Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer; Reduces minimum age at which person may purchase firearm & age of purchasers to which specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring firearm.
Designation of the State Birds; Designates American flamingo as official state bird and the Florida scrub-jay as the official state songbird; provides that such designation supersedes designation of mockingbird as official Florida state bird.
Religious and Patriotic Expression in the Public School System; Requires specified information to be provided to certain persons relating to religious expression & liberties in public schools; revises requirements for display of state motto, "In God We Trust," in certain schools & buildings.
Liability for Defamatory Statements; Requires that certain articles or broadcasts be removed from specified websites within specified period to limit damages for defamation; provides persons in certain positions relating to newspapers with immunity for defamation if such persons exercise due care to prevent publication of defamatory statement.
Career Planning Opportunities for Students; Provides requirements relating to work-based learning opportunities, career fairs, career planning courses, & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; requires student's personalized academic & career plan to be reviewed annually for certain period of time & signed by certain persons; requires such plan to be revised as necessary; requires adoption of regulations & rules to enable certain students to earn postsecondary credit & career education clock hours for certain training & education acquired while apprentice or preapprentice; requires Articulation Coordinating Committee to convene workshop by date certain to develop certain process; requires Articulation Coordinating Committee to review apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs &, annually, approve prioritized list of postsecondary course equivalencies & minimum postsecondary credit or career education clock hours to be awarded for certain programs; requires certain information to be included in statewide articulation agreement; requires state universities, FCS institutions, & career centers to award postsecondary credit or career education clock hours; provides that postsecondary credit or career education clock hours are guaranteed to transfer to other state universities, FCS institutions, & career centers.
Elections and State-issued Identification; Revises requirements for the uniform statewide voter registration application; requires DOS & SOE verify certain information relating to citizenship status; requires certain voter registration applicants provide certain identification before voting; requires DHSMV to provide voter registration records to certain individuals; requires certain electors be given provisional ballots; requires certain licenses and ID cards denote individual noncitizens; revises certain instructions & certificates.
Veterans Affairs; Revises admissions process for veterans treatment court programs; authorizes court, in consultation with multidisciplinary team, to determine eligibility for veterans treatment court programs; authorizes sentencing courts to divert defendants to veterans treatment court programs; requires certain notice be provided to defendants; provides for disposition of probation or community control violations by program participants.
Manufacturing ; Revises duties of Department of Commerce; establishes Chief Manufacturing Officer for certain purpose; provides organizational structure & responsibilities for Chief Manufacturing Officer; directs all state & local governmental entities to assist Chief Manufacturing Officer; requires department to prepare & submit to Governor & Legislature specified report regarding manufacturing efforts in this state by specified date; creates Florida Manufacturing Promotional Campaign for specified purpose; requires department to take certain actions in promoting campaign; requires persons that participate in campaign to register annually with department.
Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding; Revises requirements for uniform minimum standards & policies governing apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs & agreements to include requirements for partnerships between local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; revises required date for specified report on apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; requires DOE to develop standard model contract template for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; provides requirements for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs that enter into partnership agreements; requires DOE to develop apprenticeship funding transparency tool; provides requirements for District Workforce Education Funding Steering Committee meetings; provides requirements for certain workpapers; authorizes such meetings to be held using communications media technology.
Construction and Facilities; Provides that charter school is public facility for purpose of concurrency; authorizes developers to provide specified improvements & contributions to public schools; requires developers to receive credits for impact fees from such improvements & contributions; provides requirements for location of such schools; requires such credits to be approved by local governments & special districts; prohibits local governing authorities from imposing or enforcing certain vehicular stacking ordinances or regulations against specified schools during certain hours; revises building requirements for charter schools; prohibits local governing authorities from requiring charter school to obtain certain exemptions or approvals under land development code for specified purposes relating to allowable uses.
