Animal Cremation; Creating "Sevilla’s Law"; requiring a provider of companion animal cremation services to provide certain individuals and entities with a written description of the services the provider offers; providing that the written description may not contain false or misleading information; providing that certain acts are unlawful; providing civil penalties for initial and subsequent offenses, etc.
Preemption of Firearms and Ammunition; Repealing a provision relating to the preemption of the field of regulation of firearms and ammunition to the Legislature, to the exclusion of local jurisdictions, etc.
Medical Marijuana Use Registry Identification Cards; Requires medical marijuana use registry identifications cards to be renewed biennially; prohibits DOH from charging fee for issuance, replacement, or renewal of ID card for honorably discharged veteran; provides requirements for proof of identification.
HB 557 allows members of the state legislature to legally perform wedding ceremonies. This procedural bill directly affects state legislators by expanding their authority to officiate marriages, and it impacts couples seeking wedding officiants who may now choose a legislator. The bill makes no changes to marriage eligibility or rights, only enabling legislators to serve as wedding officiants. (1 sentence summary: Procedural bill authorizing state legislators to perform marriage ceremonies.)
Campaign Communications; Prohibits campaign-related telephone calls & text messages to specified voters; requires candidates & other persons or organizations to cease immediately all communications with certain voters; authorizes voter to bring certain action in court of competent jurisdiction.
School Readiness Program; Revises requirements for specified statewide data information program within school readiness program; revises requirements for program's uniform waiting list; revises requirements for determining school readiness program allocation.
Products Liability Actions Under the Florida Pesticide Law; Prohibiting a products liability action from being brought or maintained under the Florida Pesticide Law unless certain conditions are met; prohibiting a products liability action based on failure to warn theory from being brought against certain pesticide manufacturers under certain circumstances, etc.
Crimes Evidencing Prejudice; Expands grounds for reclassification of crimes to include acts based on gender or gender identity of any person; specifies that reclassification must occur if crime was based in whole or in part on specified characteristics; specifies that reclassification of certain crime must occur if crime was based in whole or in part on disability of any person; expands data Governor is required to collect & disseminate.
Organ and Tissue Donation; Authorizing a minor under 18 years of age to be an organ and tissue donor with informed parental consent; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide certain education on organ and tissue donation to a donor at a specified time; revising criteria for the web-based donor registry and anatomical gift education program, etc.
Termination of Rental Agreement by Victim of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, or Stalking; Prohibits landlord from evicting tenant or terminating rental agreement because tenant or tenant's minor child is victim of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking; specifies that rental agreement may not contain certain provisions; authorizes victim of such actual or threatened violence or stalking to terminate rental agreement; requires certain documentation & written notice to landlord; provides for liability for rent for both tenant & perpetrator, if applicable; specifies that tenant does not forfeit certain money paid to landlord for terminating rental agreement; requires landlord to change locks of dwelling unit within specified time period; authorizes tenant to change locks of dwelling unit; prohibits certain actions by landlord; authorizes filing of civil action & award of damages, fees, & costs; prohibits waiver of certain provisions.
Local Government Code Enforcement; Authorizes county or municipality to designate special magistrate; authorizes local governmental entity to assess administrative fees through adoption of alternate code enforcement system; revises circumstances in which enforcement board must declare enforcement board member's office vacant; revises code violation notice, correction period, & hearing process; revises method by which certain notices must be provided to alleged code violator; requires governmental entity that permits its code inspectors to wear body cameras to establish certain policies & procedures; requires such governmental entity to ensure that certain training occurs, retain certain data in accordance with public records laws, & perform periodic review of actual body camera practices; increases criminal penalties for certain crimes committed against code inspector in certain circumstances.
Adult Day Care Services and Centers; Provides tiered payment system as reimbursement system for adult day care services providers under Medicaid program; provides reimbursement rates for nonemergency medical transportation services provided by adult day care centers to Medicaid recipients; provides annual continuing education requirements for operators of adult day care centers; authorizes waivers for operators on active duty in military; requires persons & entities providing continuing education courses to furnish specified documents to DOEA; provides that continuing education requirements are condition precedent to issuance, continuation, reinstatement, or renewal of adult day care center license.
