TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — State lawmakers are in the final stretch of their 60-day session. They have until Friday to pass their last few bills before this session comes to a close.

Senate Bill 902:

In honor of Tyre Sampson, the legislature is considering new safety measures for amusement parks. The 14-year-old boy was visiting Orlando from Missouri when he fell to his death after slipping through the restraints of the Orlando FreeFall ride. 

The bill requires that new permanent amusement rides have a ride commissioning and certification report on file with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

The bill also revises the circumstances where ride owners must report an incident, which could later result in the ride being shut down.

The bill passed unanimously in the Senate, now it heads to the House.

Senate Bill 904:

A related bill revises public records laws surrounding amusement rides. Under the bill, records surrounding active amusement ride investigations will no longer be public record. Proponents of the measure argue that releasing these documents can hinder an active investigation.

The legislature can only make changes to public records laws with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and the Senate. The bills passed unanimously in the Senate, and now awaits a vote in the House.

Senate Bill 1320:

A Republican-sponsored bill is hoping to build off of the Parental Rights in Education Act, which opponents called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Senate Bill 1320 would bar classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity through eighth grade instead of the current restriction up to third grade.

The bill also requires K-12 schools to adopt policies re-enforcing that “a person’s sex is an immutable, or unchanging, biological trait and that it is false to ascribe to a person a pronoun that does not correspond to such person’s sex.”

Under the bill, school faculty may not be required to refer to students by their preferred pronouns if they do not correspond with his or her sex.

The bill is on the Senate special order calendar on Tuesday.

Senate Bill 1674:

This bill enforces who is allowed in select public facility bathrooms. The bill states that bathrooms must be designated for exclusive use for men or women or the bathroom must be a single occupant stall.

The bill defines “female” as “a person belonging, at birth, to the biological sex which has the specific reproductive role of producing eggs,” and “male” as “a person belonging, at birth, to the biological sex which has the specific reproductive role of producing sperm.”

The bill applies to correctional facilities, educational institutions, or buildings owned by the state or local government. Violation of the bill would result in a $10,000 fine to the entity behind the building.

The bill is also on the Senate special order calendar for Tuesday.