Sen. Randy Fine

Prohibited Preferences in Government Contracting; Prohibiting an awarding body from giving preference to a vendor on the basis of race or ethnicity; repealing provisions relating to minority participation for lottery retailers; deleting duties and responsibilities of the Office of Supplier Diversity to conform to its repeal by the act; repealing provisions relating to the procurement of personal property and services from funds set aside for minority business enterprises; repealing provisions relating to the Office of Supplier Diversity, etc.

Weapons or Firearms at School-sponsored Events or on School Property; Prohibiting persons from storing, rather than possessing, firearms or weapons at a school-sponsored event or on the property of any school, school bus, or school bus stop; authorizing persons to carry firearms on the property of any college or university; providing that the Department of Law Enforcement may authorize a college or university, while hosting or sponsoring a sporting or athletic event, to designate a campus facility or area as a sensitive location in which the possession of a concealed weapon or a concealed firearm is prohibited; requiring the college or university to submit a security plan to the department to receive such authorization, etc.

Condemning Students for Justice in Palestine; Condemning Students for Justice in Palestine for its support of foreign terrorist organizations and antisemitic actions, etc.

Maddy summarySB 90 would delete existing provisions that allow certain non-resident students, including undocumented students who attended Florida high school for three consecutive years, to pay in-state tuition rates at Florida public colleges and universities. The bill targets the current law (Section 1009.26, subsection (12)) which requires institutions to waive out-of-state fees for qualifying students meeting specific criteria, such as Florida high school attendance and timely enrollment. If enacted, this would eliminate the fee waiver program, meaning affected students would no longer pay resident tuition rates. The bill was withdrawn before introduction on February 18, 2025, and is not active.

Immigration; Providing criminal penalties for adult unauthorized aliens who knowingly enter or attempt to enter this state after entering the United States by eluding or avoiding examination or inspection by immigration officers; providing enhanced criminal penalties for second or subsequent convictions; specifying that such aliens are not eligible for any civil citation or other prearrest or postarrest diversion program; providing criminal penalties for an adult unauthorized alien who, after having been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or having departed the United States during the time an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding, thereafter enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in this state, etc.

Immigration; Providing that certain persons who vote in an election are guilty of a felony; prohibiting the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles from issuing a driver license or identification card to unauthorized aliens and undocumented immigrants; requiring a state attorney to seek to have the court sentence certain persons as dangerous unauthorized alien offenders; creating the State Board of Immigration Enforcement within the Department of Law Enforcement; creating the State Immigration Enforcement Council within the State Board of Immigration Enforcement for a specified purpose; requiring the Attorney General to initiate judicial proceedings in the name of the state in order to enforce compliance with an immigration detainer issued by a federal immigration agency; creating the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program within the Division of Emergency Management within the Executive Office of the Governor for a specified purpose, etc. APPROPRIATION: $298,830,552

Secretary of Homeland Security; Urging the United States Department of Homeland Security to provide guidance and training opportunities for 287(g) agreements, etc.

Sampling of Beach Waters and Public Bathing Spaces; Revises provisions related to bacteriological sampling of beach waters & public bathing places, including rule adoption & enforcement; issuance of health advisories; closure of beach waters & public bathing places; & notification & signage requirements.

Security for Jewish Day Schools and Preschools; Requiring DOE to establish program to provide funds to Jewish day schools & preschools for specified security purposes; provides authorized uses for such funds.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new section in Florida law that officially defines the term "antisemitism" using the working definition adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2016. The legislation provides specific contemporary examples of antisemitism, such as denying the Holocaust, holding Jewish people collectively responsible for actions by Israel, or applying double standards to the State of Israel compared to other nations. It explicitly states that criticizing Israel in a manner similar to how other countries are criticized does not count as antisemitism under this definition. The law aims to help monitor and report hate crimes while ensuring it does not infringe on First Amendment rights or conflict with existing antidiscrimination laws.