Gender Identity Employment Practices; Citing this act as the "Freedom of Conscience in the Workplace Act"; specifying an employment policy of this state relating to a person’s sex; prohibiting employees and contractors of certain employers from being required to use certain pronouns or requiring such employer to use a pronoun that does not correspond to the employee’s or contractor’s sex; providing that it is an unlawful employment practice for the state or any county, municipality, special district, or other political subdivision to require certain training, instruction, or activity as a condition of employment, etc.
Nicotine Products; Provides that applicants for retail tobacco products dealer permits consent to inspection & search without warrant; authorizes Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco of DBPR to assess specified fines & certain penalties for each violation involving sale of certain single-use nicotine dispensing devices or advertising, promoting, or displaying for sale such devices; restricts advertising, promoting, & displaying for sale certain single-use nicotine dispensing devices by retail nicotine products dealers in certain instances; authorizes advertising, promoting, & displaying for sale certain single-use nicotine dispensing devices by retail nicotine products dealers in certain instances; provides restrictions on locations for specified dealers of nicotine products; requires dealers to submit application to division for conditional use or legally recognized nonconforming use in specified circumstances; requires dealers to relocate following approval of such applications within specified period of time.
Service Lateral Assessment and Rehabilitation; Requiring all utility systems to establish and maintain a comprehensive condition assessment program for service laterals under their jurisdiction; providing applicability; authorizing utility systems to contract the assessments to certain entities; providing requirements for such entities, etc.
Statute of Limitations Period for Violations Involving Required Reports Concerning Children; Provides that limitations period for offenses concerning specified required reports concerning children does not begin to run until law enforcement agency is made aware of violation.
Use of Artificial Intelligence by Governmental Agencies to Detect Concealed Firearms; Prohibits governmental agency or specified contractors from using or contracting with any other entities to use artificial intelligence to detect concealed firearms in public places; provides exceptions; provides remedy.
Specialty License Plates/United States Naval Academy and United States Military Academy; Directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a United States Naval Academy license plate and a United States Military Academy license plate, etc.
Anchoring or Mooring at Seaports; Authorizing the governing bodies of certain seaports to apply to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to prohibit anchoring or mooring within specified boundary limits for specified purposes; authorizing the commission to consult with certain entities when considering an application for seaports where anchoring and mooring will be prohibited and the boundaries of such prohibited areas; requiring certain seaports annually to review the boundaries of approved prohibitions and notify the commission of such review and proposed modifications if necessary, etc.
Voting Opportunities on Florida College System Institution and State University Campuses; Requires establishment of certain early voting sites; exempts such sites from certain parking requirements; requires establishment of certain polling places; requires campus Office of Public Policy to publicize certain voting opportunities in a specified manner.
Waste Incineration; Prohibiting a local government or the Department of Environmental Protection, respectively, from issuing a construction permit for a certain new solid waste disposal facility or a waste-to-energy facility in specified areas, etc.
Contracts for Postadoption Contact; Defines "legal relative"; authorizes certain parties to enter into written contract for postadoption contact that permits contact between adopted child & his or her legal relatives; provides that certain contract provisions are unenforceable; requires that postadoption contract include certain statements; authorizes any party to such contract to file contract with court; requires court to make contract part of final adoption order; provides that continuing validity of adoption is not contingent upon compliance with terms of contract; authorizes & providing requirements for enforcement, modification, or termination of contract; prohibits enforcement of contract in certain circumstances; provides for automatic termination of contract in certain circumstances.
HB 427 revises the criteria and procedures for creating rules governing adult cardiovascular services. The bill updates the requirements and steps that state health agencies must follow when developing these rules, such as public input or technical review processes. This directly affects state health departments and oversight bodies responsible for setting standards for heart and blood vessel care services. The bill focuses solely on the rule-making process and does not alter existing service standards or requirements.
International Health Organization Policies; Repeals provision authorizing certain entities & institutions to adopt, implement, or enforce specified policies by rule or executive order of Governor.
