Student Volunteers at Polling Locations; Providing that specified high school students who volunteer to assist poll workers are not subject to provisions prohibiting certain agencies and state and local officials from soliciting, accepting, or otherwise using private funds or certain personal services for election-related expenses, etc.
Civil Litigation; Revising the criteria that the court must consider in determining whether an award of money damages is excessive or inadequate, etc.
Underground Utility and Excavation Contractors; Revising the definition of the term “underground utility and excavation contractor”; authorizing an underground utility and excavation contractor to take certain actions relating to underground piping for fire protection systems; defining the term “underground utility and excavation contractor”, etc.
Mental Health; Citing this act as the “Tristin Murphy Act”; expanding the programs and diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators and emergency medical technicians for certain purposes and to include veterans treatment court programs; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish misdemeanor or ordinance violation mental health diversion programs; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; expanding eligibility for the Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program to include Hillsborough County, etc. APPROPRIATION: $794,880
Public Records/Pleading, Request for Relief, or Other Document Stricken by a Court; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for a matter in a pleading, a request for relief, or other document which has been stricken by the court in a noncriminal case if the court makes specific findings; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities; Repealing provisions relating to the definitions, purpose, licensing requirements, applications, proof of financial responsibility requirements, license issuance and discipline provisions, publication of notice of intention to operate requirements, required contents of the notice of intention, publication of the notice of intention requirements, proof of publication requirements, record and reports of operations requirements, provision of emergency licenses, and suspension or revocation of licenses, respectively, of the weather modification law; prohibiting certain acts intended to affect the temperature, the weather, or the intensity of sunlight within the atmosphere of this state; requiring an operator of public infrastructure to report certain information monthly to the Department of Transportation, etc.
Guardianship of Property; Requiring guardians of the property to file quarterly, rather than annual, accounting reports by specified dates; requiring guardians of the property to file quarterly, rather than annual, accounting reports; authorizing certain guardians to file each monthly statement of the ward’s account from the ward’s financial institution for the preceding quarter; requiring the court to appoint an appraiser to appraise the ward’s property, etc.
Student Data; Requiring a district school board to ensure that all contracts between the school district and a third-party entity contain a specified provision; requiring a district school board to publish on its website any portion of a new or existing agreement made with a third-party entity relating to student data collection or dissemination; requiring a third-party entity that violates a specified provision to have its contract terminated within a specified timeframe, etc.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Treatment; Requiring the Department of Health to create an informational poster relating to the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest and make such poster electronically available, etc.
Firearm Purchase or Transfer; Reducing the minimum age at which a person may purchase a firearm; reducing the minimum age of purchasers to whom specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring a firearm; revising an exception to the mandatory waiting period for the purchase of rifles or shotguns, etc.
