Rep. Anna Eskamani

Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; Creates Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; provides for recognition of access to social work services, including through telehealth, in member states; provides for development of data system, reporting procedures, & exchange of specified information between member states; specifies licensees practicing in remote state under compact must adhere to laws & rules of that state.

Local Housing Assistance Plans; Authorizes county or eligible municipality to expend certain funds on lot rental assistance to mobile home owners for specified time period; requires counties & eligible municipalities to develop certain strategies in their local housing assistance plans; provides that lot rental assistance is approved home ownership activity for certain purposes; authorizes certain funds to be provided to mobile home owners for rehabilitation & emergency repairs; removes prohibition that only certain percentage of funds may be used for manufactured housing.

Heat Illness Prevention; 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.

Decreasing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; Revises project requirements & review criteria of Closing the Gap grant program to include mental health & substance abuse services.

Repair of Motorized Wheelchairs; Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available any documentation, parts, & tools, required for diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of motorized wheelchair & parts for motorized wheelchair; requires original equipment manufacturer of motorized wheelchair with electronic security lock to make available any special documentation, parts, & tools, needed to access & reset lock when disabled in course of diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of motorized wheelchair; provides that violation of act is unlawful practice under Florida Deceptive & Unfair Trade Practices Act; provides that original equipment manufacturer is not required to divulge trade secrets.

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.

Ticket Sales and Resales; Requires operators, ticket resellers, & online ticket marketplaces to disclose specified information during ticket listing & purchasing process; specifies prohibited practices; authorizes Secretary of Commerce to receive specified information about technology & security measures from online ticket marketplaces; specifies that trade secrets received by secretary remain confidential when shared with attorney general; authorizes Secretary of Commerce to enforce certain provisions.

Civil Remedy for Parental Abduction; Provides civil cause of action if child is unlawfully abducted from parent for specified amount of time; provides standard of proof & specified damages; authorizes reasonable attorney fees & costs for either party; provides when specified timeframe begins; provides affirmative defenses; requires specified court division to preside over such cause of action; provides statute of limitations; tolling such statute of limitations.

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.