Limited Barbering; Defining the term “limited barbering”; authorizing persons without a license to practice barbering to perform limited barbering in licensed barbershops if certain requirements are met; authorizing the board to discipline persons authorized to perform limited barbering, etc.
Sponsored bills
Holocaust Remembrance Day; Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim a specified day as “Holocaust Remembrance Day”; authorizing “Holocaust Remembrance Day” to be observed in this state’s public schools and be observed by public exercise as the Governor may designate, etc.
First Offense Conditional Release Pilot Program; Creating a pilot program for conditional release of certain first-time offenders; providing for conditions of release; providing for termination of admittance to the program by a specified date, unless the program is renewed by the Legislature, etc.
Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act; Prohibiting processors from selling, preparing, distributing, or exposing for sale certain kratom products or kratom extracts; providing civil penalties for processors who violate certain provisions; providing an exception, etc.
Support for the State of Israel; Expressing the Florida Senate’s unwavering support for the State of Israel, etc.
Medical Negligence; Revising the limits on noneconomic damages for personal injury or wrongful death arising from medical negligence; deleting a provision that prohibits adult children and parents of adult children from recovering certain damages in medical negligence suits; requiring that medical malpractice insurer rate filings reflect certain changes in costs and expenses; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to consider such changes in its review of rate filings, etc.
School Readiness Program; Revising requirements for the sliding fee scale for families receiving school readiness program services to include a new method to calculate parent copayments at the time of eligibility determination and annually thereafter, regardless of the number of children; revising requirements for the data elements that must be collected and reported by the Department of Education; revising the method for determining the annual allocation for the school readiness program; deleting a provision relating to certain expenditures from the Gold Seal Quality Care Program allocation, etc.
Transportation Facility Designations/Dylan Roberts Memorial Crosswalk; Providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
Human Trafficking; Prohibiting the employment of persons younger than 21 years of age in adult entertainment establishments; providing criminal penalties; prohibiting the raising of specified arguments as a defense in a prosecution for certain violations, etc.
Educator Preparation Programs; Prohibiting the courses and curricula of teacher preparation programs, postsecondary educator preparation institutes, professional learning certification programs, and school leader preparation programs, respectively, from distorting certain events and including certain curriculum and instruction; requiring teacher preparation programs, postsecondary educator preparation institutes, professional learning certification programs, and school leader preparation programs to afford candidates certain opportunities, etc.