Law Enforcement and Immigration Officer Identifying Information and Face Coverings; Requires covered immigration officers to wear specified visible identification during public immigration enforcement functions; provides requirements for such visible identification; prohibits covered immigration officers from wearing face coverings that impair visibility of identifying information or obscure covered immigration officer's face; provides exception; provides duties of State Board of Immigration Enforcement; requires State Immigration Enforcement Council to submit specified report to Legislature by specified date; prohibits law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings in performance of their official duties; requires specified advance notice be given to sheriff; provides applicability; provides criminal penalties; requires FDLE to adopt rules.
Smoking in Public Places; Revises legislative intent; defines "public place"; revises definition of terms "smoking" & "vape" or "vaping"; prohibits smoking in public places in this state, with exceptions; provides applicability; revises requirements for customs smoking rooms to prohibit smoking & vaping of marijuana products at any time.
Performance Reports of Circuit and County Court Judges; Requires each clerk of circuit court to prepare annual performance report with specified information regarding each circuit & county court judge; authorizes judges to prepare specified explanatory statement; requires such statements to be posted with relevant reports; provides for specified reporting period; defines "final disposition."
Resolution of Disputed Property Insurance Claims; Requires parties in property insurance claim dispute to participate in mediation; provides that mediation is condition precedent to commencing litigation; provides that parties may mutually agree to conduct mediation by teleconference or other electronic means; requires all insureds, or their representatives, to attend mediation; revises & specifies duties relating to bearing certain costs of mediation; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000
Cost-sharing Requirements for Insulin and Diabetes Supplies; Prohibits health insurance policies from imposing cost-sharing requirements that exceed specified amount for 30 days of insulin & diabetes supplies.
Public Adjuster Contracts; Authorizing certain persons to rescind a contract for public adjuster services; clarifying the acts that may subject a public adjuster or public adjuster apprentice to discipline; authorizing certain persons to rescind a contract for public adjuster services, etc.
Rates for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Coverage; Provides that limitations on required annual rate increases for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation coverage do not apply to new policies issued by corporation on or after specified date & to subsequent renewals of such policies; provides exception.
Relief/Max Giannikos/City of Clearwater; Provides relief of Maximus Giannikos by City of Clearwater; provides for appropriation to compensate Maximus Giannikos for injuries sustained as result of negligence of City of Clearwater; provides limitation on payment of compensation & attorney fees. CLAIM: Indeterminate
Relief/Maury Hernandez/Department of Corrections ; Provides appropriation to compensate Maury Hernandez for injuries & damages sustained as consequence of DOC failures to enforce probation laws, regulations, & policies; provides legislative intent that certain liens be waived; provides limitation on payment of compensation & attorney fees. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $5,000,000
Educator Certifications and Training; Revises core curricula for certain teacher preparation programs to include training relating to mass casualty incidents; requires certain postsecondary educator preparation institution programs to include training relating to mass casualty incidents; revises certified educator eligibility criteria to require such persons to receive training in mass casualty incidents; requires persons who hold adjunct teaching certificates to receive training in mass casualty incidents.
Adverse Personnel Actions and Ethics Complaints; Prohibits agencies & independent contractors from taking specified actions against employees for disclosing certain information to Commission on Ethics; requires that information disclosed include specified violations or alleged violations; requires disclosure of specified information to commission; provides that specified provisions protect employees who submit written complaints to commission or provide information to investigator during investigation of complaint or referral; authorizes certain employees to file complaints in accordance with specified provisions; authorizes such employees to pursue specified administrative remedy or civil action within specified timeframe; authorizes local public employees to file complaint with appropriate local governmental authority; specifies requirements for administrative procedures created by local governmental authorities; authorizes such employees to bring civil actions in court of competent jurisdiction under specified conditions; provides that it is affirmative defense to certain actions that adverse personnel action was predicated on grounds other than exercising of certain protected rights; requires commission to deliver complaints & any amendment thereto to agency conducting certain investigation, upon agency's written request; provides that such delivery does not affect specified exemptions in regard to complaint & amendments; requires that such delivery be within reasonable timeframe; requires that commission redact certain information under specified conditions; requires commission to deliver complaints & any amendment thereto to certain persons upon notarized written request.
Funding for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; Revises calculation of base student allocation for VPK; requires Division of Early Learning to annually publish & provide to early learning coalitions specified information;& authorizes Legislature to provide additional funding for program.
