Employee Organizations; Requiring certain employee organizations to petition the Public Employees Relations Commission for recertification; prohibiting an employee organization from having its dues and uniform assessments deducted and collected by a district school board; requiring an employee organization certified as the bargaining agent for a unit of Florida College System institution instructional personnel to include specified information and documentation in an application for registration renewal; requiring an employee organization certified as the bargaining agent for a unit of State University System institution instructional personnel to include specified information and documentation in an application for registration renewal, etc.
Sponsored bills
Support for Dependent Adult Children; Specifying that parents are responsible for supporting a dependent adult child; requiring certain rights of the parents of a dependent adult child to be established in a guardianship proceeding; prohibiting any person who is not appointed by the court from managing assets for or making certain decisions for a dependent adult child; specifying that a child support order need not terminate on the child’s 18th birthday in certain circumstances; authorizing a court to assign support to certain trusts established for a dependent adult child for a specified purpose; authorizing guardians of dependent adults to petition the court for certain support payments from the dependent adult’s parents in certain circumstances, etc.
Sales and Use Tax on Aircraft; Exempting all aircraft sales and leases, rather than the sales and leases of certain aircraft, from the sales and use tax; deleting the definition of the term “common carrier” to conform to changes made by the act, etc.
Moments of Silence in Public Schools; Providing legislative findings; requiring that public school principals require certain teachers to set aside time for a moment of silence at the beginning of each school day; prohibiting teachers from making suggestions as to the nature of any reflection that a student may engage in during the moment of silence; deleting a provision authorizing district school boards to provide a brief period of silent prayer or meditation; requiring certain teachers to encourage parents or guardians to discuss with their children how to best use the moment of silence, etc.
Traveling Across County Lines with Intent to Commit a Felony; Defining the term “felony offense”; providing for reclassification of certain felony offenses when the person who commits the offense crosses a county line with specified intent, etc.
Part-time Public School Enrollment; Authorizing certain students to take up to three courses per school year at any public school, subject to space, availability, and course prerequisites; revising the definition of the term “part-time student”; requiring program membership surveys of each school made by each district by aggregating the full-time equivalent student membership of each program by school and by district to include part-time students, etc.
Background Screenings of Athletic Coaches; Providing that an athletic coach and an independent sanctioning authority are deemed to satisfy certain background screening requirements if the coach and the independent sanctioning authority are in compliance with national industry background check standards required by specified organizations, etc.
Out-of-state Fee Waiver for Nonresident Students; Requiring a state university to waive the out-of-state fee for a nonresident student who meets certain requirements; requiring each state university to report specified information regarding such out-of-state fee waivers to the Board of Governors annually; enacting the Grandchild Out-of-State Fees Waiver Compact; requiring postsecondary educational institutions located within member states to waive out-of-state fees for students who meet specified criteria, etc.
Public Records/Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Offices; Authorizing the issuance of confidential registration certificates and license plates or decals under a fictitious name to criminal conflict and civil regional counsel offices to conduct specified activities; expanding a public records exemption to include all records pertaining to a registration application submitted by any office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Deposing Victims of Certain Offenses; Prohibiting the deposing of an individual who, at the time of the request for the deposition, is 17 years of age or younger and has been a victim of human trafficking or specified sexual offenses; requiring a court to issue a protective order for the victim if the court approves a deposition of the victim; authorizing a victim to have counsel and a victim advocate present at the deposition; prohibiting certain self-represented defendants from directly deposing a victim, etc.