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Legislator > Shev Jones
State Senator
Shev Jones
(D) - Florida
Florida Senate District 34
In Office - Started: 11/08/2022
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Capitol Office
Senate Building
404 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
404 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
Phone: 850-487-5034
Miami Gardens Office
606 NW 183rd St.
Miami Gardens, FL 33169
Miami Gardens, FL 33169
Phone: 305-493-6002
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| S0060 | Child Welfare | An act relating to child welfare; providing a short title; amending s. 39.01, F.S.; revising the definitions of the terms “abuse” and “false report”; creating s. 39.0111, F.S.; specifying that every Child Protection Team investigator employed by the Department of Children and Families is required to perform all specified duties; providing criminal penalties; requiring the department to establish procedures for reporting and investigating Child Protection Team investigators who violate specified provisions; requiring the department to report such violations to the applicable law enforcement agency; creating s. 39.01391, F.S.; requiring the department to verify, and seek up-to-date and accurate records of, the parenting plan or court-ordered custody arrangement, if one exists, as part of every investigation involving parents or guardians who reside in separate households; requiring the department to enforce parenting plans and custody arrangements; requiring the department to verify that specified rights are not being unlawfully denied and that certain violations have not occurred; requiring the department to report violations to the applicable law enforcement agency; providing responsibilities of the department relating to ambiguities in parenting plans or court-ordered custody arrangements; amending s. 39.201, F.S.; requiring that anonymous reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect be subject to closer scrutiny than reports made by a person who identifies himself or herself; prohibiting anonymous reports from being afforded the same presumption of good faith as reports made by a person who identifies himself or herself; amending s. 39.205, F.S.; requiring, rather than authorizing, the department to immediately discontinue all investigative activities under certain circumstances; specifying that a person who makes a false report of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect is not entitled to confidentiality under a certain provision; deleting a provision providing immunity from liability for a person who acts in good faith in making a report; amending s. 39.206, F.S.; expanding the circumstances under which the department may impose fines on persons who make certain anonymous reports; amending s. 39.301, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “criminal conduct”; amending s. 61.046, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “parenting plan” to include the requirement that parenting plans include specified information; creating s. 61.44, F.S.; requiring a law enforcement officer to accompany and assist a parent or legal guardian experiencing interference with custody in locating the child and to enforce such parent’s or legal guardian’s custody or visitation rights; creating s. 61.5085, F.S.; defining the term “emergency hearing”; requiring a court to grant an emergency hearing upon making a specified finding; requiring a court to set an emergency hearing within a specified timeframe after the filing of a motion alleging that certain violations have occurred; requiring that motions for emergency hearings be supported by a certain affidavit or verified statement; requiring the court to provide notice of the emergency hearing; authorizing the court to issue temporary orders at the emergency hearing; specifying requirements for a full hearing; amending s. 402.56, F.S.; requiring that the Children and Youth Cabinet meet at least quarterly, rather than at least four times each year; requiring the posting of specified information on a public website managed by the office of the Governor; expanding the membership of the Children and Youth Cabinet to include a member appointed by the citizen support organization for Florida Missing Children’s Day; requiring that the Children and Youth Cabinet submit quarterly, rather than annual, reports to the Governor, the Legislature, and the public; providing requirements for the reports; amending s. 402.57, F.S.; requiring the Secretary of Children and Families to appoint to the direct-support organization of the department the director appointed to serve on the board by the citizen support organization for Florida Missing Children’s Day; amending s. 683.23, F.S.; including children missing due to family abduction or custody interference among those remembered on Florida Missing Children’s Day; amending s. 683.231, F.S.; requiring that the citizen support organization for Florida Missing Children’s Day appoint one person to the Children and Youth Cabinet, one person to the direct support organization of the department, and one person to each judicial circuit’s Family Law Advocacy Group; amending s. 741.28, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “domestic violence”; amending s. 741.29, F.S.; specifying that if a family member unlawfully takes or retains another family member who is a minor or vulnerable adult, and denies another family member’s lawful right to custody or visitation of that minor or vulnerable adult, he or she commits an act of domestic violence; providing applicability; amending s. 787.01, F.S.; clarifying a provision regarding confinement of certain children as it relates to the definition of the term “kidnapping”; making technical changes; amending s. 787.03, F.S.; providing legislative intent; revising the elements of the offense of interference with custody; providing criminal penalties; prohibiting law enforcement officers from becoming involved in the merits of certain disputes or with certain individuals’ preferences relating to custody or visitation rights; authorizing law enforcement officers to locate certain individuals and enforce parenting plans or court orders; providing applicability; providing requirements for law enforcement officers who investigate alleged incidents of interference with custody; providing requirements for a specified notice; providing requirements for law enforcement officers when responding to alleged incidents of interference with custody; requiring law enforcement officers to produce a certain report; requiring that the report include specified information; revising defenses to the offense of interference with custody; requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt certain policies and procedures and create and implement specified annual trainings; deleting provisions relating to applicability; deleting a provision relating to information protected from public records; amending s. 827.03, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “child abuse”; creating s. 1003.042, F.S.; specifying that schools are responsible for and are required to enforce and adhere to any parenting plan or court order that specifies custody arrangements; providing applicability; requiring schools to keep on file up-to-date and accurate records of the parenting plan or court order; specifying that parents or guardians of a child must be given the opportunity to provide the school with certain information; requiring schools to verify the identity and custody rights of any individual requesting to pick up a student from school premises; requiring schools to establish and implement clear policies to address and manage situations where the parenting plan or court order may be ambiguous; requiring schools to ensure that a child is released only to the designated parent or guardian, or to an individual explicitly authorized by the parent or guardian who has custodial rights on that specific day as specified in the court order or parenting plan; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 61.45, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; reenacting ss. 61.125(4)(b), 61.13(2)(c), 61.402(3), 95.11(8), 390.01114(2)(b), 393.067(4)(g), (7), and (9), and 1001.42(8)(c), F.S., relating to parenting coordination; support of children, parenting and time sharing, and powers of the court; qualifications of guardians ad litem; limitations other than for the recovery of real property; the definition of the term “child abuse”; facility licensure; and powers and duties of district school boards, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 39.01, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 39.101(3)(a), F.S., relating to the central abuse hotline, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 39.206, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S0204 | Educator Certifications and Training | An act relating to educator certifications and training; amending s. 1004.04, F.S.; revising the core curricula for certain teacher preparation programs to include training relating to mass casualty incidents; amending s. 1004.85, F.S.; requiring certain postsecondary educator preparation institutes’ programs to include training relating to mass casualty