Marriage Equality; Repealing a provision relating to marriages between persons of the same sex; providing a directive to the Division of Law Revision, etc.
Pregnant Women in Custody; Citing this act as "Ava’s Law"; requiring that every female who is arrested and not released on bond within 72 hours after arrest be administered a pregnancy test within a specified timeframe, upon her request; authorizing a sentencing court to stay the beginning of the period of incarceration for up to a certain timeframe for a pregnant woman convicted of any offense; authorizing a sentencing court to order a pregnant woman to comply with specified terms and conditions during the stay of the incarceration, etc.
Teacher Salaries; Requiring each school district that has not yet reached a specified minimum base salary to use its share of the teacher salary increase allocation in a specified manner; authorizing school districts that have met the minimum base salary for full-time classroom teachers to use funds to raise the salaries of specified personnel; authorizing, instead of prohibiting, district school boards to use advanced degrees as a criterion in setting a salary schedule for certain personnel; authorizing certain instructional personnel to continue to use a salary schedule adopted before a district school board adopts a performance salary schedule or opt into the performance salary schedule, etc.
Military Corpsmen and Medics of Florida (MCMF) Program; Creating the MCMF Program Office of Veterans Advocacy within the Department of Health; requiring the MCMF Program, through the Department of Economic Opportunity, to assist certain veterans and their spouses with specified tasks; requiring Florida Is for Veterans, Inc., to collaborate with specified entities to implement the MCMF Program, etc.
Upgrades to Education Facilities as Emergency Shelters; Exempting costs of less than $2 million associated with certain upgrades to education facilities from being included in certain cost per student station calculations; requiring costs associated with certain upgrades to be consistent with prevailing market costs in the area where the education facility is located, etc.
Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program; Citing this act as the "Hunger-Free Campus Act"; establishing the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; requiring the Commissioner of Agriculture to annually designate eligible public postsecondary educational institution campuses as Hunger-Free Campuses; providing eligibility requirements for a public postsecondary educational institution to participate in the program; requiring the commissioner, subject to the appropriation of funds, to award grants to public postsecondary educational institutions that have one or more campuses designated as a Hunger-Free Campus; requiring the commissioner to prioritize grants to public postsecondary educational institutions with the highest percentages of eligible Pell Grant recipients enrolled in the student body, etc.
Fairness in Women’s Sports Act; Citing this act as the “Let Kids Play Act”; repealing provisions relating to the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, etc.
Entertainment Industry; Creating the Targeted High Wage Production Program within the Department of Economic Opportunity under the supervision of the Commissioner of Film and Entertainment; requiring that film, television, and digital media projects being produced in this state meet specified criteria to be eligible for tax credit awards; requiring a certified project to make a good faith effort to use existing providers of infrastructure or equipment in this state and to employ residents of this state; requiring the Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council to determine a score for each qualified project using specified criteria; requiring the department to disqualify a project under certain circumstances, etc.
Drinking Water In Public Schools; Requiring each school district to install a specified number of water bottle filling stations with certified point-of-use filters installed to remove lead; requiring each school district to identify all drinking water sources, install a barcode on each source, and install filters that meet certain specifications on all such sources; requiring that the filters be replaced or maintained in a specified manner; requiring each school district to post certain signage on certain water sources and to publish specified information on the school district’s website, etc.
Department of Labor; Creating the Department of Labor as a new department of state government; revising requirements for notifying employees of certain rights; designating the Department of Labor as the state Agency for Workforce Innovation for purposes of implementing s. 24, Art. X of the State Constitution; creating the Department of Labor Community Advisory Board within the department, etc.
