Cost-Of-Living Adjustment; Provides specified cost-of-living adjustment factor for members of Special Risk Class of Florida Retirement System.
State Symbols; Designating shelter animals as the official state pet, etc.
Social Media Websites; Citing this act as the "Stop Social Media Censorship Act"; providing that the owner or operator of a social media website is subject to a private right of action by a social media website user in this state under certain conditions; prohibiting a social media website from using hate speech as a defense; authorizing the Attorney General to bring an action on behalf of a social media website user; providing exceptions for the deletion or censure of certain types of speech, etc.
Cost-of-living Adjustments to State Employee Salaries; Authorizes annual cost-of-living adjustments to base rates of pay of eligible state employees beginning 2021; requires Office of Economic & Demographic Research to calculate percentage for adjustment in specified manner; specifies conditions under which cost-of-living adjustment is not implemented; requires office to certify adjustment amount to Governor & Legislature; specifies eligibility for cost-of-living adjustment; provides that implementation of cost-of-living adjustments is contingent upon funding by Legislature.
Recovery Care Services; Provides for licensure of recovery care centers by AHCA; provides criteria for admission of patients to recovery care centers; requires centers to have specified protocols; prohibits centers from providing services to children until standards are established; requires AHCA to adopt minimum standards for centers; directs AHCA to enforce specified provisions of Florida Building Code applicable to recovery care centers; exempts centers from specified minimum licensure requirements.
Council on Physician Assistants; Revising requirements relating to Council on Physician Assistants membership.
Dentistry and Dental Hygiene; Authorizes use of certain examinations produced by Western Regional Examining Board to measure applicant's ability to practice profession of dentistry or dental hygiene.
Homeowners’ Associations Dispute Resolution; Citing this act as the "Homeowner Protection and Empowerment Act"; revising the form required for a written demand to participate in presuit mediation; requiring nonbinding arbitration in certain homeowners’ association disputes; requiring that a judicial proceeding be initiated within a specified timeframe after the entry of an arbitrator’s final decision; authorizing parties in certain disputes to either file a dispute in court or elect to enter into binding or nonbinding arbitration, etc.
Homeowners’ Association Recalls; Citing this act as the “Community Recall Act”; revising the process for recalling a director of a homeowners’ association; requiring a specified percentage of certain parcel owners to initiate a recall petition or a special meeting to recall a director; requiring the board of directors to duly notice and hold a referendum within a specified time, etc.
Lottery Games; Prohibiting an electronic computer terminal or electronic device from being used by a player to play any lottery game; prohibiting the Department of the Lottery from authorizing the operation of a specified lottery game; requiring the department to include a specified warning in all advertisements and promotions of certain lottery games; requiring certain funds in the Operating Trust Fund to be used for a specified annual payment for services relating to the prevention of compulsive and addictive gambling, etc.
State Symbols; Designates shelter animals as official state pet.
Vote-by-mail Ballots; Authorizes certain persons to pick up vote-by-mail ballot for elector; prohibits person from knowingly collecting vote-by-mail ballot from another person; provides penalty; provides exceptions; prohibits person from providing, offering to provide, or accepting benefit in exchange for handling vote-by-mail ballot; provides exception; provides penalty.