incidents; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 1012.56, F.S.; revising the certified educator eligibility criteria to require such persons to receive training in mass casualty incidents; creating s. 1012.5841, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to develop a list of approved trainings relating to mass casualty incidents; beginning in a specified school year, requiring the department to include such trainings in existing continuing education and inservice training requirements for instructional personnel; providing applicability; authorizing the State Board of Education to adopt rules; amending ss. 1012.55 and 1012.57, F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S0476 | Prohibited Discrimination Based on Hairstyle | An act relating to prohibited discrimination based on hairstyle; providing a short title; amending s. 1000.05, F.S.; defining the term “protected hairstyle”; prohibiting discrimination based on protected hairstyle in the K-20 public education system; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; defining the terms “race” and “protected hairstyles” for purposes of public K-12 nondiscrimination requirements; amending s. 1002.421, F.S.; defining the terms “race” and “protected hairstyles” for purposes of antidiscrimination requirements for private schools participating in the state school choice scholarship program; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S0932 | Health Care Freedom Act | An act relating to the Health Care Freedom Act; providing a short title; repealing ss. 286.31, 286.311, and 381.00321, F.S., relating to the prohibited use of state funds for travel to another state for purpose of abortion services, the prohibited use of state funds for sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures, and the right of medical conscience of health care providers and health care payors, respectively; creating s. 381.027, F.S.; providing a short title; defining terms; requiring a covered entity to, by a specified date, adopt a policy relating to providing written notice of a complete list of its refused services to patients; providing requirements for such notice; requiring a covered entity to submit a complete list of its refused services to the Department of Health by a specified date; requiring a covered entity to notify the department within a specified timeframe after a change is made to such list; requiring a covered entity to submit the list, along with its application, if applying for certain state grants or contracts; providing a civil penalty; requiring the department to adopt rules; requiring the department to publish and maintain on its website a current list of covered entities and their refused services by a specified date; requiring the department to develop and administer a certain public education and awareness program; providing construction; providing for severability; amending s. 381.96, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “eligible client” and redefining the term “pregnancy and parenting support services” as “pregnancy support services,”; revising department duties and contract requirements to conform to changes made by the act; amending s. 390.011, F.S.; deleting the definition of the term “fatal fetal abnormality”; amending s. 390.0111, F.S.; revising the timeframe in which a physician may perform a termination of pregnancy; revising exceptions; deleting the prohibition against the use of telehealth to perform abortions, the requirement that medications intended for use in a medical abortion be dispensed in person by a physician, and the prohibition against dispensing such medication through the United States Postal Service or any other courier or shipping service; amending s. 390.012, F.S.; revising rules the Agency for Health Care Administration may develop and enforce to regulate abortion clinics; repealing s. 395.3027, F.S., relating to patient immigration status data collection in hospitals; amending s. 409.905, F.S.; defining the terms “gender identity” and “transgender individual”; requiring the agency to provide Medicaid reimbursement for medically necessary treatment for or related to gender dysphoria or a comparable or equivalent diagnosis; prohibiting the agency from discriminating in its reimbursement on the basis of a recipient’s gender identity or that the recipient is a transgender individual; amending s. 456.001, F.S.; deleting the definition of the terms “sex” and “sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures”; amending s. 456.47, F.S.; deleting the prohibition against the use of telehealth to perform abortions, including medical abortions; repealing ss. 456.52 and 766.318, F.S., relating to sex-reassignment prescriptions and procedures and civil liability for provision of sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures to minors, respectively; amending ss. 61.517, 61.534, 409.908, 409.913, 456.074, and 636.0145, F.S.; conforming provisions and cross references to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S1048 | Medicaid Coverage for Dental Services | An act relating to Medicaid coverage for dental services; amending s. 409.906, F.S.; revising optional adult dental services covered by the state Medicaid program; beginning on a specified date, requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to reimburse providers of Medicaid-covered adult dental services at a specified rate; requiring the agency to implement any state plan amendments and seek any federal waivers necessary to implement these changes; amending s. 409.973, F.S.; revising dental services benefits covered under Medicaid managed care plans; requiring the agency to implement a statewide Medicaid prepaid dental health program for children and adults; specifying minimum benefits required under the program; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S1158 | Working Floridians Tax Rebate Program | An act relating to the Working Floridians Tax Rebate Program; creating s. 220.55, F.S.; creating the program; specifying the purpose of the program; specifying eligibility requirements for receiving a rebate under the program in a specified tax year; requiring the Department of Revenue to issue rebate payments not exceeding a certain amount by a specified time; requiring the department to allocate the rebates in a specified manner; requiring the department to prepare and submit a specified report; prohibiting a person’s or household’s receipt of a rebate from being used in determining eligibility for specified programs; requiring the department to adopt rules; specifying that the annual taxes generated from a specified tax shall be allocated to the program; providing applicability; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S1272 | Guardianship | An act relating to guardianship; amending s. 744.361, F.S.; prohibiting a guardian from restricting the ability of an adult ward to maintain contact with a person except in certain circumstances; requiring a guardian to provide a ward with a notice of a change in residential setting in certain circumstances; requiring a guardian to provide notice to any person identified in an initial guardianship plan; amending s. 744.363, F.S.; requiring that an initial guardianship plan identify the persons entitled to certain information; requiring that an initial guardianship plan for an incapacitated person identify persons entitled to certain notice and to visit the incapacitated person; providing construction; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S0236 | Community Violence Task Force | An act relating to the Community Violence Task Force; creating the task force within the Department of Law Enforcement; providing for membership, duties, and meetings of the task force; requiring state agencies to provide assistance when requested by the task force; authorizing the task force to receive exempt or confidential and exempt information and specifying that the information maintains such status; requiring the task force to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing for expiration of the task force; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S1476 | Florida Museum of Black History | An act relating to the Florida Museum of Black History; amending s. 267.0722, F.S.; specifying functions and activities of the Florida Museum of Black History; providing for legislative designation of the permanent and temporary locations of the museum; requiring a specified nonprofit organization to create the exhibits for the temporary museum; establishing a governing board for certain purposes; providing requirements for the governing board; requiring the governing board to submit a written report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; requiring the Department of State to provide certain support; deleting obsolete provisions; providing appropriations; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S1814 | Custodial Interrogations of Minors | An act relating to custodial interrogations of minors; creating s. 900.06, F.S.; defining the term “custodial interrogation”; authorizing a law enforcement officer or school employee to conduct a custodial interrogation of a minor only under specified circumstances; providing a nonwaivable right; providing an exception; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S1274 | Deceptive and Unfair Trade Acts or Practices | An act relating to deceptive and unfair trade acts or practices; creating s. 501.2043, F.S.; providing that persons or entities that take specified actions during a transaction for the sale or lease of goods or services to a consumer commit an unfair or deceptive act or practice, enforceable pursuant to specified provisions; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S0208 | Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote | An act relating to the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; providing for enactment of the agreement; providing a method by which a state may become a member state; requiring a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States; establishing a procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; providing that the agreement becomes effective upon the occurrence of specified actions; providing for the withdrawal of a member state; requiring notification of member states when the agreement takes effect in a nonmember state or when a member state withdraws from the agreement; providing severability; providing definitions; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S1460 | Mental Health Services for First Responders | An act relating to mental health services for first responders; creating s. 394.4675, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring the Division of State Fire Marshal to develop and implement a statewide behavioral health access program to provide certain mental wellness services and resources to first responders; providing requirements for the program; providing that first responders are not required to pay a copayment for the services and resources; providing training requirements for licensed professional counselors; requiring the program, by a specified date, to develop a specified plan and submit the plan to the Legislature; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S0664 | Transportation Facility Designations/Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson Boulevard | An act relating to transportation facility designations; providing an honorary designation of a certain transportation facility in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S1582 | Elections | An act relating to elections; amending s. 20.10, F.S.; requiring that the Secretary of State be elected rather than appointed and serve a specified term; specifying when such election must occur; amending s. 20.32, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop and maintain a database for a specified purpose; specifying database requirements; requiring specified entities to provide specified information to the commission on a monthly basis; requiring the Department of Management Services, acting through the Florida Digital Service, to provide technical assistance to the commission in developing and maintaining the database; authorizing the Department of Management Services to adopt rules; requiring the commission to make the database publicly available on a website by a specified date; requiring the commission to update the database monthly; requiring the commission to publish certain instructions on the website; requiring the commission to submit a certain comprehensive plan to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; specifying requirements for the comprehensive plan; providing that certain persons who register to vote are prohibited from being charged with certain crimes as a result of such registration or voting; requiring the commission to adopt rules; amending s. 97.021, F.S.; defining terms; providing construction; repealing s. 97.022, F.S., relating to the Office of Election Crimes and Security; repealing s. 97.0291, F.S., relating to prohibiting the use of private funds for election-related expenses; creating s. 97.0556, F.S.; authorizing a person who meets certain requirements to register to vote at an early voting site or at his or her polling place and to cast a ballot immediately thereafter; amending s. 97.057, F.S.; authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to preregister certain individuals to vote; providing that driver license or identification card applications, driver license or identification card renewal applications, and applications for changes of address for existing driver licenses or identification cards submitted to the department serve as voter registration applications; providing that an applicant is deemed to have consented to the use of his or her signature for voter registration purposes unless a declination is made; requiring that specified applications include a voter registration component, subject to approval by the Department of State; providing requirements for the voter registration component; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to transmit voter registration information electronically to the Department of State within a specified timeframe; requiring the Department of State to provide such information to supervisors of elections; deleting provisions prohibiting persons providing voter registration services for a driver license office from making changes to an applicant’s party affiliation without the applicant’s consent and separate signature; deleting obsolete language; making technical changes; amending s. 97.0575, F.S.; revising the information a third-party voter registration organization is required to provide to the Division of Elections of the Department of State; deleting a provision that provides for the expiration of such organization’s registration at the conclusion of the general election cycle for which the organization is registered; deleting provisions requiring such organizations to provide a specified receipt to applicants; revising the timeframe within which such organizations must deliver completed applications to the division or a supervisor of elections; revising certain penalties; revising the aggregate limit of such penalties; deleting provisions providing criminal penalties for the unlawful copying of voter registration applications or retaining of a voter’s personal information; deleting provisions providing criminal and administrative penalties; deleting provisions requiring the division to adopt certain rules; deleting provisions that prohibit providing applicants a pre-filled voter registration application and a specified fine for such action; deleting provisions providing for retroactive application; creating part III of ch. 97, F.S., entitled “Florida Voting Rights Act”; creating s. 97.21, F.S.; prohibiting local governments, state agencies, and state officials from implementing, imposing, or enforcing election policies, practices, or actions that result in, will result in, or are intended to result in specified disparities or impairments; providing that it is not a violation if such entities demonstrate by a specified evidentiary standard certain conditions; providing that it is always a violation if specified circumstances exist; prohibiting local governments from employing methods of election that have the effect, will likely have the effect, or are motivated in part by the intent of diluting the vote of protected class members; providing the requirements to establish a violation; providing the relevant factors to evaluate the totality of circumstances related to voter suppression and vote dilution; providing construction; providing that such factors are most probative under a specified condition; providing the circumstances used to determine whether elections in the local government exhibit racially polarized voting; providing construction; providing the circumstances that are never relevant to violations of specified provisions; providing that a state interest in preventing voter fraud or bolstering voter confidence in the integrity of elections is relevant under specified circumstances; providing that evidence concerning the intent of electors, elected officials, and public officials is not required for such violations; providing that voting habits of protected class members may be relevant to certain violations; requiring a prospective plaintiff, before filing a certain action against a local government, to send a notification letter, by specified means, to the local government; prohibiting a party from filing an action under specified circumstances; authorizing a local government to adopt a specified resolution within a specified timeframe; providing that if the proposed remedy in such resolution is barred by state or local law, or a legislative body lacks the authority or the local government is a covered jurisdiction, the proposed remedy may be approved by the Florida Voting Rights Act Commission if certain conditions are met; authorizing a party that sent a notification letter to seek reimbursement from the local government under specified circumstances; authorizing a party to bring a cause of action for a specified violation under specified circumstances; requiring local governments to take certain action; requiring the commission to post notification letters and resolutions on its website; authorizing the commission to adopt certain rules; prohibiting local governments from asserting specified defenses; authorizing specified entities to file certain enforcement