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State Representative
Dianne Hart
(D) - Florida
Florida House District 063
In Office - Started: 11/08/2022
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Capitol Office
House Office Building
402 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300
402 S. Monroe St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300
Phone: 850-717-5063
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3911 N. Tampa St.
Tampa, FL 33603-4745
Tampa, FL 33603-4745
Phone: 813-738-0410
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| H4045 | City Pension Fund for Firefighters and Police Officers in the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County | An act relating to the City Pension Fund for Firefighters and Police Officers in the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County; authorizing the City of Tampa to enter into a supplemental contract with certain firefighters and police officers to increase Deferred Retirement Option Program participation from 5 years to 8 years; removing the full scale contribution rate; revising, updating, and conforming terminology; providing effective dates. | Passed |
| H0929 | Firefighter Health and Safety | An act relating to firefighter health and safety; amending s. 633.506, F.S.; revising legislative intent; amending s. 633.508, F.S.; requiring the Division of State Fire Marshal within the Department of Financial Services to adopt certain rules; requiring the division to assist in decreasing the frequency of fatalities; defining the term "readily available"; amending s. 633.520, F.S.; requiring the division to adopt rules relating to education on chemical hazards or toxic substances and mental health best practices; amending ss. 633.522 and 633.526, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H6017 | Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death | An act relating to recovery of damages for medical negligence resulting in death; amending s. 768.21, F.S.; deleting a provision that precluded certain persons from recovering damages for medical negligence resulting in death; amending ss. 400.023, 400.0235, and 429.295, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | Vetoed |
| H0519 | Administration of Controlled Substances by Paramedics | An act relating to administration of controlled substances by paramedics; amending s. 893.05, F.S.; authorizing a practitioner to cause a certified paramedic to administer a controlled substance; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H0209 | State Land Management | An act relating to state land management; providing a short title; amending s. 253.034, F.S.; requiring public hearings for all updated conservation and nonconservation land management plans; requiring the Division of State Lands of the Department of Environmental Protection to make available to the public, within a specified timeframe, electronic copies of land management plans for parcels of a certain size and for parcels located in state parks; making technical changes; amending s. 258.004, F.S.; revising the duties of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying requirements for the management of parks and recreational areas held by the state; defining the term "conservation-based recreational uses"; prohibiting the construction of certain facilities within the boundaries of state parks for the protection of certain resources; providing construction; making technical changes; amending s. 258.007, F.S.; requiring the division to comply with specified provisions when granting certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits; authorizing the division to acquire, install, or permit the installation or operation at state parks of campsites hb209 -03-e1and cabins that meet certain requirements; prohibiting the division from authorizing certain uses or construction activities within a state park; prohibiting the division from installing or permitting the installation of any lodging establishment within the boundaries of a state park; providing construction; creating s. 258.152, F.S.; designating the St. Marks River Preserve State Park as Ney Landrum State Park; amending s. 259.032, F.S.; requiring that individual management plans for parcels located within state parks be developed with input from an advisory group; requiring that the advisory group's required public hearings be noticed to the public within a specified timeframe; requiring the department to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; specifying requirements for the report; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H0085 | Hazardous Walking Conditions | An act relating to hazardous walking conditions; amending s. 1006.23, F.S.; revising the criteria that determine a hazardous walking condition for public school students; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H0119 | Universal Free School Breakfast and Lunch Program | An act relating to a universal free school breakfast and lunch program; amending s. 595.402, F.S.; defining and redefining terms; amending s. 595.405, F.S.; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, subject to the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, to establish and operate a program to provide universal free school breakfast and lunch meals to all public school students; specifying requirements for school districts; deleting provisions requiring school districts to implement and charge students for a breakfast program; deleting provisions requiring only certain school districts to implement a universal free school breakfast program and encouraging districts to provide free breakfast meals; revising the information that school districts are required to provide to parents regarding the availability of certain school meals, to conform to changes made by the act; authorizing school districts to operate free school meal programs using offsite food preparation locations; amending s. 595.404, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H0127 | Exceptional Student Education | An act relating to exceptional student education; creating s. 1003.5717, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to develop and implement, by a specified date, a workforce credential program for students with an autism spectrum disorder or students on a modified curriculum; providing the purpose of the program; providing requirements for the program; requiring the department to produce an annual report during a specified timeframe; providing