Sen. Gary M. Farmer, Jr.

State Contracting; Requiring an agency subject to ch. 287, F.S., to require any vendor awarded a competitively solicited contract for commodities or contractual services to use certified minority, woman-owned, or veteran-owned business enterprises as subcontractors or subvendors for at least a specified minimum percentage of the contract value; requiring the Office of Supplier Diversity to commission a disparity study to review and evaluate the use of minority, woman-owned, and veteran-owned business enterprises within this state by a specified date, etc. APPROPRIATION: $500,000

Safe Storage of Loaded Firearms; Revising requirements for the storage or leaving of a loaded firearm by a person on a premise under his or her control under certain circumstances involving a minor; revising the circumstances under which such person commits a specified violation, etc.

Strategic Fuel Reserve Plan; Creating the Florida Strategic Fuel Reserve Task Force adjunct to the Division of Emergency Management within the Executive Office of the Governor to develop a recommended strategic fuel reserve plan for a disaster or an emergency; requiring the division to provide administrative and support services to the task force; requiring the task force to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.

Sale and Delivery of Firearms; Requiring the parties, if neither party to a sale, lease, or other transfer of a firearm is a licensed dealer, to complete the sale, lease, or other transfer through a licensed dealer; specifying procedures and requirements for a licensed dealer, seller, lessor, or transferor and a buyer or transferee; authorizing a licensed dealer to charge a buyer or transferee specified fees; deleting provisions exempting a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer from the sale and delivery requirements under certain circumstances, etc.

Small Business Website Development Grant Program; Creating the Small Business Website Development Grant Program within the Department of Economic Opportunity; authorizing certain small businesses to apply for a grant in a specified amount; requiring that grant funds be used for the development of a website, etc.

Agricultural Practices; Revising the definition of the term “best management practice”; requiring, rather than authorizing, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop and adopt rules for interim measures, best management practices, or other measures to achieve certain levels of pollution reduction statewide; requiring the department to develop and adopt rules for guidelines for providing financial assistance to parties implementing such measures and practices; providing that such financial assistance is exempt from certain provisions, etc.

Trust Funds/Division of Cannabis Trust Fund/Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Creating the Division of Cannabis Trust Fund within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing the purpose and for the funding source of the trust fund; requiring a distribution of specified funds to the Department of Health until a specified date; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc.

Abolishing the Death Penalty; Providing that capital felonies are punishable only by life imprisonment; deleting provisions relating to the effect of a declaration by a court of last resort that the death penalty in a capital felony is unconstitutional; repealing provisions relating to capital collateral representation, constitutionally deficient representation, and postconviction capital collateral proceedings, etc.

Misdemeanor Criminal History Record Expunction; Authorizing a person to lawfully deny or fail to acknowledge certain expunged misdemeanor arrests when applying for specified employment positions or licenses, etc.

Assault Weapons and Large-capacity Magazines; Prohibiting the sale or transfer of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; prohibiting possession of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; requiring certificates of possession for assault weapons or large-capacity magazines lawfully possessed before a specified date; providing conditions for continued possession of such weapons or large-capacity magazines; specifying circumstances in which the manufacture or transportation of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines is not prohibited, etc.