Individual Freedom; Removes chapter 2022-72, LOF, relating to unlawful employment practices, discrimination against students & employees, required instruction, instructional materials, professional development systems, & reproductive health & disease education.
Federal Approval for Community Health Workers as Medicaid Providers; Requires AHCA to seek federal approval by specified date to enroll & recognize community health workers as Medicaid providers & to use certain funds & means to secure financing for workers' services; provides guidelines for federal approval; provides reporting requirements.
Construction Contracting; Requires applicant for licensure to submit specified notarized statement to DBPR; subjecting licensed contractor to disciplinary action; requires contractor to return contractee's deposit; authorizes contractor to retain portion of deposit; subjecting contractor to disciplinary action, including suspension of his or her license,; provides criminal penalties for certain violations; requires department to create & adopt by date certain standardized disciplinary form for certain purpose; provides requirements for local construction regulation boards; requires department to record each submitted form in specified automated system; requires specified report by date certain; requires financial literacy standards to include specified content for consumer protection awareness relating to construction contracting beginning in specified school year..
Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged; Revising an eligibility requirement for Florida limited partnerships applying for such exemption, etc.
Tax Rebates for Low- to Moderate-income Residents; Creates the Working Floridians Tax Rebate Program within DOR; grants state funds to certain people who receive specified tax credit & meet certain criteria; prohibits receipt of rebate from being used in certain program eligibility determinations.
Online Access to Materials Harmful to Minors; Requiring a developer to, beginning on a specified date, make specific determinations about covered applications, provide notice to application stores about such applications, and provide certain features for parents to protect a user that is a child; requiring a covered manufacturer to, beginning on a specified date, take certain steps to determine specified information about the user, provide certain notices, and provide developers of covered applications with a specified means to verify the age of a user; providing requirements for devices sold before a specified date; providing construction, etc.
Immigration and State-issued Identification; Creates Office for New Americans in Department of Commerce; provides requirements for Office for New Americans; provides that discrimination based on person's immigration status is unlawful; revises provisions of law relating to driver licenses, licensing, E-Verify System, the practice of law, federal immigration detainers, law enforcement agencies, DNA samples, education, & reclassification of penalties based on a person's immigration status; removes provisions of law relating to hospital patient data collection, human smuggling, sanctuary policies, duties relating to immigration detainees, reimbursement of costs, & sentence of death for capital offense committed by unauthorized alien; prohibits law enforcement agencies or officers, sheriff's deputies, & federal immigration agencies from engaging in certain immigration enforcement activities within a specified distance of public or private schools, child care facilities, or religious institutions.
Online Access to Materials Harmful to Minors; Requires developer & covered manufacturer to, beginning on specified date, make specific determinations about covered applications & user, provide certain notices, & provide certain features to parents & developers; provides requirements for devices sold before specified date; requires application store to establish nondiscriminatory practices; provides for enforcement actions by Attorney General; provides affirmative defense; provides limitation on liability for covered manufacturer; revises age verification method used by certain commercial entities to verify age of person accessing certain material; provides exception; requires covered manufacturer to ensure certain statutory requirements are met; authorizes DLA to bring action against covered manufacturers; authorizes imposition of civil penalties against covered manufacturers; removes certain liability & damage provisions for certain commercial entities; removes provisions relating to public records exemptions & OGSR; requires covered manufactures to take certain steps upon activation of device; requires certain websites, applications, or online services to take certain actions based on amount of material harmful to minors found on such website, application, or online service; requires covered manufacturers to comply with statutory requirements in nondiscriminatory manner; prohibits covered manufacturers from taking certain actions; authorizes DLA to adopt rules & regulations; provides preemption.
HB 1199 prohibits state and local government entities from applying for or approving permits for specific types of solid waste facilities. This bill directly affects local governments, state agencies, and waste management operators by restricting their ability to authorize new facilities. The key mechanism is a clear ban on permit applications and approvals for designated waste facilities, without creating new programs or funding. The bill focuses solely on regulatory action, not environmental standards or facility operations. (1 sentence, as it is procedural).
Chemical Additives in Food Products; Prohibits food establishments from manufacturing, selling, or distributing food that contains specified chemical additives.
Insurance Solutions Advisory Council; Creates advisory council within OIR for specified purposes; provides for membership & meetings of advisory council; requires office to provide advisory council with staffing & administrative assistance; requires advisory council to submit specified report annually; provides for expiration of advisory council.
Arrest Warrants for State Prisoners; Authorizes prisoner in state prison who has unserved warrant to file notice of such unserved warrant in circuit court where warrant was issued; requires prisoner to serve notice on state attorney; requires court to schedule status hearing within certain time; specifies procedures; provides for prosecution of violation.
