Judges; Increasing the number of circuit judges in certain judicial circuits; increasing the number of county court judges in certain counties; increasing the number of judges on the Sixth District Court of Appeal; providing for the reduction in the number of judges on the Second District Court of Appeal under specified conditions, etc.
SB 7022 revises the required employer contribution rates for different employee groups within Florida's Retirement System. It adjusts how much public employers must pay into retirement funds based on specific membership classes and subclasses, such as different job types or service categories. The bill directly affects Florida state and local government employers who participate in the Florida Retirement System. This change modifies the financial obligations employers have toward employee retirement benefits without altering eligibility or benefit amounts.
Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Education; Requiring a third-party administrator to transfer a specified amount of money from a loan fund to the Schools of Hope program under certain conditions, beginning on a specified date; revising requirements for the establishment of a school of hope; requiring that CAPE digital tool certificates be made available to all public elementary grades students, but not middle grades students; revising requirements for the recalculation of the Florida Education Finance Program allocations, etc.
State-funded Property Reinsurance Programs; Decreases authorized cumulative transfers from General Revenue Fund to SBA for Reinsurance to Assist Policyholders program to reimburse certain insurers for insured losses caused by hurricanes; removes Florida Optional Reinsurance Assistance program.
Debt Reduction; Revises information required to be included in specified report; creates Debt Reduction Program within SBA for specified purpose; provides requirements for use of certain funds by Division of Bond Finance; requires CFO to transfer certain funds to SBA by specified date each fiscal year; requires any unexpended funds to revert to General Revenue Fund by specified date.
Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates; Requires municipality to charge customers receiving its utility services in another municipality same rates, fees, & charges as it charges consumers within its own municipal boundaries under certain circumstances.
Nursing Education Programs; Revision to application requirements for nursing education program approval; requiring the Board of Nursing to deny an application under certain circumstances; authorizing the board to revoke a program's approval under certain circumstances; authorizing the board to investigate the nature of an adverse action and take specified actions; revising requirements for annual reports program directors of approved programs are required to submit to the board; providing for the termination of a program's approval, and discipline of its program director, under certain circumstances; revising remediation procedures for approved programs with graduate passage rates that do not meet specified requirements; deleting a provision authorizing the board to extend a program's probationary status; revising requirements for certain nursing education programs placed on probationary status; providing requirements for programs with certain graduate passage rates.
Appropriations; Providing moneys for the annual period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, and supplemental appropriations for the period ending June 30, 2025, to pay salaries, and other expenses, capital outlay - buildings, and other improvements, and for other specified purposes of the various agencies of state government, etc. APPROPRIATION: $115,137,650,858
Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program; Creates substance abuse accountability pilot program in Hillsborough county; provides for eligibility; provides for design & implementation of program in each county; provides requirements; specifies that program participation does not supersede ignition interlock requirements; requires report.
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Provides for regional representation on FWCC; revises membership & terms; authorizes commission to define geographic boundaries of regions; specifies conditions under which commission officers & personnel may enter private property.
Public Officers and Employees; Requiring that, beginning on a specified date, secretaries and executive directors of departments, chief administrative officers of certain units of state government, members of commissions and licensing boards, chairs of governing boards or certain chief executives of certain statewide entities, or any persons appointed to hold state office in the executive branch of state government be United States citizens and residents of this state; providing that a specified provision applies to each such offices; requiring that, beginning on a specified date, members of the board of trustees for state universities be United States citizens and residents of this state or graduates of the state university that the board oversees.
Administrative Procedures; Requiring agencies to publish a notice of rule development within a specified timeframe; requiring a certain number of days between a notice of rule development and notice of proposed rule; requiring that certain rules be withdrawn if not ratified within the legislative session immediately following the filing for adoption; providing that if a proposed rule is not ratified within a specified timeframe, the emergency rule expires; providing that a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative submitted after a notice of change is made in good faith only if the proposal contains certain statements, etc.
