Transportation Facility Designations/Chandra Cheeseborough Ribault River Bridge; Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county, etc.
Use of Wireless Communications Devices in Schools; Requiring the Commissioner of Education to coordinate with school districts selected by the Department of Education to implement a policy for a specified school year prohibiting the use of cell phones while on school grounds or engaged in certain activities off school grounds; requiring the department to provide a report to the Legislature before a specified date; providing requirements for the report, etc.
Office of Faith and Community; Establishing the Office of Faith and Community within the Executive Office of the Governor for a specified purpose; providing for the appointment of a liaison for faith and community; providing that the Office of Faith and Community provides administrative support to the Florida Faith-Based and Community-Based Advisory Council, etc.
Maddy summarySB 1170 allows members of the public to take photographs at polling places before the polls open and after they close. This directly affects voters, election observers, and poll workers by permitting photography during these specific times. The bill amends existing law to explicitly authorize photography in these periods, removing prior restrictions that prohibited it. It does not change rules about photography during active voting hours or inside voting booths.
Underground Utility and Excavation Contractors; Revising the definition of the term “underground utility and excavation contractor”; revising the definition of the term “Contractor V”; defining the term “underground utility and excavation contractor”, etc.
Public Records/Medical Examiners; Defining the term “medical examiner”; providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current and former medical examiners and the spouses and children of such medical examiners; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Tax Credits for Investment in Rural Communities; Creating the “Florida Rural Jobs Act”; requiring the Department of Commerce to accept applications for approval as rural funds in a specified manner; requiring the department to distribute revoked investment authority among certain rural funds; granting a credit against state tax liability for specified investors; providing restrictions on the credit, etc.
County Constitutional Officer Budget Processes; Authorizing a supervisor of elections to file a budget appeal to the Administration Commission in a specified manner; requiring the Executive Office of the Governor to conduct a budget hearing in a specified manner and make findings and recommendations to the Administration Commission; authorizing a clerk of the circuit court to file a budget appeal in a specified manner; requiring the Executive Office of the Governor to conduct a budget hearing in a specified manner and make findings and recommendations to the Administration Commission, etc.
Declarations of a Public Health Emergency; Providing that the administration of vaccines is not included within the meaning of the terms “treat,” “treated,” or “treatment” as they relate to public health emergencies; revising provisions related to the expiration and renewal of declarations of a public health emergency; authorizing an individual to refuse examination, testing, or treatment under a State Health Officer’s order during a public health emergency by submitting a written refusal to the State Health Officer, etc.
Florida Museum of Black History; Providing legislative intent; establishing the Florida Museum of Black History Board of Directors; prohibiting specified members of the board from holding state or local elective office while serving on the board; requiring that the board work jointly with the Foundation for the Museum of Black History, Inc., etc.
