Prohibited Use of Human Trafficked Labor in Government Contracts; Requiring certain contractors with governmental entities to provide an affidavit attesting the contractor does not use coercion for labor or services, etc.
Probation and Community Control Violations; Revising the sentencing score sheet to reflect the absence of community sanction points assessed in certain circumstances; revising sanctions for probation violations; providing for hearings within a specified time period for low-risk probation or community control violations; providing for the release of offenders in certain circumstances if a hearing is not held, etc.
Student Cardiac and Medical Emergencies; Citing this act as the “HeartCharged Act”; requiring each public school to have at least one automated external defibrillator on school grounds; encouraging each public school to establish public and private partnerships and seek gifts, grants, and other donations for specified purposes; providing immunity from liability for school employees and students under the Good Samaritan Act and the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act; revising the requirements for certain athletic coaches to include certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, and the use of an automatic external defibrillator, etc.
Economic Development; Deleting the requirement that certain grants received by a regional economic development organization must be matched in a certain manner; removing a provision requiring a certain consideration; removing certain demonstration requirements of program applicants, etc.
Supported Decisionmaking Authority; Requiring a circuit court to consider certain needs and abilities of a person with a developmental disability when determining whether to appoint a guardian advocate; defining the term “supported decisionmaking agreement”; prohibiting such agreement from acting as a durable power of attorney; requiring a petition to determine incapacity of a person to include specified information relating to the alleged incapacitated person’s use of assistance, etc.
Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program; Establishing the Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program within the Department of Legal Affairs; requiring the department to accept and process applications for the payment of compensation claims under the program; requiring the department to provide specified notice of the program; requiring the department, subject to the appropriation of funds for that purpose, to pay a specified compensation amount to approved applicants, etc. APPROPRIATION: $20,000,000
Career and Technical Education; Revising the duties of the Office of Reimagining Education and Career Help; requiring counties and municipalities to recognize certain persons as journeymen for specified occupations if such persons meet specified criteria; providing an alternative to career fairs through other career and industry networking opportunities; revising conditions under which a student may use certain credits to satisfy specific high school graduation requirements, etc.
Taking of Bears; Citing this act as the "Self Defense Act"; providing for the taking of bears without certain penalties under specified conditions; requiring the disposal of such bears by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; prohibiting certain possession, sale, and disposal of such bears or their parts, etc.
FAMU Day; Designating February 21, 2024, as “FAMU Day” in Florida, etc.
Black History Month; Recognizing February 2024 as “Black History Month” in Florida, etc.
