FL S0280

Authorizes courts to assess and award reasonable attorney fees, costs, and damages (capped at $50,000) to prevailing plaintiffs challenging local ordinances as arbitrary or unreasonable, or to prevailing local governments if the challenge is found frivolous.

Requires counties and municipalities to prepare and post business impact estimates on their websites before enacting ordinances, detailing compliance costs, economic impacts, affected businesses, and regulatory expenses.

Mandates automatic suspension of ordinance enforcement when challenged within 90 days of adoption on grounds of preemption or arbitrary/unreasonable nature, with courts required to prioritize these cases for expedited resolution.

Exempts from these requirements ordinances related to comprehensive planning, building codes, emergency measures, federal/state compliance, debt issuance, budgets, and contract implementation.

Effective October 1, 2022, with amendments applying only to ordinances adopted on or after that date.