Decentralized Autonomous Organizations; Authorizing a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to incorporate as a corporation or organize as a limited liability company if certain conditions are met; providing that a DAO member, participant, smart contract, algorithm, or wallet is not liable for actions, decisions, or liabilities of the DAO; authorizing DAOs to raise unlimited amounts of capital, subject to certain limitations and requirements, etc.
Elections; Revising the information that the uniform statewide voter registration application must be designed to elicit from an applicant and must contain; requiring the Department of State and supervisors of elections to verify certain information relating to citizenship status; requiring certain voter registration applicants who have not previously voted in the state to provide certain identification before voting; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide an opportunity to register to vote or update voter registration records to certain individuals, etc.
Online Program Management Services; Prohibiting online program management services providers from engaging in specified activities; requiring the Board of Governors to adopt and implement regulations in collaboration with state universities; providing penalties for violations by online program management services providers; requiring a state university, upon termination of a contract, to notify its board of trustees to terminate any further payment to the online program management services provider and to reallocate such funds for a specified purpose, etc.
Weapons and Firearms; Citing this act as the “Responsible Gun Ownership Act”; requiring background checks on all persons involved in a firearm sale or other transfer; requiring firearm sales or other transfers between unlicensed persons to be conducted through, and processed by, a licensed dealer; specifying requirements for firearm sales or transfers through licensed dealers; providing criminal penalties; prohibiting licensed dealers from selling firearms without trigger locks or gun cases; providing exceptions; providing definitions; prohibiting certain actions leading to the manufacture or assembly, sale, or transfer of a firearm not imprinted with a valid serial number, etc.
Soil and Water Conservation Districts; Dissolving specified soil and water conservation districts and transferring district assets and liabilities to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; requiring the department to provide for reimbursement of travel expenses for soil and water conservation district board members; providing for the transfer of certain contractual obligations for real property interests, equipment, vehicles, other personal property, and records, etc.
Sexual Misconduct Information in Public K-20 Education; Requiring district school boards to provide certain information relating to Title IX and sexual misconduct complaints to parents, students, and school employees; requiring Florida College System institutions and state universities to create a sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking policy; providing requirements for such policy; requiring Florida College System institutions and state universities to create and implement a comprehensive prevention and outreach program on sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking, etc.
Public Records/Medical Examiners; Defining the term “medical examiner”; providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current or former medical examiners and the spouses and children of such medical examiners; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Safe Collection of Medical Sharps; Defining the term “medical sharps”; requiring the Department of Health, in partnership with the Department of Environmental Protection, to conduct a study of the safe collection and proper disposal of at-home medical sharps; authorizing the departments to work or contract with municipalities and private entities that apply to participate in the study, etc. APPROPRIATION: $200,000
Research Animals; Requiring research facilities to offer certain dogs and cats for adoption to societies or associations for the prevention of cruelty to animals rather than euthanizing such dogs and cats; providing an exception; authorizing research facilities to enter into collaborative agreements with such societies and associations; providing immunity from liability for research facilities acting in good faith; requiring certain publicly funded institutions to make an annual report concerning animal testing activities, etc.
Nonviolent Drug Offenders Converting Fines and Fees into Community Service; Defining the term “nonviolent”; specifying eligibility for nonviolent drug offenders to convert fines and fees into community service hours; providing requirements for the completion of community service hours, etc.
School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program; Establishing the School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program within the Department of Education; providing the purpose of the program; providing for the award of stipends for classroom teacher mentorship, subject to appropriation; providing program requirements relating to program contracts, standards, mentor requirements, and meeting requirements, etc.
Immunization Requirements; Beginning on a specified date, requiring the Department of Health to obtain approval of the Legislature to add any new immunizations to those required for school attendance; authorizing persons to claim an exemption from any immunization requirement if a vaccine fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration is not available to fulfill the requirement; authorizing a person to claim the exemption on one’s own behalf or on behalf of one’s child or dependent; prohibiting employers, school districts, the department, and certain public entities from requiring a person to meet any other conditions to claim the exemption, etc.
