Sen. Linda Stewart

Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters; Exempting costs of less than $2 million associated with certain upgrades to education facilities from being included in certain cost per student station calculations; requiring costs associated with certain upgrades to be consistent with prevailing market costs in the area where the education facility is located, 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.

Sexual Battery on a Mentally Incapacitated Person; Revising the definition of the term “mentally incapacitated”; revising provisions concerning sexual battery upon a person who is mentally incapacitated, etc.

Lactation Space; Requiring at least one lactation space to be provided in each county courthouse; providing requirements for the lactation space; authorizing the use of state or private funds to provide lactation space in appellate courthouses, etc.

Racing Motor Vehicles; Revising prohibitions on persons driving motor vehicles in any race, speed competition or contest, drag race or acceleration contest, test of physical endurance, or exhibition of speed, a stunt, agility, or acceleration or for other specified purposes on any highway, roadway, or parking lot; prohibiting a person from coordinating via social media any such race, competition, contest, test, or exhibition; prohibiting a person from operating a vehicle for the purpose of filming or recording activities of participants in any such race, competition, contest, test, or exhibition, etc.

Florida Young Farmer and Rancher Matching Grant Program; Creating the program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; requiring the department to select grant recipients based on specified criteria; providing that a recipient may not receive more than one award per year under the program; specifying that grant funding is contingent upon specific annual appropriation by the Legislature, etc. APPROPRIATION: $500,000

Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Excluding saliva from the offenses involving the transmission of body fluids for which certain offenders must undergo HIV testing; deleting offenses relating to prostitution from the offenses under which certain offenders must undergo HIV testing; reducing criminal penalties for the commission of criminal transmission of HIV; deleting requirements relating to the screening, treatment, and counseling for sexually transmissible diseases of certain offenders, etc.

Motor Vehicle Glass; Prohibiting motor vehicle repair shops or their employees from offering anything of value to a customer in exchange for making an insurance claim for motor vehicle glass replacement or repair, including offers made through certain persons, etc.

Firearms Without a Unique Serial Number or Identifying Mark; Specifying requirements for persons manufacturing or assembling a firearm in this state, beginning on a specified date; requiring a person who owns a firearm without an assigned serial number or other identifying mark to comply with certain requirements on or after a specified date; prohibiting the sale or transfer of certain firearms; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to accept applications from persons and grant unique serial numbers or identifying marks if certain conditions are met, etc.

Land Acquisition Trust Fund; Extending the date by which the Legislature intends for bonds issued to fund the Florida Forever Act to be retired; requiring a specified annual appropriation to the Florida Forever Trust Fund; deleting an obsolete provision; prohibiting the use of certain moneys distributed from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund for specified costs, etc.