Sen. Linda Stewart

Professional Licensing Requirements for Barbers and Cosmetologists; Providing a period of time when a conviction, or any other adjudication, for a crime may not be grounds for denial of licensure as a barber or cosmetologist; requiring the applicable board to approve certain educational program credits offered to inmates in certain institutions or facilities for purposes of satisfying training requirements for licensure as a barber or cosmetologist, etc.

Land Acquisition Funding; Extending the retirement date of bonds issued to fund the Florida Forever Act; revising the distribution of proceeds from the Florida Forever Trust Fund for land acquisition and capital project expenditures under the Florida Forever Act; requiring a specified annual appropriation to the Florida Forever Trust Fund; prohibiting the use of moneys from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund for specified costs, etc.

Release of Adoption Information; Revising the information that may be disclosed from hearings and records in adoption proceedings without a court order; removing a required fee for certain services and expenses; revising a requirement regarding the release of identifying information of birth parents, adoptive parents, and adoptees; authorizing the Department of Health to break the seal of specified birth records upon the request of certain persons under certain conditions, etc.

Public Restroom Requirements; Requiring the Florida Building Commission to adopt certain requirements in the Florida Building Code for certain public restroom facilities newly constructed or renovated after a specified date, etc.

Financial Aid for Female Victims of Rape, Incest, Domestic Violence, or Human Trafficking; Providing that certain low-income, female students who are pregnant as a result of rape, incest, domestic violence, or human trafficking and who decide to carry the pregnancy to term are exempt from paying specified postsecondary tuition and fees; establishing the Academic Success of Pregnant Female Students Who Are Victims of Sexual Abuse Grant Program within the Department of Education; providing student eligibility requirements; providing for program funding and the disbursement of awards, etc.

Disposition of Insurance Proceeds; Requiring mortgagees or assignees holding certain insurance proceeds pending completion of all or part of damage repairs to notify insureds of requirements to release the proceeds; providing requirements for the notice, etc.

Human Trafficking; Prohibiting an operator of a public lodging establishment from offering an hourly rate or a fraction of an hourly rate, or any combination thereof, for less than 3 hours for an accommodation; requiring the employer at an athletic venue, an entertainment venue, or a convention center with a certain capacity to display a human trafficking public awareness sign in a conspicuous location that is clearly visible to the public and employees; increasing the number of training hours in identifying and investigating human trafficking which each certified law enforcement officer must successfully complete within 1 year after beginning employment; creating the Statewide Data Repository for Anonymous Human Trafficking Data at the University of South Florida, etc.

Standard High School Diploma Award Requirements; Adding a new requirement for the award of a standard high school diploma to Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning students; requiring students, beginning with those entering grade 9 in a specified school year, to submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid in order to be awarded a standard high school diploma, etc.

Recycling of Covered Electronic Devices; Establishing the statewide Covered Electronic Device Recovery Program within the Department of Environmental Protection; authorizing the department to use specified funds to administer the program; specifying requirements for a statewide plan for the recycling of covered electronic devices; prohibiting any person from disposing of covered electronic devices except at a permitted reclamation facility beginning on a specified date; requiring the department to deposit any funds received pursuant to the program into the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund to be used for specified purposes, etc.

Surplus Requirements for Residential Property Insurers; Increasing the minimum surplus requirement for certain new insurers transacting residential property insurance; increasing, during specified intervals, the minimum surplus requirement for certain current residential property insurers, etc.