actions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member; providing construction; creating s. 97.22, F.S.; creating the Florida Voting Rights Act Commission within the Department of State; providing that such commission is a separate budget entity and must submit a budget in accordance with specified provisions; providing duties and responsibilities of the commission; providing for the composition of the commission; providing that such commissioners serve staggered terms; requiring that commissioners be compensated at a specified hourly rate; requiring the formation of a nominating committee; providing for the appointment and removal of nominating committee members; requiring the nominating committee to select a chair; requiring that commissioners be selected using a specified process; requiring that commissioners initially be selected by lot and randomly assigned term lengths for purposes of achieving staggered terms; authorizing the commission to take specified actions in any action or investigation to enforce specified provisions; authorizing the commission to hire staff and make expenditures for a specified purpose; authorizing the commission to adopt rules; creating s. 97.23, F.S.; requiring the commission to enter into agreements with one or more postsecondary educational institutions to create the Florida Voting and Elections Database and Institute for a specified purpose; requiring the parties to the agreement to enter into a memorandum of understanding that includes the process for selecting a director; authorizing the database and institute to perform specified actions; requiring the database and institute to make election and voting data records for a specified timeframe available to the public at no cost and to maintain such records in an electronic format; requiring the database and institute to use certain methodologies when preparing estimates; specifying the data and records that must be maintained; requiring state agencies and local governments to provide any information requested by the director of the database and institute; requiring local governments to transmit specified information to the database and institute within a certain timeframe; requiring specified entities to provide data, statistics, and other information annually to the database and institute; authorizing specified entities to file enforcement actions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member for a certain purpose; providing construction; providing that enforcement actions may be filed in accordance with the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure or in a specified venue; requiring the database and institute to publish a certain report; requiring the database and institute to provide nonpartisan technical assistance to specified entities; providing that a rebuttable presumption exists that data, estimates, or other information from the database and institute is valid; creating s. 97.24, F.S.; defining terms; requiring the Florida Voting Rights Act Commission to designate languages other than English for which language assistance must be provided by a local government, if certain conditions exist; providing the circumstances under which the commission must designate languages other than English for voting and elections; requiring the commission to publish specified information annually on its website and distribute such information to local governments; requiring local governments to provide language assistance for specified purposes if the commission makes a certain determination; specifying the materials that must be provided in such language; requiring that certain information be given orally to voters; requiring that translated materials convey a specified intent and meaning; prohibiting local governments from relying on automatic translation services; requiring that live translation be used if available; requiring the commission to establish a specified review process; providing requirements for such review process; authorizing specified entities to file enforcement actions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member for a certain purpose; providing construction; requiring that enforcement actions be filed in accordance with the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure or in a specified venue; creating s. 97.25, F.S.; providing that the enactment or implementation of a covered policy by a covered jurisdiction is subject to preclearance by the commission; specifying actions by a local government which are covered policies; requiring that if a covered jurisdiction does not make changes to its method of election, such method is deemed a covered policy that must be submitted to the commission; specifying which local governments are covered jurisdictions; requiring the commission to determine and publish annually a list of local governments that are covered jurisdictions on its website; requiring a covered jurisdiction, if seeking preclearance, to submit the covered policy to the commission in writing; requiring the commission to review the covered policy and grant or deny preclearance; providing that the covered jurisdiction bears the burden of proof in the preclearance process; providing that the commission may deny preclearance only if it makes a certain determination; providing that if preclearance is denied, the covered policy may not be enacted or implemented; requiring the commission to provide a written explanation for a denial; authorizing a covered jurisdiction to immediately enact or implement a covered policy granted preclearance; providing that such determination is not admissible and may not be considered by a court in a subsequent action challenging the covered policy; providing that a covered policy is deemed precleared and may be implemented or enacted by the covered jurisdiction if the commission fails to approve or deny the covered policy within specified timeframes; requiring the commission to grant or deny preclearance within specified timeframes; authorizing the commission to invoke a specified number of extensions of a specified timeframe to determine preclearance; providing that any denial of preclearance may be appealed only by the covered jurisdiction in a specified venue; authorizing specified entities to enjoin the enactment or implementation of specified policies and seek sanctions against covered jurisdictions in specified circumstances; authorizing specified entities to file enforcement actions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member for a certain purpose; providing construction; specifying that enforcement actions must be filed in accordance with the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure or in a specified venue; requiring the commission to adopt rules; creating s. 97.26, F.S.; prohibiting a person from engaging in acts of intimidation, deception, or obstruction or any other tactic that has the effect, or will reasonably have the effect, of interfering with another person’s right to vote; specifying acts that are deemed a violation; providing a rebuttable presumption; authorizing specified entities to file a civil action to enforce specified provisions; prohibiting certain entities from being compelled to disclose the identity of a member for a certain purpose; providing construction; requiring that courts order specified remedies; creating s. 97.27, F.S.; providing construction; providing applicability; creating s. 97.28, F.S.; requiring a court to order specified appropriate remedies for violations of the act; requiring the court to consider remedies proposed by specified parties; prohibiting the court from giving deference to a remedy proposed by the state or local government; providing that the court is empowered to require local governments to implement certain remedies under specified conditions; requiring the courts to grant a temporary injunction or other preliminary relief requested under specified conditions; requiring the court to award attorney fees and litigation costs in actions to enforce specified provisions; amending s. 98.045, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 98.255, F.S.; revising the standards the Department of State is required to prescribe by rule for nonpartisan voter education; requiring that supervisors provide public-facing voter information in plain language to be understood by certain persons; creating s. 100.51, F.S.; establishing General Election Day as a paid holiday; providing that a voter may absent himself or herself from service or employment at a specific time on General Election Day and may not be penalized or have salary or wages deducted for such absence; creating s. 101.016, F.S.; requiring the Division of Elections to maintain a strategic elections equipment reserve of voting systems and other equipment for specified purposes; requiring that such reserve include specified equipment; authorizing the division to contract with specified entities rather than physically maintain such reserve; repealing s. 101.019, F.S., relating to the prohibition of ranked choice voting; amending s. 101.048, F.S.; providing that a voter may cast a provisional ballot at any precinct in the county in which the voter claims to be registered; making technical changes; amending s. 101.62, F.S.; providing that a request for a vote-by mail ballot is valid until