Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez

Regulation of Single-use Plastic Products; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to submit updated retail bag reports with conclusions and recommendations to the Legislature by specified dates; defining the term “coastal community”; authorizing coastal communities to establish pilot programs to regulate single-use plastic products, etc.

Florida Main Street Program and Historic Preservation Tax Credits; Citing this act as the "Main Street Historic Tourism and Revitalization Act"; providing a credit against the state corporate income tax and the insurance premium tax for qualified expenses in rehabilitating certain historic structures; specifying eligibility requirements for the tax credit; specifying requirements for the Division of Historical Resources of the Department of State for evaluating and certifying applications for tax credits; specifying the order in which the credit is applied against the corporate income tax or franchise tax, etc.

Affordable Housing; Providing that a provision authorizing the board of county commissioners to approve certain development projects does not apply in a specified area of critical state concern; providing that a provision authorizing a municipality to approve certain development projects does not apply in a specified area of critical state concern; providing that certain provisions governing awards made pursuant to local housing assistance plans do not apply to counties and municipalities within areas of critical state concern meeting certain criteria, etc.

Damages Recoverable in Wrongful Death Actions; Removing a provision that prohibits adult children and parents of adult children from recovering certain damages in medical negligence suits, etc.

Autonomous Practice by Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Exempting certain advanced practice registered nurses from specified medical direction requirements for clinical privileges in hospitals; revising requirements for certified nurse midwives registered to engage in autonomous practice; providing for the future expiration of the Council on Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Autonomous Practice, etc.

Taxation of Investigative Services; Defining the terms “private investigation services” and “small private investigative agency”; providing a sales tax exemption for the sale of private investigation services by a small private investigative agency to a client; authorizing the Department of Revenue to adopt emergency rules, etc.

Amendments to Land Development Regulations; Prohibiting an initiative or referendum process on land development regulation amendments, etc.

Vessel Owner and Operation Requirements; Revising anchoring limitation areas in certain sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County; revising the timeframe during which a person may anchor a vessel in an anchoring limitation area within which such anchoring would otherwise be unlawful; requiring law enforcement officers to conduct national criminal background checks for vessel owners who are issued citations for specified violations, etc.

Transportation Facility Designations/Gustavo Barreiro Way; Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.

Survivor Benefits; Requiring the benefits of a Florida Retirement System member killed in the line of duty to be paid to the member’s parents, if certain conditions exist; declaring that the act fulfills an important state interest, etc.