requirements for the report; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H0145 | Pregnant Women in Custody | An act relating to pregnant women in custody; providing a short title; creating s. 907.033, F.S.; requiring that every female who is arrested and not released on bond within 72 hours after arrest be administered a pregnancy test within a specified timeframe upon her request; requiring that each municipal detention facility or county detention facility notify each arrested female upon booking at the facility of her right to request a pregnancy test; specifying the methods of conducting the pregnancy test; 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 of hb145-00 incarceration and the commencement of the woman's incarceration, she be offered and receive, upon her request, a specified assessment and services; authorizing a judge to impose specified sanctions for another criminal conviction or a violation of any of the terms and conditions imposed by the sentencing judge; requiring municipal and county detention facilities to collect and report to the Department of Corrections, and requiring the department to collect from its own institutions, specified information; requiring the department to compile such information and publish it on its public website; providing requirements for such publication; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H0171 | Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program | An act relating to the Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program; creating the Youth Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Pilot Program within the Community School Grant Program for a specified period; providing the purpose of the pilot program; requiring the Center for Community Schools at the University of Central Florida to implement the pilot program and a specified curriculum; providing center responsibilities for the pilot program; requiring the center to work with the Department of Education to identify a curriculum for the pilot program; providing participating school responsibilities; requiring the center to provide a report to the department; providing requirements for the report; providing for the future expiration of the pilot program; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H0027 | Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact | An act relating to the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; creating s. 491.022, F.S.; creating the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; providing purposes, objectives, and definitions; specifying requirements for state participation in the compact and duties of member states; specifying that the compact does not affect an individual's ability to apply for, and a member state's ability to grant, a single state license pursuant to the laws of that state; providing for recognition of compact privilege in member states; specifying criteria a licensee must meet for compact privilege; providing for the expiration and renewal of compact privilege; specifying that a licensee with compact privilege in a remote state must adhere to the laws and rules of that state; authorizing member states to act on a licensee's compact privilege under certain circumstances; specifying the consequences and parameters of practice for a licensee whose compact privilege has been acted upon or whose home state license is encumbered; specifying that a licensee may hold a home state license in only one member state at a time; specifying requirements and procedures for changing a home state license designation; authorizing hb27-01-c1 active duty military personnel or their spouses to keep their home state designation during active duty; authorizing member states to take adverse actions against licensees and issue subpoenas for hearings and investigations under certain circumstances; providing requirements and procedures for such adverse action; authorizing member states to engage in joint investigations under certain circumstances; providing that a licensee's compact privilege must be deactivated in all member states for the duration of an encumbrance imposed by the licensee's home state; providing for notice to the data system and the licensee's home state of any adverse action taken against a licensee; establishing the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission; providing for jurisdiction and venue for court proceedings; providing for membership and powers of the commission; specifying powers and duties of the commission's executive committee; authorizing the commission to convene in closed, nonpublic meetings under certain circumstances; providing for the financing of the commission; providing specified individuals immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances; providing exceptions; requiring the commission to defend the specified individuals in civil actions hb27-01-c1 under certain circumstances; requiring the commission to indemnify and hold harmless specified individuals for any settlement or judgment obtained in such actions under certain circumstances; providing for the development of the data system, reporting procedures, and the exchange of specified information between member states; requiring the commission to notify member states of any adverse action taken against a licensee or applicant for licensure; authorizing member states to designate as confidential information provided to the data system; requiring the commission to remove information from the data system under certain circumstances; providing rulemaking procedures for the commission; providing for member state enforcement of the compact; authorizing the commission to receive notice of process, and have standing to intervene, in certain proceedings; rendering certain judgments and orders void as to the commission, the compact, or commission rules under certain circumstances; providing for defaults and termination of compact membership; providing procedures for the resolution of certain disputes; providing for commission enforcement of the compact; providing for remedies; providing for implementation of, withdrawal from, and amendment to the compact; specifying that hb27-01-c1 licensees practicing in a remote state under the compact must adhere to the laws and rules of that state; specifying that the compact, commission rules, and commission actions are binding on member states; providing construction; providing for severability; amending s. 456.073, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to report certain investigative information to the data system; amending s. 456.076, F.S.; requiring monitoring contracts for certain impaired practitioners to contain certain terms; amending s. 491.004, F.S.; requiring the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling to appoint an individual to serve as the state's delegate on the commission; amending ss. 491.005 and 491.006, F.S.; exempting certain persons from licensure requirements; amending s. 491.009, F.S.; authorizing certain disciplinary action under the compact for specified prohibited acts; amending s. 768.28, F.S.; designating the state's delegate and other members or employees of the commission as state agents for the purpose of applying waivers of sovereign immunity; requiring the commission to pay certain claims or judgments; authorizing the commission to maintain insurance coverage to pay such claims or judgments; providing an effective date. hb27-01-c1 | Crossed Over |
