Bill > S1280

Introduced Session

An act relating to military affairs; amending s. 15.0465, F.S.; redesignating the official state flagship as the S.S. American Victory; amending s. 295.124, F.S.; updating a reference to federal law relating to the designation of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs as the state approving agency for veterans’ education and training; amending s. 295.21, F.S.; revising the membership of the board of directors of Florida is for Veterans, Inc.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 295.22, F.S.; renaming the Veterans Employment and Training Services Program administered by Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., as the Veterans Florida Opportunity Program; providing that grant reimbursements are limited to a specified amount per eligible trainee per fiscal year; deleting a provision that allowed for reimbursement of only permanent full time employees; providing that training costs for a trainee must be equal to or greater than a specified amount; revising requirements for a grant agreement between the corporation and a business requesting funds; authorizing the use of grant funds as educational stipends for specified individuals while training at locations of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences; requiring Florida is for Veterans, Inc., and the university to enter into a grant agreement; requiring the corporation to determine the amount and structure of any educational stipend; specifying that such stipends be used only for specified training; providing an appropriation; creating s. 295.25, F.S.; prohibiting the Department of State from charging veterans who reside in this state fees for the filing of specified documents; limiting a veteran’s use of the exemption; amending s. 320.084, F.S.; requiring that a free disabled veteran motor vehicle license plate be issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for use on any motor vehicle owned or leased by certain disabled veterans; deleting the requirement that such plates be issued with the identifying letter designation of “DV”; authorizing the issuance of a military license plate or specialty license plate with a certain embossing; providing that certain protections and rights do apply to certain military or specialty license plates; amending s. 322.21, F.S.; providing an exemption from driver license fees to members of the Florida National Guard and their spouses; amending s. 394.47891, F.S.; providing that the chief judge of a judicial circuit has the exclusive authority to determine whether veterans may participate in the veterans treatment court of that circuit; providing an effective date.

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Jay Collins (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (1)

Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 116 (Ch. 2025-146), CS/CS/CS/SB 1662 (Ch. 2025-155) (on 06/16/2025)

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