CS/CS/HB 7015 - Military and Veteran Support

• Establishes Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., a nonprofit corporation to promote Florida as a veteran-friendly state, provide employment assistance, and connect veterans with businesses and training opportunities.

• Creates the Veterans Employment and Training Services Program with grant funding up to $8,000 per veteran trainee for workforce skill development, and an entrepreneur initiative program at universities.

• Expands employment preference for veterans in government hiring and authorizes private employers to voluntarily give hiring preference to honorably discharged veterans, their spouses, and families of deceased military members.

• Provides licensing fee waivers for military veterans and their spouses across multiple professions (health care, pharmacy, business regulation) and waives out-of-state tuition fees for veterans at state universities and Florida College System institutions.

• Appropriates $1.53 million recurring and additional nonrecurring funds for the Educational Dollars for Duty program, Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., state readiness center renovations, and land acquisition near military installations.