Rep. Yvonne Hinson

Education; Revises provisions relating certain private schools, FEFP, & minimum base salary for classroom teachers; & establishes K-12 Classroom Technology Grant Program & K-12 Education Funding Task Force.

Elections; Revising provisions related to elections including elected positions, administration of election law & investigation of violations, voters rights, voter registration, vote-by-mail, ballot types, and Election Day holiday.

Labor Regulations; Provides that all employee organizations that are certified as bargaining agent, & not just those representing certain employees, may deduct dues & assessments from salaries of certain employees; removes provision requiring certain employee organizations to petition for recertification; provides applicability; requires certain employers to implement outdoor heat exposure safety program that has been approved by specified departments; specifies requirements for safety program; provides responsibilities for certain employers & employees; provides exceptions; requires specified annual training on heat illness & providing requirements for such training; requires DACS, in conjunction with DOH, to adopt specified rules; requires certain contracting agents to contribute funds to qualified benefit providers for benefit of workers; provides contribution amount; requires such contributions to be made within certain time period; provides requirements for such contributions; provides duties of qualified benefit providers; authorizes qualified benefit provider to use specified percentage of contributions for administrative functions; requires worker to select qualified benefit provider; authorizes worker to change his or her qualified benefit provider annually; requires contracting agents to provide certain information to its workers; provides requirements for organization to become qualified benefit provider; provides cause of action.

Hands-free Driving; Prohibits person from operating motor vehicle while using wireless communications device in handheld manner; provides exception; requires that sustained use of wireless communications device by person operating motor vehicle be conducted through hands-free accessory until such use is terminated; revises exceptions to prohibition; removes obsolete provisions; revises penalty provisions relating to use of wireless communications devices in handheld manner in certain circumstances.

Rapid Rail Transit Compact; Authorizes Governor to execute rapid rail transit compact with specified states, to join Southern Rail Commission; provides form of compact.

Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; Requires public middle schools to provide for administration of PSAT/NMSQT to students who meet specified criteria for specified purposes relating to Florida Bright Futures Program; requires specified test preparation resources & information be provided to certain students; provides for funding for such assessments & resources; & revises eligibility criteria for certain awards under Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program.

Pub. Rec./Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Provides that names, addresses, telephone numbers, & social security numbers of victims of dating violence who participate in Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic & Dating Violence are exempt from public records requirements; provides for retroactive application of exemption; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides statement of public necessity.

Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Requires Division of Telecommunications within DMS to consult with certain entities to conduct feasibility study regarding specified alert system; provides requirements for such alert system; requires division to report to Legislature results of feasibility study by specified date; revises legislative findings to include victims of dating violence; defines "dating violence"; authorizes victims of dating violence to apply to participate in Attorney General's address confidentiality program.

Storage of Handguns in Private Conveyances and Vessels; Provides requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances & vessels; requires law enforcement agencies to engage in specified promotional campaign; requires counties to adopt specified ordinances concerning parents of children who have been found to have stolen handgun from conveyances or vessels.

Housing; Creates Department of Housing & Tenant Rights; provides requirements for rental agreements; prohibits landlords from requiring prospective tenants to pay certain fees; revises & specifies grounds for termination of rental agreement; authorizes tenants, mobile home owners, mobile home tenants, & mobile home occupants who are defendants in eviction proceedings to file motion with court to have records of such proceedings sealed & to have their names substituted on progress docket; requires landlord to give tenants opportunity to purchase dwelling unit or premises; prohibits landlord from evicting tenant or terminating rental agreement because tenant or tenant's minor child is victim of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking; prohibits purchase of single-family homes for specified purpose; authorizes civil investigations & actions; authorizes award of certain relief; authorizes local governments & special districts to adopt specified impact fee; authorizes municipalities to create community land bank programs; requires certain municipalities to develop & annually adopt community land bank plan; authorizes land banks to buy certain property for less than market value; requires land banks to offer qualified organizations right of first refusal to purchase certain property; provides that rental of certain homestead property does not constitute abandonment; creates Retail-to-residence Tax Credit Program & Affordable Housing Construction Loan Program.