Protection of Specified Persons Against the Fraudulent and Exploitative Conveyance of Property Interests; Revising the list of persons who must report abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults to include the clerk of the court; requiring that any deed or instrument purporting to convey real property or an interest therein be executed in the presence of a specified number of independent witnesses; authorizing a specified adult to file with the clerk the contact information of a trusted person; requiring the clerk to refer an objection to a not-for-profit legal aid organization to investigate whether the deed or instrument was obtained through fraudulent or exploitative means, etc.
Repair of Mobility Devices; Creating the “Right to Repair Act for Mobility Devices”; requiring original equipment manufacturers to make available documentation, parts, and tools required for the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of mobility devices and parts for such devices; requiring original equipment manufacturers of mobility devices with electronic security locks to make available any special documentation, parts, and tools required to access and reset the locks when disabled in the course of diagnosis, maintenance, or repair; providing that violation of the act is an unlawful practice under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, etc.
Sale, Transfer, and Storage of Firearms; Revising the standard by which adults and minors are considered criminally negligent in the storage of a firearm under specified circumstances; revising an exception to the prohibition on storing or leaving a loaded firearm within the reach or easy access of a minor who obtains it and commits a specified violation; revising the definition of the term “minor”; revising requirements for the safe storage of loaded firearms; providing criminal penalties if a person is found to have failed to properly secure or store a firearm, resulting in a minor gaining access to the weapon, etc.
Office of Financial Regulation; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to cooperate with and seek cooperation from the Office of Financial Regulation concerning certain protective investigations of suspected financial exploitation of specified adults; requiring loan originators, mortgage brokers, and mortgage lenders to develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive written information security programs for the protection of information systems and nonpublic personal information; providing additional acts that constitute a ground for specified disciplinary actions against loan originators and mortgage brokers; authorizing the office to make investigations and examinations to aid the Department of Children and Families with certain protective investigations; requiring money services businesses to develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive written information security programs for the protection of information systems and nonpublic personal information, etc.
Rental Assistance for Veterans; Creating the Veterans’ Rental Assistance Grant Program; authorizing the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to provide certain grants to eligible applicants for a specified purpose, etc.
Water Safety Requirements for the Rental of Residential and Vacation Properties; (THIS BILL COMBINES SB's 658 & 608) Requiring a landlord to equip certain rental properties with specified water safety features; providing criminal penalties; requiring a public lodging establishment licensed as a vacation rental to equip certain rental units with specified water safety features; providing an exception; requiring certain public lodging establishments to file a certificate of compliance upon licensure and renewal, etc.
Home Hardening Products; Providing a sales tax exemption for home hardening products used on eligible residential property; specifying a limitation on exemptions; requiring property owners to submit an application to the Department of Revenue in order to be eligible; providing requirements for the department in issuing refunds, etc.
Medicaid Reimbursement for Private Duty Nursing Services; Defining the term “pediatric continuing care integrated community” for purposes of the state Medicaid program; requiring Medicaid managed care plans to reimburse licensed home health agencies for private duty nursing services provided in a community residential group home at a certain rate; requiring Medicaid managed care plans to negotiate rates with affiliated businesses at least annually, etc.
Relief/Sean Hurley/Orange County Sheriff's Office; Provides for appropriation to compensate Sean Hurley for injuries sustained as result of negligence of Orange County Sheriff's Office; provides limitation on payment of compensation & attorney fees. CLAIM: Indeterminate
Construction Disruption Assistance; Creates Construction Impact Relief Revolving Loan Program; providing requirements for program; providing reporting requirements for Department of Commerce; provides that COM or any of its officers, employees, agents, or contractors are not liable in any civil action arising out of or relating to specified duties of program; provides that COM is not liable for any damages resulting from COM denying applicant loan or delaying loan disbursement or from certain activities; provides construction; provides that certain determinations, prioritizations, & decisions made are deemed final agency action & not subject to further judicial review; requires COM, by specified date, to submit annual report containing certain information to Governor & Legislature.
Land and Water Management; Prohibits counties & municipalities from adopting laws, regulations, rules, policies, or ordinances that prohibit adjacent upland activities that are outside certain wetland buffers; repeals provisions relating to land management review teams.
Growth Management; Providing requirements for coordination mechanisms that are required for certain agreements required as part of the intergovernmental coordination element of a comprehensive plan; requiring that certain interlocal agreements use a plan-based methodology for a certain purpose; requiring that certain capacity standards be specified in a certain impact fee study; requiring that a demonstrated-need study be accompanied by a certain declaration; prohibiting local governments, school districts, and special districts from using certain data for a specified purpose, etc.
