Public Records/Florida Commission on Human Relations; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of certain current and former personnel and commissioners of the Florida Commission on Human Relations and the names and personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such personnel and commissioners; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing retroactive application; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Court Records of Eviction Proceedings; Authorizing persons who are defendants in certain eviction proceedings to file a motion with the court to have the records of such proceedings sealed and to have their names substituted on the progress docket under certain conditions; providing that certain persons are ineligible for such relief; requiring persons seeking such relief to serve a copy of the motion on parties to the proceeding and file a specified affidavit with the court, etc.
Private Schools; Providing that a specified maximum number of full-time virtual students of private schools may be approved to participate in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program under certain conditions for specified fiscal years; requiring eligible private schools that enroll certain students to offer and give notice of a student orientation course; providing methods for private schools participating in an education scholarship program to meet a requirement that students maintain regular and direct contact with teachers of online courses, etc.
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; Requiring that specified test preparation resources and information be provided to certain students for a specified time period; providing continued eligibility criteria for students receiving such resources and information; providing for the funding for such resources, etc.
Carrying Concealed Weapons and Firearms into Athletic Events; Revising the list of places into which a person may not carry a handgun or a concealed weapon or concealed firearm to allow actively sworn law enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons and concealed firearms into certain athletic events when attending as a private citizen, etc.
Taxation of Home Hardening; Exempting from sales and use tax impact-resistant doors, garage doors, and windows during a specified month; specifying qualifications for the exemption, etc.
Patient Referrals by Medicaid Managed Care Organizations and Managed Care Plans; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to conduct or cause to be conducted reviews, investigations, analyses, audits, and combinations thereof to determine if managed care organizations, managed care plans, and their subcontractors violate the Medicaid program integrity in their patient referrals; providing penalties, etc.
Siblings Placed in Out-of-home Care; Providing for the importance of visitation, and not just contact, between siblings who have been separated; requiring the court to hold a hearing, take evidence, and hear arguments if a motion for sibling visitation or contact is contested; providing that a court retains jurisdiction over a dependent child in a permanent guardianship for certain purposes relating to sibling visitation or contact, etc.
Property Insurance Claims; Establishing a mandatory procedure for resolution of disputed insurance claims; requiring insurers, at specified times, to notify policyholders of the mandatory procedure; authorizing a policyholder to file with the Division of Administrative Hearings a petition to resolve claims; requiring the administrative law judge to make a final determination of total coverage within a specified timeframe, etc.
SB 1234 repeals the current state law that prohibits bump-fire stocks. If enacted, this bill would remove the existing ban on manufacturing, selling, and possessing these devices within the state. This means individuals would no longer be restricted by state law from owning or acquiring bump-fire stocks.
Assault or Battery of Contractors Performing State Functions; Providing for the reclassification of certain offenses committed against contractors performing state functions while engaged in the performance of their duties, etc.
Property Tax Exemption and Assessment Limitation on Long-term Leased Property; Providing that property that receives a certain tax exemption shall be assessed in a specified manner; providing that changes, additions, and improvements to such properties shall be assessed in a specified manner; requiring the submission of an application containing specified information before receiving a specified tax exemption; providing specified tax exemptions for property that meets certain eligibility requirements, etc.
