Sen. Clay Yarborough

Educator Preparation Programs; Prohibiting the courses and curricula of teacher preparation programs, postsecondary educator preparation institutes, professional learning certification programs, and school leader preparation programs, respectively, from distorting certain events and including certain curriculum and instruction; requiring teacher preparation programs, postsecondary educator preparation institutes, professional learning certification programs, and school leader preparation programs to afford candidates certain opportunities, etc.

Real Property Ownership; Revising the definition of the term “foreign principal”; revising the ownership interest that a foreign principal may have in agricultural land; requiring certain foreign principals to register the ownership of a controlling interest in agricultural land owned before a certain date; authorizing criminal penalties for certain sales and purchases of controlling interests in agricultural land; revising the ownership interest that a foreign principal may have in real property on or near military installations or critical infrastructure facilities, etc.

Property Rights; Authorizing property owners or their authorized agents to request assistance from the sheriff from where the property is located for the immediate removal of unauthorized occupants from a residential dwelling under certain conditions; authorizing a sheriff to arrest an unauthorized occupant for legal cause; providing criminal penalties for any person who knowingly and willfully presents a false document purporting to be a valid lease agreement, deed, or other instrument conveying real property rights, etc.

Anti-human Trafficking; Extending the future repeal date of the direct-support organization for the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking; revising the hotline telephone number to be included in human trafficking awareness signs; revising applicability of provisions governing the employment of minors by vendors licensed under the Beverage Law; requiring that contractors with governmental entities attest that they do not use coercion for labor or services; prohibiting the employment of persons younger than 21 years of age in adult entertainment establishments, etc.

Public Records/Clerks of the Circuit Court and Deputy Clerks of the Circuit Court; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current clerks of the circuit court and deputy clerks of the circuit court and the names and personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such clerks and deputy clerks; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Security for Jewish Day Schools and Preschools; Subject to and consistent with funds appropriated from the General Appropriations Act, requiring the Department of Education to establish a program to provide funds to full-time Jewish day schools and preschools for specified security purposes, 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

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awareness Day; Recognizing the fourth Wednesday in February as “Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awareness Day” in Florida and encouraging efforts to educate people about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, etc.

Offenses Involving Critical Infrastructure; Providing criminal penalties for improperly tampering with critical infrastructure resulting in specified monetary damage or cost to restore; providing criminal penalties for trespass upon critical infrastructure; providing notice requirements; providing criminal penalties for the unauthorized access to or tampering with specified electronic devices or networks of critical infrastructure, etc.

Antisemitism; Defining the term “antisemitism”; providing contemporary examples of antisemitism, etc.