Public Records; Requiring an agency or a public body that receives a request to inspect or copy a record to make, within a specified timeframe, such record available, deny the request, or provide a certain statement in writing, etc.
Fees/Firearm Serial Number or Identifying Mark; Authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to charge a fee for each serial number or identifying mark it issues to reimburse itself for certain actual costs; requiring all moneys collected to be deposited into the Division of Licensing Trust Fund, etc.
State Renewable Energy Goals; Revising the definitions of the terms “biomass” and “renewable energy”; prohibiting the drilling or exploration for, or production of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products on the lands and waters of the state; requiring that all electricity used in this state be generated by renewable energy by a specified date; directing the Office of Energy within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in consultation with other state agencies, state colleges and universities, public utilities, and other private and public entities, to develop a unified statewide plan to generate this state’s electricity from renewable energy and reduce this state’s carbon emissions by specified dates, etc.
Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan for this state by a specified date, based on certain department recommendations; requiring the department to convene a technical assistance group for a specified purpose; providing minimum requirements for the plan, etc.
Crimes Evidencing Prejudice; Expanding grounds for the reclassification of crimes to include acts of prejudice based on the gender or gender identity of any person; specifying that the reclassification occurs if the crime was based in whole or in part on the race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, homeless status, advanced age, gender, or gender identity of any person; replacing the term “mental or physical disability” with the term “disability”; defining the term “disability”; expanding the data the Governor is required to collect and disseminate to include incidents of criminal acts that evidence prejudice based on gender, gender identity, or disability, etc.
Assault Weapons and Large-capacity Magazines; Prohibiting the sale or transfer of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; prohibiting possession of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; requiring certificates of possession for assault weapons or large-capacity magazines lawfully possessed before a specified date; providing conditions for continued possession of such weapons or large-capacity magazines; specifying circumstances in which the manufacture or transportation of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines is not prohibited, etc.
Certified Domestic Violence Service Providers; Defining the term “domestic violence service provider”; requiring the Department of Children and Families to certify domestic violence service providers; authorizing the department, under certain circumstances, to deny, suspend, or revoke certification of a service provider; authorizing domestic violence service providers to be certified throughout this state if certain criteria are met; providing criminal penalties for the unlawful disclosure of certified domestic violence service provider locations, etc.
Preemption of Recyclable and Polystyrene Materials; Removing the preemption of local laws regarding the regulation of auxiliary containers, wrappings, or disposable plastic bags; removing the preemption of local laws regarding the use or sale of polystyrene products to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, etc.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Workers’ Compensation for Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers; Defining the term “first responder” for the purposes of including part-time and auxiliary law enforcement officers for workers’ compensation benefits for posttraumatic stress disorder and for educational training related to mental health; providing that, under certain circumstances, posttraumatic stress disorder suffered by correctional officers and part-time correctional officers is an occupational disease compensable by workers’ compensation benefits; specifying the evidentiary standard for demonstrating such disorder, etc.
Florida Hometown Hero Housing Program; Creating the Florida Hometown Hero Housing Program; providing the purpose of the program; specifying requirements for loans under the program; authorizing the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to underwrite and make such loans to specified borrowers; specifying ineligible employees, etc.
