Rep. Johanna López

Wireless Communications Devices on School Grounds; Prohibits students from using wireless communications devices during school day, rather than during instructional time; requires district school boards to adopt rules for the use of such devices in certain locations or by certain students, etc.

Exceptional Student Education; Requires DOE to develop & implement, by specified date, workforce credential program for students with autism spectrum disorder or students on modified curriculum; provides purpose of program; provides requirements for program; & provides reporting requirements.

Transportation Facility Designations; Provides honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directs DOT to erect suitable markers.

Registration of Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders; Revises reporting requirements for sexual predators; revises requirements for an online reporting system; revises verification requirements; revises reporting requirements for sexual offenders revising verification requirements.

Offenses Involving Children; Provides that ignorance of victim's age, misrepresentation of victim's age, & bona fide belief concerning victim's age are not defenses to certain offenses in which victim's age is an element of offense; provides an exception; revises age of victim involved in luring or enticing offenses; prohibits a person from luring or enticing victim out of a structure, dwelling, or conveyance for other than a lawful purpose, etc.

Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities ; Requires Agency for Person with Disabilities to provide list of all qualified organizations located within region where client resides & to post its quarterly reconciliation reports on its website within specified timeframes; requires agency to participate in transition planning activities & to post total number of individuals in each priority category on its website; establishes Statewide Family Care Council; provides duties of agency relating to statewide council & local councils; provides for method of voluntarily choosing to enroll in Medicaid managed care; revises implementation & eligibility requirements of pilot program for individuals with developmental disabilities; provides for method of voluntarily choosing to enroll in pilot program.

Spectrum Alert; Requires FDLE, in cooperation with specified agencies, to establish & implement Spectrum Alert; develop training program & alert system for missing children with autism spectrum disorder which is compatible with existing alert systems; specifies requirements for training program. APPROPRIATION: $190,000

Driving and Boating Offenses; Provides enhanced penalties for DUI & BUI manslaughter & vehicular & vessel homicide if person has prior conviction for specified offenses; requires that a person be told that his or her failure to submit to lawful test of breath or urine subsequent to a DUI arrest is either a second degree misdemeanor or a first degree misdemeanor; creates a criminal penalty for a first refusal to submit to a breath or urine test subsequent to a DUI arrest; ranks offenses on offense severity ranking chart of Criminal Punishment Code.

Firefighter Health and Safety ; Requires Division of State Fire Marshal within DFS to adopt certain rules; requires division to assist in decreasing frequency of fatalities; requires division to adopt rules relating to education on chemical hazards or toxic substances & mental health best practices.

Public Education of Background Screening Requirements; Requires AHCA, in conjunction with specified agencies, to develop & maintain care provider background screening education & awareness webpage; provides requirements for resources provided on webpage; requires that specified agencies provide link to webpage on their respective websites & promote inclusion of link in certain media; requires that webpage be active by specified date & reviewed & updated annually.