Rep. Dianne Hart-Lowman

Affordable Housing; Provides tax credit against corporate income taxes to landlords who lease or sell dwelling units under specified conditions to college students & recent college graduates; specifies maximum amount of tax credit available in any one year; prohibits landlords from transferring tax credits except under specified conditions; authorizes DOR to adopt rules & coordinate with Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing; requires Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing to determine certain affordable housing rental needs for certain purposes.

Certificates of Completion; Provides students who have been awarded certificate of completion are eligible to enroll in certain programs; requires identification of such programs by charter technical career centers; & requires students who will be awarded certificate of completion to be advised of specified educational options.

Cannabis Regulation; Provides & revises requirements relating to regulation of medical use of marijuana; creates Medical Marijuana Testing Advisory Council; prohibits certified medical marijuana testing laboratory from having economic interest in or financial relationship with medical marijuana treatment center; requires hemp extract & hemp extract products distributed in state to be registered with DACS; provides application requirements; prohibits sale of hemp extract & hemp extract products intended for ingestion to certain persons.

Commissioner of Education; Proposes amendments to the State Constitution to provide for election of Commissioner of Education & his or her inclusion as a member of the Cabinet & the State Board of Education.

Criminal Rehabilitation; Specifies to rehabilitate offender to transition back to community successfully is one of primary purposes of sentencing; reduces minimum sentence that must be served by defendant from 85 percent of sentence to 65 percent; revises provisions concerning gain time to provide for outstanding deed gain-time, good behavior time, & rehabilitation credits; revises limits on awards.

Abandoned and Historic Cemeteries; Creates Historic Cemeteries Program; provides duties & responsibilities of program; requires program to provide grants; creates Historic Cemeteries Program Advisory Council; provides membership, terms, & duties of council; authorizes certain entities to acquire conservation easements to preserve cemeteries.

Florida Legislative Investigation Committee; Acknowledges injustices perpetrated against targets of Florida Legislative Investigation Committee between 1956 & 1965, & offers formal & heartfelt apology to those whose lives, well-being, & livelihoods were damaged or destroyed by activities & public pronouncements of those who served on committee.

Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Establishes Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion within EOG; provides for appointment of Chief Diversity Officer; prescribes minimum qualifications for Chief Diversity Officer; provides duties of Chief Diversity Officer, including creation of strategic plan that must be periodically updated & reviewed.

Duties of the Inspector General of the Department of Corrections; Transfers law enforcement duties of Inspector General of DOC to FDLE; removes provisions relating to law enforcement certification & powers of Inspector General Personnel.

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 certain institutions or facilities for purposes of satisfying training requirements for licensure as barber or cosmetologist.