Career-themed Courses; Revising the requirements for a specified school district strategic plan to include certain information; requiring the Department of Education to include specified data in an annual review of K-12 and postsecondary career and technical education offerings, etc.
Hope Cards for Persons Issued Orders of Protection; Requiring the clerks of the circuit court, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, to develop and implement the Hope Card Program; requiring clerks’ offices to create a Hope Card and provide such card to petitioners within a specified time frame; providing criminal penalties for the fraudulent use of a Hope Card, etc. APPROPRIATION: $176,000
Individuals with Disabilities; Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for an individual support plan; clarifying the timeframe within which a family or individual support plan must be developed, etc. APPROPRIATION: $38,852,223
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 or former medical examiners and the spouses and children of such medical examiners; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Early Voting Sites; Authorizing supervisors of elections to designate additional early voting sites in certain areas, etc.
Retail Sale of Domestic Dogs and Cats; Defining the terms “pet store” and “sell or offer for sale”; prohibiting pet stores from selling or offering for sale domestic dogs and cats, etc.
Homestead Tax Exemptions; Providing that repair and maintenance of specified property is not a change, an addition, or an improvement; revising the interest rate and penalty that applies to property owners who unlawfully receive a homestead exemption, etc.
Protection of Historic Monuments and Memorials; Citing this act as the "Historic Florida Monuments and Memorials Protection Act"; preempting regulation of specified monuments and memorials to the state; prohibiting persons and specified entities from taking certain actions relating to historic monuments and memorials on public property; requiring courts to declare certain ordinances, regulations, and rules of a local government to be invalid and issue permanent injunctions against the local government; providing civil penalties for certain officials who engage in certain actions; prohibiting the use of public funds to defend or reimburse unlawful conduct of certain persons, etc.
Cold Case Murders; Citing this act as the “Decker-Backmann Act”; requiring the heads of law enforcement agencies or their designees to review certain cold cases upon receiving a written application from a designated person; providing requirements for such reviews; requiring law enforcement agencies to provide specified training; requiring law enforcement agencies, by a specified date and periodically thereafter, to report certain data to the Global Forensic and Justice Center at Florida International University, etc.
Governing Body Meetings; Authorizing governing bodies of municipalities to convene meetings and conduct official business via teleconferencing or other technological means if certain conditions are met; providing limitations on such meetings; providing that certain limitations placed on such meetings may be suspended by the Governor, for a specified timeframe, upon a declared state of emergency impacting the municipality in which the meeting would occur, etc.
