Sen. Keith Perry

Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program; Establishing the program within the Department of Education; providing the purpose of the program; specifying eligibility requirements for the awarding of the Seal of Fine Arts; defining the term “work of art”; requiring the Commissioner of Education and school districts to perform specified duties to administer the program, etc.

Florida School for Competitive Academics; Changing the name of the Florida School for Competitive Academics to the Frazer School for Competitive Academics, 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.

Local Ordinances; Authorizing courts to assess and award reasonable attorney fees and costs and damages in certain civil actions filed against local governments; providing certain procedures for continued meetings on proposed ordinances and resolutions for counties; requiring a county to suspend enforcement of an ordinance that is the subject of a certain legal action if certain conditions are met; providing certain procedures for continued meetings on proposed ordinances for municipalities, etc.

Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program; Creating the "Step into Success Act"; requiring the Department of Children and Families to establish the pilot program; requiring the independent living professionalism and workforce education component of the pilot program to culminate in a specified certificate; providing that completion of that component allows former foster youth to participate in the onsite workforce and training internship component; specifying conditions for participation in the onsite workforce internship component, etc. APPROPRIATION: $500,000

Insurance; Specifying a qualification for a local governmental entity’s representative on a self-insurer’s governing body; revising membership requirements for specified members of the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology; authorizing insurers to file with the Office of Insurance Regulation personal lines residential property insurance rating plans providing rate differentials based on certain windstorm mitigation construction standards; revising the timeframe for advance notices from insurers to insureds of automatic bank withdrawal increases, etc.

Children and Young Adults in Out-of-home Care; Citing this act as the “Nancy C. Detert Champion for Children Act”; requiring a case manager or other staff to provide a child with verbal and written information about certain topics; deleting limitations on the type of questions a child may ask; establishing the Office of the Children’s Ombudsman within the Department of Children and Families; requiring the department to consult with specified children and young adults when creating or revising certain print or digital written information, etc.

People of Iran; Urging Congress to stand in support of the fight for freedom of the people of Iran, etc.

Automatic Sealing of Criminal History Records and Making Confidential and Exempt Related Court Records; Requiring a clerk of the court to automatically keep confidential and exempt court records related to certain criminal history records that meet specified criteria, 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.