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Read. Follow. Verify.Florida SB 888 restricts indemnification clauses and standard of care requirements in professional services contracts
Last action · March 13, 2026: Died in RulesSponsor: Jonathan Martin
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill prohibits professional services contracts from requiring design professionals to defend or hold harmless contracting parties beyond specific negligence limits, bans requirements to list , and establishes a mandatory professional effective July 1, 2026.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
design professionals
Design professionals are subject to new statutory protections regarding liability indemnification limits, standard of care definitions, and insurance requirements.
contracting parties
Contracting parties engaging design professionals are restricted from requiring broad defense indemnification clauses and additional insured listings.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What standard of care is required under the bill for design professionals?
Does the bill allow contracts to require design professionals to add clients as additional insureds?
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Check Your Understanding
1.What standard of care does the Filed version of the bill require professional services contracts to demand from a design professional?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
10 actions- Mar 13, 2026SenateFloorDied in Rules
- Feb 12, 2026SenateCommitteeNow in Rules
- Feb 11, 2026SenateCommitteeFavorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- Feb 6, 2026SenateOn Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 02/11/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 27, 2026SenateCommitteeNow in Commerce and Tourism
- Jan 27, 2026SenateCommitteeFavorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
Show 4 earlier actions
- Jan 22, 2026SenateOn Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced
- Dec 16, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Judiciary; Commerce and Tourism; Rules
- Dec 12, 2025SenateIntroducedFiled
Version history & redline
2 versions on fileOfficial version history is partial: 1 linked text is unavailable or incomplete. Source links remain available below.
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official version host penalty: 429 Retry-After 300 s
Voting Record
Commerce and Tourism: Favorable on S 888 Filed
Total
10
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 1
- Abstain
- 0
Show 1 earlier roll call
Judiciary: Favorable on S 888 Filed
Total
11
- Yes
- 10
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 1
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (11)
Finance Connection
| Candidate | Donor | Amount | Industry | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Martin | THE GEO GROUP INC | $1,000 | CORRECTIONS | Mar 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | CHEN MOORE AND ASSOCIATES | $1,000 | ENGINEERING | Oct 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | CONSERVATIVES FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT | $1,000 | POLITICAL COMMITTEE | Aug 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | SURPAC | $1,000 | POLITICAL COMMITTEE | Mar 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS INC. | $1,000 | DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION | Nov 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | FLORIDA CONCRETE & PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE | $1,000 | POLITICAL COMMITTEE | Oct 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | FLORIDA INDEPENDENT CONCRETE & ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS, INC. PC | $1,000 | POLITICAL COMMITTEE | Nov 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | FLORIDA OUTDOOR ADVERTISING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | $1,000 | POLITICAL COMMITTEE | Jan 2026 |
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| Jonathan Martin | FLORIDA RECYCLERS ASSOCIATION, INC. PC | $1,000 | POLITICAL COMMITTEE | Mar 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | FLORIDA ROOFING SHEET METAL & A/C CONTRACTORS - PAC | $1,000 | POLITICAL COMMITTEE | Feb 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | GILPIN ARIEL | $1,000 | ASSOCIATION TREASURER | Jan 2026 |
| Jonathan Martin | GROMICKO NICK | $1,000 | CERTIFIED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY | Mar 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | JOHNSON & BLANTON | $1,000 | GOVERNMENT CONSULTING | Oct 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | REALTORS POLITICAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE | $1,000 | POLITICAL COMMITTEE | Dec 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT HC FINANCE LLC | $1,000 | EDUCATION | Mar 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | CRACCHIOLO PETER | $20 | POLITICAL CONSULTANT | Jan 2025 |
| Jonathan Martin | CRACCHIOLO PETER | -$20 | POLITICAL CONSULTANT | Aug 2025 |
Reported financial relationships and timing signals. This does not prove motive or influence. Readers draw their own conclusions.
Lobbying Activity
No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
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Sources
www.flsenate.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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