Disability Awareness and Inclusion Education; Citing this act as the “Disability Awareness and Inclusion Education Act”; authorizing the Department of Education to create the Disability Awareness and Inclusion Education Program; authorizing the department, in consultation with certain advocates, educators, and experts, to develop and make available disability awareness instruction; authorizing the department to award grants, subject to legislative appropriation, etc.
Litigation Financing; Requires courts to consider potential conflicts of interest that may arise from existence of litigation financing agreement in specified circumstances; prohibits specified acts by litigation financiers; requires certain parties that enter into specified litigation financing agreements to serve specified notice; provides requirements for such notices; provides that certain information is not required to be included in such notices; authorizes courts to take specified actions relating to such notices; prohibits foreign funders from taking specified actions; provides construction; provides that litigation financing agreement is void & unenforceable in specified circumstances; provides for enforcement of specified violations under Florida Deceptive & Unfair Trade Practices Act; authorizes court, agency, or tribunal of competent jurisdiction to impose fines or other sanctions for certain violations.
Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education; Creating the Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Study Group; providing the purpose, membership, and duties of the study group; requiring the study group to submit a report by a specified date to the Governor and the Legislature, etc.
Materials Harmful to Minors; Defining the term “harmful to minors”; revising the list of materials used in a classroom which are subject to the objection process by parents or residents, etc.
Right Turns at Intersections Using Traffic Infraction Detectors; Prohibiting certain right turns at intersections using traffic infraction detectors; requiring certain signage at such intersections, etc.
SB 1348 revises definitions used by Florida's Housing Finance Corporation to clarify terminology related to affordable housing programs. It adds specific requirements for "demonstrated capacity," requiring housing providers to have completed at least three affordable housing projects (including one in Florida) within the past five years. The bill also defines key terms like "qualifying principal" (owners with 25%+ stake in housing entities) and updates definitions for "elderly" housing and "eligible housing providers." These changes directly affect for-profit developers, non-profits, and community housing organizations seeking to construct or rehabilitate affordable housing projects under Florida's housing finance programs. The bill does not create new programs but refines existing eligibility and operational definitions.
Voluntary Trial Resolution; Authorizing parties to civil cases, family law cases, or probate cases to, by written agreement or stipulation, agree to the appointment of a voluntary trial resolution judge, subject to certain exceptions; authorizing the parties to file such written agreement or stipulation with the clerk of the court any time after the action is filed and to file a joint motion requesting such appointment; requiring an appointed voluntary trial resolution judge to take and subscribe to a specified oath; requiring a voluntary trial resolution judge to adjudicate a case until a specified finality occurs in the case, etc.
Public Records/Experimental Treatment Outcomes; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information contained in a public report published by the Department of Health relating to experimental treatment outcomes and safety signals; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Licensure of Medical Spas; Creating the “Medical Spa Prescription Drug Oversight Act”; requiring medical spas to be licensed under certain circumstances; requiring the Board of Pharmacy to maintain a public database of licensed medical spas; providing that submission of an application for licensure by a medical spa constitutes permission for inspections; authorizing the board to investigate certain violations and impose penalties, etc.
Instruction on Reproductive Health; Requiring that certain materials used to teach reproductive health be approved annually by a district school board in an open, noticed meeting, rather than the Department of Education, etc.
Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program; Requiring the Department of Children and Families to contract with certain entities to establish and operate the Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program in Clay, Duval, and St. Johns Counties; providing requirements for contracted entities; requiring contracted entities to subcontract with certain state universities for certain purposes; requiring the department and contracted entities to create a coordinated access model, etc.
Refrigerant Safety and Agricultural Continuity; Requires DACS to provide annual report to Legislature by specified date; authorizes DACS to coordinate with certain entities for specified purpose.
