Sen. Annette Taddeo

Lodging Standards; Citing this act as "Miya’s Law"; requiring landlords of nontransient or transient apartments to require employees to undergo background screenings as a condition of employment; revising what constitutes reasonable notice for repairs of dwelling units; requiring public lodging establishments licensed as nontransient or transient apartments to take certain actions relating to employee background screenings and keys for dwelling units; prohibiting an operator of a public lodging establishment from offering an hourly rate for an accommodation, etc.

Residential Development Projects for Affordable Housing; Authorizing counties and municipalities, respectively, to approve any residential development project on parcels zoned for commercial or industrial use if certain conditions are met, etc.

Children with Developmental Delays; Revising the definition of the term “exceptional student” to include additional students with developmental delays, etc.

Financial Literacy Instruction in Public Schools; Citing this act as the “Dorothy L. Hukill Financial Literacy Act”; revising the requirements regarding financial literacy for the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards; revising the required credits for a standard high school diploma to include one-half credit of instruction in personal financial literacy and money management and seven and one-half, rather than eight, credits in electives; modifying the requirements for the award of a standard high school diploma for Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning options, etc.

Instructional Hours for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; Revising the instructional hours required in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program to provide for an 8-hour program day in the summer and school-year programs, etc.

Wage and Employment Benefits Requirements; Repealing a provision relating to restrictions on the establishment of minimum wage and employment benefits requirements by political subdivisions, etc.

Tethering Domestic Dogs and Cats; Citing this act as the "Penny Bautista Act"; specifying requirements for tethering domestic dogs and cats; providing applicability; providing civil penalties; providing for enforcement, etc.

Student Financial Aid; Providing that, for purposes of receiving state financial aid awards, a student may not be denied classification as a resident based on his or her immigration status if certain criteria are met; establishing the Professional Student Loan Repayment Program within the Department of Education; specifying professionals who are eligible to participate in the program; requiring the department to make payments, subject to appropriation and on a first-come, first-served basis, to professionals to repay student loans that were used to pay specified costs; providing that the state bears no responsibility for the accrual of any interest charges or other remaining balances, etc.

Solitary Confinement of Incarcerated Youths; Creating the “Incarcerated Youths in Solitary Confinement Reduction Act”; prohibiting the Department of Corrections and local governmental bodies from placing incarcerated youths in solitary confinement, with specified exceptions; limiting the period of time for which incarcerated youths may be placed in disciplinary cell confinement; requiring that, within a specified time and at specified intervals, a mental health clinician perform a face-to-face evaluation of incarcerated youths who are placed in emergency cell confinement; requiring that restrictions imposed on incarcerated youths who are placed in protective custody be the least restrictive necessary to maintain the safety of such youths and others, etc.

Electioneering Communications Organizations; Revising the expenditure level at which groups engaged in electioneering communications must file a statement of organization with specified entities within a specified timeframe; requiring electioneering communications organizations to include certain information in their statements of organization, etc.