Sen. Tracie Davis

Applicants for Licensure as a Medical Marijuana Treatment Center; Authorizing a joint venture partner of specified applicants to be licensed as a medical marijuana treatment center and receive maximum consideration for its diversity plan under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Health to license certain applicants that are recognized class members of specified class actions; authorizing an applicant for licensure as a medical marijuana treatment center to demonstrate that such applicant has maintained a bona fide business in the agriculture industry in the state for a specified time period to satisfy certain application criteria, etc.

Physician Certifications for the Medical Use of Marijuana; Authorizing qualified physicians to perform patient examinations and evaluations through telehealth for renewals of physician certifications for the medical use of marijuana, subject to certain conditions; authorizing the Department of Health to suspend the registration of a qualified physician in the medical marijuana use registry for a specified timeframe for noncompliance with the act, etc.

Emergency Residential Property Insurance Assistance Trust Fund/Department of Financial Services; Creating the Emergency Residential Property Insurance Assistance Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services; providing the purpose of the trust fund; providing for eligibility for financial assistance from the trust fund; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, 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.

Time Limitations for Prosecution of Certain Sexual Battery Offenses; Revising the time limitations for prosecution of specified sexual battery offenses committed on victims 18 years of age or older in certain circumstances, etc.

Restoration of Voting Rights; Requiring the Department of State to adopt procedures by a specified date to ensure that certain information is reviewed and provided, within a specified timeframe, to supervisors of elections; requiring the department to notify ineligible voters after a supervisor of elections makes a determination that a person is ineligible to vote and removes that person from the statewide voter registration system; providing an affirmative defense for individuals charged with specified crimes, etc.

Youth Housing and Employment; Providing a sales tax credit to certain businesses that hire specified employees; providing requirements to apply for the tax credit; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to review and approve applications that meet specified requirements; providing an additional credit if the qualified lease agreement is at an affordable rate; requiring a landlord to affirmatively demonstrate to the Department of Revenue that requirements have been met to receive a tax credit, etc.

Florida Hometown Hero Housing Program; Creating the Florida Hometown Hero Housing Program to be administered by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation; specifying requirements for loans under the program; authorizing the corporation to underwrite and make such loans to specified borrowers, etc.

Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking/Department of Legal Affairs; Creating the Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking within the Department of Legal Affairs; providing for the funding sources and purposes of the trust fund; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc.

Marriage Between Persons of the Same Sex; Repealing a provision relating to marriage between persons of the same sex; deleting a prohibition on the recognition of same-sex marriages; deleting a prohibition on the state and its agencies and subdivisions giving effect to a public act, record, or judicial proceeding that respects a same-sex marriage or relationship or a claim arising from such marriage or relationship; deleting the definition of the term “marriage”, etc.