Liens and Bonds; Requiring the clerk of the court to serve a copy of a notice of contest of claim on certain persons after it has been recorded; requiring service of documents to be made in a specified manner; revising the process for notarizing a notice of commencement; requiring the clerk to serve a copy of a notice of contest of lien on certain persons after it has been recorded; revising the amount required in addition to the deposit or bond which applies toward attorney fees and court costs, etc.
Rural Development; Requiring certain agency agreements to include a provision authorizing the agency to provide for the payment of specified invoices to certain counties or municipalities for certain verified and eligible performance; revising the percentages of total infrastructure project cost which the Department of Economic Opportunity may award through grants from the Rural Infrastructure Fund; deleting provisions allowing eligible funds to be used for broadband Internet service and access; authorizing the department to award grants up to a specified amount for specified planning and preparation activities, etc.
Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses; Revising requirements relating to the issuance of special food service licenses and certain club licenses, etc.
Facility Requirements Based on Sex; Creating the “Safety in Private Spaces Act”; requiring certain entities that maintain water closets or changing facilities to meet specified requirements; authorizing persons to enter a restroom or changing facility designated for the opposite sex only under certain circumstances; providing that specified persons who enter certain restrooms or changing facilities and refuse to depart when asked to do so commit the criminal offense of trespass, etc.
Pub. Rec./Human Trafficking Victim Expunction; Provides that petition for human trafficking victim expunction & all pleadings & documents related to petition are confidential & exempt from public records requirements; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides statement of public necessity.
Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons; Specifies conditions under which person commits exploitation of person 65 years of age or older; specifies not knowing age of victim is not defense; provides circumstances under which trial for criminal action arising from specified violations may be advanced on docket; authorizes persons who are in imminent danger of exploitation to petition for injunction for protection; provides penalties for violations of injunction; provides time limitations for commencing prosecution.
Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Requiring the Board of Governors of the State University System to establish a Committee on Public Policy Events; requiring offices to report to specified state university offices; prohibiting public institutions of higher education from requiring the completion of a political loyalty test or for persons to meet certain qualifications; designating the Florida Student Association as the nonprofit advocacy organization for students of the State University System; requiring the board of directors to adopt certain bylaws, etc.
Fiscal Accountability; Requires state entities to post certain documents which indicate use of state funds as remuneration under certain contracts on specified system beginning on specified date; removes provision requiring state entities to publish payments on specified website; requires that contracts for services executed, amended, or extended beginning on specified date require contractors to provide specified documentation to be included in state contract tracking system & posted on contractor's website, if applicable.
Commercial Service Airport Transparency and Accountability; Revising information required to be posted on the website of a governing body; requiring a commercial service airport to use specified competitive solicitation processes for certain purchases of commodities or contractual services; requiring a governing body to approve, award, or ratify certain contracts by separate line item on the agenda if such contracts exceed specified amounts; prohibiting such contracts from being approved, awarded, or ratified as part of a consent agenda, etc.
Technology Transparency; Prohibits officers or salaried employees of governmental entities from using their positions or state resources to make certain requests of social media platforms; prohibits governmental entities from initiating or maintaining certain agreements or working relationships with social media platforms; providing exceptions; prohibits controller from collecting certain consumer information; requires collectors to provide notice to consumers about data collection, sharing, & selling practices; provides consumers right to request data be disclosed, deleted, or corrected & to opt-in or opt-out of sale or sharing of data; provides social media protections for children; provides nondiscrimination measures, methods for requesting data & opting-in or opting-out of sale or sharing of data, private cause of action, & enforcement; preempts regulation of consumer date collection, sharing, & selling to the state; requires certain moneys to be deposited in Legal Affairs Revolving Trust Fund.
Labor Pool Act; Provides labor pool satisfies requirements if its facilities meet minimum requirements in Florida Building Code & any local amendments thereto; requires aggrieved worker to provide specified notice to labor pool before bringing civil action; authorizes labor pool to cure alleged violations; requires civil action be brought within certain time period; provides exclusive remedies.
Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-prolonging Procedures; Authorizing a court to delegate the right to consent to the withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging procedures of incapacitated persons in certain circumstances; requiring that initial and annual guardianship plans, respectively, state whether any power under the ward’s preexisting order not to resuscitate or advance directive is revoked, modified, suspended, or transferred to the guardian; authorizing a guardian to petition a court for approval to consent to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures under certain circumstances, etc.
