Career Planning Opportunities for Students; Provides requirements relating to work-based learning opportunities, career fairs, career planning courses, & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; requires student's personalized academic & career plan to be reviewed annually for certain period of time & signed by certain persons; requires such plan to be revised as necessary; requires adoption of regulations & rules to enable certain students to earn postsecondary credit & career education clock hours for certain training & education acquired while apprentice or preapprentice; requires Articulation Coordinating Committee to convene workshop by date certain to develop certain process; requires Articulation Coordinating Committee to review apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs &, annually, approve prioritized list of postsecondary course equivalencies & minimum postsecondary credit or career education clock hours to be awarded for certain programs; requires certain information to be included in statewide articulation agreement; requires state universities, FCS institutions, & career centers to award postsecondary credit or career education clock hours; provides that postsecondary credit or career education clock hours are guaranteed to transfer to other state universities, FCS institutions, & career centers.
Telephone Solicitation; Revises definition of terms "telephone solicitor" & "telephonic sales call"; revises conditions for awarding attorney fees in civil actions relating to telephone solicitation.
Digital Right to Repair; Requires certain portable wireless device manufacturers to make certain items available to device owners & independent repair providers; prohibits certain manufacturers from requiring authorized repair providers to continue purchasing certain information in proprietary format; establishes enforcement provisions.
Treatment of Chronic and Terminal Illnesses; Providing that chronically and terminally ill patients have the right, with assistance and guidance from their health care providers, to determine their individual courses of treatment; authorizing compounding pharmacies to obtain certain active pharmaceutical ingredients to provide the prescribed course of treatment in such cases, provided the active pharmaceutical ingredients meet specified conditions, etc.
SB 570 revises the definitions used in Florida's licensing regulations for swimming pool and spa contractors under Chapter 489, Florida Statutes. This bill directly affects licensed pool and spa contractors and the state agency that administers their licensing. The key change is updating specific terminology within the existing regulatory framework to clarify scope or requirements. It does not alter licensing fees, qualifications, or operational standards - only the definitions used in the law. This is a procedural adjustment to the statutory language.
Provenance of Digital Content; Requires certain artificial intelligence developers make provenance data available through specified options; requires such developers to make provenance readers available in specified manner; requires certain social media platforms to retain & make available certain provenance data; provides that violation constitutes unfair or deceptive act or practice.
Earned Wage Access Services; Citing this act as the “Florida Earned Wage Access Services Act”; requiring providers to register with the Financial Services Commission; requiring the commission to deny, refuse to renew, or revoke a registration certificate under certain circumstances; requiring a provider offering consumer-directed earned wage access services to comply with certain requirements; authorizing a person who previously provided earned wage access services to continue for a specified time without registering under certain conditions, etc.
SCR 198 is a resolution proposing to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, which would require equal legal rights for all citizens regardless of sex. This resolution does not create new laws or directly affect individuals; it is a procedural step seeking to complete the constitutional ratification process for the ERA. If adopted, it would advance the ERA's path to becoming part of the Constitution, though it requires approval from other states and the federal government. The resolution focuses solely on the constitutional amendment process, not on implementing specific policies.
Relief of the Estate of M.N. by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office; Providing for the relief of the Estate of M.N. by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office; providing for an appropriation to compensate the estate for injuries sustained by M.N. and her subsequent death as a result of the negligence of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees, etc. CLAIM: $2,498,259
Property Owner Liability; Citing this act as the "Fallen Tree Act"; providing that a property owner is liable for damages caused by trees or shrubs located on his or her property when they fall on another’s property; providing that trees and shrubs located on two or more parcels may be removed by any of the property owners after serving proper notice and posting on the other parcels; providing an exception, etc.
Hands-free Driving; Prohibits person from operating motor vehicle while using wireless communications device in handheld manner; provides exception; requires that sustained use of wireless communications device by person operating motor vehicle be conducted through hands-free accessory until such use is terminated; revises exceptions to prohibition; removes obsolete provisions; revises penalty provisions relating to use of wireless communications devices in handheld manner in certain circumstances.
Virtual Currency Kiosk Businesses; Defining terms and revising the definition of the term “control person”; requiring the Office of Financial Regulation of the Financial Services Commission to supervise virtual currency kiosk businesses; prohibiting a virtual currency kiosk business from operating without registering or renewing its registration in accordance with certain provisions; providing criminal penalties for certain entities that operate or solicit business as a virtual currency kiosk business under certain circumstances; requiring that the registration of a virtual currency kiosk business be made inactive if such business does not renew its registration by a certain date, etc.
