Sen. Tommy Wright

Veterans’ Assistance; Requiring the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, subject to appropriation, to expand outreach programs connecting veterans, families, and their survivors to certain services, benefits, and support; requiring the department to host public events for such purpose; requiring the department to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature which contains specified information, etc.

Practice of Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact; Enacting the Practice of Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact; specifying requirements for state participation in the compact and duties of member states; specifying the parameters of practice for audiologists and speech-language pathologists practicing in member states; establishing the Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact Commission; providing for member state dispute resolution and enforcement of the compact, etc.

Public Records and Meetings/Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact Commission; Providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for certain portions of meetings of the Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact Commission and its executive committee; providing an exemption from public records requirements for recordings, minutes, and records generated during exempt portions of such meetings; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity, etc.

Patriotic Organizations; Defining the term “patriotic organization”; authorizing school districts to allow representatives of patriotic organizations certain opportunities to speak to students, distribute certain materials, and provide certain displays relating to the patriotic organizations; prohibiting a school district from discriminating against certain organizations in the use of a school building or property under certain circumstances, etc.

85th Anniversary of the Florida Highway Patrol; Recognizing and celebrating the 85th anniversary of the Florida Highway Patrol, etc.

Public Records/Prospective Bidders/Department of Transportation; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain financial information provided by a prospective bidder to the Department of Transportation for prequalification purposes; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, 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

Designation of a Certain Diagnosis on Motor Vehicle Registrations; Citing this act as the "Safeguarding American Families Everywhere (SAFE) Act"; requiring the application form for motor vehicle registration to include certain language allowing an applicant to indicate that he or she has been diagnosed with, or is the parent or legal guardian of a child or ward who has been diagnosed with, specified disabilities or disorders; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to allow specified persons to update a motor vehicle registration to include or remove the specified designation at any time, etc.

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.

Florida National Guard; Urging Congress to impel the United States National Guard Bureau to examine the resource allocations of the Florida National Guard and allow an increase in its force structure, etc.