the voter cancels the request; revising the timeframe during which the supervisor must mail vote-by-mail ballots before election day; deleting requirements for a person designated by a voter to pick up the voter’s vote-by mail ballot; providing for extension of deadlines under certain conditions; amending s. 101.64, F.S.; requiring supervisors of elections to enclose a postage prepaid mailing envelope with each vote-by mail ballot; providing that vote-by-mail ballot voter certificates may be signed with the last four digits of the voter’s social security number; making technical changes; amending s. 101.65, F.S.; revising the instructions that must be provided with a vote-by mail ballot; amending s. 101.68, F.S.; requiring supervisors of elections to compare the signature or last four digits of the social security number on a voter’s certificate with the signature or last four digits of the social security number in the registration books or precinct register when canvassing a vote-by-mail ballot; requiring a canvassing board to compare the signature or last four digits of the social security number on a voter’s certificate or vote-by-mail ballot cure affidavit with the signature or last four digits of the social security number in the registration books or precinct register when canvassing a vote-by-mail ballot; deleting the authorization for certain persons to file a protest against the canvass of a ballot; amending s. 101.69, F.S.; deleting provisions providing that specified secure ballot intake stations be used only during specified timeframes and be monitored by an employee of the supervisor’s office; requiring that secure ballot intake stations be monitored by the supervisor’s office during specified timeframes instead of continuously monitored in person by an employee; deleting a provision authorizing a certain civil penalty; making technical changes; amending s. 104.42, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore were the first true civil rights activists of the modern civil rights era in this state, and WHEREAS, the Moores, and the organizations they helped found and lead, were instrumental in registering more than 100,000 black voters in this state, and WHEREAS, the Moores paid the ultimate price for the freedoms they fought to secure for their community when members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed their home in Mims on Christmas Day in 1951, and WHEREAS, at the time of their death, Florida had the most registered black voters, outpacing any other state in the South, and WHEREAS, the purpose of this act is to encourage maximum participation of all eligible voters in this state’s electoral process, and WHEREAS, electoral systems that deny race, color, or language minority groups an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice and influence the outcome of an election are inconsistent with the right to equal treatment before the law as provided in Articles I and II of the State Constitution as well as protections found in the 14th and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution, and WHEREAS, this act expands voting rights granted under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and reaffirms the well established principle of “one person, one vote,” and WHEREAS, following decisions by the United States Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder and Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been severely diminished in its ability to protect the freedom and opportunity of black and brown voters to participate fully in the political process of our democratic republic, and WHEREAS, this act builds on the historical work of the named and nameless Floridians who fought for their right to the elective franchise, NOW, THEREFORE, | In Committee |
| S0274 | Transportation Facility Designations/Harris Rosen Way and Geraldine Thompson Way | An act relating to transportation facility designations; providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in a specified county; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers; providing an effective date. | Crossed Over |
| S1550 | Historical Records Concerning Enslaved Individuals | An act relating to historical records concerning enslaved individuals; providing a short title; creating s. 267.23, F.S.; providing legislative findings; providing purposes; prohibiting certain acts relating to the sale and trade of historical records of enslaved individuals in this state; providing exceptions; imposing specified penalties for violations; requiring the Department of State to oversee compliance with the act and to coordinate with law enforcement agencies for a specified purpose; authorizing the Attorney General to bring civil actions for violations; requiring the department to use existing state resources to fund its efforts; requiring the department to establish an online reporting system for a certain purpose; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S0466 | Florida Museum of Black History | An act relating to the Florida Museum of Black History; creating s. 267.07221, F.S.; providing legislative intent; establishing the Florida Museum of Black History Board of Directors; providing for the membership of the board; requiring that appointments to the board be made by a specified date; prohibiting specified members of the board from holding state or local elective office while serving on the board; providing for the filling of vacancies; requiring that the board work jointly with the Foundation for the Museum of Black History, Inc.; requiring the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners to provide administrative support and staffing to the board until specified actions are completed; providing an effective date. | Crossed Over |
| S1888 | National Association of Women Business Owners Day | A resolution recognizing April 23, 2025, as “National Association of Women Business Owners Day” in Florida. | Introduced |
| S0206 | Pregnant Women in Custody | An act relating to pregnant women in custody; providing a short title; creating s. 907.033, F.S.; requiring that, upon her request, every female arrested and not released on bond within 72 hours after arrest be administered a pregnancy test within a specified timeframe; requiring each municipal detention facility or county detention facility to notify each arrested female upon booking at the facility of her right to request a pregnancy test; providing for the types of pregnancy tests that may be given; defining the term “female”; creating s. 925.13, F.S.; defining the term “pregnant woman”; authorizing a sentencing court to stay the beginning of the period of incarceration for up to a certain amount of time for a pregnant woman convicted of any offense; requiring the court to consider specified factors in determining whether to grant a pregnant woman’s request to stay the beginning of the period of incarceration; requiring the court to explain in writing its reasons for granting a stay of incarceration; authorizing a sentencing court to order a pregnant woman to comply with specified terms and conditions during the stay of incarceration; requiring that, within 10 days after the end of the stay and the commencement of the woman’s incarceration, she be offered and, upon her request, receive a specified assessment and services; authorizing a judge to impose specified sanctions for another criminal conviction or a violation of the terms and conditions ordered by the judge; requiring municipal detention facilities and county detention facilities to collect and report to the Department of Corrections, and the department to collect from its own institutions, specified information; requiring the department to quarterly compile and publish the information on its public website; providing requirements for publishing such information; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S1172 | Preferences for Veterans and Military Spouses | An act relating to preferences for veterans and military spouses; amending s. 295.07, F.S.; requiring the state and its political subdivisions to give preference in appointment and retention in positions of employment to the spouses of wartime veterans, veterans, members of any reserve component of the United States Armed Forces or the Florida National Guard, and certain active duty servicemembers; amending s. 295.187, F.S.; defining the term “veteran owned or military spouse-owned business”; providing for contracting preferences for such businesses; amending s. 295.188, F.S.; authorizing private employers to adopt employment policies that give preference in hiring to current members of any reserve component of the United States Armed Forces or the Florida National Guard and their spouses and the spouses of active duty servicemembers serving in the United States Armed Forces; prohibiting members on active duty training from being eligible for such preference; creating s. 295.189, F.S.; providing a short title; providing definitions; requiring the Department of State to waive specified fees for certain businesses; providing eligibility requirements for the fee waivers; providing applicability; providing specified tax exemptions for certain businesses; requiring the Department of Revenue to develop procedures for such exemptions; providing that such exemptions