Representation by Counsel in Hearings on Petitions for Risk Protection Orders; Specifying that a respondent has the right to be represented by counsel; requiring that the court’s notice of hearing inform the respondent of his or her right to be represented by counsel; requiring the appointment of counsel if the respondent is indigent and desires representation, etc.
Public Records/Florida Commission on Human Relations; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current and former personnel and commissioners of the Florida Commission on Human Relations and the names and personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such personnel and commissioners; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Access to Financial Institution Customer Accounts; Providing additional grounds for qualified public depositories to be suspended and disqualified; providing additional acts deemed knowing and willful violations by qualified public depositors which are subject to certain penalties; requiring financial institutions that take actions to restrict customers’ and members’ account access to file termination-of-access reports with the Office of Financial Regulation; providing that the financial institutions’ customers and members have a cause of action under certain circumstances, etc.
Death with Dignity; Creating the “Death with Dignity Act”; providing criteria for individuals to request certain medication as qualified patients; authorizing an attending physician to sign a qualified patient’s death certificate; requiring certain health care providers to report certain information to the Department of Health; providing criminal penalties, liabilities, and immunities, etc.
Resilience Districts; Designating the “Resilience District Act of 2024”; declaring that this act constitutes the sole authority for resilience districts; providing that the establishment of resilience districts is through a petition by certain persons; specifying requirements for the size of resilience districts; specifying acceptable uses of resilience districts; authorizing the payment of certain fees for project management of resilience districts, etc.
Puerto Rico Day; Designating January 29, 2024, as “Puerto Rico Day” at the State Capitol and recognizing the significant contributions of Puerto Ricans to Florida’s cultural mosaic, etc.
Public Safety; Revising a prohibition on making threats to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism to include audio and video telephone calls; prohibiting planning to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism; defining the term “plan to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism”; specifying what constitutes a plan to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Single-sex Student Organizations; Providing the rights of members of single-sex student organizations and single-sex student organizations, etc.
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; Requiring public high schools to establish a Bright Futures Scholarship mentorship program for students, etc.
School Readiness Program; Revising the criteria for a child to receive priority for participation in the school readiness program; providing requirements for a school readiness program provider to be eligible to receive specified funding, etc.
Florida Medical School Scholarship and Grant Program; Revising the authorized use of funds from the Florida Education Fund; establishing the Florida Medical School Scholarship and Grant Program within the fund for specified purposes; requiring that the fund award scholarships to certain minority students enrolled in specified schools or programs; authorizing that the fund provide grants to certain postsecondary educational institutions or nonprofit organizations to create and implement nontraditional mentoring services or support programs for specified purposes, etc. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate
Vacating Premises After Rental Agreement Termination; Requiring landlords to provide certain tenants a specified amount of time to vacate the premises after delivery of a notice to terminate the rental agreement before bringing a specified action, etc.
