Fraudulent Entry of Residential Dwellings; Creates crime of fraudulent entry of residential dwelling unit; prohibits person from entering into & taking possession of residential dwelling unit under specified circumstances; provides criminal penalty; provides that fraudulent entry of residential dwelling unit is act of noncompliance for which landlord may terminate rental agreement.
HB 1343 revises Florida's requirements for obtaining an insurance customer representative license. It expands qualifying pathways by adding specific industry designations (like AAI, CIC, or CPSR) and mandating a new high school course in insurance and personal finance. The bill requires Florida schools to develop a 0.5-credit course by 2027, covering property and casualty insurance basics, for use starting in the 2027-2028 school year. This directly affects current license applicants seeking alternative qualifications and future students who may complete the high school course. The changes take effect July 1, 2026.
Grants for Genetic Counseling Education; Creating the Genetic Counseling Education Enhancement Grant Program within the State University System; requiring the Board of Governors to award grant funds to state universities for specified purposes; requiring the program to reward excellence among genetic counseling programs based on specified criteria; prohibiting such funds from being used for specified purposes, etc.
Legal Tender; Ratifying specified rules relating to legal tender for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness of provisions and repealing provisions relating to legal tender, etc.
Clinical Laboratory Personnel; Requires that applicant who qualifies for licensure under specified provisions provide proof of such qualification & pay required fees to be eligible for licensure; requires that applicants for licensure as technologist or technician who meet specified criteria be deemed to have satisfied minimum qualifications for licensure to perform high or moderate complexity testing as technologist or technician, as applicable.
Agency for Persons with Disabilities ; Revises definition of term "developmental disability"; defines "Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome"; requires level 2 employment screening for all employees of residential facilities & adult day training programs; requires agency to contract with state university to develop & administer certain surveys; provides requirements for such surveys; requires state university to submit certain report to agency by specified date; requires agency to conduct public hearings on specified information; conduct or contract for gap analysis for specified purposes; identify core competencies & performance metrics & make recommendations for standardizing assessments; & submit certain report to Governor & Legislature by specified date.
School District Unimproved Real Property; Requiring school districts to annually submit complete inventories of unimproved real property owned by the district to the Department of Education; requiring the department to compile and publish such data in a statewide report, etc.
Diabetes Research; Establishing the University of Florida Diabetes Institute within the University of Florida College of Medicine; authorizing the institute to administer statewide pilot programs; requiring the institute to maintain a secure repository for deidentified data; authorizing the institute to share deidentified data under certain conditions; authorizing the institute to convene a consortium, etc.
Problem-solving Court Reports; Requiring the Office of the State Courts Administrator to provide a problem-solving court report to the Legislature annually by a specified date; requiring specified court programs to collect certain data and information for program evaluation; requiring each such court program to report such data and information annually to the office, etc.
Pub. Rec. and Pub. Meetings/Attorney Meetings to Discuss Private Property Rights Claims; Provides exemption from public meetings requirements for meetings or portions of meetings between agencies & their attorneys to discuss certain claims concerning private property rights; specifies what may be discussed during such meetings; requires that such meetings be transcribed; provides that such transcripts become public records at specified times; provides exemption from public records requirements for transcripts, recordings, minutes, & records generated during exempt meetings or portions of such meetings; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statement of public necessity.
This bill revises how members are appointed to Florida's Justice Administrative Commission (JAC), changing the selection process for its members. It specifies that two state attorneys will be appointed by the Prosecuting Attorneys Association president, two public defenders by the Public Defender Association president, one certified criminal defense attorney by The Florida Bar, and one chief judge by the Circuit Judges Conference chair. The changes would take effect July 1, 2026, after enactment. The bill focuses solely on the commission's membership structure without altering its duties or creating new policies.
Recovery Residences; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to require only a level 2 background screening for certain individuals under certain circumstances; prohibiting the department from requiring certain existing licensed service providers to admit individuals for services during the probationary licensing period if certain requirements and conditions are met, etc.
