Rep. Alina García

Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program; Establishes Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program within DCF for eligible foster youth; specifies purpose & structure of program; requires DCF to establish & administer workforce training program for eligible foster youth; revises duties of Office of Continuing Care to include establishing & operating such program.

Independent Postsecondary Educational Grants; Authorizes DOE to award grants to students enrolled at certain colleges & universities; provides requirements for such colleges & universities; & provides that such colleges & universities are not under jurisdiction of Commission for Independent Education.

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.

Prohibited Applications on Government-issued Devices; Requires public employers to take certain actions relating to prohibited applications; prohibits downloading or accessing prohibited applications on government-issued devices; provides deadline by which specified employees must remove, delete, or uninstall prohibited application; requires DMS to compile & maintain specified list & establish procedures for specified waiver.

Offenses Involving Fentanyl or Fentanyl Analogs; Provides criminal penalties & mandatory minimum term of imprisonment if person sells, manufactures, or delivers, or possesses with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver, specified substances or mixtures, & such substance or mixture has at least one specified attribute.

Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup; Requires Secretary of Health Care Administration, in conjunction with State Surgeon General, to establish blood clot & pulmonary embolism policy workgroup; provides for duties, membership, terms of office, & meetings of workgroup; requires Secretary of Health Care Administration to submit annual reports, & final report by specified date, to Governor & Legislature.

Protections of Medical Conscience; Authorizes health care providers & health care payors to opt out of participation in or payment for health care services by conscience-based objections without discrimination or threat of adverse actions; requires health care provider to notify patient and health care provider’s supervisor or employee or educational institution in writing when such health care provider declines to participate in health care services; prohibits boards and DOH from taking certain disciplinary actions.

Missing Persons; Revises provisions concerning missing children & adults to include references to National Missing & Unidentified Persons System.

Wage and Employment Benefits; Prohibits political subdivisions from maintaining certain minimum wage; prohibits political subdivisions from controlling, affecting, or awarding preferences related to wages or employment benefits of entities contracting with political subdivision; provides that state minimum wage only applies to individuals who are entitled to receive federal minimum wage under federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended.

Land Development Initiative and Referendum Processes; Prohibits an initiative or referendum process in regard to any land development regulation.