Rep. Linda Chaney

Pub. Rec./Cellular Telephone Numbers Held by the Department of Financial Services; Provides public records exemption for cellular telephone numbers obtained by DFS through certain insurance license applications; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.

Ratification of the Department of Environmental Protection's Rules Relating to Stormwater; Ratifies & revises specified rules relating to environmental resource permitting.

Forensic Genetic Genealogy Grants; Creates Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy Grant Program within FDLE; specifies potential recipients; provides purposes for grants; requires report from each recipient within certain timeframe.

Hope Cards for Persons Issued Orders of Protection; Requires clerks of circuit court, in consultation with Office of Attorney General, to develop & implement Hope Card Program; requires clerks to implement program; authorizes persons to request Hope Card after specified date; specifies when & how person may request Hope Card; requires clerks' offices to create Hope Card & provide such card to petitioners within specified time frame; prohibits assessment of fee; provides requirements for Hope Card; provides criminal penalties for fraudulent use of Hope Card.

Treatment by a Medical Specialist; Authorizes firefighter, law enforcement officer, correctional officer, & correctional probation officer to receive medical treatment by medical specialist for certain conditions; requires continuing care & treatment by medical specialist to be reasonable, necessary & related to firefighter's or officer's condition & authorized by workers compensation carrier, self-insured employer, or third-party administrator; specifies reimbursement percentage for such treatment.

Household Moving Services; Revises & creates provisions relating to registration, liability insurance, & service estimate & contract requirements; violations; & penalties for movers & moving brokers.

Electronic Access to Official Records; Requires county clerk of court to make certain information publicly available through searchable database on county recorder's or clerk of court's official website; authorizes such requirement to be satisfied by providing link to official records index; provides requirements for such link; provides requirements for certain notices.

Funding for Environmental Resource Management; Requires specified Seminole gaming compact revenues be used for land management activities; creates Local Trail Management Grant Program within DEP; authorizes FWCC to enter into wildlife corridor agreements with private landowners; requires Land Management Uniform Accounting Council to submit specified recommendations to Governor & Legislature; revises project prioritization for water quality improvement grant program; requires DEP & SWFMD to coordinate studies with Water School at FGCU & submit reports to Governor & Legislature; provides appropriations. APPROPRIATION: $536,000,000

Retention of Sexual Offense Evidence; Establishes minimum timeframe for retention of specified sexual offense evidence; requires specified entities to transfer such evidence to FDLE within specified time period; requires FDLE to retain such evidence; requires protocols for transferring & storing of specified sexual offense evidence & authorizes destruction of such evidence in specified circumstances.

Continuing Education Requirements; Requires board, or DBPR when there is no board, to allow by rule that distance learning may be used to satisfy continuing education requirements; revises requirements that such continuing education must satisfy; requires board or DBPR to exempt certain individuals from completing their continuing education requirement.