Sen. Lauren Book

Florida Legislative Investigation Committee; Acknowledging the injustices perpetrated against the targets of the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee between 1956 and 1965 and offering a formal and heartfelt apology to those whose lives, well-being, and livelihoods were damaged or destroyed by the activities and public pronouncements of those who served on the committee, etc.

Residential Swimming Pool Safety; Citing this act as “The Kacen’s Cause Act”; requiring a home inspector to include certain information relating to swimming pools in his or her report; requiring that new residential swimming pools meet an additional requirement in order to pass final inspection and receive a certificate of completion; prohibiting a property owner from transferring ownership of a parcel that includes a swimming pool unless certain requirements are met, etc.

Background Screenings; Authorizing criminal history results to be provided to and shared between certain parties; providing that existing retention provisions apply to persons included in the Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse; requiring an independent sanctioning authority to conduct level 2 background screenings of current and prospective athletic coaches; requiring specified entities to participate in a certain criminal history system; requiring the Criminal Justice Information Program to develop a certain identification method; requiring specified entities to initiate criminal history checks through the clearinghouse, etc.

Sale or Transfer of Ammunition; Citing this act as "Jaime’s Law"; requiring background checks for the sale or transfer of ammunition; providing exceptions, 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.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Workers’ Compensation for Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers; Defining the term “first responder” for the purposes of including part-time and auxiliary law enforcement officers for workers’ compensation benefits for posttraumatic stress disorder and for educational training related to mental health; providing that, under certain circumstances, posttraumatic stress disorder suffered by correctional officers and part-time correctional officers is an occupational disease compensable by workers’ compensation benefits; specifying the evidentiary standard for demonstrating such disorder, etc.

Recovery for Wrongful Death; Deleting a prohibition on adult children of certain decedents recovering specified damages, etc.

Florida Hometown Hero Housing Program; Creating the Florida Hometown Hero Housing Program; providing the purpose of the program; specifying requirements for loans under the program; authorizing the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to underwrite and make such loans to specified borrowers; specifying ineligible employees, etc.

Home Kitchen Operations; Exempting home kitchen operations from food permitting requirements; providing requirements for the sale of home kitchen food products; preempting the regulation of home kitchen operations to the state; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to investigate complaints and conduct inspections as necessary; providing that home kitchen operations are subject to specified administrative fines, etc.

Domestic Violence and Parental Responsibility Determinations; Citing this act as “Greyson’s Law”; requiring a court to order shared parental responsibility if it is found to be in the best interests of the child based on certain factors; providing that clear and convincing evidence of certain conduct creates a rebuttable presumption that shared parental responsibility is not in the best interests of the child; requiring the court to rely upon specific evidence to make required findings that a presumption has been rebutted, etc.