Veterans’ Assistance; Requiring the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, subject to appropriation, to expand programs connecting veterans and their families and survivors to certain services, benefits, and support; requiring the department to host public events for such purpose; requiring the department to submit an annual report to the Governor and Legislature, etc.
Review of Compensation for Legislators and Cabinet Members; Requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct research, analyze data, and prepare a report containing certain information relating to the compensation of members of the Legislature; requiring that such report be provided to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; requiring OPPAGA to conduct research, analyze data, and prepare a report containing certain information relating to the compensation of members of the Cabinet, etc.
Public Records/Veterans Florida Opportunity Program; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for specified materials and information received, generated, ascertained, or discovered by Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., while administering the Veterans Florida Opportunity Program; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Violation of State Immigration Law; Requires FDLE to impose fine for certain violations; authorizes FDLE to develop program to compensate certain residents; provides requirements to receive compensation; requires FDLE to develop rules; defines "unauthorized alien"; creates cause of action against certain local governmental entities & law enforcement agencies; requires plaintiff to prove certain elements by preponderance of evidence; provides that state waives sovereign immunity for liability in certain circumstances.
Availability of Marijuana for Adult Use; Provides requirements for cultivation, processing, retail, or transportation license of MMTC; authorizes department to adopt by rule additional requirements for permitting of cultivation, processing, dispensing, & storage facilities to ensure sanitary, safe, & secure cultivation, processing, dispensing, storage, & sale of marijuana; authorizes certain persons to purchase certain amounts of marijuana products, marijuana in form for smoking, & marijuana delivery devices; authorizes DACS to adopt rules regulating cultivation of marijuana by members of public for private use, including use of cooperative model for cultivation; provides retroactive application of certain convictions; authorizes certain persons to petition court to expunge criminal history record for specified convictions.
Structural Integrity Reserve Studies; Defines "structural integrity reserve study"; requires condominium & cooperative associations that govern building of specified height to conduct structural integrity reserve study for specified purpose; provides that condominium & cooperative associations that govern building that does not meet such specified height requirement are not required to conduct structural integrity reserve study; authorizes certain condominium & cooperative associations to elect, by majority vote of unit owners, to waive or reduce reserve contributions.
Relief/Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation; Provides appropriation to compensate the estate for injuries & damages sustained by Mark LaGatta resulting from the negligence of DOT; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $2,200,000
Public Records/Public Employees Relations Commission; Exempting from public records requirements written communications developed in preparation for, or preliminary to, the issuance of any order by the Public Employees Relations Commission or its designees; exempting from public records requirements the personal identifying and location information of the chair, commissioners, and hearing officers of the Public Employees Relations Commission and the personal identifying and location information of spouses and children of such personnel; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Autonomous Practice by Certain Psychiatric Nurses; Authorizing certain advanced practice registered nurses who are psychiatric nurses to engage in the autonomous practice of specified acts and in mental health practice, as defined by rule of the Board of Nursing, etc.
Compounding Pharmacies; Authorizes certain patients, to determine, with assistance & guidance of their health care provider, individual courses of treatment; authorizes compounding pharmacies to access certain ingredients for compounding.
Housing; Revises provisions relating to affordable housing, property tax exemptions, use of funds from discretionary sales surtax, tax credit, & allocation of funding from FHFC & Live Local Program.
Public Employees Relations Commisson; Revises provisions for certain final orders issued by PERC & delivery of service; revises seal of PERC; requires employee organization, within specified timeframe, to revoke membership of, & cease collection of membership dues from, public employee; revises requirements for registration, registration renewal, certification, recertification, or decertification of employee organizations; removes provisions relating to revocation of certification of employee organizations; requires PERC or one of its designated agents to conduct investigation if challenge is filed; prohibits public employers, their agents or representatives, & any person acting on their behalf from taking certain actions; revises provisions relating to impasse; authorizes certain actions by public employees upon agreement between public employer & bargaining agent; provides exceptions for certain bargaining units; increases fines for certain violations.
