Rep. Fentrice Driskell

Maddy summaryThis House Resolution designates November 2026 as "Hindu-American Heritage Month" in Florida. It is a ceremonial resolution with no policy changes or direct impact on residents, organizations, or state programs. The resolution acknowledges Florida's Hindu American community (approximately 219,916 people) and their cultural contributions, including historical milestones like Swami Vivekananda's 1893 introduction of Hinduism to the U.S. It serves solely to recognize the community's heritage and does not create new laws or allocate funding.

Fentanyl Testing; Requires hospitals or hospital-based off-campus emergency departments to test for fentanyl in urine test & perform confirmation test if urine test results are positive for fentanyl; requires specified results to be retained as part of patient's clinical record for certain timeframe.

Improving Screening for and Treatment of Blood Clots; Requires hospitals with emergency departments to develop & implement policies & procedures & conduct training for rendering of appropriate medical attention for persons at risk of forming venous thromboembolisms; repeals provisions requiring DOH to contract with private entity to establish statewide venous thromboembolism registry at no cost to state; provides requirements for private entity; requires hospitals with emergency department, beginning on date certain, to regularly report certain information; requires department to require private entity to use nationally recognized platform to collect certain data; requires private entity to provide regular reports to department on such data; requires agency, by date certain, to provide to Governor & Legislature specified report; provides requirements for such report; provides applicability; revises requirements for certain annual inservice training for certified nursing assistants employed by nursing home facilities; revises training requirements for certain certified nursing assistants who may be delegated tasks in nursing home facilities; provides legislative findings; requires assisted living facilities to provide a consumer information pamphlet containing specified information to residents.

My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; Limits participation in My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to certain structures & buildings on condominium property; prohibits condominium association from applying for hurricane mitigation inspection or mitigation grant under pilot program unless certain association property or condominium property is established as common element & association has complied with specified requirements; revises approval requirements to receive mitigation grant; removes amount of grant funding for certain projects; revises improvements for which mitigation grant may be used; requires improvements to be identified in final hurricane mitigation inspection in order for association to receive grant funds; requires grant funds to be awarded for mitigation improvement that will result in mitigation credit, discount, or other rate differential; requires mitigation improvements to be made to all openings.

Family Law Proceedings; Requires court reporter to transcribe certain proceedings or requires audio recording; provides that either party in dissolution of marriage proceeding may request jury trial; requires judge to make specific findings concerning certain allegations if party against whom allegations were made retains parental responsibility; creates pilot project in specified judicial circuit.

Elections Impacted by Emergencies; Requires counties & municipalities affected by emergency to provide specified information on their websites & through all means possible; provides that emergency contingency plan is public record & must be presented to Legislature in certain years; requires Secretary of State to consult with specified entities; provides voter rights with respect to participating in election in county that has been designated as being in state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); requires Division of Elections to take certain actions if election is scheduled within certain timeframe after emergency; requires division to maintain certain number of strategic elections equipment reserves in certain areas of this state; authorizes division to contract with certain vendors for provision of reserve equipment; specifies certain equipment be included in reserve equipment; requires election officials to take certain actions if county has been designated as being in state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance; specifies that certain criminal penalties do not apply if county has been designated as being in state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance; prohibits supervisor from requiring certain voters to use certain uniform statewide application.

Prohibited Discrimination Based on Hairstyle; Prohibits discrimination based on protected hairstyle in K-20 public education system & specified private schools.

Abandoned Cemeteries; Requires state to be granted an easement for ingress and egress to abandoned cemeteries on private property for specified purposes.

Exceptions to the Limitation on Termination of Pregnancies; Revises definition of term "fatal fetal abnormality"; provides that one physician, rather than two physicians, must make specified medical determinations for purposes of specified medical exceptions to limitation on termination of pregnancies; revises criteria of specified medical exception.

Termination of Pregnancies; Prohibits physicians from knowingly performing or inducing termination of pregnancy after determining that fetus is sustainable outside womb through standard medical measures, with exceptions; revises exceptions.