Sen. Travis Hutson

Clerks of Court; Revising the fund into which moneys recovered by certain state attorneys must be deposited; revising the fund into which certain payments received must be deposited as related to public defenders or criminal conflict and civil regional counsels; revising the fund into which certain filing fees are to be deposited; deleting a provision requiring each state attorney to publish an annual report addressing results of his or her affirmative action program; revising the distribution of certain administrative fees, etc.

Special Districts; Prohibiting the creation of new safe neighborhood improvement districts after a date certain; providing term limits for elected members of governing bodies of independent special districts; providing the method for changing boundaries of an independent special district; providing additional criteria for declaring a special district inactive, etc.

Inactive Special Districts; Dissolving special districts that have been declared inactive and repealing their enabling laws; dissolving the Sunny Isles Reclamation and Water Control Board and repealing the judicial order establishing the district, etc.

Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program; Establishing the Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program within the Department of Legal Affairs; requiring the department to accept and process applications for the payment of compensation claims under the program; requiring the department to provide specified notice of the program; requiring the department, subject to the appropriation of funds for that purpose, to pay a specified compensation amount to approved applicants, etc. APPROPRIATION: $20,000,000

Support for the State of Israel; Expressing support for the State of Israel and condemning the attacks and hateful actions by the Hamas terrorist group, etc.

Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup; Citing this act as the “Emily Adkins Prevention Act”; requiring the Secretary of Health Care Administration, in conjunction with the State Surgeon General, to establish a blood clot and pulmonary embolism policy workgroup; requiring the secretary to submit a final report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.

Labor Pool Act; Providing that a labor pool satisfies certain requirements if its facilities meet the minimum requirements in the Florida Building Code and any local amendments thereto; authorizing labor pools to provide drinking water through certain alternative means; requiring an aggrieved worker to provide specified notice to a labor pool before bringing a civil action; authorizing a labor pool to cure alleged violations in a specified manner, etc.

Elections; Requiring the Secretary of State to provide mandatory formal signature matching training to specified persons; requiring that third-party voter registration organizations provide to the Division of Elections the general election cycle for which they are registering persons to vote, beginning on a certain date; deleting the scheduled repeal of a public records exemption for certain voter registration information from another state or the District of Columbia; requiring a supervisor to adhere to specified procedures before the removal of a registered voter from the statewide voter registration system; defining the term “qualify” for purposes of restrictions on individuals qualifying for public office, etc.

Domestic Violence; Citing this act as "Greyson’s Law"; requiring the court with jurisdiction over the proceeding to consider certain factors in deciding whether shared parental responsibility is detrimental to the child; providing additional conduct regarding domestic violence which the court must consider when ordering a parenting plan; providing an additional factor that the court must consider in determining whether a petitioner of a domestic violence injunction is in imminent danger, etc.

Guidance Services on Academic and Career Planning; Requiring district school boards to inform students and parents of certain acceleration, academic, and career planning options; requiring certain information to be included in such notification; requiring that certain information be included in a personalized academic and career plan, etc.