Sen. Geri Thompson

Individuals with Disabilities; Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for an individual support plan; clarifying the timeframe within which a family or individual support plan must be developed, etc. APPROPRIATION: $38,852,223

Sale of Rabbits; Prohibiting the sale of rabbits in specified locations and during specified months; specifying unlawful acts relating to the sale, offering for sale, and the giving away as merchandising premiums of certain rabbits; requiring local authorities to retrieve, return, and place abandoned rabbits in a specified manner; providing criminal penalties, etc.

Required Instruction in the History of the Holocaust and the History of African Americans; Authorizing the Department of Education to contract with specified entities to develop specified training and resources; requiring the department to annually verify that school districts, charter schools, and specified private schools implement certain instruction relating to the history of the Holocaust and the history of African Americans and providing requirements therefor; requiring certain statewide, standardized assessments to include curricula content from the history of the Holocaust and the history of African Americans, etc.

Prevention of Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke; Citing this act as the “Jace Lucas Leslie Act”; requiring, by a specified date, that certain motor vehicles be equipped with an alarm system that prompts the driver to inspect the motor vehicle for unattended occupants before exiting; requiring, by a specified date, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to initiate a public awareness campaign regarding such alarm systems; revising transportation safety minimum standards for the licensure of child care facilities, etc.

1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots; Requiring the Department of Commerce to prioritize certain applications for the Black Business Loan Program; creating the Ocoee Scholarship Program for specified recipients; requiring the Department of Education to administer the program; specifying limits on annual award amounts to recipients participating in the program, etc.

Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; Providing for enactment of the agreement; providing a method by which a state may become a member state; requiring each member state to conduct a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States; establishing a procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; providing that the agreement becomes effective under specified circumstances, etc.

Education; Citing this act as the "Florida Educational Freedoms Act"; providing that faculty of state universities and Florida College System institutions have the right to engage in collective bargaining; requiring the State Board of Education to ensure that Florida College System intuitions are not subject to political influence in academic affairs; requiring each district school board to ensure that students and personnel are not subject to ideological training or instruction; providing that K-12 students and their parents have the right not to be recorded or surveilled in the classroom without express consent, etc.

Elections; Requiring that the Secretary of State be elected rather than appointed and serve a specified term; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; repealing provisions relating to the Office of Election Crimes and Security; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote at an early voting site or at his or her polling place and to immediately thereafter cast a ballot; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; prohibiting local governments, state agencies, and state officials from implementing or enforcing actions that result in, will result in, or are intended to result in specified disparities or impairments, etc.

Corporal Punishment; Requiring charter schools to comply with general law relating to corporal punishment; deleting provisions authorizing teachers to administer corporal punishment; requiring a specified notification be provided to parents relating to corporal punishment; providing requirements for a student to be disciplined using corporal punishment, etc.

Grandparent Visitation; Revising the criteria required for the grandparent of a minor child to petition the court for grandparent visitation, etc.