Sen. Jay Collins

Toll Exemptions for Purple Heart Medal Recipients; Revising eligibility for toll exemptions to include operators displaying a Purple Heart special license plate or a Purple Heart special motorcycle license plate, etc.

Procurement Compliance; Authorizing the Department of Management Services to grant governmental entities access to electronic systems for specified purposes; authorizing governmental entities to use certain information to determine compliance with provisions prohibiting contracting with entities of foreign countries of concern, etc.

Cybersecurity; Revising the purposes for which the Florida Digital Service is established; providing that the Florida Digital Service is the lead entity for a certain purpose; requiring a local government to report ransomware and certain cybersecurity incidents to the Cybersecurity Operations Center within certain time periods; revising the membership of the Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council; requiring the Florida Center for Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida to annually conduct certain comprehensive risk assessments, etc.

Florida Museum of Black History; Providing legislative intent; establishing the Florida Museum of Black History Board of Directors; prohibiting specified members of the board from holding state or local elective office while serving on the board; requiring that the board work jointly with the Foundation for the Museum of Black History, Inc., etc.

Dental Therapy; Authorizing Medicaid to reimburse for dental services provided in a mobile dental unit that is owned by, operated by, or has a contractual agreement with a health access setting or another similar setting or program; requiring the Department of Health to allow any person who fails the dental therapy examination to retake the examination; providing application requirements and examination and licensure qualifications for dental therapists; authorizing a dental therapist to perform specified services under the supervision of a dentist under certain conditions, etc.

Contracting with Foreign Countries of Concern; Prohibiting governmental entities from entering into certain contracts for products with governments of foreign countries of concern if such governments have specific ownership interests in those products; requiring certain entities that bid or propose to provide goods or services to sign a certain affidavit; removing provisions that prohibit governmental entities from entering into or renewing specified contracts with certain entities if doing so would give access to personal identifying information, etc.

Complaints Against Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers; Requiring that a copy of a complaint, signed by the complainant under oath, be provided to law enforcement officers and correctional officers who are under investigation; prohibiting certain personnel actions from being taken against a law enforcement officer or correctional officer unless such officer receives a copy of the complaint signed by the complainant under oath; providing penalties for making a false complaint, etc.

Florida State Guard; Authorizing leaves of absence for members of the Florida State Guard when they are engaged in certain ordered training; providing a discount on annual entrance passes to state parks for current members of the Florida State Guard; creating and specifying the annual fee for the Florida State Guard gold sportsman’s license for hunting and fishing; creating the Florida State Guard Scholarship Program for a specified purpose, etc.

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Requiring licensure in lieu of registration of motor carriers operating certain qualified motor vehicles; requiring motor carriers to obtain fuel use decals in lieu of identifying devices; revising due dates for motor fuel use tax returns submitted by licensed motor carriers; requiring vehicle registration applicants to provide a Florida address; defining the term “economically disadvantaged area”, etc.

Public Safety; Citing this act as the “Florida First Responder and Florida Public Safety Act”; establishing a Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence Unit within the Department of Law Enforcement; prohibiting first responder employment discrimination; providing for a unified 911 system for every county-level first responder agency by a specified date; requiring a 911 call center to dispatch the closest unit to an emergency regardless of jurisdiction; creating the Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal, etc.