Student Achievement; Creating the Music-based Supplemental Content to Accelerate Learner Engagement and Success (mSCALES) Pilot Program within the Department of Education; providing the purpose of the pilot program; providing requirements for the pilot program; providing eligibility; etc.
Tax Collections and Sales; Removes specified processing fee; revises information to be included in certain report; revises calculation of interest for canceled tax deed applications.
Certified Public Accountants; Authorizes certified public accountants to apply to DBPR to place their licenses on retired status; provides requirements for application; provides that licensee loses retired status in certain circumstances; authorizes retired licensee to take certain actions without losing retired status; requires certain affirmation; authorizes retired licensee to accept reimbursements or per diem amounts; prohibits retired licensee from offering or rendering certain professional services; provides for reactivation of retired licensee's license; provides requirements for conditions of such reactivation.
Swimming Lesson Voucher Program; Creating the program within the Department of Health for a specified purpose; requiring the department to establish a network of swimming lesson vendors to participate in the program; requiring the department or a contracted nonprofit organization to attempt to secure a vendor in each county; specifying eligibility criteria for the program, etc. APPROPRIATION: $500,000
Cybersecurity; Exempts state chief technology officer from career service; revises purposes for which Florida Digital Service is established; requires state CIO, in consultation with Secretary of Management Services, to designate state chief technology officer; authorizes chairs of certain legislative committees or subcommittees to attend exempt portions of meetings of Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council if authorized by President of Senate or Speaker of House of Representatives, as applicable; requires state agency & local government to report ransomware & cybersecurity incidents; requires Cybersecurity Operations Center to provide notifications & reports; requires DMS to preserve data & provide aid in certain circumstances; requires DLE to coordinate incident responses; revises membership of Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council; revises mission & goals of Florida Center for Cybersecurity.
Builder Warranties ; Requiring a builder to provide certain warranties for a newly constructed home for a specified period; providing that certain defects are not covered by such warranties; providing construction; requiring the builder to remedy, at the builder's expense, certain defects and restore work damaged; providing that a builder may purchase a warranty from a certain home warranty association to cover specified warranties; requiring the builder to comply with the warranty requirement for a newly constructed home for a specified period even if it is sold or transferred, etc.
Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers; Revising the definition of the term “eligible telecommunications carrier”; authorizing the Public Service Commission to designate certain entities as eligible telecommunications carriers for a specified purpose, etc.
Local Government Employees; Revising the base salary used to calculate the compensation of county tax collectors; defining the term “tax collector employee”; providing that tax collector employees are eligible to receive specified monetary benefits from the state for adopting children within the child welfare system; revising the base salary used to calculate the compensation of district school superintendents, etc.
Florida Retirement System; Authorizing certain retirees to be reemployed after terminating employment; prohibiting such retirees from receiving both a salary from the employer and retirement benefits for a specified period after his or her retirement; removing provisions authorizing the reemployment of certain law enforcement officers as school resource officers; revising employer contribution rates to the Florida Retirement System, etc.
Historical Preservation Programs; Requiring the Department of State to partner with the Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network for a specified purpose; specifying preservation efforts that may be undertaken through the partnership; requiring the network to submit a list of member museums to the department, etc.
Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day; Designates Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day, which occurs on fourth Thursday in March, as legal holiday.
Voter Registration Applications; providing an exception to a requirement that certain voter registration applicants must be registered without party affiliation; requiring the department to provide an applicant with a certain receipt; requiring the department to ensure that information technology processes and updates do not alter certain information without written consent; etc.
