Rep. Lauren Melo

Collier Mosquito Control District, Collier County; Amends district boundaries.

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.

Social Media Protection for Minors; Requires social media platforms to disclose policies & provide resources, measures, & disclaimers; authorizes social media platforms to post compliance statements on Internet homepage or platform user login page; prohibits schools from using or having account on social media platforms & from requiring students to register, enroll, or participate in social media platforms for educational purposes.

Newborn Hearing Screenings; Defines term "congenital cytomegalovirus test"; revises newborn hearing screening requirements to require that all newborns, rather than only those who fail the initial newborn hearing screening, be tested for congenital cytomegalovirus.

Education; Revises provisions relating to Office of Reimagining Education and Career Help, workforce education, Office of Economic and Demographic Research, specified tax credits, Florida Endowment Foundation for the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation within DOE, Master Credentials List, K-12 education, educator credentials and certifications, Florida Center for Nursing, CAPE Industry Certification Funding List, & Money-back Guarantee Program, Open Door Grant Program.

Public Nuisances; Prohibits person from distributing onto private property any material for purpose of intimidating or threatening owner, resident, or invitee; prohibits person from willfully & maliciously harassing, threatening, or intimidating another person based on person's wearing or displaying of any indicia relating to any religious or ethnic heritage; requires violations be reported as hate crimes; prohibits display or projection of images onto building, structure, or property without permission; prohibits person who willfully enters campus of state university or Florida College System institution for purpose of threatening or intimidating another person from remaining on such campus after being warned to depart.

Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup; Requires Secretary of Health Care Administration, in conjunction with State Surgeon General, to establish blood clot & pulmonary embolism policy workgroup; provides for duties, membership, terms of office, & meetings of workgroup; requires Secretary of Health Care Administration to submit annual reports, & final report by specified date, to Governor & Legislature.

Collegiate Purple Star Campuses; Requires SBE to adopt rules & BOG to adopt regulations to establish Collegiate Purple Star Campuses program; provides requirements for such program.

Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking; Requires residential treatment centers for children & adolescents to place specified signage; requires committee of Statewide Council on Human Trafficking to conduct study; allows adult safe homes to provide lists of advocates who are employed or who volunteer at adult safe house who may claim privilege under s. 90.5037; requires DCF to inspect adult safe houses before certification & annually thereafter; authorizes certain actions for noncompliance; requires DCF to establish process to certify adult safe houses that provide housing & care to adult survivors of human trafficking; provides certification requirements; requires DCF to inspect adult safe houses & ensure that staff of each adult safe house completes specified intensive training; requires DBPR to impose penalty for subsequent violations by public lodging establishments; provides requirements for safe houses & safe foster homes; requires specified signage to be placed on premises of facilities maintained by licensed child-caring agencies. APPROPRIATION: $463,000

Sales of Firearms and Ammunition; Prohibits specified businesses from assigning merchant category codes or otherwise classifying merchants of firearms or ammunition separately from general merchandise or sporting goods retailers; prohibits entities involved in processing payment card transactions from assigning to or requiring merchant to use merchant category codes; specifies any agreement or contractual provision to contrary is void; authorizes DACS to investigate violations & bring actions.