Protections for Public Employees Who Use Medical Marijuana as Qualified Patients; Prohibiting a public employer from taking adverse personnel action against an employee or a job applicant for his or her use of medical marijuana if the employee or job applicant is a qualified patient; requiring a public employer to provide written notice of an employee’s or a job applicant’s right to explain or contest a positive marijuana test result within a specified timeframe; providing a cause of action and damages, etc.
Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Requiring the Division of Telecommunications within the Department of Management Services to consult with certain entities to conduct a feasibility study regarding a specified alert system; revising legislative findings to include victims of dating violence; authorizing victims of dating violence to apply to participate in the Attorney General’s address confidentiality program, etc.
Prosecuting Children as Adults; Prohibits jail or other adult facility from holding child w transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution before hearing to determine if child should be prosecuted as an adult, unless hearing waived; removes requirement for state attorney to request court to transfer & certify child for prosecution as adult or to provide written reasons to court for not making such request; removes references to state attorney's discretion to direct file juvenile; revises discretionary direct file criteria; provides for due process evidentiary hearing before judge upon filing by state attorney of information transferring child to adult court; provides requirements for order to transfer to adult court.
Education; Citing this act as the “Freedom to Learn Act”; repealing a provision relating to prohibited training or instruction in specified concepts which constitutes discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex; authorizing and encouraging Florida College System institutions, state universities, and direct-support organizations to develop programs based on diversity, equity, and inclusion principles; providing that school libraries may provide materials and information presenting all points of view, etc.
Based on the provided abstract, HB 483 pertains to an Emergency Communications State Plan. The bill's primary action is to define the term "first responder" within the context of this plan. The abstract does not provide further details on the plan's mechanisms or its broader effects.
Public Records/Hope Florida Program ; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying information of a participant in the Hope Florida program contained in records held by the Hope Florida Office or any other agency designated to participate in the administering the program; providing retroactive application; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Exceptional Students and Video Cameras in Public Schools; Removes references to Video Cameras in Public School Classrooms Pilot Program; removes obsolete definition; requires certain district school boards to vote to establish policy to provide video cameras in self-contained classrooms upon request of parent; prohibits school or school district from concealing identity of employee in video recording; & provides that video recording made available after request must include accompanying audio.
Health Screenings for K-12 Students; Authorizing specified screening to be performed on K-12 students after written parental notification of such services is provided and the student’s parents are given specified opportunities, etc.
Use of Artificial Intelligence to Detect Firearms; Prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence to detect firearms in public areas; providing criminal penalties, etc.
State Board of Administration; Revising the federal regulations that apply to the statement of fiduciary standards and responsibilities for the Florida Retirement System Investment Plan; revising the timeframe after which third-party administrators or duly authorized agents of the board are required to cancel financial instruments issued for a specified purpose; authorizing the board to invest no more than a specified percentage in investments that comply with a specified fiduciary standard, etc.
Pub Rec/Code Inspector Body Camera Recordings; Provides exemption from public records requirements for body camera recordings recorded by code inspector; provides exceptions; requires local government to retain body camera recordings for specified period; provides for retroactive application; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Pharmacy; Authorizes registered pharmacy technicians to handle sales transactions & delivery of dispensed drugs; provides for permitting of remote-site pharmacies; requires that licensed or consultant pharmacist serve as prescription department manager of remote-site pharmacy; requires remote-site pharmacies to notify DOH of change in pharmacy's prescription department manager within specified timeframe; provides requirements for remote-site pharmacies; authorizes remote-site pharmacies to store, hold, & dispense medicinal drugs; prohibits dispensing of Schedule II medications at remote-site pharmacies unless pharmacist is present; requires prescription department managers to visit remote-site pharmacies, based on certain schedule, to perform specified tasks; prohibits remote-site pharmacies from being open when supervising pharmacy is closed unless certain pharmacist is present or providing remote supervision at remote-site pharmacy; exempts registered pharmacists serving as prescription department managers for remote-site pharmacies from certain practice limitations
