Sen. Alexis Calatayud

Restricted Prescription Drug Distributors; Exempting certain persons who engage in the receipt or distribution of prescription drugs for the sole purpose of processing the drugs’ destruction from specified inventory and vehicle security requirements; requiring the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to adopt less stringent rules for certain persons who engage in the receipt or distribution of prescription drugs for the sole purpose of processing the drugs’ destruction, etc.

Assessments for School District Levies; Deleting the exception for school district levies relating to the assessment of nonhomestead residential property; deleting the exception for school district levies relating to the assessment of nonresidential real property and residential real property, etc.

Everglades Protection Area; Requiring that proposed plans and plan amendments that apply to certain lands within or near the Everglades Protection Area follow the state coordinated review process; providing duties of the Department of Environmental Protection relating to such plans and plan amendments; authorizing site-specific text changes for small-scale future land use map amendments; prohibiting the adoption of small-scale development amendments for properties located within or near the Everglades Protection Area; providing that certain comprehensive plan amendments are subject to the law in effect at the time of the original submission, etc.

Affordable Housing Property Tax Exemptions for Accessory Dwelling Units; Authorizing counties and municipalities to exempt certain accessory dwelling units from ad valorem taxation, etc.

Postsecondary Students Who are Homeless or at Risk of Homelessness; Requiring the Department of Education and the Board of Governors of the State University System to develop best practices and training materials for certain employees related to identifying students experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness; requiring certain Florida College System institutions and state universities to prioritize students experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness for certain housing and work opportunities; establishing the Fostering Independence Grant Program within the Department of Education to be administered by Florida College System institutions and state universities, etc.

American Flamingo; Designating the American flamingo as the official state bird; providing that such designation supersedes the designation of the mockingbird, etc.

Computer Science Education; Creating the AI in Education Task Force within the Department of Education; requiring the Commissioner of Education to serve as the chair of the task force; requiring the department to adopt and publish by a specified date a strategic plan for computer science education, etc.

Fines and Fees; Authorizing the clerk of the circuit court to accept payments for a certain administrative charge in monthly installments; revising the methods by which the clerk of the circuit court may accept payments for certain fees, charges, costs, and fines; prohibiting the clerk from sending an incarcerated individual’s account to a collection agency for collection or sending a notice to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to suspend an incarcerated individual’s driver license; specifying that a single nonrefundable service fee should be collected when a license is reinstated after certain conditions are met, etc.

Criminal History in Licensing; Prohibiting the denial of a license, permit, or certification because of an arrest for a crime not followed by a conviction; authorizing a state agency to defer a decision on an application for a license, permit, or certification pending the resolution of criminal charges against the applicant; providing the circumstances and mitigating factors that an agency must consider to determine whether granting a license, permit, or certification to a person would pose a direct and substantial risk to public safety; requiring a state agency to provide an applicant with a certain written notification to deny his or her application for a license, permit, or certification on the basis of a prior conviction, etc.

Third-party Sellers from Foreign Countries of Concern; Requiring an online marketplace to record certain information from a third-party seller to verify a third-party seller’s location; requiring an online marketplace to disclose to consumers that a third-party seller is located in or doing business from a foreign country of concern; authorizing an online marketplace to hold in an interest-bearing account the sales proceeds from transactions between consumers and third-party sellers living in or doing business from a foreign country of concern, etc.