Sen. Aaron Bean

Arrest Booking Photographs; Prohibiting the republishing or redissemination of certain arrest booking photographs; authorizing a person whose arrest booking photograph is republished or redisseminated to bring a civil action against the person or entity republishing or redisseminating the photograph if such person or entity was required to remove it from the publication or electronic medium; authorizing a court to impose a specified civil penalty; requiring a court to award reasonable attorney fees and court costs, etc.

Independent Living Services; Removing a provision requiring the Florida Independent Living Council to assist the Division of Blind Services of the Department of Education; requiring the council to coordinate with centers for independent living; prohibiting the council from engaging in certain activities; requiring the council to comply with state and federal laws and regulations relating to lobbying; increasing the percentage of certain revenues used to administer the James Patrick Memorial Work Incentive Personal Attendant Services and Employment Assistance Program, etc.

Hope Operators; Providing that a hope operator that has not been notified that a financial audit for a fiscal year will be performed by the Auditor General must retain an independent certified public accountant to complete, within 9 months after the end of its fiscal year, an annual financial audit of its accounts, which must be paid from its public funds; revising the definition of the term “persistently low-performing school”; authorizing, instead of requiring, a school of hope designated as a local education agency to report students in accordance with procedures and timelines adopted by the Department of Education, etc.

Ad Valorem Assessments; Adding exceptions to the definition of the term “change of ownership” for purposes of a certain homestead assessment limitation; providing that changes, additions, or improvements, including ancillary improvements, to nonhomestead residential property damaged or destroyed by misfortune or calamity must be assessed upon substantial completion; providing that certain changes, additions, or improvements must be reassessed at just value in subsequent years, etc.

Hormonal Long-acting Reversible Contraception Program; Establishing the Hormonal Long-acting Reversible Contraception (HLARC) Program within the Department of Health for specified purposes; requiring the department to contract with family planning providers to implement the program and provide HLARC services throughout the state; providing for an annual appropriation; requiring the department to apply for grants for additional funding, etc.

Executive Branch; Providing that the appointment of the executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement is subject to a majority vote of the Governor and Cabinet, with the Governor and Attorney General on the prevailing side; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to contract for a review of the Department of Law Enforcement to determine whether the programs, functions, and services provided by the department are consistent with its mission, etc.

Renewable Energy; Requiring solar facilities to be a permitted use by right in all agricultural land use categories in applicable local governmental comprehensive plans and zoning districts within certain areas; requiring solar facilities to comply with certain local requirements; requiring certain lands classified as agricultural to maintain such classification if the land is leased for certain renewable energy purposes; providing that the Florida Electrical Power Plant Siting Act does not apply to a stand-alone or colocated alternative or renewable energy facility that meets certain requirements, etc.

Adoption Proceedings; Authorizing a court to review decisions by the Department of Children and Families to deny an application to adopt a child; providing requirements for the department, a denied applicant, and the court relating to a motion to review the department’s decision; authorizing the department to remove a child from a foster home or custodian under certain circumstances; requiring the department’s consent for certain adoptions or, in the alternative, requiring a specified court order to be attached to the petition to adopt; providing applicability of a provision relating to a home study of a stepparent or relative required under certain circumstances, etc.

Protecting Consumers Against Pandemic-related Fraud; Defining the term “personal protective equipment”; prohibiting dissemination of false or misleading information relating to personal protective equipment under certain circumstances with specified intent; providing criminal penalties; prohibiting dissemination of false or misleading vaccine information under certain circumstances with specified intent, etc.

Department of Children and Families; Requiring the department to establish community alliances in each community-based care lead agency service area; requiring the department to treat caregivers in a specified manner; requiring, rather than authorizing, each community-based care lead agency to establish a kinship navigator program; requiring a board member or an officer of a managing entity to disclose specified activity that may reasonably be construed as a conflict of interest; requiring lead agencies to publish on their websites certain information related to case managers’ caseloads within a specified timeframe, etc.