Sen. Tracie Davis

Education; Citing this act as the “Freedom to Learn Act”; repealing provisions relating to prohibited training or instruction in specified concepts which constitutes discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex; prohibiting school districts from adopting a procedure that compels or authorizes school personnel to share certain information with a parent under certain circumstances; requiring instruction in LGBTQ history in public schools, etc.

Elections; Requiring that the Secretary of State be elected rather than appointed and serve a specified term; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; repealing provisions relating to the Office of Election Crimes and Security; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote at an early voting site or at his or her polling place and to immediately thereafter cast a ballot; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; prohibiting local governments, state agencies, and state officials from implementing or enforcing actions that result in, will result in, or are intended to result in specified disparities or impairments, etc.

Senator Betty S. Holzendorf; Honoring the memory of Senator Betty S. Holzendorf, her devoted service to the Legislature, and her life of dedication to the people of the State of Florida, etc.

Charter School Capital Outlay Funding; Requiring a charter school to provide certain information to its sponsor to be eligible to receive capital outlay funds; providing that a charter school is ineligible for such funds if it fails to provide such information, etc.

Harassment of Election Workers; Prohibiting a person from intimidating, threatening, coercing, harassing, or attempting to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or harass an election worker with specified intent; providing criminal penalties, etc.

Florida Commission on Human Relations; Deleting the requirement that the Florida Commission on Human Relations send certain information to certain persons by registered mail, etc.

Court-ordered Sealing of Criminal History Records; Revising eligibility criteria for criminal record sealing; providing for additional record sealings, etc.

AMIkids, Inc.; Authorizing the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Education, and the Department of Children and Families to contract with AMIkids, Inc., for specified services, etc.

Eligibility for Crime Victims Compensation Awards; Providing factors for the Crime Victims’ Services Office to consider in determining whether mitigating or special circumstances exist which would permit an award despite otherwise disqualifying circumstances, etc.

Affordable Housing; Authorizing municipalities to create community land bank programs for a certain purpose; requiring certain municipalities to develop and annually adopt a community land bank plan; authorizing land banks to buy certain property for less than market value under certain circumstances; creating the Retail-to-residence Tax Credit Program for a certain purpose; requiring the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to determine which projects are eligible for the tax credit, etc.