Sen. Bobby Powell

Lodging Standards; Citing this act as "Miya’s Law"; requiring landlords of nontransient or transient apartments to require employees to undergo background screenings as a condition of employment; revising what constitutes reasonable notice for repairs of dwelling units; requiring public lodging establishments licensed as nontransient or transient apartments to take certain actions relating to employee background screenings and keys for dwelling units; prohibiting an operator of a public lodging establishment from offering an hourly rate for an accommodation, etc.

Care for Retired Police Dogs; Citing this act as the "Care for Retired Police Dogs Program Act"; creating the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program within the Department of Law Enforcement; requiring the department to contract with a nonprofit corporation to administer and manage the program; specifying requirements for the disbursement of funds for the veterinary care of eligible retired police dogs, etc. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate

Estates and Trusts; Providing that the requirement for a claimant to file an independent action is satisfied if specified actions are taken; specifying that claimants, not creditors, are given certain priority of claims; revising the types of trusts deemed to have been contributed by a settlor’s spouse and not the settlor; providing that a trustee may resign by specified procedure and with notice to certain parties, etc.

Children with Developmental Delays; Revising the definition of the term “exceptional student” to include additional students with developmental delays, etc.

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.

Taxes and Fees; Providing contributions for early approval adult use dispensing organization licenses; authorizing the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to revise fees after a specified date; providing for certain mandatory contributions for obtaining early approval adult use dispensing organization licenses; levying a tax on the cultivation of cannabis; specifying the amount of the tax; providing for the collection, payment, and administration of the tax; levying a tax on cannabis purchases, etc.

Use of Police Canines; Prohibiting police canines from being used to bite suspects during arrest or apprehension; requiring that law enforcement agencies that use police canines adopt specified policies; providing requirements for the use of police canines in apprehending suspects; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to maintain specified data concerning the use of police canines and to make such data available in a format meeting specified requirements, etc.

Pregnant Women in Custody; Citing this act as "Ava’s Law"; requiring that every female who is arrested and not released on bond within 72 hours after arrest be administered a pregnancy test within a specified timeframe, upon her request; authorizing a sentencing court to stay the beginning of the period of incarceration for up to a certain timeframe for a pregnant woman convicted of any offense; authorizing a sentencing court to order a pregnant woman to comply with specified terms and conditions during the stay of the incarceration, etc.

Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Requiring the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to be included in specified instruction, etc.

Military Corpsmen and Medics of Florida (MCMF) Program; Creating the MCMF Program Office of Veterans Advocacy within the Department of Health; requiring the MCMF Program, through the Department of Economic Opportunity, to assist certain veterans and their spouses with specified tasks; requiring Florida Is for Veterans, Inc., to collaborate with specified entities to implement the MCMF Program, etc.