Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month; Recognizing March 2023 as “Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Month” in Florida and acknowledging the importance of improving the diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease through community-based programs that address racial disparities in the awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease, etc.
Educator Certifications; Providing that individuals who meet specified requirements have met certain educator certification requirements; revising the number of years for which certain temporary educator certificates are valid, etc.
Prohibited Discrimination Based on Hairstyle; Citing this act as the “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act” or “CROWN Act”; prohibiting discrimination based on protected hairstyle in the K-20 public education system; defining the terms “race” and “protective hairstyles” for purposes of public K-12 nondiscrimination requirements, etc.
Theft from Nonprofit Organizations; Providing for the reclassification of certain theft offenses of specified amounts from nonprofit organizations; requiring restitution and community service for certain violations, etc.
Regional Counsel Representation for Child Welfare Matters; Providing circumstances under which the regional counsel may represent indigent parents; requiring the child protective investigator to provide to subjects of an investigation specified information relating to the rights of a parent or legal custodian, etc.
Corporate Practice of Medicine; Providing additional acts that constitute grounds for denial of a license to practice medicine or for disciplinary action, to which penalties apply, etc.
Juror Sanctions; Revising available sanctions for any person who is duly summoned to attend court as a juror and fails to attend without any sufficient excuse; prohibiting a court from imposing a term of imprisonment on any person who fails to attend as a juror without any sufficient excuse and is found in contempt of court unless the person is able to obtain legal representation, etc.
Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking/Department of Legal Affairs; Creating the Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking within the Department of Legal Affairs; providing for the funding sources and purposes of the trust fund; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc.
Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Requiring that the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders be taught in the public schools; requiring that instructional materials used in teaching this subject area include specified information, etc.
Human Trafficking; Revising definitions and defining terms; revising criminal penalties to include fines of certain amounts for violations of specified offenses; requiring the Department of Education and Department of Health, in conjunction with the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking, to establish an awareness training program and community partnership on human trafficking, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and child trafficking; requiring each state attorney to ensure prosecutors receive certain mandatory semiannual educational training, etc.
