Rep. Gallop Franklin

Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; Creates Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; provides for recognition of access to social work services, including through telehealth, in member states; provides for development of data system, reporting procedures, & exchange of specified information between member states; specifies licensees practicing in remote state under compact must adhere to laws & rules of that state.

Antisemitism Task Force; Creates Antisemitism Task Force within Office of Civil Rights of DLA for specified purpose; requires department to provide administrative & staff support to task force; provides for appointment & terms of members; provides for per diem & travel expenses; provides membership & duties of task force; requires report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; provides for future review & repeal of task force.

Maddy summaryThis House Resolution designates May 2026 as "Nonopioid Alternatives Awareness Month" in Florida. It aims to increase public awareness about the risks of opioids and promote nonopioid pain management therapies as safer alternatives, referencing ongoing opioid crisis statistics and CDC guidance. The resolution is symbolic - it does not create new laws, funding, or requirements - but encourages community focus on pain management options during that month. It directly affects Floridians through public education efforts during the designated awareness period.

Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder; Requires DHSMV to establish program to improve communication between individuals with autism spectrum disorder & law enforcement officers under certain circumstances; requires DHSMV to develop & make available to such individuals certain envelope & card by specified date; provides requirements for envelope & card; authorizes such individuals to request envelope & card from DHSMV or tax collector's office beginning on specified date; requires Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission within FDLE to establish employment training component relating to such individuals; provides requirements for training law enforcement officers on interacting with such individuals; requires training component to be included in specified course by specified date; requires specified law enforcement officers to complete training component by specified date.

Maddy summaryThis resolution commemorates the 120th anniversary of E. Lilyan Spencer's birth, honoring her legacy as a pioneering African American tennis champion, educator, and community leader in Tallahassee. It recognizes her historic 10-year reign as Florida Tennis Association Women's Singles Champion (1931-1941), her 1937 national tennis title as the first African American woman from Tallahassee to win a national sports title, and her later roles as a math teacher, principal, and organizer of community initiatives like the Bond Community Credit Union. The resolution formally acknowledges her contributions to breaking racial and gender barriers in sports and education during the segregation era. As a commemorative resolution, it does not create new laws or policies.

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.

Leon County; Provides an exception to general law; limits compensation to health care provider that provides medical services for inmate housed in Leon County detention center if provider does not have contract with county to provide such services; limits compensation to entity that provides emergency medical transportation services for inmate housed in Leon County detention center if entity does not have contract with county to provide such services.

Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources; Prohibits drilling, exploration, or production of specified petroleum products within certain distance of national estuarine research reserves in certain counties; requires DEP to consider certain factors when determining whether natural resources of certain bodies of water & shore areas are adequately protected from potential accident or blowout; provides requirements for balancing test to make such determination.

Parkinson's Disease; Establishes the Consortium for Parkinson's Disease Research within the University of South Florida; establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Board; requires the board to direct the operations of the consortium and to annually adopt a plan for Parkinson's disease research; provides duties of the consortium director; provides research requirements for the plan.

Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases; Establishes Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases within FSU College of Medicine; & provides goals of institute; establishes Sunshine Genetics Pilot Program & Sunshine Genetics Consortium.