Rep. Robin Bartleman

Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters; Exempts certain costs associated with upgrades to education facilities from being included in cost per student station calculations; specifies eligible upgrades that may be made; requires costs associated with upgrades to be consistent with prevailing market costs in area where education facility is located.

Homestead Exemption for First Responders; Exempts from taxation homestead property of surviving spouse of first responder who dies in line of duty while employed by United States Government; expands definition of “first responder” to include certain federal law enforcement officers.

Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Requires history of Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders to be included in specified instruction; & provides requirements for such instruction.

Tax Exemption for Diapers and Incontinence Products; Exempts sale for human use of diapers, incontinence undergarments, incontinence pads, & incontinence liners from sales & use tax.

Sales of Ammunition; Requires background checks for sale or transfer of ammunition.

911 Public Safety Telecommunicators; Revises definition of term "first responder" to include 911 public safety telecommunicators; revises criteria & number of hours of training required for 911 public safety telecommunicator certification.

Public School Student Progression for Students With Disabilities; Requires comprehensive plans for student progression to provide for specified students with disabilities to be retained in prekindergarten at discretion of student's parent; authorizes certain prekindergarten students to receive instruction in early literacy skills, rather than intensive reading interventions; requires certain prekindergarten students to receive such instruction; & revises requirements for certain students with disabilities to receive good cause exemption from mandatory retention in grade 3.

Sickle Cell Disease Medications, Treatment, and Screening; Requires certain health care providers to notify primary care physicians of newborns & infants of certain screening results relating to sickle cell hemoglobin variants & to submit such results to DOH for specified purpose; requires such physicians to provide certain information to parents & guardians; requires DOH to establish & maintain sickle cell registry; authorizes parents & guardians to request to have their children removed from registry; requires AHCA to review sickle cell disease medications, treatments, & services for Medicaid recipients & develop written report, post report on its website, & submit copy of report to Governor, Legislature, & certain entities. APPROPRIATION: $1,332,159

Proceeds Funding Motorcycle Safety Education; Removes authorization for motorcycle safety education fee proceeds to fund general operations of DHSMV; requires annual report to Legislature.

Public Nuisances; Prohibits person from distributing onto private property any material for purpose of intimidating or threatening owner, resident, or invitee; prohibits person from willfully & maliciously harassing, threatening, or intimidating another person based on person's wearing or displaying of any indicia relating to any religious or ethnic heritage; requires violations be reported as hate crimes; prohibits display or projection of images onto building, structure, or property without permission; prohibits person who willfully enters campus of state university or Florida College System institution for purpose of threatening or intimidating another person from remaining on such campus after being warned to depart.