Sen. Linda Stewart

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; prohibiting persons from entering into assignment agreements of post-loss benefits for motor vehicle glass replacement or repair after a specified date; providing that such assignment agreements are void and unenforceable; prohibiting certain persons from requiring claimants to use certain companies or locations for specified services and products, etc.

Catalytic Converters; Designating the “Catalytic Converter Antitheft Act”; prohibiting a person from knowingly purchasing a detached catalytic converter unless he or she is a registered secondary metals recycler; prohibiting a person from knowingly importing, manufacturing, purchasing for a certain purpose, selling, offering for sale, or installing or reinstalling a counterfeit, fake, or nonfunctional catalytic converter; prohibiting a secondary metals recycler from processing or removing a detached catalytic converter from the recycler’s place of business for a specified number of days, etc.

Domestic Violence; Citing this act as "Greyson’s Law"; requiring the court with jurisdiction over the proceeding to consider certain factors in deciding whether shared parental responsibility is detrimental to the child; providing additional conduct regarding domestic violence which the court must consider when ordering a parenting plan; providing an additional factor that the court must consider in determining whether a petitioner of a domestic violence injunction is in imminent danger, etc.

Roller Skating Rink Safety; Providing that an operator of a roller skating rink is not liable for damages or personal injury resulting from inherent risks of roller skating; providing exceptions; providing that certain persons assume the inherent risk of roller skating; providing that an operator is not required to eliminate, alter, or control the inherent risks in roller skating, etc.

Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative; Establishing the Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative within the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying allowable uses of the funding; requiring the creation of a 10-year Florida Seagrass Restoration Plan; requiring the initiative to submit an annual report by a specified date to the Governor, the Legislature, the Secretary of Environmental Protection, and the executive director of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; establishing the Initiative Technology Advisory Council as part of the initiative, etc. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate

Firearms Without a Unique Serial Number or Other 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; requiring the destruction of certain firearms; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to accept applications from persons and grant unique serial numbers or other identifying marks if certain conditions are met, etc.

Biosolids; Establishing a biosolids grant program within the Department of Environmental Protection; authorizing the department, subject to appropriation, to provide biosolid grants for certain projects that convert wastewater residuals to Class AA biosolids; prohibiting the department from authorizing land application site permits for Class B biosolids unless a certain demonstration can be made; requiring land application site permits to meet certain requirements by specified dates, etc.

Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program; Authorizing tutoring provided through the tutoring program within the Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program to be provided after the school day; authorizing school districts that participate in the tutoring program to provide a stipend to instructional personnel and high school students serving as tutors for after-school tutoring, etc.

Child Care Services; Requiring the Department of Education, subject to legislative appropriation, to establish a program to provide vouchers for child care services to parents who meet a specified income requirement, etc.

Review of Employment Contracts; Requiring employers to provide a current employee with a copy of the employee’s employment contract upon request; defining the term “employee”, etc.