Sen. Tom Leek

Online Protections for Minors; Requiring social media platforms to prohibit certain minors from creating new accounts; requiring social media platforms to terminate certain accounts and provide additional options for termination of such accounts; providing conditions under which social media platforms are required to prohibit certain minors from entering into contracts to become account holders; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs to bring actions under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act for knowing or reckless violations; authorizing the department to issue and enforce civil investigative demands under certain circumstances, etc.

Employment; Removing certain employment restrictions for minors 16 and 17 years of age; revising the age at which certain employment restrictions apply; providing for the waiver of a specified restriction by specified persons; restricting the amount of continuous hours certain minors may work without a break for a minimum specified time period; authorizing the department to grant a waiver of the restrictions imposed under the act; providing penalties, etc.

Florida State Guard; Requires each applicant for Florida State Guard to submit fingerprints to Division of State Guard or to certain vendor, entity, or agency; requires fingerprints to be forwarded to FDLE for state processing & to FBI for national criminal history record check; requires DMA, & authorizes division, to review certain results & make specified determination; requires division to bear fees for state & federal fingerprint processing & retention; specifies state cost for fingerprint processing; requires retention of fingerprints by FDLE & enrollment of fingerprints in FBI's national retained print arrest notification program; requires identified arrest record to be reported to division.

Unauthorized Public Camping and Public Sleeping; Prohibits counties & municipalities from authorizing or otherwise allowing public camping or sleeping on public property without certification of designated public property by DCF; authorizes counties to designate public property for such uses for specified time period; requires counties to establish specified standards & procedures relating to such property; authorizes DCF to inspect such property & to issue notice; provides exception during specified emergencies.

Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer; Reducing minimum age at which person may purchase firearm & age of purchasers to which specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring firearm.

Expiration of the Mandatory Waiting Period for Firearm Purchases; Removes provision authorizing mandatory waiting period to expire upon completion of records check.

Restrictions on Firearms and Ammunition During Emergencies; Repeals provisions relating to specified automatic restrictions on firearms & ammunition during certain declared emergencies.

Transparency in Social Media; Requires foreign-adversary-owned entities operating social media platforms to publicly disclose specified information in certain manner; requires foreign-adversary-owned entities operating social media platforms to implement user verification system for certain entities; requires enforcement by DLA.

Compensation of Elected Officers and Judges; Removes provisions specifying & providing annual adjustment of annual salaries of members of Senate & House of Representatives; requires Legislature to establish annual salaries in certain manner beginning in certain fiscal year; specifies minimum annual salaries; authorizes voluntary reduction of such salaries.

Regulation of Water Resources; Revises qualification requirements person must meet in order to take water well contractor license examination; prohibits person or business entity from advertising water well drilling or construction services in specified circumstances; requires rules adopted by DEP relating to location of onsite sewage treatment & disposal systems allow licensed water well contractor to apply for & receive variance for installation of private or public potable water well; provides DEP's variance review & advisory committee is not responsible for reviewing water well permitting; requires committee to consider certain requirements when making recommendations on variance requests.