Rep. Tom Fabricio

Maddy summaryThis bill updates the number of judges serving in Florida's circuit and county courts by amending specific sections of state law. It establishes new minimum staffing levels for various judicial districts, such as increasing the number of circuit judges in the First Circuit to 2,625 and county court judges in Hillsborough County to 2,523. The changes take effect on July 1, 2024, and the legislature declares the action serves an important state interest.

Taxation; Providing that a taxpayer has a right to know certain information regarding property determined not to have been entitled to a homestead exemption; requiring that the owner be given a specified timeframe to pay certain taxes, penalties, and interest prior to a lien being filed; providing that such lien is subject to certain provisions; prohibiting the taxpayer from being assessed certain penalties or interest under certain circumstances; providing that back taxes apply only under certain circumstances, etc. APPROPRIATION: $608,604

Career and Technical Education; Revises duties of Office of Reimagining Education & Career Help; revises provisions relating to journeymen & specified career fairs; provides exemption for minors to work in specified conditions; revises list of individuals who are required to review & comment on certain revisions to state academic standards; requires DOE to convene workgroup by specified date; authorizes certain students to be exempt from completing certain examinations.

My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; Establishes My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program within DFS; provides requirements for DFS, wind certification entities, hurricane mitigation inspectors & inspections, inspection & grant applications, mitigation grant eligibility, grant matching & maximum grant amounts, mitigation projects & use of grant funds, contracts, & annual report.

Patriotic Organizations; Authorizing school districts to allow representatives of patriotic organizations to speak to students, distribute certain materials, and provide opportunities for certain displays relating to the patriotic organizations; requiring certain school districts to provide a date and time for such patriotic organizations to speak with students, distribute materials, and provide certain displays; authorizing patriotic organizations to be provided certain access to school buildings and properties under certain circumstances, etc.

Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day; Designates Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day, which occurs on fourth Thursday in March, as legal holiday.

Employment Regulations; Prohibiting political subdivisions from maintaining a minimum wage other than a state or federal minimum wage; prohibiting political subdivisions from controlling, affecting, or awarding preferences based on the wages or employment benefits of entities doing business with the political subdivision; revising and providing applicability; etc.

Online Protections for Minors; Requiring social media platforms to prohibit certain minors from creating new accounts; requiring social media platforms to terminate certain accounts and provide additional options for termination of such accounts; providing conditions under which social media platforms are required to prohibit certain minors from entering into contracts to become account holders; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs to bring actions under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act for knowing or reckless violations; authorizing the department to issue and enforce civil investigative demands under certain circumstances, etc.

Florida State Guard; Requires each applicant for Florida State Guard to submit fingerprints to Division of State Guard or to certain vendor, entity, or agency; requires fingerprints to be forwarded to FDLE for state processing & to FBI for national criminal history record check; requires DMA, & authorizes division, to review certain results & make specified determination; requires division to bear fees for state & federal fingerprint processing & retention; specifies state cost for fingerprint processing; requires retention of fingerprints by FDLE & enrollment of fingerprints in FBI's national retained print arrest notification program; requires identified arrest record to be reported to division.

DNA Samples from Inmates; Requires certain inmates to submit DNA samples.