| H0063 | Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services | An act relating to pregnancy support and wellness services; amending s. 381.96, F.S.; revising contract requirements for the Florida Pregnancy Care Network, Inc.; requiring the Department of Health to conduct annual visits to each organization within the network; providing requirements for the visits; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H0183 | Criminal Rehabilitation | An act relating to criminal rehabilitation; amending s. 921.002, F.S.; revising the legislative intent of the Criminal Punishment Code; specifying that to rehabilitate the offender to transition back to the community successfully is one of the primary purposes of sentencing; reducing the minimum sentence that must be served by a defendant from 85 percent of the sentence to 72 percent; amending s. 944.275, F.S.; revising provisions concerning gain-time to provide for outstanding deed gain-time, good behavior time, and rehabilitation credits; providing requirements for such gain-time and credits; providing for amounts to be awarded; revising limits on the award of gain-time; reducing the minimum sentence that must be served by a defendant from 85 percent of the sentence to 72 percent; amending ss. 316.027, 316.1935, 381.004, 775.084, 775.0845, 775.0847, 775.0861, 775.0862, 775.087, 775.0875, 777.03, 777.04, 784.07, 794.011, 794.0115, 794.023, 810.145, 812.081, 817.568, 831.032, 843.22, 874.04, 944.281, 944.473, 944.70, 944.801, and 947.005, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H0187 | Coverage for Mammograms and Supplemental Breast Cancer Screenings | An act relating to coverage for mammograms and supplemental breast cancer screenings; creating s. 409.9064, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide coverage for yearly mammograms and yearly supplemental breast cancer screenings for certain women under the Medicaid program under certain circumstances; requiring the agency to seek federal approval under a specified circumstance; amending ss. 627.6418, 627.6613, and 641.31095, F.S.; defining the term "supplemental breast cancer screening"; revising coverages for mammograms under certain individual accident and health insurance policies, group, blanket, and franchise accident and health insurance policies, and health maintenance contracts, respectively; requiring coverages for supplemental breast cancer screenings under such policies and contracts under certain circumstances; providing applicability; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H0029 | Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact | An act relating to public records and meetings; creating s. 491.023, F.S.; providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Health or the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling pursuant to the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; authorizing the disclosure of such information under certain circumstances; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for certain meetings or portions of certain meetings of the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission or its executive committee or other committees; providing an exemption from public records requirements for recordings, minutes, and records generated during the exempt meetings or portions of such meetings; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity; providing a contingent effective date. | Crossed Over |
| H6509 | Relief/Patricia Ermini/Lee County Sheriff's Office | An act for the relief of Patricia Ermini by the Lee County Sheriff's Office; providing for an appropriation to compensate her for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of the Lee County Sheriff's Office; providing a limitation on the payment of attorney fees; providing an effective date. | Crossed Over |
| H0581 | International Baccalaureate Bonus Funding | An act relating to International Baccalaureate bonus funding; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; revising the requirements for the calculation of additional full- time equivalent membership and certain bonuses based on International Baccalaureate examination scores of students to include students who earn equivalent scores as determined by the Department of Education; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H0613 | Prosecuting Children as Adults | An act relating to prosecuting children as adults; amending s. 985.265, F.S.; prohibiting a jail or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults from holding a child who has been transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution before a specified hearing is held to determine if the child should be prosecuted as an adult, unless the child waives his or her right to such hearing; amending s. 985.556, F.S.; deleting provisions requiring a state attorney to request a court to transfer and certify a child for prosecution as an adult or to provide written reasons to the court for not making such request, or to proceed under a specified provision; amending s. 985.557, F.S.; deleting references to the state attorney's discretion to direct file a juvenile; revising discretionary direct file criteria; requiring a court to advise a child and his or her parent or legal guardian of the child's right to a due process evidentiary hearing before a judge upon the filing by a state attorney of an information transferring the child to adult court; requiring that the child or the child's parent or legal guardian be afforded such hearing; requiring the judge to conduct the hearing