Rep. Mike Giallombardo

Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality; Revises purpose & requirements for Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education & Use Prevention Program; requires DOH to contract with local healthy start coalitions for creation of fetal & infant mortality review committees; prohibits physician from performing abortion if gestational age of fetus is determined to be more than specified number of weeks; provides exception; requires directors of certain medical facilities & certain physicians to submit monthly report to AHCA electronically; requires hospitals participate in minimum number of quality improvement initiatives. APPROPRIATION: $1,602,000

The Hope Scholarship Program; Revises purpose of Hope Scholarship Program; revises program eligibility; provides for use of funds under program; revises term of program scholarship; revises school district, DOE, parent, & nonprofit scholarship-funding organization obligations under program; authorizes payment of scholarship funds by organizations to be made by deposit into student's account; provides that accrued interest in student's account is in addition to awarded funds; provides that program funds include both awarded funds & accrued interest; prohibits student's scholarship award from being reduced for debit card or electronic payment fees.

Lee County Emergency Operations Center Expansion; Provides an appropriation for the Lee County Emergency Operations Center Expansion. APPROPRIATION: $13,707,160

Cyber Florida - Local Government Infrastructure and Technical Assistance; Provides an appropriation for the Cyber Florida - Local Government Infrastructure and Technical Assistance. APPROPRIATION: $5,000,000

Cape Coral Northeast Reservoir Project; Provides an appropriation for the Cape Coral Northeast Reservoir Project. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000

Home Base Florida Veteran and Family Care; Provides an appropriation for the Home Base Florida Veteran and Family Care. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; Requires OIR to approve method used by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation for valuing dwelling replacement costs; revises method for determining amounts of surcharges to be levied against policyholders; specifies that registered lobbyist may not be member of corporation's board of governors; specifies qualification requirements for certain members of corporation's board of governors at time of appointment & reappointment; revises thresholds for determining eligibility of risk for coverage by corporation; provides that policyholders removed from corporation through assumption agreement do not remain eligible for coverage from corporation.

Critical Infrastructure Standards and Procedures; Requires agency asset owner & encourages asset owner procuring certain components, services, or solutions or entering into contracts to require conformance with certain standards; requires agency asset owner & encourages asset owner to ensure that contracts require meet certain minimum standards; encourages asset owner to ensure that operation & maintenance of operational technology conform to certain standards & practices; provides defendant is immune from civil liability in certain circumstances.

Local Ordinances; Authorizes courts to award reasonable attorney fees & costs & damages in certain civil actions filed against local governments; specifies limitation on awards; requires boards of local governments to prepare business impact estimate before enactment of ordinance; specifies requirements for posting & content of estimate; requires local government to suspend enforcement of ordinance that is subject of certain legal action if certain conditions are met; authorizes prevailing local government to enforce ordinance after specified period; requires courts to give priority to certain cases; authorizes courts to award attorney fees & costs & damages; provides declaration of important state interest.

Apprenticeship Tax Credits; Provides tax credit to taxpayers who employ apprentices in apprenticeship program; provides cap on amount of tax credit per apprentice; specifies information taxpayer must provide to DOR to claim tax credit; specifies method for calculating tax credit; prohibits taxpayers from claiming tax credit for individual apprentice for more than specified number of years; authorizes tax credits to be carried forward for up to specified number of years.