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Sanctity of Life
- Citing this act as the "Health Care Freedom Act"; repealing provisions relating to the prohibited use of state funds for travel to another state for purpose of abortion services, the prohibited use of state funds for sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures, and the right of medical conscience of health care providers and health care payors, respectively; […]
- Establishes procedure to allow adult who has mental capacity & who has terminal condition & who makes fully informed decision that he or she no longer wants to live, to obtain medication to end his or her life; provides requirements for health care providers, health care facilities & DOH. 2024/03/08 Died in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- Requires covered entity to adopt policy relating to providing notice of its refused services; requires DOH to publish & maintain on its website current list of covered entities & their refused services & develop & administer public education & awareness program; revises timeframe in which physician may perform termination of pregnancy; requires AHCA to provide […]
Gambling
- 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 […]
- Designating the "Fantasy Sports Contest Amusement Act"; requiring the Florida Gaming Control Commission to enforce and administer the act; providing application requirements for fantasy sports contest operator licenses; requiring a contest operator to implement specified consumer protection procedures; requiring contest operators to keep and maintain certain records for a specified period, etc. 2024/03/08 Died on […]
- Requiring applicants for a fantasy sports contest operator license to pay a specified application fee; requiring contest operators to pay a specified annual license renewal fee; prohibiting such fees from exceeding a specified amount; requiring applicants and contest operators to provide certain written evidence; requiring contest operators to remit certain fees, etc. 2024/03/08 Died on […]
- Removes requirement that certain permitholders show that their permits have not been disapproved or recalled at later election when submitting subsequent annual applications to Florida Gaming Control Commission; authorizes certain greyhound dogracing permitholders to relocate; specifies areas to which permitholder may not relocate; provides that certain pari-mutuel facilities are not subject to municipal restrictions on […]
- Prohibits falsely personating personnel from Gaming Control Commission; specifies violation of prohibition against keeping gambling house must be committed knowingly; requires court to order offender to pay fine if he or she is convicted of trafficking in slot machines; prohibits person from making false statements regarding legality of slot machine to facilitate sale or delivery; […]
- Provides requirements for fantasy sports contests & penalties for violations; exempts fantasy sports contests from certain laws. 2024/03/08 Died in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- Designating the "Prospect Del Vista Infrastructure and Investment Act"; creating Prospect Del Vista, Inc., as a nonprofit corporation which is not a unit or entity of the state government; requiring Prospect Del Vista, Inc., to create and administer an investment fund for a certain purpose in a certain manner; requiring the Auditor General to annually […]
- Deleting a requirement that certain permitholders show that their permits have not been disapproved or recalled at a later election when submitting subsequent annual applications to the Florida Gaming Control Commission; authorizing greyhound dogracing permitholders to relocate if specified conditions are met; requiring that a slot machine gaming area of a relocated pari-mutuel facility be […]
- Providing for state recognition of specified Indian tribes and bands, etc. 2024/03/08 Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- Provides for state recognition of specified Indian tribes & bands. 2024/03/08 Died in State Affairs Committee
Adoption
- Citing this act as "Ava's Law"; requiring that, upon her request, every female arrested and not released on bond within 72 hours after arrest be administered a pregnancy test within a specified timeframe; requiring each municipal detention facility or county detention facility to notify each arrested female upon booking at the facility of her right […]
- Revises tax collector base salaries; defines "tax collector employee"; provides that tax collector employees are eligible to receive certain adoption benefits; specifies monetary benefit amounts to be paid under specified conditions; requires such employees to apply to DCF to obtain benefit; authorizes DCF to adopt specified rules; authorizes county tax collectors to budget for & […]
- Requires adoption entities to submit annual report with certain information to DCF; requires department to retain electronic copy of certain documentation; revises amount of authorized fees, costs, & expenses; prohibits & authorizes court to reject certain fees; requires court to include written determination of reasonableness if court approves fees, costs, & expenses in excess of […]
Human Trafficking
- Increases maximum age of child victim of specified acts whose out of court statements may be admissible in certain circumstances; provides that first offense of specified sex trafficking offenses involving minors requires designation of defendant as sexual predator. 2024/04/11 Chapter No. 2024-71
- Providing that the financial obligation of child support may not be terminated in instances where a victim of rape, incest, or human trafficking is unable to receive an abortion for the resulting pregnancy; providing for the automatic termination of paternal rights of the offender; providing for automatic child support orders in such instances; requiring such […]
- Prohibiting adults from offering to commit, committing, or engaging in prostitution, lewdness, or assignation; providing criminal penalties; prohibiting the owning, establishing, maintaining, operating, using, letting, or renting of a building, residence, place, or structure, in whole or in part, or a trailer or any other conveyance, with knowledge or reckless disregard that it will be […]