within a certain timeframe; requiring the judge to hb613-00 consider specified information and factors during such hearing; authorizing the judge to consider, and certain parties to the action to examine, certain reports; providing for continued jurisdiction of the adult court with regard to the child unless the court makes a specified finding by a preponderance of the evidence; requiring the adult court to render an order that includes certain findings of fact; authorizing immediate review of the order; providing that the order is reviewable on appeal under specified rules; amending ss. 985.15 and 985.565, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 985.03, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H1061 | Restrictive Housing in Prisons | An act relating to restrictive housing in prisons; creating s. 944.022, F.S.; defining terms; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct a specified annual study; requiring the office to report the findings of the annual study to the Governor and the Legislature; specifying requirements for the study; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H1139 | Termination of Pregnancies | An act relating to termination of pregnancies; amending s. 390.0111, F.S.; prohibiting physicians from knowingly performing or inducing a termination of pregnancy after determining that the fetus is sustainable outside the womb through standard medical measures, with exceptions; revising exceptions; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H1409 | 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 legislatively 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. | In Committee |
| H1553 | Uterine Fibroid Research Database | An act relating to the uterine fibroid research database; amending s. 381.9312, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to include uterine fibroids in a specified list of diseases; providing applicability; providing an effective date. | Crossed Over |
| H0185 | Treatment of Inmates | An act relating to treatment of inmates; creating s. 944.092, F.S.; specifying certain rights of inmates in the correctional system; requiring a written copy of the rights to be provided to each inmate; authorizing relief for deprivation of rights; amending s. 947.149, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "permanently incapacitated inmate" for purposes of conditional medical release; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H1195 | Fentanyl Testing | An act relating to fentanyl testing; creating s. 395.1042, F.S.; providing a short title; requiring hospitals or hospital-based off-campus emergency departments to test for fentanyl in a urine test and perform a confirmation test if the urine test results are positive for fentanyl; requiring specified results to be retained as part of the patient's clinical record for a certain timeframe; providing an effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| H0393 | My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program | An act relating to the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; amending s. 215.55871, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "condominium"; limiting participation in the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to certain structures and buildings on condominium property; prohibiting a condominium association from applying for a hurricane mitigation inspection or a mitigation grant under the pilot program unless certain conditions are met; providing that grant funds may only be used for certain water intrusion mitigation devices or improvements; revising the approval requirements to receive a mitigation grant; removing the amount of grant funding for certain projects; revising the improvements for which a mitigation grant may be used; requiring improvements to be identified in the final hurricane mitigation inspection in order for an association to receive grant funds; requiring grant funds to be awarded for a mitigation improvement that will result in a mitigation credit, discount, or other rate differential; requiring mitigation improvements to be made to all openings under certain circumstances; providing an effective date. hb393 -03-e1 | Passed |
| H6501 | Relief/Sidney Holmes/State of Florida | An act for the relief of Sidney Holmes; providing an appropriation to compensate Mr. Holmes for being wrongfully incarcerated for 34 years; directing the Chief Financial Officer to draw a warrant payable directly to Mr. Holmes; providing for the waiver of certain tuition and fees for Mr. Holmes; declaring that the Legislature does not waive certain defenses or increase the state's limits of liability with respect to the act; prohibiting funds awarded under the act to Mr. Holmes from being used or paid for attorney or lobbying fees; prohibiting Mr. Holmes from submitting a compensation application under certain provisions upon his receipt of payment under the act; providing that certain benefits are void upon specified findings; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H0181 | Parole | An act relating to parole; amending s. 947.165, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to provide a specified statistical analysis to the Legislature; amending s. 947.174, F.S.; requiring the Department of Corrections to provide specified information to the commission; requiring the commission to review specified information in certain circumstances; providing an effective date. | Passed |
| H0295 | Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan | An act relating to a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan; amending s. 403.7032, F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan for this state by a specified date, based on certain department recommendations; requiring the department to create and convene a technical assistance group for a specified purpose; specifying minimum requirements for the comprehensive plan; requiring the department to submit a report to the Legislature upon completion of the comprehensive plan; specifying requirements for the report; providing an effective date. | Passed |
| H0195 | Education in Correctional Facilities for Licensed Professions | An act relating to education in correctional facilities for licensed professions; amending s. 944.801, F.S.; requiring the Correctional Education Program to develop a plan in coordination with the boards of professions within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, or the department when there is no board, for inmates to take classes for credit toward licensure requirements; providing an effective date. | In Committee |
