Sen. Jay Collins

Maddy summaryThis bill redesignates the state's official flagship as the S.S. American Victory. It is a ceremonial procedural change that updates the state's official maritime designation without altering any laws or policies. The bill affects only the state's formal naming of its flagship vessel. No new regulations, funding, or substantive policy changes are involved.

Public Records/E-mail Addresses/DHSMV; Expanding an exemption from public records requirements for e-mail addresses collected by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for providing renewal notices to include e-mail addresses collected for use as a method of notification generally and not only for the purpose of providing renewal notices; expanding the exemption to include e-mail addresses collected for use as a method of notification related to vessel registrations; providing retroactive applicability; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Public Records and Meetings/Reports on Adversarial Threats; Providing an exemption from public record requirements for a certain report on adversarial threats produced by the Chief of Domestic Security; providing an exemption from public record requirements for notifications provided to owners and operators of critical infrastructure and other assets; providing an exemption from public meeting requirements for meetings of the Council on Pacific Conflict in which such reports or notifications are provided or discussed; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing statements of public necessity, etc.

Pharmacy; Revising the definition of the term “pharmacy” to include remote-site pharmacies; authorizing registered pharmacy technicians to handle the sales transactions and delivery of dispensed drugs under certain circumstances; providing for the permitting of remote-site pharmacies; authorizing remote-site pharmacies to store, hold, and dispense medicinal drugs, etc.

Products Liability Actions Under the Florida Pesticide Law; Prohibiting a products liability action from being brought or maintained under the Florida Pesticide Law unless certain conditions are met; prohibiting a products liability action based on failure to warn theory from being brought against certain pesticide manufacturers under certain circumstances, etc.

Threats from Foreign Nations; Prohibiting a person from acting as a certain agent unless such person files a specified statement with the Attorney General; requiring an agent who has registered to periodically file supplements with the Attorney General; providing criminal penalties for willful violations of specified provisions; creating the “Florida Critical Infrastructure Protection Act”; creating the “Florida Secure Communications Act”; creating the “Pacific Conflict Stress Test”, etc.

Medicaid Pharmacy Discounted Drug Prices; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to conduct or contract for a detailed fiscal impact study on implementing specified provisions relating to discounted drug prices under the 340B Drug Pricing Program; requiring that the study be completed and its results submitted to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.

Revenues from Ad Valorem Taxes; Revising the method of computing the rolled-back rate; revising the maximum millage rate that may be levied in a fiscal year; prohibiting a higher rate from being levied; requiring that revenues collected in excess of a certain amount be disposed of in a specified manner, etc.

Enhanced Firearms Training Facilities; Establishing procedures for licensure by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; authorizing a sheriff to enter into an agreement with the owner of an enhanced firearms training facility to conduct training for the school guardian program at the facility; exempting an enhanced firearms training facility from complying with specified local government requirements under certain circumstances, etc.

Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations; Providing an exception to the requirement that the Department of Children and Families immediately forward certain allegations to a law enforcement agency; requiring Child Protection Teams to consult with a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse when evaluating certain reports; authorizing, under a certain circumstance, a parent or legal custodian from whom a child was removed to request specified examinations of the child, etc.