Unlawful Possession of Firearms, Ammunition, or Electric Weapons or Devices; Revising the circumstances under which it is unlawful for any person to own or to have in his or her care, custody, possession, or control any firearm, ammunition, or electric weapon or device, or to carry a concealed weapon, etc.
Public Records/Service Provider Contracts; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for contractors’ and service providers’ records related to audit or claims resolution which are provided to a public agency pursuant to contract requirements; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Air-conditioning in Inmate Housing; Providing requirements for air-conditioning in inmate housing units of the Department of Corrections; specifying a source of funding, etc.
Property Tax Exemption for Surviving Spouses of Veterans; Authorizing a surviving spouse of a veteran who predeceased the issuance of a certain letter from the Federal Government to produce the letter before the property appraiser, etc.
District Courts of Appeal; Expressing the intent of the Legislature relating to excess judicial capacity in certain appellate districts; providing for the reduction in the number of judges on the First District Court of Appeal and the Second District Court of Appeal upon the occurrence of an event that otherwise would have resulted in a judicial vacancy; providing a limitation on the automatic reduction of judges on the First District Court of Appeal and the Second District Court of Appeal, etc.
School Employees; Citing this act as “Stratton’s Law”; requiring courts that issue risk protection orders to require that the petitioner immediately notify the respondent’s employer or entity of service of the issuance of a risk protection order if the respondent meets specified criteria and to notify the respondent of such notice requirement if the court issues such an order; requiring instructional personnel to disclose to their employer any prior arrests, criminal convictions, guilty pleas, pleas of nolo contendere, and any criminal records that were expunged, etc.
Victims of Criminal Offenses; Providing that private counsel retained by a sexual offense victim may be present during victim depositions; providing that results of a toxicology screening of a sexual assault victim may not be used to prosecute the victim for certain offenses, etc.
Special Risk Class; Revising criteria for designation as a member of the Special Risk Class of the Florida Retirement System, as of a specified date, etc.
School Readiness Program; Revising the definition of the term “economically disadvantaged” for purposes of the school readiness program, etc.
Use or Threatened Use of Force; Citing this act as the "Self-Defense Restoration Act"; deleting provisions stating that persons who use or threaten to use force, other than deadly force, do not have a duty to retreat before using or threatening to use such force in defense of persons or property, respectively; prohibiting the use of deadly force by a person who knows that he or she can avoid the necessity of using deadly force with complete safety by retreating; deleting provisions stating that a person using or threatening to use deadly force does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground under certain circumstances, etc.
Human Trafficking; Revising the definition of the term “coercion”; authorizing the prosecution of specified offenses under the Florida RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) Act; requiring the Department of Education and Department of Health, in conjunction with the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking, to establish an awareness training program and community partnership on human trafficking, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and child trafficking; requiring the court to order restitution upon a defendant’s conviction for specified offenses, etc.
Florida High School Athletic Association; Requiring the Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt bylaws requiring member schools to provide certain health care services to student athletes; providing minimum requirements for such bylaws, etc.
