Sen. Tracie Davis

Public Records/Victims of Domestic and Dating Violence; Providing that certain identifying information of victims of dating violence who participate in the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic and Dating Violence which are held by the Office of the Attorney General or contained in voter registration or voting records held by the supervisor of elections or the Department of State are exempt from public records requirements; providing for retroactive application; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing statements of public necessity, etc.

Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund; Revising the Legislative intent for the Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) Fund; authorizing the inclusion of nonmonetary contributions to institutions for purposes of proposals for LINE Fund matching funds; requiring proposals for participation in the fund to be submitted by specified persons; prohibiting a proposal to participate in the fund from being comprised solely of nonmonetary contributions, etc.

Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Requiring the Division of Telecommunications within the Department of Management Services to consult with certain entities to conduct a feasibility study regarding a specified alert system; providing requirements for such alert system; authorizing victims of dating violence to apply to participate in the Attorney General’s address confidentiality program; requiring the Attorney General to designate certain entities to assist victims of dating violence applying to be address confidentiality program participants, etc.

Human Trafficking Education for Nurse Licensure; Revising requirements for initial licensure as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse, beginning on a specified date, to include completion of a certain course on human trafficking, etc.

Maddy summarySB 428 revises Florida's Swimming Lesson Voucher Program to lower the maximum age for eligible children from 7 to 4 years old. The bill directly affects low-income families (at or below 200% of the federal poverty level) with children aged 1 through 4 who qualify for free swimming lessons. It updates the program's eligibility criteria in statute, requiring children to be between 1 and 4 years old (instead of 1-7) to receive a voucher. The program aims to increase water safety by removing barriers for younger children in qualifying families.

Medical Marijuana Treatment Center Licensure; Requiring the Department of Health to consider all deficiencies in an application for a medical marijuana treatment center license cured if the sole remaining deficiency is the fact that the application was submitted by an entity in legal partnership with a certain eligible recognized class member, or his or her heir, rather than by the class member or heir as an individual; prohibiting the department from using such fact as a reason to deny an application for licensure, etc.

Instructional Personnel and School Administrator Salaries; Citing this act as the “Save Our Teachers Act”; increasing the minimum base salary for certain teachers; revising the definition of the term “minimum base salary”; requiring school districts to provide a specified plan to the Department of Education beginning on a specified date; providing requirements for school districts relating to salary structures and schedules; requiring that performance salary schedules include step-based salary increases and compression relief supplements, etc.

Delivery of Commercial Goods by Autonomous Vehicles; Prohibiting the use of an autonomous vehicle to deliver commercial goods directly to a residence or business for use or retail sale unless a licensed human operator is physically present in the autonomous vehicle; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to submit to the Legislature a report evaluating the use of certain autonomous vehicle technology and its impacts on public safety and employment in the transportation sector by a certain date, etc.

Abandoned Cemeteries; Requiring the state to be granted an easement for ingress and egress to abandoned cemeteries on private property for specified purposes, etc.

Florida Museum of History; Requiring that each Florida Museum of History be owned, managed, and operated by a certain entity; creating the Florida Museum of History Advisory Committee within the Department of State for a certain purpose; requiring specified county commissions and local entities to create Florida Museum of History Boards; requiring the Legislature to provide specified funds to certain entities to conduct financial feasibility studies, etc.