Rep. Tommy Gregory

Hemp; Provides conditions for possession, manufacture, delivery, hold, offer for sale, distribution, or sale of hemp extract; prohibits businesses & food establishments from possessing hemp extract products that are attractive to children; prohibits DACS from granting permission to remove or use certain hemp extract products until it determines such hemp extract products comply with state law; prohibits event organizers from promoting, advertising, or facilitating certain events; requires event organizers to provide list of event participants & ensure such participants meet specified requirements; provides administrative fines & appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $2,000,000

Online Protections for Minors; Requiring certain social media platforms to prohibit certain minors from creating new accounts and to verify the age of account holders; specifying the age verification methods the social media platform is required and authorized to offer; requiring certain social media platforms to terminate certain accounts and provide additional options for termination of such accounts; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs to bring actions for knowing or reckless violations under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act; providing penalties, etc.

Facility Requirements Based on Sex; Provides requirements for exclusive use of restrooms & changing facilities by gender; prohibits willfully entering restroom or changing facility designated for opposite sex & refusing to depart when asked to do so; provides requirements for exclusive use of domestic violence centers by gender; provides requirements for correctional institutions; requires entities that receive state licenses to submit compliance documentation; authorizes AG to bring enforcement actions provides exception for individuals born with certain genetically or biochemically verifiable disorder of sex development.

Middle School and High School Start Times; Provides requirements for middle school & high school start times; provides district school board requirements; requires charter schools to meet requirements relating to middle school & high school start times.

Term Limits for District School Board Members; Revises term limits for district school board members.

Surrendered Newborn Infants; Authorizes hospitals, emergency medical services stations, & fire stations to use newborn infant safety devices to accept surrendered newborn infants if device meets specified criteria; requires hospitals, emergency medical services stations, or fire stations to physically check & test devices at specified intervals; authorizes parent to leave newborn infant with medical staff or licensed healthcare professional at hospital after delivery of newborn infant; authorizes parent to surrender newborn infant by calling 911 & requesting EMS provider to meet at specified location to retrieve newborn infant.

Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer; Reducing minimum age at which person may purchase firearm & age of purchasers to which specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring firearm.

Timeframes for Bringing Certain Actions; Revises timeframe within which claimant must present certain claims against governmental entity in writing to certain entities; revises timeframe within which complaint must be filed in order to bring certain claims against governmental entity.

Balancing the Federal Budget; Urges Congress to take immediate actions to reduce federal debt & enact legislation requiring balanced federal budget.

Capital Sexual Battery; Provides for death sentences for certain child sexual offenders; provides for separate death penalty proceedings in such cases; provides for findings & recommended sentences by jury; provides for imposition of sentence of life imprisonment or death; provides requirements for court order in support of death sentence; provides for automatic review of sentences of death; specifies aggravating factors & mitigating circumstances; provides for victim impact evidence; authorizes state to appeal from sentence on specified grounds.