Sen. Colleen Burton

Public Records and Meetings; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Health, the Board of Medicine, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and the Board of Physical Therapy Practice pursuant to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact, and the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, as applicable; authorizing disclosure of the information under certain circumstances; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for certain meetings, or portions of meetings, of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission, the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact Commission, and the Physical Therapy Compact Commission; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity, etc.

Claims Against Assisted Living Facilities; Providing requirements for the bringing of an exclusive cause of action for residents’ rights violations or negligence against specified individuals; providing certain individuals with immunity from liability for such claims; revising requirements for recovery of certain damages and liability for such damages, etc.

Management and Storage of Surface Waters; Providing an exemption from surface water management and storage regulations for the implementation of certain measures and practices for environmental restoration, enhancement, and creation activities and water quality improvements on specified agricultural and government-owned lands; deleting requirements relating to adverse impacts on water resources, certain notification by the department and water management districts, and commencement of activities, etc.

International Baccalaureate Teacher Bonuses; Revising the requirements for the calculation of additional full-time equivalent membership and certain bonuses based on International Baccalaureate examination scores of students to include students who earn equivalent scores as determined by the Department of Education, etc.

Land Acquisition Trust Fund; Providing an annual appropriation to the Department of Environmental Protection to implement the Heartland Headwaters Protection and Sustainability Act, etc. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate

Underground Facilities; Revising the timeframe within which an excavator is required to provide certain information through the free-access notification system established by Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc., before beginning certain excavation or demolition activities; revising the timeframes during which member operators who receive such notifications are required to mark the horizontal route of an underground facility and provide a positive response to the system; providing a noncriminal infraction subject to enhanced civil penalties for a specified violation, etc.

Virtual Currency Kiosk Businesses; Requiring the Office of Financial Regulation of the Financial Services Commission to supervise virtual currency kiosk businesses; prohibiting a virtual currency kiosk business from operating without registering or renewing its registration in accordance with certain provisions; providing criminal penalties for certain entities that operate or solicit business as a virtual currency kiosk business under certain circumstances; providing criminal penalties for persons who register or attempt to register as a virtual currency kiosk business by certain means; specifying application requirements for registering as a virtual currency kiosk business, etc.

Support for the State of Israel; Expressing the Florida Senate’s unwavering support for the State of Israel, etc.

Fees/Virtual Currency Kiosk Business; Requiring an applicant to submit a nonrefundable fee to apply to be registered as a virtual currency kiosk business, etc.

Consumer Protection; Revising requirements for payment settlement entities, or their electronic payment facilitators or contracted third parties, in submitting information returns to the Department of Revenue; authorizing a residential property owner to cancel a contract to replace or repair a roof without penalty or obligation under certain circumstances; providing requirements for certain insurers’ accountants; revising the content of certain public adjuster contracts, etc.