Sen. Gary M. Farmer, Jr.

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.

Legal Rights of the Natural Environment; Repealing provisions prohibiting local governments from recognizing or granting certain legal rights to the natural environment or granting such rights relating to the natural environment to a person or political subdivision, etc.

Searches by Law Enforcement Officers; Prohibiting a law enforcement officer in this state from searching a person or his or her property without first informing the person of his or her lawful right to decline the search request by the law enforcement officer; providing exceptions, etc.

Informed Consent for Termination Of Pregnancy; Deleting the requirement that a physician be physically present in the same room when informing a pregnant woman of specified information for purposes of obtaining informed consent for termination of a pregnancy; deleting the requirement that such information be provided within a specified timeframe; deleting the requirement that a physician perform an ultrasound on a pregnant woman and inform her of the probable gestational age of the fetus for purposes of obtaining informed consent for a termination of pregnancy, etc.

Fees/Marijuana Establishments; Requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish by rule specified initial license fees and annual license renewal fees for specified marijuana establishments; authorizing the department to charge an application fee, which may not exceed the cost of processing the application, etc.

Confidentiality of Economic Development Agreement Information; Deleting provisions relating to confidentiality and exemption from public records requirements of information concerning plans, intentions, or interests of a private entity entering into certain agreements with an economic development agency, etc.

Taxes/Marijuana; Imposing a sales tax on marijuana; requiring certain entities to file a monthly return that includes sales tax payments and to keep specified records; authorizing the Division of Cannabis Management to revoke a marijuana cultivation facility’s license under certain circumstances; authorizing counties and municipalities to establish additional sales taxes on the sale of marijuana; exempting certain purchases of marijuana for medical use from specified state and local sales taxes, etc.

Award of Attorney Fees and Costs in Actions Involving District School Boards; Requiring an award of attorney fees and costs to a district school board in any civil or administrative proceeding in which the district school board was the prevailing party over a state agency, regardless of which party initiated the action; authorizing a state agency to oppose the application by affidavit; requiring an evidentiary hearing on an application for an award of attorney fees and costs to be promptly conducted by a court or an administrative law judge, as applicable; prohibiting an award of attorney fees and costs to be made in any case in which a state agency was a nominal party, etc.

Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program; Authorizing tutoring provided through the tutoring program of the Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program to be provided after the school day; authorizing school districts that participate in the tutoring program to provide a stipend to instructional personnel and high school students serving as tutors for after-school tutoring, 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.