Sen. Travis Hutson

Public Records/Florida Gaming Control Commission; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current or former commissioners of the Florida Gaming Control Commission and the spouses and children of such current or former commissioners; providing for retroactive application; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Policy Committee; Citing this act as the “Justo R. Cortes Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Act”; requiring the State Surgeon General to establish a progressive supranuclear palsy and other neurodegenerative diseases policy committee; requiring the Department of Health to provide staff and administrative support to the committee; providing for duties, membership, and meetings of the committee; requiring the State Surgeon General to submit a progress report and a final report by a specified date to the Governor and the Legislature, etc.

Transportation Services for Persons with Disabilities and the Transportation Disadvantaged; Revising duties of the Department of Transportation, within specified resources, with respect to required provisions of grants and agreements with entities providing paratransit services; defining the term “transportation service provider”; providing requirements for paratransit service contracts entered into on or after October 1, 2024; requiring the commission to establish model procedures for transportation service providers to receive and investigate reports related to adverse incidents, etc.

Deregulation of Public Schools; Requiring a district school board to advertise its intent to adopt a tentative budget on a publicly available website if the district school board does not advertise such intent in a newspaper of general circulation; revising the general powers of district school superintendents to include establishing a process for the review and approval of certain policies and procedures through the delegated authority of district school boards; authorizing district school boards to adopt a policy relating to parental notification methods; revising the amount of funds school districts may expend from specified revenue and for certain purposes; authorizing district school boards to use advanced degrees in setting salary schedules for specified personnel, etc.

Career-themed Courses; Revising the requirements for a specified school district strategic plan to include certain information; requiring the Department of Education to include specified data in an annual review of K-12 and postsecondary career and technical education offerings, etc.

Gaming Licenses and Permits; Authorizing the Florida Gaming Control Commission to deny an application for licensure of, or suspend or revoke the license of, any person who falsely swears under oath or affirmation to certain material statements on his or her application for a license; providing that such persons are subject to other applicable penalties; requiring applicants for licenses and licensees to notify the commission of certain contact information and of any change in such contact information and providing penalties for failure to comply; revising the timeframe during which a permitholder is required to annually file an application for an operating license for a pari-mutuel facility during the next state fiscal year; authorizing a licensed horse track to receive broadcasts of horseraces conducted at horse racetracks outside this state if certain conditions are met, etc.

Campaign Finance; Repealing provisions relating to the Florida Election Campaign Financing Act; deleting provisions governing the public funding of campaigns for candidates for statewide office who agree to certain expenditure limits, etc.

Swimming Lesson Voucher Program; Creating the program within the Department of Health for a specified purpose; requiring the department to establish a network of swimming lesson vendors to participate in the program; requiring the department or a contracted nonprofit organization to attempt to secure a vendor in each county; specifying eligibility criteria for the program, etc. APPROPRIATION: $500,000

Public Financing for Campaigns of Candidates for Elective Statewide Office; Proposing the repeal of Section 7 of Article VI of the State Constitution which requires the availability of public financing for campaigns of candidates for elective statewide office who agree to campaign spending limits, etc.

Funding for Environmental Resource Management; Requiring the Department of Revenue to deposit into the Indian Gaming Revenue Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services a specified percentage of the revenue share payments received under the gaming compact between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida; creating the Local Trail Management Grant Program within the Department of Environmental Protection for a specified purpose; authorizing the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to enter into voluntary agreements with private landowners for environmental services within the Florida wildlife corridor, etc. APPROPRIATION: $536,000,000