Harm to Minors; Citing this act as the “Protect Our Children Act”; requiring manufacturers of tablets or smartphones to manufacture, beginning on a specified date, such devices so that a filter meeting certain requirements is enabled upon activation of the device in this state; authorizing the Attorney General to enjoin or bring certain actions, issue subpoenas, conduct hearings, and seek revocation of applicable licenses or certificates; increasing criminal penalties for adults who intentionally lure or entice, or who attempt to lure or entice, children under the age of 12 into a structure, dwelling, or conveyance for other than a lawful purpose, etc.
Boating Safety; Requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue original, renewal, or replacement identification cards with a lifetime boating safety identification card symbol to applicants if certain conditions are met; providing increased criminal penalties for the reckless operation of a vessel which causes serious bodily injury to another; revising the conditions that compose the offense of, and penalties for, boating under the influence (BUI); revising the definition of the term “vessel homicide” to include the killing of an unborn child by causing injury to the mother by operation of a vessel in a reckless manner under certain circumstances, etc.
Strengthening Ties Between Florida and Japan; Recognizing the importance of Japanese business, trade, and cultural cooperation with the State of Florida and encouraging increased diplomatic, business, and cultural ties with Japan, etc.
Residual Market Insurers; Revising the conditions for insurance coverage to be eligible for export; transferring to surplus lines insurance those provisions relating to liability of insureds and deductibles; prohibiting policyholders from assigning post-loss insurance benefits under property insurance policies; requiring settlements or verdicts against insureds as a condition precedent to the accrual or maintenance of causes of actions against liability insurers by persons who are not insureds, etc.
SJR 318 proposes a constitutional amendment to exempt certain tangible personal property (such as equipment or inventory) from ad valorem taxes. If approved by voters, it would change the state constitution to create this tax exemption for specific property types. The bill does not specify which properties would be exempt or how implementation would work, as it requires voter approval before taking effect. This measure directly affects property owners who hold the exempted items but would not apply to real estate or other taxable assets. It is a procedural constitutional amendment, not an immediate tax law.
Coverage for Colorectal Cancer Screening and Diagnosis; Revising the colorectal screening requirements for specified plans under the Cover Florida Health Care Access Program; requiring specified individual health insurance policies to provide coverage for specified colorectal cancer screening tests, procedures, and examinations under certain circumstances; requiring specified group, blanket, and franchise health insurance policies to provide coverage for specified colorectal cancer screening tests, procedures, and examinations under certain circumstances, etc.
Stormwater Management Systems; Defining the terms “MS4” and “MS4 entity”; requiring each MS4 entity to conduct an operation and maintenance inspection of certain stormwater management systems by a specified date; requiring each MS4 entity to complete a stormwater facility inspection checklist, etc.
Transportation Facility Designations/Senator James A. Sebesta Memorial Highway ; Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in specified counties; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
Department of Financial Services; Revising which subsystem the Chief Financial Officer reports from; specifying that the department is the functional owner of the Financial Management Subsystem; authorizing the department to accept a credit card payment for a specified down payment; revising the circumstances under which a licensing authority must issue a license by endorsement to practice funeral directing; requiring owners and users to install a carbon monoxide detector or alarm on certain boilers and fire pressured vessels; creating the Florida Firefighter Recruitment Bonus Payment Program for a specified purpose, etc.
Transportation Facility Designations/Harry Frisch Street; Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county, etc.
Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions; Requires certain collected tax to be subject to specified service charge; revises how remainder of certain tax is distributed.
Farm Products; Revising the definition of the term “farm product”; providing that the collection, storage, processing, and distribution of a farm product is an activity of a bona fide farm operation which a governmental entity may not prohibit, restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit, etc.
