Rep. Johanna López

Dental Services; Requires dentists & certain partnerships, or corporations to designate with board dentist of record & provide information to certain patients; requires any individual, partnership, or corporation that provides dental services through telehealth to make available specified information; defines term “advertisement”; requires advertisements of dental services provided through telehealth to include specified disclaimer; provides requirements for initial examination for orthodontic appliances; defines "in-person examination."

Provision Of Homeowners' Association Rules and Covenants; Requires association to provide copies of association's rules & covenants to every member before specified date, & every new member thereafter; requires association to provide members with copy of updated rules & covenants; authorizes association to adopt rules relating to standards & manner in which such copies are distributed; authorizes association to post complete copy of association's rules & covenants, or direct link thereto, on homepage of association's website; requires association to provide specified notice to its members.

Hurricane Protections for Homeowners' Associations; Requires board or committee of homeowners' association to adopt hurricane protection specifications; requires such specifications conform to applicable building codes; prohibits board or committee of association from denying application for installation, enhancement, or replacement of certain hurricane protection; authorizes requirement to adhere to certain guidelines regarding external appearance of structure or improvement on parcel.

Economic Development; Removes requirement that certain grants received by regional economic development organization must be matched in certain manner; removes certain demonstration requirements of program applicants; removes requirement that interest be deposited in specified manner; provides that specified earnings may be retained & used to make specified awards or for administrative costs.

Continuing Contracts; Revises maximum estimated construction cost of construction projects for which governmental entity may enter into continuing contract; requires DMS to annually adjust maximum amount allowed under specified contracts using specified index & publish adjusted amount on DMS's website.

Offenses Involving Critical Infrastructure; Provides criminal penalties for improperly tampering with critical infrastructure resulting in specified monetary damage or cost to restore; provides for civil liability upon conviction for such violations; provides criminal penalties for trespass upon critical infrastructure; provides notice requirements; provides criminal penalties for unauthorized access to or tampering with specified electronic devices or networks of critical infrastructure.

Violations Against Vulnerable Road Users; Requires person who commits infraction that causes serious bodily injury to, or causes death of, vulnerable road user to pay specified civil penalty; requires person's driver license to be suspended for specified period; requires person to attend specified driver improvement course.

Commodities Produced by Forced Labor; Prohibits company on forced labor vendor list from taking certain procurement actions; prohibits agency from procuring commodities from certain companies; requires solicitations & contracts to include certain statement; requires contracts to include termination provision; requires DMS to create & maintain forced labor vendor list; subjects company that submits false certification or that should have had certain knowledge to fines; authorizes removal of company from forced labor vendor list in certain circumstances.

Foreign Investments by the State Board of Administration; Prohibits SBA from acquiring certain holdings on behalf of specified entity; requires board to initiate review of direct holdings; requires board to develop divestment plan & divest of certain holdings.

Anti-human Trafficking; Extends future repeal date of direct-support organization for Statewide Council on Human Trafficking; revises hotline number to be included in human trafficking awareness signs; requiring adult entertainment establishments to check identification of entertainers.