Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Senator Geraldine F. “Geri” Thompson; Recognizing and celebrating the life and legacy of Senator Geraldine F. “Geri” Thompson, etc.
Protection of Children and Victims of Crime; Requiring the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office and circuit guardian ad litem offices to participate in the development of a certain state plan; requiring the court to appoint a guardian ad litem for a child at the earliest possible time; requiring parents to consent to provide certain information to the guardian ad litem and attorney ad litem; requiring a court to appoint a guardian ad litem to represent a child in certain proceedings, etc.
Public Records/Suicide Victims; Defining the term “suicide of a person”; creating an exemption from public records requirements for a photograph or video or audio recording of the suicide of a person; providing exceptions; requiring that any viewing, copying, listening to, or other handling of such photograph or video or audio recording be under the direct supervision of the custodian of the record or his or her designee; creating an exemption from public records requirements for autopsy reports of suicide victims; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Individuals with Disabilities; Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for an individual support plan; clarifying the timeframe within which a family or individual support plan must be developed, etc. APPROPRIATION: $38,852,223
Child Protective Investigations; Prohibiting the initiation of a child protective investigation or removal of a child from his or her residence solely based on a parent’s religious beliefs or ideology; requiring the investigator to submit a written summary to the subject of the investigation confirming certain information, etc.
Taxation of State Chartered Banks; Providing that community banks have the same immunity from taxation as specified credit unions; providing a definition of “community bank”, etc.
Withholding Funds from the Return of Cash Bonds; Requiring a clerk of the court to withhold funds for specified purposes from the return of a cash bond posted by a criminal defendant or his or her spouse, rather than to withhold such funds from the return of a cash bond posted on behalf of the criminal defendant by a person other than a bail bond agent; requiring all cash bond forms to display a specified notice, etc.
Online Program Management Services; Prohibiting online program management services providers from engaging in specified activities; requiring the Board of Governors to adopt and implement regulations in collaboration with state universities; providing penalties for violations by online program management services providers; requiring a state university, upon termination of a contract, to notify its board of trustees to terminate any further payment to the online program management services provider and to reallocate such funds for a specified purpose, etc.
Video Cameras in Public School Classrooms; Requiring that a video camera be placed in certain public school classrooms, including certain charter school classrooms; requiring a school or charter school to provide certain persons with written notice of the placement of a video camera; providing that a school or charter school principal is the custodian of such video cameras and recordings; providing that incidental viewings of video recordings by specified persons are not a violation of certain provisions, etc.
District Courts of Appeal; Expressing the intent of the Legislature relating to excess judicial capacity in certain appellate districts; providing for the reduction in the number of judges on the First District Court of Appeal and the Second District Court of Appeal upon the occurrence of an event that otherwise would have resulted in a judicial vacancy; providing a limitation on the automatic reduction of judges on the First District Court of Appeal and the Second District Court of Appeal, etc.
