Sen. Linda Stewart

Human Trafficking; Revising definitions and defining terms; revising criminal penalties to include fines of certain amounts for violations of specified offenses; requiring the Department of Education and Department of Health, in conjunction with the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking, to establish an awareness training program and community partnership on human trafficking, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and child trafficking; requiring each state attorney to ensure prosecutors receive certain mandatory semiannual educational training, etc.

Marriage Between Persons of the Same Sex; Repealing a provision relating to marriage between persons of the same sex; deleting a prohibition on the recognition of same-sex marriages; deleting a prohibition on the state and its agencies and subdivisions giving effect to a public act, record, or judicial proceeding that respects a same-sex marriage or relationship or a claim arising from such marriage or relationship; deleting the definition of the term “marriage”, etc.

Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking; Specifying the authorized uses of funds from the Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking, etc.

Tax Exemption for Diapers and Incontinence Products; Exempting the sale for human use of diapers, incontinence undergarments, incontinence pads, and incontinence liners from the sales and use tax, etc.

Year-round School Pilot Program; Creating the Year-round School Pilot Program for a period of 4 school years beginning with a specified school year; providing an application process for school districts seeking to participate in the program; requiring the Commissioner of Education to select a certain number of school districts to participate in the program; providing requirements for participating school districts, etc.

Benefits, Training, and Employment for Veterans and their Spouses; Requiring the Economic Development Programs Evaluation to include a periodic analysis of the Veterans Employment and Training Services Program; revising the duties of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., respectively, to include the provision of certain assistance to veterans’ spouses; requiring the Department of Health to waive certain fees for veterans and their spouses under certain circumstances; establishing the Office of Veteran Licensure Services within the Division of Medical Quality Assurance, etc. APPROPRIATION: $399,565

Paid Family Leave Insurance; Authorizing life insurers to transact paid family leave insurance; specifying circumstances under which family leave benefits may be provided under a paid family leave insurance policy; specifying requirements for policies relating to benefit periods, waiting periods, benefit amounts and certain offsets, and the payment of benefits; providing that eligibility for family leave benefits may be limited, excluded, or reduced, but must be specified in the policy, etc.

Venomous Reptiles; Revising the penalty for certain release or escape of nonnative venomous reptiles; providing a penalty for specified activities involving venomous reptiles without a special permit or license issued by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, etc.

Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act; Creating the "Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act"; prohibiting processors from selling, preparing, distributing, or exposing for sale certain kratom products; prohibiting processors from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a kratom product to an individual under 21 years of age; requiring processors to annually register kratom products with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, etc.

911 Public Safety Telecommunicator Certifications; Increasing the timeframe within which an inactive 911 public safety telecommunicator certificate may be reactivated before it permanently expires; deleting a process by which a certificateholder may voluntarily place his or her certificate in inactive status; prohibiting the Department of Health from requiring certificateholders to pay a fee or to make an election to place their certificates in inactive status, beginning on a specified date, etc.