apply for a specified period for certain businesses relocating to this state; establishing the Veteran and Military Spouse Entrepreneurship Program in consultation with the Department of Commerce; providing requirements for the program; requiring that certain businesses receive expedited processing for certain certifications; providing for rulemaking and interagency cooperation; providing reporting requirements; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S0666 | Specialty License Plates/Miami Northwestern Alumni Association | An act relating to specialty license plates; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Miami Northwestern Alumni Association license plate; specifying design elements for the plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plate; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S0016 | Relief of the Estate of Danielle Maudsley by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles | An act for the relief of the Estate of Danielle Maudsley; providing an appropriation to compensate the estate for Ms. Maudsley’s death as a result of the alleged negligence of Trooper Daniel Cole and the Florida Highway Patrol, a division of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, on September 19, 2011, 20-year-old Danielle Maudsley was arrested for nonviolent traffic offenses and was subsequently taken to the Florida Highway Patrol substation in Pinellas Park for processing, and WHEREAS, during the processing, Ms. Maudsley, who was still handcuffed, attempted to flee the substation through a side door, and WHEREAS, as Ms. Maudsley exited the substation, Trooper Daniel Cole of the Florida Highway Patrol followed her outside, and WHEREAS, Trooper Cole removed his electronic control device and fired it directly into Ms. Maudsley’s back, causing her to collapse and fall to the parking lot pavement with great physical force and effect, and WHEREAS, as a result of these events, Ms. Maudsley suffered extensive traumatic brain injury and remained in a constant vegetative state until her death on September 15, 2013, and WHEREAS, in May 2015, a settlement agreement was entered into between Julie Goddard, as personal representative of the Estate of Danielle Maudsley, and the Florida Highway Patrol and Trooper Cole to settle all claims arising out of Ms. Maudsley’s death, and WHEREAS, the Florida Highway Patrol and Trooper Cole acknowledged that, if the case had gone to trial in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, a jury could reasonably have awarded damages in the amount of $1.95 million to the Estate of Danielle Maudsley, and WHEREAS, the settlement agreement required the Division of Risk Management of the Department of Financial Services to pay $200,000 to the Estate of Danielle Maudsley in accordance with the statutory limits of liability set forth in s. 768.28, Florida Statutes, and WHEREAS, Ms. Goddard, as personal representative of the Estate of Danielle Maudsley, seeks satisfaction of the remaining balance of the settlement agreement, which is $1.75 million, NOW, THEREFORE, | In Committee |
| S1812 | Derelict Vessels | An act relating to derelict vessels; amending s. 327.4107, F.S.; revising conditions by which an officer of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or of a law enforcement agency may determine a vessel is at risk of becoming derelict; conforming provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 705.103, F.S.; revising the list of vessels upon which a law enforcement officer must place a certain notice; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 823.11, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “derelict vessel”; requiring that a vessel subject to a specified number of violations during a certain timeframe be declared a public nuisance; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; reenacting ss. 327.54(3)(d) and 705.101(1), F.S., relating to renting or leasing a vessel by a livery, and definitions, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 823.11, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S0508 | Family Empowerment Scholarship Program | An act relating to the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; amending s. 1002.394, F.S.; requiring private schools participating in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to provide specified information in writing to certain parents before their student’s initial enrollment in the school; providing private school requirements relating to certain services; providing an effective date. | Crossed Over |
| S0168 | Mental Health | An act relating to mental health; providing a short title; amending s. 394.658, F.S.; expanding the programs and diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators and emergency medical technicians for certain purposes and to include veterans treatment court programs; exempting certain fiscally constrained counties from local match requirements for specified grants; amending s. 916.105, F.S.; providing legislative intent; creating s. 916.135, F.S.; defining terms; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish misdemeanor or ordinance violation mental health diversion programs; providing a model process for such mental health diversion programs; requiring adherence to specified provisions to the extent of available resources; authorizing specified entities to collaborate to establish certain policies and procedures and to develop a certain consent form; providing consent form requirements; requiring defendants to sign the consent form to participate in the diversion program; authorizing the screening of certain defendants and prompt evaluation for involuntary examination under certain circumstances; specifying procedures if the evaluation demonstrates that the defendant meets the criteria for involuntary examination; authorizing a court to consider releasing a defendant on his or her own recognizance under certain circumstances; requiring a court to order that a defendant be assessed for outpatient treatment under certain circumstances; authorizing the state attorney, the defense attorney, or the court to, at any stage of the criminal proceedings, request that such a defendant be screened pursuant to certain provisions; authorizing defendants out of custody to be evaluated pursuant to certain provisions; requiring the state attorney to consider dismissal of the charges upon a defendant’s successful completion of all treatment recommendations from a mental health assessment; authorizing the court to exhaust therapeutic interventions aimed at improving compliance before a defendant is returned to jail; creating s. 916.136, F.S.; defining terms; encouraging communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; providing a model process for such mental health diversion programs; authorizing specified entities to collaborate to establish certain policies and procedures and to develop a certain consent form; providing consent form requirements; requiring defendants to sign the consent form to participate in the diversion program; specifying criteria under which a defendant may be eligible for the mental health diversion program; specifying that the state attorney has the sole discretion to determine a defendant’s pretrial felony mental health diversion eligibility; authorizing the state attorney to recommend that certain defendants be screened and offered pretrial felony mental health diversion; requiring defendants to sign the consent form to participate in the diversion program; requiring that a defendant be assessed for outpatient treatment upon his or her agreeing to participate in the mental health diversion program; requiring the state attorney to consider dismissal of the charges upon a defendant’s successful completion of all treatment recommendations from a mental health assessment; authorizing the state attorney to revoke the defendant’s participation in such mental health diversion program under specified circumstances; amending s. 916.185, F.S.; expanding eligibility for the Forensic Hospital Diversion Pilot Program to include Hillsborough County; creating s. 945.093, F.S.; requiring the Department of Corrections to evaluate the physical and mental health of each inmate eligible for work assignments and correctional work programs; requiring the department to document eligibility before the inmate receives orders for an assignment or program; creating s. 948.0395, F.S.; requiring mental health evaluations and the following of all recommendations as conditions of probation for specified defendants; amending s. 1004.649, F.S.; specifying that the Northwest Regional Data Center is responsible for creating, operating, and managing, including the research conducted by, the Florida Behavioral Health Care Data Repository; specifying the purposes of the data repository; requiring the Northwest Regional Data Center to develop a specified plan; requiring the Northwest Regional Data Center to submit, by a specified date, a certain developed plan to the Governor and the Legislature; requiring the Florida Behavioral Health Care Data Repository to submit, by a specified date and annually thereafter, a specified report to the Governor and the Legislature; providing an appropriation; providing an effective date. | Passed |
