Florida SB 1108: Campaign Finance

Bill Text

1108 
Capitol Center and Complex 
2026-01-05T10:22:05Z 
Providing that the Department of Management Services is responsible for the aesthetics of the Capitol Center for visitors; requiring the department, in consultation with the Capitol Police, to establish enhanced security measures in certain parking areas; requiring the Capitol Police to ensure that the Capitol Complex is safe for specified persons, etc. 
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2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1108 

 By Senator Truenow 

 13-01243A-26 20261108__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Capitol Center and Complex; 
 3 amending ss. 272.09 and 943.60, F.S.; revising the 
 4 definition of the term “Capitol Complex”; amending s. 
 5 272.12, F.S.; providing that the Department of 
 6 Management Services is responsible for the aesthetics 
 7 of the Capitol Center for visitors; authorizing the 
 8 department to close certain streets if certain 
 9 conditions are met; amending s. 272.121, F.S.; 
 10 requiring the department to consider certain factors 
 11 when developing a specified plan; amending s. 272.16, 
 12 F.S.; requiring the department, in consultation with 
 13 the Capitol Police, to establish enhanced security 
 14 measures in certain parking areas; making a technical 
 15 change; amending s. 943.61, F.S.; requiring the 
 16 Capitol Police to ensure that the Capitol Complex is 
 17 safe for specified persons; providing a requirement 
 18 for certain operational plans; requiring the Capitol 
 19 Police to provide a certain report to the Legislature; 
 20 amending s. 943.64, F.S.; authorizing certain ex 
 21 officio agents to patrol the Capital Complex and 
 22 surrounding areas; authorizing specified positions for 
 23 a certain purpose; providing an effective date. 
 24 
 25 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 27 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 272.09, Florida 
 28 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 29 272.09 Management, maintenance, and upkeep of Capitol 
 30 Center.— 
 31 (1) For purposes of this section, the term “Capitol 
 32 Complex” means the portion of the Capitol Center commonly 
 33 referred to as the Capitol, the Historic Capitol, the Senate 
 34 Office Building, the House Office Building, the Knott Building, 
 35 the Pepper Building, the Holland Building, the Elliot Building, 
 36 the R.A. Gray Building, and the associated parking garages and 
 37 curtilage of each, including the state-owned lands and public 
 38 streets adjacent thereto within an area bounded by and including 
 39 Calhoun Street, East Pensacola Street, Monroe Street, East Park 
 40 Avenue, West Park Avenue Jefferson Street, West Pensacola 
 41 Street, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and Gaines Street. The 
 42 term does not include the Supreme Court Building or the public 
 43 streets adjacent thereto. The portion of the Capitol Complex 
 44 existing between and including the Elliot Building and the 
 45 Holland Building within an area bounded by and including Monroe 
 46 Street, Gaines Street, Calhoun Street, and East Pensacola Street 
 47 shall be known as “Memorial Park.” 
 48 Section 2. Subsections (3) and (4) are added to section 
 49 272.12, Florida Statutes, to read: 
 50 272.12 Florida Capitol Center Planning District.— 
 51 (3) The Department of Management Services is responsible 
 52 for the aesthetics of the Capitol Center for visitors. 
 53 (4) The Department of Management Services may close any 
 54 street within or adjoining the Capitol Complex with the consent 
 55 of the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of 
 56 the House of Representatives. 
 57 Section 3. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (1) of 
 58 section 272.121, Florida Statutes, to read: 
 59 272.121 Capitol Center long-range planning.— 
 60 (1) The Department of Management Services shall develop a 
 61 comprehensive and long-range plan for the development of state 
 62 owned property within the Capitol Center. In developing this 
 63 plan, the department shall consider: 
 64 (e) The security of the Capitol Center and surrounding 
 65 areas and the need to keep the Capitol Center and surrounding 
 66 areas safe for visitors. 
 67 Section 4. Present subsection (4) of section 272.16, 
 68 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5) and amended, 
 69 and a new subsection (4) is added to that section, to read: 
 70 272.16 Parking areas within Capitol Center area.— 
 71 (4) The Department of Management Services, in consultation 
 72 with the Capitol Police, shall establish enhanced security 
 73 measures to protect members of the Legislature, state officers, 
 74 employees, and visitors in such parking areas. 
 75 (5)(4) The Department of Management Services shall adopt 
 76 such rules as are necessary to implement this section carry out 
 77 the purposes of subsections (1) and (3). 
 78 Section 5. Section 943.60, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
 79 read: 
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