Sen. Darryl Rouson

Postsecondary Supplier Diversity Expenditure Data; Requiring each state university and Florida College System institution to report supplier diversity expenditure data on their website; requiring each state university and Florida College System institution to submit such data to the Office of Supplier Diversity of the Department of Management Services; requiring the department to post such data on its website, etc.

Public Records/Applications for Certification as a Victim of Florida Reform School Abuse; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information in applications submitted to the Department of State by persons seeking certification as victims of Florida reform school abuse; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Military Corpsmen and Medics of Florida (MCMF) Program; Creating the MCMF Program Office of Veterans Advocacy within the Department of Health; requiring the MCMF Program, through the Department of Economic Opportunity, to assist certain veterans and their spouses with specified tasks; requiring Florida Is for Veterans, Inc., to collaborate with specified entities to implement the MCMF Program, etc.

Victims of Reform School Abuse; Citing this act as the “Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Abuse Victim Certification Act”; defining the term “victim of Florida reform school abuse”; requiring a person seeking certification under this act to apply to the Department of State by a specified date; requiring the department to certify an applicant as a victim of Florida reform school abuse if the department determines his application meets the requirements of this act; requiring the department to submit a list of all certified victims to the Legislature by a specified date, etc.

Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program; Establishing the Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program within the Department of Education; specifying eligibility requirements for the awarding of a Seal of Fine Arts; requiring the Commissioner of Education and school districts to perform specified duties to administer the program; prohibiting a school district or the Department of Education from charging a fee for the seal, etc.

Entertainment Industry; Creating the Targeted High Wage Production Program within the Department of Economic Opportunity under the supervision of the Commissioner of Film and Entertainment; requiring that film, television, and digital media projects being produced in this state meet specified criteria to be eligible for tax credit awards; requiring a certified project to make a good faith effort to use existing providers of infrastructure or equipment in this state and to employ residents of this state; requiring the Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council to determine a score for each qualified project using specified criteria; requiring the department to disqualify a project under certain circumstances, etc.

Damages Recoverable by Parents of an Adult Child in Medical Negligence Actions; Deleting a provision prohibiting parents of an adult child from recovering damages for mental pain and suffering in a medical negligence suit, etc.

Sentencing; Prohibiting certain persons from being sentenced to mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for aggravated assault or attempted aggravated assault committed before a specified date; requiring the initial sentencing and the resentencing of certain persons who committed certain violations before a specified date which involved trafficking in hydrocodone or codeine; requiring the initial sentencing and the resentencing of certain persons who committed certain violations before a specified date which involved trafficking in oxycodone, etc.

Conditions of Pretrial Release; Providing an exception to warrantless arrest; requiring an officer to issue a notice to appear rather than make a custodial arrest in certain circumstances; specifying that criminal defendants who are not charged with felony offenses are presumed to be entitled to release without monetary bail or bail with a monetary component to the conditions of their release; requiring that all pretrial releasees be enrolled in a specified notification system; requiring a court to issue an arrest order if the court finds there is probable cause to believe that a defendant on pretrial release committed a specified offense, etc.

Certified School Counselors; Providing certification requirements for school counselors; requiring certified school counselors to provide a certain program for a specified purpose; authorizing such counselors to perform certain duties; authorizing such counselors to perform specified additional duties under certain circumstances, etc.