CS/SB 1246 creates the Florida Unique Abilities Partner program to recognize business entities that employ individuals with disabilities, contribute to organizations that support the independence of individuals with disabilities, or establish a program that contributes to the independence of individuals with disabilities.

CS/SB 378 expands juvenile civil citation by allowing law enforcement to issue a civil citation to youth who have committed a second or subsequent misdemeanor. (Civil citation is presently only available to youth who admit to committing a first-time misdemeanor.) 

HB 225 requires all United States and state flags purchased by the state, a county, or a municipality for public use, after January 1, 2016, to be made in the United States entirely from domestically grown, produced, and manufactured materials.

SB 766 prohibits a person, state agency or political subdivision from using a drone to record an image of privately owned or occupied real property or of the owner, tenant, or occupant of such property with the intent to conduct surveillance on the individual or property. The bill authorizes compensatory damages, injunctive relief, attorney's fees and punitive damages.

Chapter 15, F.S., designates official state emblems. To date, there are designations for a state tree, fruit, beverage, citrus archive, anthem, song, shell, stone, gem, wildflower, play, animal, freshwater fish, saltwater fish, marine mammal, saltwater mammal, butterfly, reptile, saltwater reptile, tortoise, air fair, rodeo, festival, moving image center and archive, litter control symbol, pageant, opera, renaissance festival, railroad museums, transportation museum, flagship, soil, fiddle contest, band, sports hall of fame, pie, maritime museum, and horse. 

CS/HB 7013 makes three additions to statutes to improve the adoption of children from foster care: 

HB 469 creates public record exemptions for information about the location of safe houses, safe foster homes, other residential facilities serving child victims of sexual exploitation, and residential facilities serving adult victims of human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity. The bill provides that the information regarding the location of these facilities that is held by an agency is confidential and exempt from public record requirements. However, the bill allows this information to be provided to any agency in order to maintain health and safety standards and to address emergency situations. 

HB 719 allows state officers and employees to contribute undesignated funds to the FSECC as part of a campaign event. It directs the fiscal agent to direct undesignated contributions to participating charitable organizations in proportion to all designated FSECC contributions received by that organization. 

SB 380 and its House companion bill HB 177 require the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) to allow the dependent of an active duty military member to receive Medicaid home and community-based services upon the military member's transfer to Florida if the dependent has a developmental disability, was receiving such services in another state prior to the transfer, and meets Florida's eligibility requirements. The bill also requires the APD to allow a dependent of a Florida National Guard member or U.S. military reservist who is based in Florida to receive home and community-based services upon meeting Florida's eligibility requirements.

SB 346 reclassifies the offense for passing a stopped school bus on the side that children enter and exit while displaying a stop signal from a noncriminal traffic infraction to the criminal offense of reckless driving. 

HB 291 and its Senate companion bill SB 954 require a public school's principal, or his or her designee, to notify a student's parent or guardian if the student is removed from the school, school transportation, or a school-sponsored activity for an involuntary examination. The bill also provides notification requirements for receiving facilities that hold minor patients for involuntary examination. 

SB 1116 requires the Office of Early Learning (OEL) to establish a five-year Literacy Jump Start Pilot Project in St. Lucie County to provide emergent literacy instruction to low-income, at-risk children. OEL must select an organization to administer the pilot project and one or more municipalities to participate in the project. Both the organization and the municipalities must be located in St. Lucie County.

Seven states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have prohibited smoking in privately owned vehicles while children are present. The ages range from under 8 (Vermont) to under 18 (California and Oregon).

The Florida Children and Youth Cabinet (cabinet) was created in 2007 for the purpose of developing and implementing a shared vision among the branches of government in order to improve child and family outcomes statewide.

CS/CS/SB 290 creates an exception to s. 790.01, F.S., which prohibits carrying a concealed weapon or firearm unless a person is licensed to do so or if the weapon is a self-defense chemical spray or non-lethal stun gun or similar device designed for defensive purposes.