Medical Coverage Assistance Program for Working Individuals with Disabilities; Requires AHCA to implement & administer Medicaid buy-in program for specified working individuals with disabilities; provides requirements for program; requires agency to seek by specified date federal approval through Medicaid waiver or state plan amendment to implement program; requires agency to implement & administer program upon receiving federal approval.
Voluntary Trial Resolution; Removes provisions relating to voluntary trial resolution; authorizes parties to civil cases, family law cases, or probate cases to agree to or stipulate appointment of voluntary trial resolution judge; requires parties to promptly serve copy of joint motion & form on presiding judge; requires presiding judge to enter specified order within certain time period; requires appointed voluntary trial resolution judge to take & subscribe to specified oath; provides exception; requires voluntary trial resolution judge to adjudicate case until final determination of case; requires case to be returned to presiding judge; requires immediate disclosure by voluntary trial resolution judge to parties of circumstances requiring disqualification; authorizes waiver of disqualification; provides for compensation of voluntary trial resolution judge; requires presiding judge to retain jurisdiction for specified purpose; requires clerk of court to treat cases referred to voluntary trial resolution in specified manner; requires chief judge or his or her designee to make available public facilities & personnel in proceedings assigned to voluntary trial resolution judge in specified manner; requires chief judge & clerk to coordinate provision of jurors with voluntary trial resolution judge for certain actions; authorizes parties to agree to use certain facilities for other specified matters; specifies that parties are responsible for certain costs; provides scope of judicial functions of voluntary trial resolution judge; requires presiding judge to maintain jurisdiction to perform certain judicial functions; requires voluntary trial resolution judge to conduct proceedings under specified rules of court; requires voluntary trial resolution proceedings to be noticed & open to public.
Business Development Incentives for Veterans and Military Spouses ; Requires DOS to waive specified fees for certain businesses; provides eligibility & registration requirements for such waivers; provides tax exemptions for certain businesses; provides eligibility requirements for such exemptions; requires DOR to establish procedures for claiming such exemptions; provides for rulemaking & interagency cooperation; provides annual reporting requirements.
Medicaid Reimbursement for Private Duty Nursing Services; Defines "pediatric continuing care integrated community" for purposes of state Medicaid program; defines "geographic area" & "prevailing hourly rate"; requires Medicaid managed care plans to reimburse licensed home health agencies for private duty nursing services provided in community residential group home at certain rate; prohibits Medicaid managed care plans from reducing reimbursement for such services; requires Medicaid managed care plans to negotiate rates with affiliated businesses at least annually & upon request by provider, to provide certain written certification; requires AHCA to seek federal approval within specified timeframe; requires agency to implement changes made by act upon federal approval.
Towing Disabled Vehicles; Requiring a law enforcement officer to provide the driver of a vehicle impounded under certain circumstances with certain information; authorizing the driver of a vehicle disabled under certain circumstances to take certain action; requiring a law enforcement officer and wrecker operator to provide specified information to the driver of a vehicle disabled under certain circumstances, etc.
Advanced Education Options; Citing this act as the “Raising Achievement by Improving Standards and Earnings (RAISE) Act”; requiring certain district school boards and private high schools to enter into dual enrollment articulation agreements and private school articulation agreements, respectively; creating the advanced education options supplement; authorizing a scholarship-funding organization (SFO) to retain a specified amount of the supplement for administrative expenses; providing values for students who receive specified diplomas, receive passing scores in specified courses, pass certain relevant exams, or are enrolled in specified courses, etc.
Offenses Evidencing Prejudice; Expanding grounds for the reclassification of offenses to include acts based on the gender or gender identity of any person; requiring that the reclassification occur if the offense was based in whole or in part on specified characteristics of any person; replacing the term “mental or physical disability” with the term “disability” and revising the definition; requiring that the reclassification of a certain offense occur if the offense was based in whole or in part on a disability of any person, etc.
Transferring Years of Creditable Service; Requiring the Department of Management Services adopt rules to establish a process for employees in the Florida Retirement System to transfer years of creditable service to another employee in the system, etc.
Florida Museum of History; Requiring that each Florida Museum of History be owned, managed, and operated by a certain entity; creating the Florida Museum of History Advisory Committee within the Department of State for a certain purpose; requiring specified county commissions and local entities to create Florida Museum of History Boards; requiring the Legislature to provide specified funds to certain entities to conduct financial feasibility studies, etc.
THC-infused Beverages; Authorizing a holder of an active qualifying alcoholic beverage license to sell, offer to sell, or distribute THC-infused beverages at retail in this state; prohibiting any person or entity that does not hold an active, qualifying alcoholic beverage license from selling, offering for sale, possessing for sale, or distributing THC-infused beverages in this state, etc.
SB 1688 amends Florida law to increase penalties for prostitution and related offenses. It escalates penalties for repeat violations: first offenses become misdemeanors, second offenses become felonies, and third or subsequent offenses are classified as higher-level felonies. The bill specifically targets massage establishments by reclassifying violations as more severe offenses if the location is licensed under massage laws. It also links prostitution convictions to automatic license suspensions for massage therapists and prohibits licensing for those convicted of related offenses. The bill is pending and would take effect October 1, 2026.
Public Records/Department of Legal Affairs/Artificial Intelligence Violations; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for information relating to investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs of certain violations relating to artificial intelligence violations; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
