Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new section in Florida law that officially defines the term "antisemitism" using the working definition adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2016. The legislation provides specific contemporary examples of antisemitism, such as denying the Holocaust, holding Jewish people collectively responsible for actions by Israel, or applying double standards to the State of Israel compared to other nations. It explicitly states that criticizing Israel in a manner similar to how other countries are criticized does not count as antisemitism under this definition. The law aims to help monitor and report hate crimes while ensuring it does not infringe on First Amendment rights or conflict with existing antidiscrimination laws.
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Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day; Designates Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day, which occurs on fourth Thursday in March, as legal holiday.
Theft; Reducing minimum threshold amount for grand theft of third degree; creates new offense of grand theft offenses; provides enhanced criminal penalties for committing petit theft of first degree & having certain previous convictions; revises number of thefts required within specified aggregation period required to commit specified violation for retail theft; revises specified timeframes in which individual acts of retail theft may be aggregated; prohibits retail theft with specified number of other persons for specified purpose; prohibits retail theft when social media platform is used to solicit participation; requires person convicted of retail theft to pay specified restitution.
Identification Documents; Prohibits counties & municipalities, respectively, from accepting certain ID cards or documents that are knowingly issued to individuals who are not lawfully present in United States as form of identification; provides exception.
Private Aircraft Landing Requirements; Prohibits private aircraft from landing at airport owned or operated by commercial airport authority created by Legislature as dependent special district unless certain requirements are met; authorizes airport authority to impose additional requirements for private aircraft; authorizes airport authority to require documentation that such requirements have been met.
Pub. Rec./Access to Financial Institution Customer Accounts; Provides public records exemption for termination-of-access reports filed by financial institutions with OFR, for information contained in such reports, & for personally identifying & personal financial information contained in complaints filed by customers or members & in determinations issued by office related to such complaints & reports; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statements of public necessity.
Access to Financial Institution Customer Accounts; Provides additional grounds for qualified public depositories to be suspended & disqualified; authorizes OFR to receive complaints from customer or member who reasonably believes that financial institution has acted in bad faith in terminating, suspending, or taking similar action restricting access to such customer's or member's account; provides duties of office upon receipt of complaint; provides duties of financial institution upon receipt of notification that complaint has been filed; authorizes office to provide certain reports & information to specified entities; provides that financial institutions' customers & members have cause of action; authorizes such customers & members to recover damages, together with costs & attorney fees; provides time limit for initiating causes of action.
Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer; Reducing minimum age at which person may purchase firearm & age of purchasers to which specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring firearm.
Restrictions on Firearms and Ammunition During Emergencies; Repeals provisions relating to specified automatic restrictions on firearms & ammunition during certain declared emergencies.
Online Protections for Minors; Requiring certain social media platforms to prohibit certain minors from creating new accounts and to verify the age of account holders; specifying the age verification methods the social media platform is required and authorized to offer; requiring certain social media platforms to terminate certain accounts and provide additional options for termination of such accounts; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs to bring actions for knowing or reckless violations under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act; providing penalties, etc.