Sen. Keith Perry

Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility; Increasing the income eligibility threshold for coverage under the Florida Kidcare program; requiring an applicant seeking coverage under the program to provide certain documentation if eligibility cannot be verified using reliable data sources; requiring that premiums for certain enrollees under the program be based on a tiered system of uniform premiums, etc.

Protection of Victims and Witnesses; Revising the standard for orders to protect certain testifying victims and witnesses; prohibiting depositions of certain victims and witnesses in certain proceedings without a showing of good cause; revising factors to be considered by a court in a motion seeking to protect a victim or witness; requiring the court to appoint a guardian ad litem or other advocate for the deponent under certain circumstances; creating the Statewide Data Repository for Anonymous Human Trafficking Data at the University of South Florida, etc.

Florida Young Farmer and Rancher Matching Grant Program; Creating the program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; requiring the department to select grant recipients based on specified criteria; providing that a recipient may not receive more than one award per year under the program; specifying that grant funding is contingent upon specific annual appropriation by the Legislature, etc. APPROPRIATION: $500,000

Construction; Prohibiting specified governmental entities from requiring participation in a paid subscription service to access solicitations of competitive bids or proposals which must be publicly advertised; requiring that such solicitations be available on the publicly accessible website of the applicable governmental entity after the solicitation has been advertised; prohibiting the local enforcing agency from requiring a substantive change to plans and specifications once they have been found to be in compliance and a permit is issued, if such change would result in more than a de minimis increase in the overall cost of the project, etc.

Back-to-school Sales Tax Holiday; Providing exemptions from the sales and use tax on the retail sale of certain clothing, wallets, bags, school supplies, personal computers, and personal computer-related accessories during a specified timeframe; specifying locations where the exemptions do not apply; authorizing certain dealers to opt out of participating in the tax holiday, subject to certain requirements, etc.

Transportation Network Companies; Providing a limitation on certain fees charged by airports or seaports; prohibiting certain airports and seaports from removing, degrading, or impeding access to certain services, benefits, or infrastructure, etc.

Delayed Arraignment; Defining the term “notice to appear”; requiring a law enforcement officer to issue a notice to appear when there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person is committing or has committed a misdemeanor offense or a violation of a municipal or county ordinance, etc.

Powers of the Florida Building Commission; Requiring the commission to develop certain uniform standards for existing building structures and facilities; providing requirements for such standards; authorizing the commission to adopt certain rules for programs that deviate from the statewide standards, etc.

Transportation Research; Establishing the Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research and Evaluating Emerging Technologies Living Lab (I-STREET) within the University of Florida; specifying the duties of I-STREET; requiring I-STREET to annually provide the Governor and the Legislature with a certain report, etc.

Suicide Prevention; Revising the purposes of the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse to include an assessment of the state’s suicide prevention infrastructure; revising the duties of the commission to include duties relating to the state’s suicide prevention infrastructure, etc.