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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 78: Home Hardening Products

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 78 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on September 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Home Hardening Products. Primary sponsor: Rosalind Osgood (Democratic), Community Affairs. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Finance and Tax.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Home Hardening Products; Providing a sales tax exemption for home hardening products used on eligible residential property; specifying a limitation on exemptions; requiring property owners to submit an application to the Department of Revenue in order to be eligible; providing requirements for the department in issuing refunds, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rosalind OsgoodPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Community AffairsPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Lori BermanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Finance and Tax
  2. CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
  3. Introduced
  4. Now in Finance and Tax
  5. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  6. CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
  7. On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 11/18/25, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  8. Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
  9. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source