Sen. Jennifer Bradley

Social Media Platforms; Revising the definition of the term “social media platform”, etc.

Independent Special Districts; Dissolving certain independent special districts; authorizing the reestablishment of certain independent special districts, etc.

Service of Process; Authorizing the Department of State to electronically receive service of process under ch. 48, F.S.; revising procedures for service on partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited partnerships; requiring designation of registered agents and registered offices by certain partnerships, corporations, and companies; revising provisions related to service on public agencies and officers; providing for substituted service on certain nonresidents and foreign business entities and on individuals and foreign business entities concealing their whereabouts, etc.

Residential Development Projects for Affordable Housing; Authorizing counties and municipalities, respectively, to approve any residential development project on parcels zoned for commercial or industrial use if certain conditions are met, etc.

Judicial Notice; Authorizing courts to take judicial notice of certain information taken from widely accepted web mapping services, global satellite imaging sites, or Internet mapping tools upon request of a party; requiring parties who intend to offer such information into evidence to file a notice of intent containing specified information; authorizing parties to object to the court taking judicial notice of such information; creating a rebuttable presumption in civil cases that such information should be judicially noticed unless certain findings are made, etc.

Online Training for Private Security Officers; Providing that certain required training criteria for Class “G” and Class “D” licenses, respectively, may be conducted online; providing requirements for such training; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish certain criteria and rules for the regulation of certain entities that provide online training; providing requirements for online training courses for a Class “D” license, etc.

Occupational Therapy; Revising eligibility requirements for the occupational therapist licensure examination; authorizing certain licensed occupational therapists to use a specified title and the associated initials; prohibiting certain persons from using a specified title and the associated initials; providing criminal penalties, 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.

Fair Repair of Agricultural Equipment; Citing this act as the "Agricultural Equipment Fair Repair Act'; requiring original equipment manufacturers of agricultural equipment to make certain manufacturing, diagnostic, and repair information available to independent repair providers and owners; prohibiting the original equipment manufacturers from excluding certain information concerning security-related functions, etc.

Full-time Equivalent Student Membership for International General Certificate of Secondary Education Students; Providing a specified amount of full-time equivalent membership for each student enrolled in an International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-AICE) course who receives a score of “E” or higher on the corresponding pre-AICE subject examination, etc.