Sen. Jeff Brandes

Financial Literacy Instruction in Public Schools; Citing this act as the “Dorothy L. Hukill Financial Literacy Act”; revising the requirements regarding financial literacy for the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards; revising the required credits for a standard high school diploma to include one-half credit of instruction in personal financial literacy and money management and seven and one-half, rather than eight, credits in electives; modifying the requirements for the award of a standard high school diploma for Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning options, etc.

Public Records and Public Meetings; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for any personal identifying information of an applicant for president of a state university or a Florida College System institution held by a state university or a Florida College System institution; specifying when the age, race, and gender of all qualified applicants considered and the personal identifying information of applicants who are in the final group of applicants are no longer confidential and exempt; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of identifying or vetting applicants for president of a state university or a Florida College System institution, including any portion of a meeting which would disclose certain personal identifying information of such applicants; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Physician Certifications for the Medical Use of Marijuana; Authorizing qualified physicians to perform patient examinations and evaluations through telehealth for renewals of physician certifications for the medical use of marijuana, etc.

Searches of Cellular Phones and Other Electronic Devices; Expanding the grounds for issuance of a search warrant to include content held within a cellular phone, portable electronic communication device, or microphone-enabled household device when such content constitutes evidence relevant to proving that a felony has been committed; adopting the constitutional protection against unreasonable interception of private communications by any means for purposes of obtaining a search warrant; prohibiting the use of certain communication content obtained without a search warrant supported by probable cause in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding; authorizing an investigative or law enforcement officer to apply to a judge of competent jurisdiction for a search warrant, rather than an order, authorizing real-time location tracking or acquisition of historical location data, etc.

Beverage Law; Providing exemptions relating to the purchase of alcoholic beverages from manufacturers by vendors; authorizing certain manufacturers who possess a vendor’s license to sell, transport, or deliver alcoholic beverages to specified vendors under certain circumstances; authorizing craft distilleries to sell, transport, or deliver branded products to specified vendors under certain circumstances, etc.

Serious Mental Illness as Bar to Sentence of Death; Defining the term “serious mental illness”; prohibiting the imposition of a sentence of death upon a defendant convicted of a capital felony if the defendant had a serious mental illness at the time the criminal offense was committed; requiring a defendant to provide a certain notice if he or she intends to raise serious mental illness as a bar to a sentence of death; requiring certain court orders if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant had a serious mental illness at the time of the commission of the criminal offense, etc.

Medical Use of Marijuana by Out-of-state Visitors; Requiring the Department of Health to create a separate section in the medical marijuana use registry for short-term visitors; establishing criteria for short-term visitors from states that have legalized medical marijuana to receive authorization to possess medical marijuana and marijuana delivery devices in this state; authorizing short-term visitors registered in the medical marijuana use registry to purchase and receive a specified supply of marijuana for medical use from a medical marijuana treatment center in this state; requiring the department to immediately make available in the medical marijuana use registry the registration certificate of a short-term visitor; providing that a short-term visitor’s registration certificate serves as verification that he or she is authorized to possess, purchase, and use marijuana for medical use and possess and use marijuana delivery devices in this state, etc.

Medical Marijuana Patient Protection; Citing this act as the "Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act"; providing that a qualified patient’s medical use of marijuana does not constitute the use of an illicit substance or otherwise disqualify such patient from medical treatment or other medically approved therapies, etc.

Sale, Transport, and Delivery of Malt Beverages; Exempting certain vendors from specified delivery restrictions under certain circumstances; providing applicability; authorizing vendors licensed as manufacturers under ch. 561, F.S., to transfer malt beverages to certain restaurants with common ownership affiliations; providing that certain manufacturers may transport malt beverages in vehicles owned or leased by the manufacturers or certain persons other than the manufacturers, etc.

Physician Certifications for the Medical Use of Marijuana; Increasing the number of supply limits of marijuana a qualified physician may issue in a single physician certification for the medical use of marijuana; providing a higher supply limit for certain disabled qualified patients; revising the frequency with which qualified physicians must evaluate existing qualified patients for a physician certification for the medical use of marijuana, etc.