Earned Wage Access Services; Requires providers to register with FSC; provides registration requirements; requires provider to display its registration certificate; provides for renewal of such certificate; provides requirements with which provider must comply; specifies mechanisms by which registrations may be denied, not renewed, or revoked; requires commission to deny, refuse to renew, or revoke registration certificate; provides requirements with which provider must comply; prohibits certain acts by provider; provides administrative penalties; requires commission, by date certain, to prescribe form & content of application for registration; authorizes person who previously provided earned wage access services to continue for specified time without registering under certain conditions.
Rep. Kaylee Tuck
Sponsored bills
Tax Credits for Investment in Rural Communities; Requires Department of Commerce to accept applications seeking approval as rural fund; specifies application criteria; requires rural fund to collect contributions & investments requires growth fund to send documentation of contributions & investments to department; requires department to provide tax credit certificate against state tax liability; provides restrictions on credit; provides requirements regarding tax certificates; provides mechanism to exit program; requires rural fund to submit report to department annually.
Insulin Administration by Direct Support Professionals and Relatives ; Defines "direct-support professional"; authorizes direct-support professionals & relatives of clients in group home facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities to administer insulin as prescribed to client if specified conditions are met; provides group home facilities, direct-support professionals, & relatives of clients with immunity from civil liability for damages & civil & criminal penalties; authorizes unlicensed direct service provider to supervise self-administration of insulin & epinephrine through use of specified devices.
Courts; Requires each judicial circuit to have circuit judge available at all times to hold & conduct hearings with limited notice; requires certain reimbursement requests be submitted to JAC; removes limitation on arbitrator compensation in court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration; provides alternate method for authentication of oaths, affidavits, or acknowledgments taken or administered by or before any judge.
Maddy summaryHB 651 revises the powers and duties of Florida's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS). It directly affects agricultural landowners, farm workers, and local governments by prohibiting local ordinances from banning housing for agricultural workers on actual farms, requiring such housing to meet specific safety criteria, and allowing existing housing to continue under certain conditions. The bill also establishes new rules for DACS to manage surplus agricultural lands (requiring rural easements and trust fund deposits), regulates electric vehicle charging stations (mandating registration and permitting), and updates mosquito control program requirements. These changes apply to DACS operations, agricultural properties, and local land-use decisions across Florida. The bill is a broad package of policy updates rather than a single-issue measure.
Relief/Darline Angervil and J.R./South Broward Hospital District; Provides for relief of J.R. & Darline Angervil, individually & as parent & natural guardian of J.R., for injuries & damages sustained as result of negligence of South Broward Hospital District; provides appropriation to compensate Darline Angervil, individually & as parent & natural guardian of J.R., for injuries & damages sustained as result of negligence of South Broward Hospital District; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees. CLAIM: $6,100,000
Pet Insurance and Wellness Programs; Requires pet insurers to make certain disclosures to pet insurance applicants & policyholders, including summary of their bases or formulas for determination of claim payments under pet insurance policy; requires pet insurers to disclose certain requirements for required medical examinations of pet; authorizes pet insurance applicants & policyholders to examine & return insurance policies & riders within certain timeframe; authorizes pet insurers to issue policies that exclude coverage on basis of preexisting conditions; provides that pet insurer has specified burden of proof with regard to such exclusions; authorizes pet insurers to issue new policies that impose waiting period for specified illnesses, diseases, or conditions; prohibits pet insurers from issuing policies imposing waiting period for accidents; authorizes pet insurers to require examination after purchase of policy; prohibits pet insurer from requiring medical examination to renew policy; prohibits insurance applicants' eligibility from being based on participation or lack of participation in wellness programs.
Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms; Provides applicability; requires that contracts with certain professional firms must, to extent permitted by law, provide indemnity to DOT.
Security for Jewish Day Schools and Preschools; Requiring DOE to establish program to provide funds to Jewish day schools & preschools for specified security purposes; provides authorized uses for such funds.
Exemption of Homesteads; Requires value of homestead exemption be adjusted annually; requiring Legislature appropriate funds for specified purpose; require funds be distributed in specified manner; requires specified counties provide certain documentation.