Florida SB 1362: Registration of Home Caregivers

Bill Text

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Vertiports 
2026-02-20T11:34:54Z 
Revising the definition of the term “airport infrastructure”; authorizing the Department of Transportation to fund up to specified percentages of public vertiport project costs, etc. 
Committee Substitute 2 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 1362 

 By the Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and 
 Economic Development; the Committee on Transportation; and 
 Senator Harrell 

 606-03020-26 20261362c2 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to vertiports; amending s. 255.065, 
 3 F.S.; revising the definition of the term “qualifying 
 4 project”; amending s. 332.007, F.S.; revising the 
 5 definition of the term “airport infrastructure”; 
 6 authorizing the Department of Transportation to fund 
 7 up to specified percentages of public vertiport 
 8 project costs; providing an effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 11 
 12 Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section 
 13 255.065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 14 255.065 Public-private partnerships.— 
 15 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 
 16 (i) “Qualifying project” means: 
 17 1. A facility or project that serves a public purpose, 
 18 including, but not limited to, any ferry or mass transit 
 19 facility, vehicle parking facility, airport or seaport facility, 
 20 rail facility or project, fuel supply facility, oil or gas 
 21 pipeline, medical or nursing care facility, recreational 
 22 facility, sporting or cultural facility, or educational facility 
 23 or other building or facility that is used or will be used by a 
 24 public educational institution, or any other public facility or 
 25 infrastructure that is used or will be used by the public at 
 26 large or in support of an accepted public purpose or activity; 
 27 2. An improvement, including equipment, of a building that 
 28 will be principally used by a public entity or the public at 
 29 large or that supports a service delivery system in the public 
 30 sector; 
 31 3. A water, wastewater, or surface water management 
 32 facility or other related infrastructure; or 
 33 4. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, for 
 34 projects that involve a facility owned or operated by the 
 35 governing board of a county, district, or municipal hospital or 
 36 health care system, or projects that involve a facility owned or 
 37 operated by a municipal electric utility, only those projects 
 38 that the governing board designates as qualifying projects 
 39 pursuant to this section; or 
 40 5. Vertiports and charging systems. 
 41 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 
 42 332.007, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (e) is 
 43 added to subsection (6) of that section, to read: 
 44 332.007 Administration and financing of aviation and 
 45 airport programs and projects; state plan.— 
 46 (2) 
 47 (c) Each commercial service airport as defined in s. 
 48 332.0075 shall establish and maintain a comprehensive airport 
 49 infrastructure program to ensure the ongoing preservation of 
 50 airport infrastructure and facilities in safe and serviceable 
 51 condition. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “airport 
 52 infrastructure” means the facilities, systems, and structural 
 53 components of an airport necessary for the safe and efficient 
 54 movement of people and goods. The term includes vertiport pads, 
 55 safety zones, charging systems, grid upgrades, and resilience 
 56 energy systems. Beginning November 1, 2025, and annually 
 57 thereafter, each commercial service airport shall provide a 
 58 certification to the department, in a manner prescribed by the 
 59 department, that it has established and maintains a 
 60 comprehensive airport infrastructure program. The comprehensive 
 61 airport infrastructure program report, and related documents and 
 62 records, must be open to inspection by the department and 
 63 maintained by the airport for at least 5 years. The 
 64 comprehensive airport infrastructure program must, at a minimum, 
 65 include all of the following: 
 66 1. Identification of airport infrastructure subject to 
 67 inspection and the schedule for the completion of such 
 68 inspections, taking into consideration the age, type, intended 
 69 use, and criticality of the infrastructure to undisrupted 
 70 commercial or cargo operations. 
 71 2. A preventative maintenance program for routine 
 72 maintenance of airport infrastructure, for both commercial and 
 73 cargo operations. 
 74 3. A plan to complete any necessary repairs to, or 
 75 rehabilitation or reconstruction of, airport infrastructure, 
 76 including prioritization and anticipated timeframe for 
 77 completion of the work. 
 78 4. A progress report of inspections and their outcomes, 
 79 preventative maintenance, and previously identified repair to, 
 80 or rehabilitation or recons