Sen. Linda Stewart

Preventing Contaminants of Emerging Concern from Discharging Into Wastewater Facilities and Waters of the State; Establishing the PFAS and 1,4-dioxane pretreatment initiative within the Department of Environmental Protection for a specified purpose; requiring the department to coordinate with wastewater facilities in implementing the pretreatment of contaminants of emerging concern; requiring that industrial users identified as probable sources of the specified contaminants be issued permits, orders, or similar measures to enforce specified pretreatment standards by a specified date; providing interim discharge limits for industrial users beginning on a specified date, etc.

Excise Tax on Water Extracted for Commercial or Industrial Use; Imposing an excise tax upon persons extracting water from waters of the state for commercial or industrial use; requiring that tax proceeds be separately accounted for and used for specified purposes by the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying requirements for extractors in filing monthly returns with the Department of Revenue; authorizing the department to inspect or examine an extractor’s books and records, issue subpoenas, require testimony under oath or affirmation of certain persons, and apply for certain judicial orders, etc.

Tourist Impact Tax; Authorizing that tax revenue from the tourist development tax be used to fund a county destination marketing organization; prohibiting a county that funds a county destination marketing organization with a certain percentage of tourist development tax revenue from reducing the destination marketing organization’s annual general use fund allocation of revenue without a vote of the county’s governing board membership, etc.

Tourist Development Tax; Authorizing proceeds of the tax to be used toward funding incentives for the production of films and television series by certain production companies, etc.

Trees on Residential Property; Repealing a provision relating to tree pruning, trimming, or removal on such property, 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; specifying minimum requirements for the comprehensive plan; requiring the department to submit a report to the Legislature upon completion of the comprehensive plan, etc.

Support for the State of Israel; Expressing the Florida Senate’s unwavering support for the State of Israel, etc.

Medical Negligence; Revising the limits on noneconomic damages for personal injury or wrongful death arising from medical negligence; deleting a provision that prohibits adult children and parents of adult children from recovering certain damages in medical negligence suits; requiring that medical malpractice insurer rate filings reflect certain changes in costs and expenses; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to consider such changes in its review of rate filings, etc.

Saltwater Intrusion Vulnerability Assessments; Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to provide coastal counties, beginning on a specified date, with Resilient Florida Grant Program grants to fund saltwater intrusion vulnerability assessments; requiring the department to update the comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise data set and make certain information received from the saltwater intrusion vulnerability assessments publicly available on its website; requiring the department to provide cost-share funding up to a specified amount for awarded grants, etc.

Coverage for Diagnostic and Supplemental Breast Examinations; Prohibiting the state group insurance program from imposing on an enrollee any cost-sharing requirement with respect to coverage for diagnostic breast examinations and supplemental breast examinations, etc.