Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; Providing for enactment of the agreement; providing a method by which a state may become a member state; requiring a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States; establishing a procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; providing that the agreement becomes effective upon the occurrence of specified actions, etc.
Self-storage Spaces; Revises definition of term "last known address"; revises notice requirements of owners of self-storage units in order to enforce lien on tenant's property; requires that rental agreements for renters of self-storage units which are entered into on or after specified date provide certain information in compliance with Self-storage Facility Act; provides that failure or refusal of tenant to designate alternate contact does not affect tenant's or owner's rights or remedies; provides exception; authorizes owners of self-storage unit to send notice to certain tenants' last known address to apprise such tenants of specified right.
Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses; Revises service area square footage & capacity of bona fide food service establishment that may be issued special license.
Acupuncture; Revises licensure requirements; provides applicability; exempts certain persons from certain regulations governing practice of acupuncture.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Autonomous Practice; Authorizing certain advanced practice registered nurses to engage in autonomous practice to provide mental health services as defined by rule of the Board of Nursing, etc.
Luggage for Children Placed in Out-of-home Care; Requires DCF to provide certain children with piece of luggage for certain purposes; provides department requirements; requires department to submit specified annual report to Legislature; provides sources of funding for distribution of pieces of luggage; requires department's direct-support organization to receive & use certain funding to administer law.
Family Court Report Cards; Requiring the Office of the State Courts Administrator to prepare and publish on its website an annual family court report card for each family court judge in each judicial circuit; requiring the office to maintain a publicly accessible online database of the report cards and to submit an annual summary to the Legislature; prohibiting the report cards from containing certain personal identifying information, etc.
Large-scale County Destination Marketing Organizations; Defining the term “large-scale county destination marketing organization”; requiring large-scale county destination marketing organizations to register with the Department of State; requiring a one-to-one match of private to public contributions to fund large-scale county destination marketing organizations, etc.
Adoption and Display of Flags by Governmental Entities; Prohibits governmental entity from displaying, placing, or causing to be placed certain flags on real property; specifies flags governmental entity may display on such property; provides requirements for governmental entity that displays flag of United States; prohibits local government from adopting certain ordinances or regulations relating to flag of local government; provides that certain ordinances & regulations are void.
Food Insecure Areas; Authorizes local government to enact land development regulations to permit land use for small-footprint grocery store located in food insecure area; authorizes local government to include in its comprehensive plan provision permitting land use for small-footprint grocery store located in food insecure area; authorizes local government to require mandatory reporting of certain information from small-footprint grocery store.
HB 321 prohibits carrying weapons or firearms in specific locations across Florida, directly affecting anyone transporting firearms in these areas. It bans weapons in places like schools (including administration buildings), courthouses, police stations, polling places, college campuses (unless a student/employee with a non-lethal device), and airport terminals (except for checked baggage). The bill allows carrying firearms in vehicles for lawful purposes and aligns with existing laws on concealed carry licensing. Violations are punishable as misdemeanors of the second degree. This bill is currently pending in committee review.
Consumer Fairness in Utility Rates; Requires certain municipalities to impose same utility rates, fees, & charges on consumers within its municipal boundaries & boundaries of recipient municipality; prohibits such municipalities from imposing surcharges on consumers within boundaries of recipient municipality unless certain conditions are met; prohibits certain use of such surcharges; requires such municipalities to hold certain public hearings; requires certain municipalities to file specified reports with PSC; requires PSC to review certain consumer disputes & make certain determinations.