| H0189 | Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan | An act relating to a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan; amending s. 403.7032, F.S.; authorizing certain private businesses to participate in a program to annually report the amount of materials they recycle, using a specified form; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan by a specified date, based on certain department recommendations; specifying minimum requirements for the comprehensive plan; requiring the department to publish a report; specifying requirements for the report; providing an effective date. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2510 | Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Education | House: Third Reading RCS#428 | 05/13/2025 | Nay |
| S0248 | Student Participation in Interscholastic and Intrascholastic Extracurricular Sports | House: Third Reading RCS#419 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H0289 | Boating Safety | House: Third Reading RCS#426 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| S0116 | Veterans | House: Third Reading RCS#420 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| S0768 | Foreign Countries of Concern | House: Third Reading RCS#407 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H0711 | Spectrum Alert | House: Third Reading RCS#421 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H0875 | Educator Preparation | House: Third Reading RCS#408 | 05/02/2025 | Nay |
| S0168 | Mental Health | House: Third Reading RCS#417 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H1115 | Education | House: Third Reading RCS#413 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H1105 | Education | House: Third Reading RCS#415 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H1101 | Out-of-network Providers | House: Third Reading RCS#409 | 05/02/2025 | Nay |
| H1255 | Education | House: Third Reading RCS#414 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H1299 | Department of Health | House: Third Reading RCS#405 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| S7012 | Child Welfare | House: Third Reading RCS#418 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| S0180 | Emergencies | House: Third Reading RCS#411 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H1427 | Nursing Education Programs | House: Third Reading RCS#416 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H1445 | Public Officers and Employees | House: Third Reading RCS#422 | 05/02/2025 | Abstain |
| H1549 | Financial Services | House: Third Reading RCS#406 | 05/02/2025 | Yea |
| H0209 | State Land Management | House: Third Reading RCS#394 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H0255 | Aggravated Animal Cruelty | House: Third Reading RCS#400 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H0289 | Boating Safety | House: Third Reading RCS#397 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H0393 | My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program | House: Third Reading RCS#398 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H0443 | Education | House: Third Reading RCS#393 | 05/01/2025 | Nay |
| H0711 | Spectrum Alert | House: Third Reading RCS#395 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1103 | Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities | House: Third Reading RCS#391 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1205 | Amendments to the State Constitution | House: Third Reading RCS#403 | 05/01/2025 | Nay |
| H1205 | Amendments to the State Constitution | House: Third Reading RCS#402 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S1730 | Affordable Housing | House: Third Reading RCS#392 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| H1609 | Waste Incineration | House: Third Reading RCS#401 | 05/01/2025 | Yea |
| S0010 | Relief of Sidney Holmes by the State of Florida | House: Third Reading RCS#385 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0026 | Relief of Kristen and Lia McIntosh by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | House: Third Reading RCS#384 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0056 | Geoengineering and Weather Modification Activities | House: Third Reading RCS#388 | 04/30/2025 | Nay |
| S0068 | Health Facilities | House: Third Reading RCS#350 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0011 | Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates | House: Third Reading RCS#364 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0184 | Housing | House: Third Reading RCS#347 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0312 | Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Inc. | House: Third Reading RCS#386 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0384 | Annexing State-owned Lands | House: Third Reading RCS#346 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0388 | Trust Funds for Wildlife Management | House: Third Reading RCS#343 | 04/30/2025 | Abstain |
| S0492 | Mitigation Banks | House: Third Reading RCS#342 | 04/30/2025 | Nay |
| S0116 | Veterans | House: Third Reading RCS#361 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0112 | Children with Developmental Disabilities | House: Third Reading RCS#382 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S7002 | Water Management Districts | House: Third Reading RCS#380 | 04/30/2025 | Nay |
| S0606 | Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments | House: Third Reading RCS#348 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0593 | Dangerous Dogs | House: Third Reading RCS#366 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0738 | Child Care and Early Learning Providers | House: Third Reading RCS#355 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0164 | Vessel Accountability | House: Third Reading RCS#363 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0687 | Driving and Boating Offenses | House: Third Reading RCS#378 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0830 | Disposition of Migrant Vessels | House: Third Reading RCS#362 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0892 | Florida State University Election Law Center | House: Third Reading RCS#387 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0777 | Offenses Involving Children | House: Third Reading RCS#370 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0954 | Certified Recovery Residences | House: Third Reading RCS#349 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0913 | Condominium and Cooperative Associations | House: Third Reading RCS#377 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1070 | Electrocardiograms for Student Athletes | House: Third Reading RCS#357 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H0999 | Legal Tender | House: Third Reading RCS#374 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1080 | Local Government Land Regulation | House: Third Reading RCS#345 | 04/30/2025 | Nay |
