Equitable Distribution of Marital Assets and Liabilities; Requiring a court to consider certain factors when determining if extraordinary circumstances exist; prohibiting certain interspousal gifts unless certain requirements are met; providing that certain actions do not change whether certain real property is marital property; providing that business interest in a closely held business is a marital asset, etc.
Translation Services; Authorizing courts to contract with a third-party translation service provider to provide translation services; providing that such services may be made available to any party requesting them, regardless of whether represented by counsel; providing that a court is not required to provide translation services, etc.
Antisemitism; Defining the term “antisemitism”; providing contemporary examples of antisemitism, etc.
Affordable Housing; Prohibits counties & municipalities from restricting floor area ratio; authorizes counties & municipalities to restrict height; prohibits counties & municipalities from using public hearings or any other quasi-judicial board or reviewing body to approve proposed development; prohibits counties & municipalities from restricting maximum lot size below specified size; requires counties & municipalities to maintain certain policy on their websites; requires counties & municipalities to reduce parking requirements; provides requirements for developments located within transit-oriented development or area; prohibits review or approval by county or municipality of application for development permit or order from being conditioned upon waiver, forbearance, or abandonment of any development right. APPROPRIATION: $100,000,000
Education; Revises requirements relating to district school board duties & responsibilities, requirements for student management of specified health conditions, prekindergarten instructors postsecondary educator preparation in field experiences, Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation, critical teacher shortages, collective bargaining, Teacher Apprenticeship Program, Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program, FCS institution employment equity accountability program, rent or lease of K-12 plants & facilities.
Broadband; Extending the date through which a promotional rate and related terms for certain wireline attachments of broadband facilities to municipal electric utility poles are effective, etc.
Public Records and Meetings/Cancer Research Grant Applications; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for proprietary business information included in cancer research grant applications submitted to the Cancer Connect Collaborative and records generated by the collaborative relating to the review of such information; providing an exemption from public meeting requirements for portions of collaborative meetings during which such proprietary business information is discussed; providing for legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity, etc.
Safe Exchange of Minor Children; Citing this act as the “Cassie Carli Law”; providing requirements for a parenting plan relating to the exchange of a child; requiring the court to order the parties in a parenting plan to exchange their child at a neutral safe exchange location or at a location authorized by a supervised visitation program under certain circumstances; requiring sheriffs to designate certain areas as neutral safe exchange locations; providing immunity from civil liability, etc.
Hot Car Death Prevention; Citing this act as "Ariya’s Act"; designating the month of April as “Hot Car Death Prevention Month”; providing that certain agencies and local governments are encouraged to sponsor events for a specified purpose, etc.
Disclosure of Grand Jury Testimony; Revising the list of persons prohibited from disclosing the testimony of a witness examined before, or the evidence received by, a grand jury; creating an exception for a request by the media or an interested person to the prohibited publishing, broadcasting, disclosing, divulging, or communicating of any testimony of a witness examined before the grand jury, or the content, gist, or import thereof; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Surrendered Infants; Changing the term “newborn infant” to “infant”; increasing the age at which a child is considered an infant; authorizing a parent to leave an infant with medical staff or a licensed health care professional at a hospital after the delivery of the infant, upon the parent giving a certain notification; authorizing a parent to surrender an infant by calling 911 to request that an emergency medical services provider meet the surrendering parent at a specified location, etc.
Public Records/Animal Shelter or Animal Control Agency; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for records held by an animal shelter or animal control agency operated by a local government which contain certain information pertaining to persons with legal custody of an animal; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
