Pari-mutuel Wagering; Prohibits greyhound racing permitholders from conducting live greyhound racing or dogracing; requires thoroughbred permitholder to conduct live thoroughbred racing; authorizes specified permitholders to elect to conduct live harness horse racing; authorizes Florida Gaming Control Commission to approve certain changes to operating dates.
Heat Illness Prevention; Requires certain employers to implement outdoor heat exposure safety program approved by specified agencies; specifies requirements for program; provides responsibilities for certain employers & employees; provides exceptions; requires specified annual training on heat illness & provides requirements for such training.
Protection from Surgical Smoke; Requiring hospitals & ambulatory surgical centers to adopt & implement policies requiring use of smoke evacuation systems during certain surgical procedures.
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Revises provisions relating to powers & duties of DHSMV; licenses & fuel tax decals; crash reports; motor vehicle air pollution control equipment; owners & drivers of commercial motor vehicles; certificates of title; transfer of ownership of motor vehicles or mobile homes; damaged or dismantled vessels; registration of rental trucks; license plates; enforcement of federal provisions; driver licenses and ID cards of sexual offenders and sexual predators; Commercial Driver's License Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse; & noncancelable motor vehicle insurance.
Criminal Defendants Adjudicated Incompetent to Proceed; Requires DCF to submit competency evaluation report to circuit court to determine if defendant adjudicated incompetent to proceed meets criteria for involuntary civil commitment if it is determined that defendant will not or is unlikely to regain competency; requires qualified professional to sign report; provides requirements for report.
Designated Safe Exchange Locations; Requires court to consider use of safe exchange location when approving, granting, or modifying parenting plan; requires boards of county commissioners to designate certain areas as safe exchange locations; provides requirements for such areas; provides for immunity from liability.
Compensation for Wrongfully Incarcerated Persons; Revises requirements for when petition seeking compensation must be filed; requires prosecuting authority to petition Governor to appoint substitute prosecuting authority under certain circumstances; provides deceased person's heirs, successors, or assigns do not have standing to file petition; revises compensation eligibility requirements; revises requirements for awarding compensation & continuing appropriations.
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.
Professional Licensing Requirements for Barbers and Cosmetologists; Provides period of time when conviction, or any other adjudication, for crime may not be grounds for denial of licensure as barber or cosmetologist; requires applicable board to approve educational program credits offered to inmates in institutions or facilities for purposes of satisfying training requirements for licensure as barber or cosmetologist.
Entertainment Industry Tax Credit Program; Creates Florida First Production Partnership Program within DEO; provides tax credit award for entertainment industry projects; provides eligibility & application requirements; provides for liability & penalties on applicant that submits fraudulent information; authorizes transfer of tax credits; authorizes certified project to relinquish tax credits to DOR in exchange for certain payments; provides for expiration of program on specified date.