| H0987 | Transportation Facility Designations | House: Third Reading RCS#375 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0168 | Mental Health | House: Third Reading RCS#383 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1156 | Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program | House: Third Reading RCS#354 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1049 | Tampering with, Harassing, or Retaliating against Court Officials | House: Third Reading RCS#369 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1091 | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Care | House: Third Reading RCS#371 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1143 | Permits for Drilling, Exploration, and Extraction of Oil and Gas Resources | House: Third Reading RCS#365 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1386 | Assault or Battery on a Utility Worker | House: Third Reading RCS#360 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1388 | Vessels | House: Third Reading RCS#389 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1237 | Human Trafficking Awareness | House: Third Reading RCS#368 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1470 | School Safety | House: Third Reading RCS#358 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1490 | Children's Medical Services Program | House: Third Reading RCS#353 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1514 | Anaphylaxis in Public and Charter Schools | House: Third Reading RCS#356 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S7012 | Child Welfare | House: Third Reading RCS#381 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1574 | Energy Infrastructure Investment | House: Third Reading RCS#344 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1804 | Capital Human Trafficking of Vulnerable Persons for Sexual Exploitation | House: Third Reading RCS#359 | 04/30/2025 | Nay |
| S1768 | Stem Cell Therapy | House: Third Reading RCS#351 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1447 | Trespass | House: Third Reading RCS#367 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1808 | Refund of Overpayments Made by Patients | House: Third Reading RCS#352 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1545 | Parkinson's Disease | House: Third Reading RCS#372 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1567 | Insulin Administration by Direct Support Professionals and Relatives | House: Third Reading RCS#373 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| H1607 | Cardiac Emergencies | House: Third Reading RCS#376 | 04/30/2025 | Yea |
| S0028 | Relief of Darline Angervil and J.R. by the South Broward Hospital District | House: Third Reading RCS#329 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0022 | Relief of Eric Miles, Jr., and Jennifer Miles by the South Broward Hospital District | House: Third Reading RCS#332 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0008 | Relief of Marcus Button by the Pasco County School Board | House: Third Reading RCS#328 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0020 | Relief of J.N., a Minor, by Hillsborough County | House: Third Reading RCS#331 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0014 | Relief of the Estate of Peniel Janvier by the City of Miami Beach | House: Third Reading RCS#330 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0106 | Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults | House: Third Reading RCS#300 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0118 | Regulation of Presidential Libraries | House: Third Reading RCS#325 | 04/29/2025 | Nay |
| S0130 | Compensation of Victims of Wrongful Incarceration | House: Third Reading RCS#327 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0150 | Abandoning Restrained Dogs During Natural Disasters | House: Third Reading RCS#326 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0158 | Coverage for Diagnostic and Supplemental Breast Examinations | House: Third Reading RCS#289 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0232 | Debt Collection | House: Third Reading RCS#297 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0234 | Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel | House: Third Reading RCS#322 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0262 | Trusts | House: Third Reading RCS#302 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0268 | Public Records/Congressional Members and Public Officers | House: Third Reading RCS#334 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0282 | Warranty Associations | House: Third Reading RCS#303 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0296 | Middle School and High School Start Times | House: Third Reading RCS#295 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0316 | Limited Liability Companies | House: Third Reading RCS#304 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0322 | Property Rights | House: Third Reading RCS#282 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0356 | Holocaust Remembrance Day | House: Third Reading RCS#309 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0348 | Ethics | House: Third Reading RCS#310 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0344 | Telecommunications Access System Act of 1991 | House: Third Reading RCS#278 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0108 | Administrative Procedures | House: Third Reading RCS#311 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S0462 | Transportation | House: Third Reading RCS#313 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| S7000 | OGSR/Site-specific Location Information for Endangered and Threatened Species | House: Third Reading RCS#338 | 04/29/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | Florida House District 063 | House | Democrat | In Office | 11/08/2022 | |
| FL | Florida House District 061 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 11/06/2018 | 01/16/2024 |