| S1898 | National Association of Women Business Owners Day | A resolution recognizing April 23, 2025, as “National Association of Women Business Owners Day” in Florida. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S0014 | Relief of the Estate of Peniel Janvier by the City of Miami Beach | An act for the relief of the Estate of Peniel Janvier by the City of Miami Beach; providing for an appropriation to compensate the Estate of Peniel Janvier for damages sustained as a result of the negligence of the City of Miami Beach; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, on August 16, 2022, Peniel Janvier drowned after being pushed into the community pool at the Scott Rakow Youth Center in the City of Miami Beach, and WHEREAS, the lifeguards and personnel of the City of Miami Beach failed to observe and respond to Mr. Janvier being pushed into the community pool, and WHEREAS, the Estate of Peniel Janvier has alleged, through a lawsuit filed on March 22, 2023, that the negligence of the City of Miami Beach, through its lifeguards and personnel, was the proximate cause of the death of Mr. Janvier, and WHEREAS, Nicole Mathurin, Mr. Janvier’s mother, and Lucmanne Janvier, Mr. Janvier’s father, have suffered significant financial damages due to the loss of Peniel Janvier’s net income accumulation in the past and future, and extreme mental anguish and suffering as a result of the loss of their son, and WHEREAS, the Estate of Peniel Janvier and the City of Miami Beach reached a settlement in the amount of $2 million, and WHEREAS, pursuant to the settlement agreement between the parties, the plaintiff’s claim will be partially satisfied by the City of Miami Beach paying the amount of $300,000 to the Estate of Peniel Janvier, and WHEREAS, pursuant to the settlement, the claim shall be considered fully satisfied by the City of Miami Beach paying an additional $1.7 million to the Estate of Peniel Janvier, as authorized by the Florida Legislature through a claim bill, NOW, THEREFORE, | Passed |
| S0268 | Public Records/Congressional Members and Public Officers | An act relating to public records; amending s. 119.071, F.S.; defining terms; providing exemptions from public records requirements for the partial home addresses and telephone numbers of current congressional members and public officers and their spouses and adult children and the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, and dates of birth of, and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by, the minor children of such congressional members and public officers; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing methods for maintenance of an exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity; providing an effective date. | Passed |
| S0540 | Disability History and Awareness Instruction | An act relating to disability history and awareness instruction; providing a short title; amending s. 1003.4205, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to develop specified curricula; authorizing the department to consult with the Evin B. Hartsell Foundation to further develop such curricula; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S1174 | Licensure of Family Foster Homes | An act relating to licensure of family foster homes; amending s. 409.175, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to adopt rules to streamline the licensure application process for licensed foster parents who relocate within this state; requiring that such rules include priority review of applications, expedited home studies and background checks, and recognition of prior foster parent training coursework; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S0202 | Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates | An act relating to municipal water and sewer utility rates; amending s. 180.191, F.S.; requiring a municipality to charge customers receiving its utility services in another municipality the same rates, fees, and charges as it charges consumers within its municipal boundaries under certain circumstances; providing applicability; defining terms; making technical changes; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| S1876 | FAMU Day | A resolution recognizing Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s contributions as an outstanding institution of higher education and designating April 9, 2025, as “FAMU Day” in Florida. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1856 | Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Senator Geraldine F. "Geri" Thompson | A resolution recognizing and celebrating the life and legacy of Senator Geraldine F. “Geri” Thompson. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H6503 | Relief/Mande Penney-Lemmon/Sarasota County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#2 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H0211 | Farm Products | Senate: Third Reading RCS#4 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H0289 | Boating Safety | Senate: Third Reading RCS#23 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| S0492 | Mitigation Banks | Senate: Third Reading RCS#15 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H0733 | Brownfields | Senate: Third Reading RCS#14 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H0875 | Educator Preparation | Senate: Third Reading RCS#20 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| S0994 | Driver License Education Requirements | Senate: Third Reading RCS#7 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H1105 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#21 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H1123 | Sewer Collection Systems | Senate: Third Reading RCS#3 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H1205 | Amendments to the State Constitution | Senate: Third Reading RCS#10 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H1215 | Ad Valorem Tax Exemption | Senate: Third Reading RCS#5 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H1255 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#19 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| S1620 | Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders | Senate: Third Reading RCS#11 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| S0180 | Emergencies | Senate: Third Reading RCS#8 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H1427 | Nursing Education Programs | Senate: Third Reading RCS#22 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H1549 | Financial Services | Senate: Third Reading RCS#12 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H1609 | Waste Incineration | Senate: Third Reading RCS#9 | 05/02/2025 | Absent |
| H0393 | My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program | Senate: Third Reading RCS#24 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H6017 | Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death | Senate: Third Reading RCS#22 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S0606 | Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments | Senate: Third Reading RCS#14 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S0768 | Foreign Countries of Concern | Senate: Third Reading RCS#17 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H0875 | Educator Preparation | Senate: Third Reading RCS#5 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S1070 | Electrocardiograms for Student Athletes | Senate: Third Reading RCS#9 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S1080 | Local Government Land Regulation | Senate: Third Reading RCS#15 | 05/01/2025 | Nay |
| H0987 | Transportation Facility Designations | Senate: Third Reading RCS#13 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1115 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#6 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1105 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#3 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1101 | Out-of-network Providers | Senate: Third Reading RCS#19 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1205 | Amendments to the State Constitution | Senate: Third Reading RCS#2 | 05/01/2025 | Nay |
