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Introduced Session

An act relating to veterans; 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. 322.21, F.S.; providing an exemption from driver license fees to members of the Florida National Guard and their spouses; amending s. 379.354, F.S.; providing a reduced fee for persons who are active or retired members of the United States Armed Forces, the United States Armed Forces Reserve, the National Guard, the United States Coast Guard, and the United States Coast Guard Reserve for resident lifetime hunting licenses and resident lifetime sportsman's licenses; 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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Mike Redondo (R)*, 

Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 116 (Ch. 2025-146) (on 06/16/2025)

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