excavator, and system; creation of certain state 
 71 forests, naming of certain state forests, and the 
 72 Operation Outdoor Freedom Program; official law 
 73 enforcement vehicles and motor vehicle insurance 
 74 requirements; the Florida Mobile Home Relocation 
 75 Corporation; administrative and civil remedies and 
 76 construction; health care providers and creation of 
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