Licensing Fee Relief; Waives portion of initial license application fee & renewal fees for certain licenses; provides maximum waiver; provides expiration. APPROPRIATION: $50,000,000
Education; Requiring school districts to annually review and confirm that specified information is accurate and up to date; creating the Year-round School Pilot Program for a period of 4 school years beginning with a specified school year; requiring the Commission for Independent Education to annually prepare an accountability report by a specified date; providing requirements for searches of students’ personal belongings; requiring dual enrollment courses to be age and developmentally appropriate; authorizing students to use a combination of volunteer service hours and paid work hours to meet certain program eligibility requirements; providing an appropriation, etc. APPROPRIATION: $6,800,000
Technology in K-12 Public Schools; Prohibiting the use of certain platforms on district-owned devices and through Internet access provided by the school district; authorizing teachers and other instructional personnel to designate an area for wireless communications during instructional time; requiring public schools to provide instruction on the social, emotional, and physical effects of social media, etc.
Motor Vehicle Insurance; Repeals Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law; revises motor vehicle insurance coverages; revises garage liability insurance requirements; provides that driver license or motor vehicle registration suspensions for failure to maintain required security remain in full force & effect; revises amount of certificate of deposit required to elect certain method of proof of financial responsibility; revises minimum net worth requirements to qualify certain persons as self-insurers; revises grounds for discipline for certain health professions; specifies coverage options that insurer is required & authorized to offer; prohibits insurer providing medical payments coverage benefits from seeking lien on certain recovery & bringing certain cause of action; authorizes insurers to include policy provisions allowing for subrogation, for medical payments benefits paid; prohibits insurers from including policy provisions allowing for subrogation for death benefits paid; revises legal liability of uninsured motorist coverage insurer; requires motor vehicle insurance policies to provide death benefits. APPROPRIATION: $83,651
Trespassing; Redefines term "posted land" to include agricultural land that has no trespassing signs placed at specified points.
Rights of Law Enforcement Officers and Correctional Officers; Requires specified notice before agency can take disciplinary action against law enforcement officer or correctional officer; authorizes law enforcement officer or correctional officer to challenge disciplinary action.
Trafficking in Fentanyl; Increases criminal penalties for trafficking in fentanyl.
Licensed Counseling for First Responders; Requires employing agency of first responder to pay for certain licensed counseling for first responders; requires such counseling to be completed within specified timeframe; prohibits employing agency from requiring first responder to use leave for such counseling; authorizes first responder to select licensed mental health professional; prohibits payment by employing agency for such counseling from creating presumption of compensable occupational disease.
Impeding, Threatening, or Harassing First Responders; Prohibits approaching first responder or remaining within specified distance of such person with intent to impede, threaten, or harass or physically prevent person from performing lawful duties after receiving warning not to approach; specifies peaceful recording or observation is not harassment; provides criminal penalties.
911 Public Safety Telecommunicators; Revises definition of term "first responder" to include 911 public safety telecommunicators; revises criteria & number of hours of training required for 911 public safety telecommunicator certification.