| S1388 | Vessels | Senate: Third Reading RCS#16 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1255 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#4 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S1470 | School Safety | Senate: Third Reading RCS#11 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S1546 | Background Screening of Athletic Coaches | Senate: Third Reading RCS#12 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S7012 | Child Welfare | Senate: Third Reading RCS#18 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1427 | Nursing Education Programs | Senate: Third Reading RCS#20 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1455 | Sexual Offenses by Persons Previously Convicted of Sexual Offenses | Senate: Third Reading RCS#25 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1445 | Public Officers and Employees | Senate: Third Reading RCS#21 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S1768 | Stem Cell Therapy | Senate: Third Reading RCS#8 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1607 | Cardiac Emergencies | Senate: Third Reading RCS#10 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H0057 | Regulation of Xylazine | Senate: Third Reading RCS#44 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4001 | Lee County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#7 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0248 | Student Participation in Interscholastic and Intrascholastic Extracurricular Sports | Senate: Third Reading RCS#9 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0209 | State Land Management | Senate: Third Reading RCS#45 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0306 | Medicaid Providers | Senate: Third Reading RCS#3 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4007 | Compensation for Health Care Services for Inmates in Martin County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#10 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0289 | Boating Safety | Senate: Third Reading RCS#50 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0108 | Administrative Procedures | Senate: Third Reading RCS#8 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4009 | St. Augustine-St. Johns County Airport Authority, St. Johns County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#11 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0443 | Education | Senate: Third Reading RCS#52 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H6017 | Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death | Senate: Third Reading RCS#39 | 04/30/2025 | Nay |
| H0481 | Anchoring Limitation Areas | Senate: Third Reading RCS#55 | 04/30/2025 | Nay |
| H4011 | Palm Beach County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#12 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4015 | Broward County Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Intelligence and Enforcement Unit, Broward County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#14 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4013 | Citrus County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#13 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4017 | Bermont Drainage District, Charlotte County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#15 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4021 | North River Ranch Improvement Stewardship District, Manatee County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#16 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0653 | Aggravating Factors for Capital Felonies | Senate: Third Reading RCS#54 | 04/30/2025 | Nay |
| H4025 | Lee County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#18 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4023 | Officers and Employees of North Springs Improvement District, Broward County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#17 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4029 | Greater Naples Fire Rescue District; Collier County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#19 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0683 | Construction Regulations | Senate: Third Reading RCS#40 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0687 | Driving and Boating Offenses | Senate: Third Reading RCS#2 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0703 | Utility Relocation | Senate: Third Reading RCS#41 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4035 | Lee County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#22 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4033 | San Carlos Estates Water Control District, Lee County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#21 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4031 | City of Oviedo, Seminole County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#20 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4037 | Downtown Development Authority of City of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#23 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0809 | School Social Workers | Senate: Third Reading RCS#47 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0994 | Driver License Education Requirements | Senate: Third Reading RCS#56 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0913 | Condominium and Cooperative Associations | Senate: Third Reading RCS#4 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0907 | Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases | Senate: Third Reading RCS#43 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4041 | Collier County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#24 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0929 | Firefighter Health and Safety | Senate: Third Reading RCS#42 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4045 | City Pension Fund for Firefighters and Police Officers in the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#26 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4043 | Osceola County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#25 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4051 | Pasco County Mosquito Control District, Pasco County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#38 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4047 | Fort Pierce Farms Water Control District, St. Lucie County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#27 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4049 | North St. Lucie River Water Control District, St. Lucie County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#28 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1103 | Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities | Senate: Third Reading RCS#49 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1205 | Amendments to the State Constitution | Senate: Third Reading RCS#5 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1299 | Department of Health | Senate: Third Reading RCS#48 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4059 | Sunbridge Stewardship District, Osceola County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#31 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4061 | West Villages Improvement District, Sarasota County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#32 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4057 | Tohopekaliga Water Authority, Osceola County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#30 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4067 | Special Beverage Licenses for Equestrian Sport Facilities in Marion County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#34 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4073 | Leon County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#36 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4065 | City of Auburndale, Polk County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#33 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4071 | City of Coral Springs and City of Parkland, Broward County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#35 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H4075 | Leon County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#37 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1662 | Transportation | Senate: Third Reading RCS#58 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1455 | Sexual Offenses by Persons Previously Convicted of Sexual Offenses | Senate: Third Reading RCS#46 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1730 | Affordable Housing | Senate: Third Reading RCS#57 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1549 | Financial Services | Senate: Third Reading RCS#51 | 04/30/2025 | Nay |
| H1609 | Waste Incineration | Senate: Third Reading RCS#53 | 04/30/2025 | Nay |
| H4053 | Duval County | Senate: Third Reading RCS#29 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0010 | Relief of Sidney Holmes by the State of Florida | Senate: Third Reading RCS#24 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0026 | Relief of Kristen and Lia McIntosh by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Senate: Third Reading RCS#25 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H0181 | Parole | Senate: Third Reading RCS#10 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H0255 | Aggravated Animal Cruelty | Senate: Third Reading RCS#4 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| H0295 | Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan | Senate: Third Reading RCS#2 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Florida Senate Community Affairs Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Education Postsecondary Committee | 5 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Finance and Tax Committee | 5 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Fiscal Policy Committee | 13 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Space and Domestic Security Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | Florida Senate Rules Committee | Vice Chair | 2 |
| Detail | Florida Senate Transportation Committee | 5 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | Florida Senate District 34 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 11/08/2022 | |
| FL | Florida Senate District 35 | Senate | Democrat | Out of Office | 11/03/2020 | 01/16/2024 |
| FL | District 101 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 11/06/2012 | 01/16/2024 |