- Requiring certain contractors with governmental entities to provide an affidavit attesting the contractor does not use coercion for labor or services, etc. 2024/03/08 Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- Requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue original, renewal, or replacement identification cards with a lifetime boating safety identification card symbol to applicants if certain conditions are met; requiring that applications for original, renewal, or replacement driver licenses or identification cards indicate whether the applicant has obtained a boating safety identification […]
- Revising the definition of the term "coercion"; authorizing the prosecution of specified offenses under the Florida RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) Act; requiring the Department of Education and Department of Health, in conjunction with the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking, to establish an awareness training program and community partnership on human trafficking, sex trafficking, […]
- Requiring that a certain annual report required of the Department of Health include specified data; requiring the department to immediately suspend the license of massage therapists and massage establishments under certain circumstances; revising quorum requirements for the Board of Massage Therapy; prohibiting sexual activity and certain related activities in massage establishments; revising advertising requirements and […]
- Extending the future repeal date of the direct-support organization for the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking; revising the hotline telephone number to be included in human trafficking awareness signs; revising applicability of provisions governing the employment of minors by vendors licensed under the Beverage Law; requiring that contractors with governmental entities attest that they do […]
- Increasing the maximum age of a child victim of specified acts whose out-of-court statements may be admissible in certain circumstances; providing that a first offense of specified sex trafficking offenses involving minors requires designation of the defendant as a sexual predator, etc. 2024/02/21 Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 305
Foster Care
- Requiring the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office and circuit guardian ad litem offices to participate in the development of a certain state plan; requiring the court to appoint a guardian ad litem for a child at the earliest possible time; requiring parents to consent to provide certain information to the guardian ad litem and attorney […]
- Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for […]
- Requiring the Department of Children and Families to include individual-level child placement assessment data in its annual report to the Legislature on the commercial sexual exploitation of children; requiring the department to provide the Legislature with individual-level child placement assessment data in a certain format, etc. 2024/03/08 Died on Calendar
- Requiring the Department of Education and the Board of Governors of the State University System to develop best practices and training materials for certain employees related to identifying students experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness; requiring certain Florida College System institutions and state universities to prioritize students experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness […]
- Repealing provisions which comprise the Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law; revising the motor vehicle insurance coverages that an applicant must show to register certain vehicles with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; revising minimum liability coverage requirements for motor vehicle owners or operators; revising authorized methods for meeting such requirements; revising financial responsibility […]
- Requires community-based care lead agencies to maintain specified registry; requires that certain information be removed from registry; prohibits lead agency from transferring certain costs to prospective adoptive parents; revises entity responsible for surrendered infants from licensed child-placing agencies to community-based care lead agencies; provides requirements for lead agencies once they take physical custody of surrendered […]
- Defining the term "community-based care lead agency"; requiring community-based care lead agencies to establish and maintain a specified registry; prohibiting the community-based care lead agency from transferring certain costs to prospective adoptive parents; requiring licensed child-placing agencies that take custody of surrendered newborn infants to report certain information; providing requirements for the hospital once it […]
- Requiring the Department of Children and Families to conduct a criminal history records check of certain persons; authorizing specified persons to initiate a proceeding if both parents of a child are deceased or the last known living parent is deceased and a legal custodian has not been appointed for the child through a probate or […]
- Requires APD to develop & implement electronic application process; requires agency to maintain printable paper application on its website &, upon request, provide printed paper application to an applicant; requires agency to provide applicants with specified information upon receipt of application for services; revises timeframes within which agency must make eligibility determinations for services; lowers […]
- Authorizing certain employees of Department of Juvenile Justice and contracted providers to possess and administer opioid antagonists; replacing the term "gender-specific" with "sex-specific"; providing that juvenile assessment centers are not facilities that are permitted to receive certain children; revising requirements for certain State Board of Education rules to establish policies and standards for certain education […]
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