Disability History and Awareness Instruction; Citing this act as the "Evin B. Hartsell Act"; requiring the Department of Education to develop specified curricula; authorizing the department to consult with the Evin B. Hartsell Foundation to further develop such curricula, etc.
Utility Service Restrictions; Including boards, agencies, commissions, and authorities of counties, municipal corporations, and other political subdivisions of the state with the entities preempted from taking certain actions that restrict, prohibit, or have the effect of restricting or prohibiting the types or fuel sources of energy produced, used, delivered, converted, or supplied by certain entities to serve customers; prohibiting the Florida Building Commission or the State Fire Marshal from adopting into the Florida Building Code or Florida Fire Prevention Code any provision that prohibits or requires the installation of multiple types or fuel sources of energy production which may be used for certain purposes; voiding existing specified documents and policies from governmental entities that are preempted by the act, etc.
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Senator Geraldine F. “Geri” Thompson; Recognizing and celebrating the life and legacy of Senator Geraldine F. “Geri” Thompson, etc.
Services Provided by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or Its Agents; Providing that a certain affidavit establishes a presumption of ownership and right of possession to a motor vehicle or mobile home when the previous owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home died testate; prohibiting the department or a tax collector from charging a fee for reissuance of certain certificates of title; authorizing certain disabled veterans to be issued a military license plate or specialty license plate in lieu of a “DV” license plate; authorizing the department to design, issue, and regulate the use of temporary tags when the existing owner of a vehicle has submitted an application to transfer a valid out-of-state title that is subject to a lien, etc.
Regulation of Water Resources; Revising the qualification requirements a person must meet in order to take the water well contractor license examination; authorizing certain authorities who have been delegated enforcement powers by water management districts to apply disciplinary guidelines adopted by the districts; prohibiting a person or business entity from advertising water well drilling or construction services in specified circumstances; providing that the Department of Environmental Protection’s variance review and advisory committee is not responsible for reviewing water well permitting, etc.
Spaceport Territory; Revising the definition of “spaceport discretionary capacity improvement projects”; revising spaceport territory to include certain property; authorizing the Department of Transportation to fund spaceport discretionary capacity improvement projects if important access and on-spaceport-territory space transportation capacity improvements are provided, etc.
Individuals with Disabilities; Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for an individual support plan; clarifying the timeframe within which a family or individual support plan must be developed, etc. APPROPRIATION: $38,852,223
Earned Wage Access Providers; Designating the “Florida Earned Wage Access Services Act”; requiring providers of earned wage access services to register with the Financial Services Commission; requiring the commission to issue a proof of registration to qualified applicants; authorizing the commission to deny, refuse to renew, or revoke a registration for specified reasons; providing requirements for registered providers; prohibiting certain activities on the part of registered providers, etc.
Trust Funds/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Renovation, Relocation, and Construction Trust Fund/State University System; Creating the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Renovation, Relocation, and Construction Trust Fund within the State University System; authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to sell, trade, exchange, or otherwise dispose of certain real property and improvements; authorizing the University of Florida Board of Trustees to use the trust fund to upgrade, renovate, repair, relocate, or construct agricultural research and education facilities; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the fund, etc.
Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility; Citing this act as the "Promoting Work, Deterring Fraud Act of 2024"; providing requirements for reemployment assistance benefit conditions for non-Florida residents; removing requirements that certain skills assessments of claimants be voluntary; revising circumstances under which the department disqualifies claimants from benefits; requiring the department to verify claimants’ identities before paying benefits; requiring the department to procure an online workforce search and match tool for a specified purpose, etc.
