Rules Committee advances three reviser PCBs to adopt 2026 statutes, correct errors and repeal obsolete provisions

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House Rules Committee on Jan. 29 advanced three technical reviser PCBs that together adopt select portions of the 2026 Florida Statutes, correct non-substantive errors and repeal inoperative provisions, voting 16-0 on each measure.

Vice Chair Representative Barreiro described PCB 26-01, the Adoption Act, as a routine statutory adoption measure: "The Adoption Act is enacted in each regular session as an essential element of the continuous statutory revision program. This act adopts the 2026 Florida statutes as an official document and adopts as the official statute law of the state only those portions of the 2026 edition that are carried forward unchanged from the 2025 edition. Portions of the 2026 edition that are not so carried forward are not adopted. Any enactments following the publication of the 2025 Florida statutes are not adopted, but remain prima facie evidence of the law only."

PCB 26-02, the general reviser's bill, was described by Barreiro as addressing "miscellaneous subjects of a technical, non substantive nature, including deletion of material that has served its purpose or has been impliedly repealed or superseded. Correction of grammatical, typographical, and similar errors, correction of cross references, and improvement in the clarity of the statutes." There was no public testimony or substantive debate on the measure.

Barreiro said PCB 26-03 repeals statutes that have become inoperative by repeal or expiration and cited the reviser's authority under section 11.246(5) of the Florida Statutes to omit certain provisions from the published 2026 compilation.

Each PCB was reported favorably by roll call. The clerk recorded 16 yeas and 0 nays on PCB 26-01, PCB 26-02 and PCB 26-03, and the committee reported all three measures favorably for further consideration.

The three measures are routine, technical bills that do not change substantive policy but ensure the published statutes reflect current law, correct cross references and remove inoperative provisions. The committee took no amendments, and no members requested additional debate.

Procedural next steps: reported bills will proceed according to House rules toward the session floor and any subsequent committee reference required for non-reviser provisions.